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On December 21, 2023 local time, a shooting occurred near a university in Prague, Czech Republic, resulting in many casualties, and the police took security measures. According to Czech police, at least 15 people were killed and 24 injured in a shooting at Charles University near Jan Palach Square in the capital Prague on the same day, and the suspect has died.
On December 21, 2023 local time, in Prague, Czech Republic, the injured were evacuated after the shooting.
Civilians and police were at the scene after a shooting at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, December 21, 2023 local time. Students at the school shared some information online that someone was locked in a classroom or library and that students were being evacuated from classrooms close to the street.
Czech Interior Minister Witte Rakushan (center right) and Police Commissioner Martin von Drašek (center left) hold a press conference after the shooting in Prague, Czech Republic, December 21, 2023 local time. Von de la Shek said at a press conference on the evening of the 21st that the shooting incident occurred in the afternoon of Charles University's Faculty of Letters, killing at least 15 people and treating another 24 people;
On December 21, 2023 local time, in Prague, Czech Republic, a woman lit a candle outside the Faculty of Arts building of Charles University.
Founded in 1348 by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, Charles University is the oldest university in the Czech Republic and Central Europe, and the highest university in the Czech Republic.
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FAO: About 2.2 million people in the Gaza Strip face acute hunger
On December 19, 2023 local time, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict continues, and Palestinians receive food. On December 21, local time, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said in a report that about 2.2 million people in the Gaza Strip are facing severe hunger, and FAO is deeply shocked by the deteriorating food security situation in the Gaza Strip. The report notes that the risk of starvation increases with each additional day of hostilities and restrictions on humanitarian assistance.
The report estimates that the entire population of the Gaza Strip is in food insecurity between December 8, 2023 and February 7, 2024. Of these, 79 percent of the population is in a state of food security emergency or food security disaster, and at least a quarter of households (more than 500,000 people) face catastrophic acute food insecurity.
High concentrations of people or isolation in rudimentary shelters or areas with no basic services are the main causes of famine risk. FAO said it has been closely concerned about the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in the region. As soon as access to the Gaza Strip is available, FAO is ready to deliver fodder (1,500 tonnes of barley), water tanks, veterinary kits and fuel to Gaza to protect livestock and sustain livelihoods.
The Israeli army said it had completed the dismantling of the main network of the Hamas underground tunnel in Gaza City
On December 19, 2023 local time, in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, fighters of the Israeli army's Yaharlom troops were in the tunnel. According to a statement issued by the Israel Defense Forces on the evening of December 21 local time, the Israeli army has completed the demolition of Hamas's main network of underground tunnels in Gaza City, a city in the northern Gaza Strip.
On December 21, 2023 local time, in southern Israel, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict continues, and Israeli soldiers patrol the border in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military announced that afternoon that the 99th Division of the Israel Defense Forces had completed military operations in southern Gaza City and had begun to expand its activities to the central part of the Gaza Strip.
Palestinians carry an injured man rescued from a collapsed building after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, near Kuwait Hospital, December 20, 2023 local time. According to a statement by the health department of the Gaza Strip on the evening of December 20 local time, since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 20,000 and more than 52,000 have been injured.
The Gaza Strip is 'the most dangerous place in the world' for children
On December 20, 2023 local time, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestinian children are treated at a local Kuwaiti hospital. On the 19th local time, UNICEF spokesman James Elder, who returned from the Gaza Strip, held a press conference in Geneva. He said the Gaza Strip is "the most dangerous place in the world" for children.
On December 21, 2023 local time, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, a child plays ball in the rubble of a destroyed building.
On December 20, 2023 local time, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict continues, 8,000 pairs of children's shoes are placed in the square to mourn the children killed in the Gaza Strip.
In the past 48 hours, the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip has been shelled twice, and the hospital is not only treating many children seriously injured in the attack, but also housing hundreds of women and children seeking refuge.
Involved in the falsification of crash test data, Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism conducted a search of Daihatsu Automobile's headquarters
On December 21, 2023 local time, in Osaka, Japan, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan conducted a search of Daihatsu Automobile headquarters related to the falsification of crash test data. On December 20, local time, in response to the fact that Daihatsu Automobile Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor, had previously been exposed to data falsification in violation of the test procedures and methods stipulated in the regulations in the crash test, after a third-party committee investigation, most of the models currently produced by Daihatsu Automobile had the same problems. The company will completely halt shipments of all models.
The strongest cold wave swept through South Korea, and beaches froze
On December 21, 2023 local time, in Seoul, South Korea, the strongest cold wave hit and the beach froze. The minimum temperature in Seoul dropped to -14.4°C, and the felt temperature dropped to -22.3°C.
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