Japan has commemorated the victims of USA’s Nagasaki atomic bombing on August 9, 1945. A ceremony was held in Nagasaki Peace Park on the 77th anniversary of the disaster. Around 1,700 people gathered and stood in silence for the victims in the attack.
At the ceremony, Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue reiterated his recent call for a “world without nuclear weapons.”
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that Israel’s attacks on Gaza have killed 62,895 people and injured 158,927 since October 7, 2023. In the last 24 hours alone, 76 people were killed and 298 injured.
At aid distribution points, deaths have risen to 2,158, with nearly 16,000 wounded. The ministry also said 10 more civilians, including two children, died of starvation, bringing Gaza’s hunger-related death toll to 313.
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