The United Nations says an international staffer was killed and five others wounded in a strike in the Gaza Strip. Jorge Moreira da Silva, head of the U.N. Office for Project Services, said the cause of Wednesday’s blast remains unclear but that an explosive ordnance was “dropped or fired.” He did not provide the nationalities of those killed and wounded.
The attack came a day after Israel carried out a wave of heavy strikes that killed over 400 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, shattering the ceasefire with Hamas.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said the wave of strikes Tuesday was “only the beginning” and that Israel would press ahead until it achieves all of its war aims — destroying Hamas and freeing all hostages held by the militant group since its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel ignited the fighting.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said at least 436 people, including 183 children and 94 women, have been killed since Israel launched airstrikes Tuesday. Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the ministry’s records department, described it as the deadliest day in Gaza since the start of the war. Its records do not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
Attacks on property carrying the logo of Elon Musk’s electric-car company are cropping up across the U.S. and overseas. While no injuries have been reported, Tesla showrooms, vehicle lots, charging stations and privately owned cars have been targeted.
There’s been a clear uptick since President Donald Trump took office and empowered Musk to oversee a new Department of Government Efficiency that’s slashing government spending. Experts on domestic extremism say it’s impossible to know yet if the spate of incidents will balloon into a long-term pattern.
In Trump’s first term, his properties in New York, Washington and elsewhere became a natural place for protest. In the early days of his second term, Tesla is filling that role.
In the first 30 days of the Trump presidency the administration has issued a crackdown on undocumented immigrants and conducted a slew of firings in the Department of Education, the FAA and more.
Amid a wave of attempts by the Trump administration to defund public services, a coalition of labor unions gathered at the Minnesota Capitol Rotunda late Tuesday to demand funding for services, including education and health care.
A large crowd packed into the Rotunda to voice their opposition to policies that have been rolled out in the first 30 days of the Trump presidency – policies that include a crackdown on undocumented immigrants, a slew of mass firings and downsizing of federal departments, including the Department of Education and the FAA and a ban on transgender athletes participating in girls’ and women’s sports.
Bridget Schmid can be reached at beschmid@stthomas.edu.
