Tuesday, May 28

Contents:

1. Storms Kill At Least 21 during Memorial Day Weekend

2. Israeli Attack on Rafah Kills At Least 45

3. Fact of the Day

4. Quote of the Day

5. Word of the Day

Over the weekend, tornado-creating storms have killed at least 21 people in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kentucky. Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power and electricity on Monday, and severe thunderstorms raged throughout the country on Sunday night.

For Georgia and some of South Carolina, the weather service put out a severe thunderstorm watch until Monday afternoon. As for New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, another severe thunderstorm watch was enacted until Monday evening. In a speech, United States President Joe Biden gave condolences to all the people who died.

The war in Gaza has already taken many lives, but an Israeli attack on the city of Rafah has killed at least 45 people after an airstrike struck a refugee tent. The attack happened on Sunday night, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strike was not meant to kill civilians. Israel's military released a statement saying the strike killed two senior Hamas officials.

Still, there has been large condemnation of Israel by countries around the world. French President Emmanuel Macron made a post on the social media platform X, urging Israel to halt their operations and highlighting how there are barely any safe areas left in Rafah for Palestinian citizens. Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly also made a public statement on X, emphasizing that Canada does not support the latest Israeli military operations in Rafah in any way and calling for the end of the conflict.

The attacks in Rafah also continued into Monday, with another airstrike on a house killing seven people and tanks bombarding the city, killing at least eight more.

Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest): The Mississippi River is 2,340 miles long, making it the third-largest watershed in the world (after the Amazon and Congo drainage basins).

Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is. (Ernest Hemingway)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Glean (verb) - To glean is to gather or collect something bit by bit, or in a gradual way. Glean can also be used to mean “to search (something) carefully” and “to find out.”

In a Sentence: Neil has a collection of antique tools gleaned from flea markets and garage sales.