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China on Sunday sent a new satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in its southwestern Sichuan Province.The Gaofen-14-02 satellite was launched aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully.This satellite is capable of efficiently acquiring high-precision stereo imagery on a global scale, providing fundamental geographic information support for national economic development and national defense construction.The launch marked the 603rd flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

Ukraine launched a large barrage of drones for a second night in a row at Russia, which said Tuesday it had shot down 184 of the projectiles.The majority of the drones were intercepted over the border regions of Kursk and Belgorod, Russia's defence ministry said in a statement.On Monday Russia said it had intercepted 251 drones, one of Kyiv's largest retaliatory attacks that left two people dead.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched a massive arrest and raid campaign across several West Bank governorates on Sunday, searching homes and arresting 22 Palestinians. The Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported that the IOF arrested seven Palestinians in northern Tulkarm, seven others in Bethlehem governorate, five Palestinians in the villages of the Nablus governorate, and two others in Al-Khalil and in Dura town. The IOF also arrested former Israeli Knesset member Haneen Zoabi, after raiding her home in the city of Nazareth in the Galilee region within the 1948 territories, under the pretext of "inciting terrorism." This arrest campaign comes as part of the escalating policy pursued by the Israeli occupation in the West Bank, which aims to terrorize Palestinians, restrict movement, and persecute activists and freed captives.

The State of Qatar condemned, in the strongest terms, the wide-scale ground operation launched by the Israeli occupation to take control of Gaza, describing it as an extension of the war of genocide against the brotherly Palestinian people and a blatant violation of international law.In a statement issued Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that the Israeli occupation seeks to undermine the prospects for peace in the region through systematic plans that pose a threat to regional and international peace and security, including the brutal war of genocide on Gaza and its settlement, colonial, and racist policies based on arrogance, aggression, and treachery. This, the Ministry emphasized, requires decisive international solidarity to compel Israel to adhere to the international legitimacy resolutions.The Ministry reaffirmed the State of Qatar's firm and permanent stance in support of the Palestinian cause and the steadfastness of the brotherly Palestinian people, based on the international legitimacy resolutions and the two-state solution that guarantees the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.