The death toll from an attack on a church in Syria has jumped to 25, state media say. SANA, citing the Health Ministry, said Monday that 63 others were wounded. The attack Sunday on the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox church during a Divine Liturgy in Dweil’a near Damascus was the first of its kind in Syria in years, and comes as Damascus under its de facto Islamist rule is trying to win the support of minorities. Father Fadi Ghattas told The Associated Press after the attack that some 350 people were praying at the church. No group immediately claimed responsibility, but the Syrian Interior Minister has blamed the extremist Islamic State group.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has survived an attempt to dissolve parliament. Most of his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners voted against the bill on Thursday. The ultra-Orthodox parties are furious that the government has failed to pass a law exempting their community from mandatory military service. It's an issue that has long divided the Jewish Israeli public especially during the 20-month war in the Gaza Strip. Just two of the 18 ultra-Orthodox members of Israel’s parliament supported the bill. The vote in the Knesset was the most serious challenge to Netanyahu’s government since the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel in October 2023 that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip.
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