General NewsOvernight reports: Israel hits Iran as global tensions rise, violence erupts

Overnight reports: Israel hits Iran as global tensions rise, violence erupts

It happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies reported overnight from Friday to Saturday.

Israeli leaders coordinated the attack from a bunker.
Israeli leaders coordinated the attack from a bunker.
Images source: © X | IDF
Justyna Lasota-Krawczyk

6:01 AM EDT, October 26, 2024

  • Overnight from Friday to Saturday, Israel struck Iran. The attack was reportedly in retaliation for Iranian shelling on October 1st. The IDF spokesman reported that precision strikes are being conducted on military targets. The United States was reportedly informed in advance about the planned attack.
  • The residents of Kyiv had a difficult night as well. A Russian drone hit a residential skyscraper in the capital of Ukraine. The attack killed a teenage girl and injured five people. Emergency services battled fires on the upper floors of the building. There are also reports of intense Russian shelling in Dnipro.
  • Gangsters shot dead prosecutor Marcelo Vasconez and a policeman assigned to his protection in Ecuador on Friday, according to local media. Vasconez dealt with cases of international organized crime. The attack occurred in front of the prosecutor's office in the Pacific coastal city of Manta in western Ecuador. A burned car was found nearby, which the killers likely used, reported the Primicias portal.
  • The Venezuelan party Popular Will (Voluntad Popular - PV), which opposes the government of Nicolas Maduro, declared on Friday that one of its founders was found dead after being previously abducted by state services. "We hold the regime of Nicolas Maduro responsible for this killing," the party emphasized, also naming two local government officials who were said to be involved in Santos' death.
  • By Friday evening, 28 alleged members of a criminal group were detained by Portuguese and Spanish police services. The gang specialized in smuggling various types of drugs from Portugal to Spain. According to Portuguese police, the dismantled criminal group operated discreetly, in a "sophisticated manner," directing drugs mainly via maritime routes.
  • The first snow fell in the Castelo Branco district in eastern Portugal. This unusual weather at this time of year appeared a few days after an equally rare October heatwave with temperatures close to 86 degrees Fahrenheit. With the warm weather and the significant drying of the land due to the lack of rain in recent days, dozens of grass and forest fires broke out in Portugal.
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