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MIDDLE EAST

Israel bombs Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon

The Middle East was reeling on Sunday from deadly violence with Israel bombing Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen in quick succession. Dozens have been killed since Saturday across the Gaza Strip, the civil defense agency said, including in strikes on homes in the central Nuseirat and Bureij areas and displaced people near southern Khan Younis. In Yemen's Hodeidah port, six people were killed and 83 others wounded in Israeli strikes on Saturday that hit a power plant and fuel storage facilities, Houthi health authorities said on Sunday. The Israeli military also confirmed on Sunday it struck Hezbollah weapons storage facilities overnight, after Lebanese state media reported an Israeli strike on an ammunitions depot deep in the south injured six civilians.

SOUTH KOREA

First lady grilled over Dior handbag graft

South Korea's first lady Kim Keonhee has been questioned over allegations of stock manipulation and graft involving a $2,200 luxury handbag, the prosecution said on Sunday. The questioning comes as the opposition calls for a special probe into the first lady, who has been under scrutiny for accepting a Dior bag in violation of government ethics rules, and for her alleged role in a stock manipulation scheme. Prosecutors conducted "face-to-face questioning" of Kim on Saturday, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said. The "Dior bag scandal" hit President Yoon Suk-yeol's already-low approval ratings, contributing to a stinging defeat for his party in general elections in April as it failed to win back a parliamentary majority.

Agencies Via Xinhua