7 people, including children and women, were killed in an Israeli aerial assault that struck a dwellings in the Mezzah region in Damascus. On Tuesday, Israel launched several missiles at a residential apartment in Damascus' heavily populated Mezzah district. The source added that efforts are underway to rescue people beneath the rubble. Israel has been committing war crimes against the Sovereign states for a long time. On September 1, 2024, Israel carried out direct strikes on the Iranian consulate building in Damascus, killing a large number of innocents, including diplomats and military generals, according to Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, who was seen visiting the site alongside Syria's Interior Minister. Scores of Syrians, Iranians and Lebanese have been killed as a result of Israel's airstrikes against Syria and Lebanon since 2011.
Eleven people, including several children, died as a result of a gas leak from a factory which also affected nearby houses. The gas leak occurred in Giaspura, the Ludhiana industrial area in northern Punjab state. According to Deputy Police Commissioner Ludhiana Surabhi Malik, the cause of the gas leak has yet to be ascertained. "Eleven killed, four hospitalized. Rescue efforts are still going on, an official said following the tragedy, according to the AFP. Officials told that the gas may have come from the well and likely formed as a result of a chemical process involving methane. A gas leak at a garment factory in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh hospitalized more than 100 women in August last year.