Ronahî: Today at least four people lost their life in Israeli air strikes on Gaza City. Among them are two children and one woman, and several others were injured.

Ronahî: According to the Director General of the Media Office of the Gaza government, Ismail Al-Sawabta, an Israeli special force tried to carry out an operation in the city, but after it was detected, the army began shelling to cover the withdrawal of that force.

Kamîran: So the air strike followed the ground operation. What did Israel itself say about it?

Ronahî: Israeli Defence Minister Yisrael Katz announced that a senior Hamas leader has been captured. Apart from this information, no further details about the operation have been released.

Ronahî: In Idlib the number of people who lost their life in an explosion has reached five. The Idlib Health Directorate reported this figure. Earlier it had been said that two people had died and five had been injured.

Kamîran: What caused the explosion?

Ronahî: The explosion took place today around two in the afternoon in the town of Binnish. According to initial reports, a vehicle loaded with munitions exploded, but the cause and source of the blast are still unclear.

Kamîran: A vehicle loaded with munitions inside the town — this means there are still remnants of war in this area.

Ronahî: In Rojava protests continue against the decision of the Syrian transitional government’s Ministry of Education. Under this decision, education in the Kurdish language has been limited to three hours per week.

Ronahî: Today residents of Derik took to the streets in the city’s central market. Residents, members of organisations and civil society councils, representatives of political parties, and youth and women’s movements joined the demonstration and described the decision as a sign of marginalising the Kurdish language.

Kamîran: And not only in Derik, is that right?

Ronahî: No, students and university lecturers also held actions in Hasakah and Kobani. In Hasakah, students read a statement in Kurdish and Arabic in front of the City Council building. Teachers and students say that restricting the teaching of scientific subjects in the mother tongue will affect students’ mental well-being and academic success.

Kamîran: Women’s organisations also spoke on this.

Ronahî: Yes. The Coordination of Kurdistan Women’s Communities stated that although the decision recognises Kurdish as a national language, education has been limited to only a few classes, and called on the people not to accept education without the mother tongue.

Ronahî: In the western countryside of Suwayda, fighting with heavy weapons and mortar shelling has resumed. The clashes are between the Internal Security Forces and a group called the National Defence.

Kamîran: This has happened before, it seems.

Ronahî: Yes, after intense fighting that continued from yesterday evening until this morning, there was a tense pause, but then clashes restarted in several areas. At least ten people have been injured, and security tensions in the region remain high.

Kamîran: Towards the end, there is news from the United Nations related to the situation in Syria.

Ronahî: Yes, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the nineteenth of December as the International Day of Women Searching for the Missing. The resolution was presented by Syria.

Ronahî: The resolution recognises the efforts of these women to search for their missing loved ones and highlights the hardships they face on this journey.