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CIA conducted drone strikes and torture near Ecuador coast, rights groups allege
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Rights groups have accused the CIA of carrying out drone strikes, enforced disappearances, and torture operations in waters near Ecuador's coast, Democracy Now! reported. The allegations suggest undisclosed U.S. military activity in the region, though the groups did not specify the targets or scope of the operations.
Israel is allegedly destroying evidence of potential war crimes as it clears rubble from Gaza following military operations, according to rights monitoring organizations tracking reconstruction efforts. In a separate development, the U.S. ambassador delivered an unusual public criticism of Israeli settlers' siege tactics against Palestinian homes, marking a rare diplomatic rebuke from Washington on the issue of settlement expansion.
