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Early Tuesday morning, Israeli media reported that the sister of Hamas' chief political leader Ismail Haniyeh had been killed during a strike on the al-Shati refugee camp. The Israeli Defense Force said an Air Force plane struck two buildings in al-Shati and the community of Daraj Tuffah. They said the structures were being used by Hamas terrorists, who were reportedly operating from a school. Saudi broadcaster Al Arabiya also reported that Israeli forces hit one of Haniyeh's houses, killing 13 people.
This comes soon after Israel arrested another one of Haniyeh’s sisters in April when she praised the Oct. 7 attack on the southern region of the country and showed solidarity with a terrorist group. Sabah al-Salem Haniyeh was 57 years old at the time of the arrest and lived in the town of Tel Sheva.
On another note, 22 people are dead in South Korea after a devastating fire at a lithium battery plant, but the blaze has been extinguished.
Around 10:30 am local time on Monday, a couple of lithium batteries exploded within the plant, which contained over 35,000 batteries. That set off a small chain reaction of explosions, which led to an all-out fire in the plant. It was located in Hwaseong, an industrial area southwest of Seoul, South Korea’s capital, past the city of Incheon. The company, called Aricell, is a relatively small business, employing around 50 people and mainly focusing on the creation of lithium batteries for sensors and other machinery.
When burned, lithium batteries release a dangerous, toxic gas. Soon after the fire began, workers were quickly killed by the gas inhalation, as the gas is poisonous enough to kill you after just one or two breaths. In addition, the blaze spread very quickly– within a minute, it had already engulfed most of the floor. To add onto that, the fire later sparked more explosions, which shook the building and may have killed more workers who had managed to survive the gas.
Fire crews arrived and were able to put out the fire within 6 hours of the initial explosions, but it wasn’t fast enough to save the workers inside from the toxic gases. Among the dead were 18 Chinese workers, two South Koreans, one Laotian, and one unidentified person. Multiple workers managed to make it out unscathed, while others were unluckier and escaped with moderate to severe burns. However, the dangerous gas from the batteries was the true killer.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visited the plant on Monday, and the country’s Interior Minister Lee Sang-min ensured that the local authorities were taking steps to prevent the chemicals and toxic gas from spreading to nearby areas.
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