Middle EastFuneral held of man Lebanon says was killed by Israeli fire on border
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People carry the coffin of Mohamed Tahan, who was killed at the border fence with Israel yesterday, during his funeral in Adloun, southern Lebanon May 15, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
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The family of a 21-year-old man who the Lebanese authorities say was killed by Israeli fire when he and a group of others tried to cross the border fence with Israel held his funeral on Saturday, a day after he died.
The Israeli military said its tanks had fired warning shots at people who had damaged the fence. The incident took place during a protest on the Lebanese side to support Palestinians, amid a conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group which rules Gaza.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated on Thursday that rocket attacks by Palestinian militants against Israel must cease, and also said the United States had been clear that Israel has the right to defend itself.
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New research sheds light on brain’s GPS system
Grid cells are the brain’s GPS system. But do they use brain waves to gather information about speed and direction? Researchers at the University of Oslo resolved the question.
Part of the research team behind the new study on whether brain waves provide the brain’s GPS system with information about speed and direction. From the left, Professor Marianne Fyhn, Mikkel Elle Lepperød and Kristian K. Lensjø, all at the University of Oslo. Photo: Ola Sæther, Ui
In order to navigate at sea or just to your front door, you have to keep track of direction, speed and distance. Grid cells acquire continuous information about the direction and speed at which you move in space. Using this information, the cells create a type of map in your brain. But how do the grid cells generate this map?
Middle EastDesperate Gazans flee Israeli bombardment in cars and on carts
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A Palestinian woman walks as she collects her belongings inside her damaged house in the aftermath of Israeli air and artillery strikes as cross-border violence between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants continues, in the northern Gaza Strip May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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After days of heavy Israeli airstrikes, and then intensifying artillery fire, some terrified residents of north Gaza are not waiting to see if there is a repeat of 2014, when a ground assault followed.
Under heavy shelling on Thursday night, Rewaa Marouf grabbed her children and fled the town of Beit Lahiya, close to Gaza s northern border with Israel.