Documents indicate they came from Sde Teiman, which already faces allegations of torture and unlawful deaths * Middle East crisis – live updates At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel to Gaza had been held in a notorious detention centre already facing allegations of torture and unlawful deaths in custody, officials from Gaza’s health ministry told the Guardian. The director general of the health ministry, Dr Munir al-Bursh, and the spokesperson for Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, where the bodies are being examined, said a document found inside each body bag indicated the bodies all came from Sde Teiman, a military base in the Negev desert, where, according to photos and testimonies published by the Guardian last year, Palestinian detainees were held in cages, blindfolded and handcuffed, shackled to hospital beds, and forced to wear nappies. Continue reading...

　公明党の斉藤鉄夫代表は20日、日本外国特派員協会で記者会見し、比例代表を念頭に置いた衆院議員の定数1割削減を模索する自民党と日本維新の会をけん制した。「（仮に）50議席削減するならば、小選挙区30、 ...

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【10月19日 AFP】パレスチナ自治区ガザ地区の民間防衛隊は18日、イスラエル軍が17日にバスを砲撃してパレスチナ人の一家9人を殺害したと発表した

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