Around 400 students and staff at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Gurdaspur were stranded due to severe flooding, submerging the school's ground floor. NDRF and army teams were deployed for rescue operations as rivers in Punjab's border districts overflowed due to dam water release, impacting several districts.
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Israel released disturbing security footage depicting the October 7 Hamas attack on the Taasa family home. The video shows a Hamas militant killing firefighter Gil Taasa as he shielded his two sons from a grenade. Injured by shrapnel, the boys witnessed their father's death and were later offered drinks by a fighter before the family's eldest son was also killed.
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