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  • Defense Ministry – Middle East Monitor

    Defense Ministry – Middle East Monitor

    Israel has received 940 aircraft and vessels loaded with US weapons and military equipment since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, Anadolu reports.

    “The 800th aircraft in the comprehensive military equipment and weapons airlift operation that commenced immediately following the (Gaza) war has landed in Israel this morning,” the ministry said in a statement.

    During the airlift, the ministry said, over 90,000 tons…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Mitochondrial DNA mutation accumulation may not be a determining factor in aging

    Mitochondrial DNA mutation accumulation may not be a determining factor in aging

    Mutations accumulated in mitochondrial DNA associated with aging were earlier believed to cause aging by decreasing the energy-producing function (mitochondrial respiratory function). In this study, researchers at University of Tsukuba demonstrated that mitochondrial respiratory function is not reduced even when wild-type mice accumulated the same level of mutations as premature aging model mice, indicating the need to reinvestigate the conventional theory.

    The human genome is broadly…

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  • Chaos erupts as Palestinians rush to aid site after months of blockade | Newsfeed

    Chaos erupts as Palestinians rush to aid site after months of blockade | Newsfeed

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    Chaos erupted in Rafah as thousands of desperate Palestinians swarmed a new aid distribution site, set up by the controversial US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Live ammunition was fired to disperse the large crowds.

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Several injured by Israeli fire as starving Gazans storm US aid distribution facility in Rafah – Middle East Monitor

    Several injured by Israeli fire as starving Gazans storm US aid distribution facility in Rafah – Middle East Monitor

    Several Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire when starving Gazans stormed a US-backed aid distribution facility in the southern city of Rafah on Tuesday, local authorities said, Anadolu Agency reports.

    “The Israeli occupation’s plan for aid distribution in the so-called buffer zone has failed disastrously,” Gaza’s government media office said in a statement.

    It said Israeli forces opened fire after thousands of starving Palestinians rushed into…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Lazzarini rejects Israeli accusations of links between UNRWA and Hamas

    Lazzarini rejects Israeli accusations of links between UNRWA and Hamas

    The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency …

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  • Germany arrests Syrian accused of crimes under Assad

    Germany arrests Syrian accused of crimes under Assad

    An alleged former Syrian prison guard has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity under former president Bashar al-Assad, prosecutors said Tuesday.

    The man, identified only as Fahad A., is accused of “acts of killing, torture and deprivation of liberty” while he worked in a Damascus facility run by Syrian intelligence in 2011 and 2012, during the Arab Spring protests.

    German authorities have pursued several suspects for crimes committed in Syria’s civil war…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Sudan’s RSF attacks army amid cholera outbreak

    Sudan’s RSF attacks army amid cholera outbreak

    A paramilitary drone strike hit a fuel depot and a military base in war-torn Sudan’s south Tuesday, a military source said, as the capital Khartoum battles a deadly cholera outbreak.

    The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), targeted the city of Kosti in the White Nile State, after weeks of a long-range drone campaign that has hit vital infrastructure across the country.

    The RSF and regular army have been locked in a devastating war since April 2023.

    “The drone strike caused the depot to…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Study quantifies the sleep loss and disruption experienced by new mothers

    Study quantifies the sleep loss and disruption experienced by new mothers

    A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2025 annual meeting quantifies the amount of sleep loss experienced by first-time mothers in the weeks after giving birth and is the first to identify the unique type of sleep disruption that persists throughout the first months of motherhood.

    Results show that the average daily sleep duration of new mothers was 4.4 hours during the first week after giving birth compared with a pre-pregnancy sleep duration of 7.8 hours. Their longest stretch of…

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  • Location matters: Belly fat compared to overall body fat more strongly linked to psoriasis risk

    Location matters: Belly fat compared to overall body fat more strongly linked to psoriasis risk

    Researchers have found that central body fat, especially around the abdomen, is more strongly linked to psoriasis risk than total body fat, particularly in women. This link between central fat and psoriasis remained consistent regardless of genetic predisposition, indicating that abdominal fat is an independent risk factor.The study in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, published by Elsevier, provides insights that could help improve early risk prediction and guide personalized…

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  • Boys who are overweight in their early teens risk passing on harmful epigenetic traits to future children

    Boys who are overweight in their early teens risk passing on harmful epigenetic traits to future children

    A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity and low lung function.

    Research published in Communications Biology is the first human study to reveal the biological mechanism behind the impact of fathers’ early teenage obesity on their children.

    Researchers from the University of Southampton and the University of Bergen in Norway investigated the epigenetic…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com