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Israeli forces have launched heavy assault on the Hamas militants as the war enters second day.

The death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has risen to 2060, while almost 9000 have been injured. It is one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades.A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed many people in western Afghanistan on Saturday.

At least 120 people were killed and around 1,000 others sustained injuries as earthquakes rocked Afghanistan's Herat and other western provinces.The tremor occurred at around 11:10 local time, forcing people to come out of their houses.

"The Israel Defense Forces will immediately use all of its power in order to destroy Hamas' capabilities," he added.

The death toll from the day's events continued to rise by the hour and as of early Sunday morning stood at 300 people, many of them civilians slain in their homes and in the streets, as well as at a large outdoor party targeted by the terrorists.

According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre, two earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted Afghanistan on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.

The group published footage showing its members capturing a number of Israeli soldiers during an attack on a military base on the border with the Gaza Strip on Saturday.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky put his finger on the problem: "The veto in the hands of the aggressor is what drove the UN into a dead end." 

More than 5,000 rockets were fired at Israel by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, setting off air raid sirens all around the nation and increasing the probability of more intense battle.

The tremor took place at around 11.10 local time a.m., forcing people to flee from their houses, Xinhua news agency quoted the locals as saying.

Palestinian militant group Hamas, which controls the besieged coastal enclave, has claimed responsibility for the attack, reports the BBC.

The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to jailed human rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all".

Ciccone did not say how the family died, but Daily Voice said that a spokesperson in her office ruled out shooting.

Mayur Gaglani swindled 69,544 pounds from his company in order to repay around 250,000 pounds he had stolen from his previous employer, the Cardiff Crown Court heard last week.

The total amount obtained by the other three amounted to more than $1.4 million in total.