NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND

Ava O'Connell from Limerick taking part in the Very Pink Run. Over 1,000 members of Cork’s Pink Tribe took part in Breast Cancer Ireland’s inaugural Very Pink Run in MTU, Bishopstown, Cork.

• An Irish-Israeli citizen is missing after Hamas militants launched a surprise attack yesterday.
• Israel’s ambassador to said it is a “shame” that some Irish politicians have posted images of Palestinian flags on their social media accounts.
• Robbie Keane fled Israel in the aftermath of the attack from Palestinian militant group Hamas.
• Three men died died on Irish roads overnight in separate fatal collisions in Co Kerry, Co Roscommon and Co Louth.
• Householders can expect electricity credits of between €300 and €400 between now and early next year, The Journal understands. 
• Meanwhile, coalition leaders are expected to finalise the details of Budget 2024 today, with issues related to tax, health and social welfare decided.
• PSNI detectives are appealing for information following reports that a group of up to 30 males armed with knives attacked a man in Co Tyrone in the early hours of this morning.
• The PSNI also revealed 17 of its officers have been assaulted in several different incidents over the past 24 hours.
• Women in Ireland are worried that the symptoms of the menopause are having an impact on their relationships, an online survey found.
• A monument to Noel Lemass, an anti-Treaty IRA captain who was murdered in 1923, was vandalised overnight in the hours before a commemoration on the 100^th anniversary of his death.

INTERNATIONAL 

Retaliatory Israeli air strikes hit Khan Younis, Gaza Strip AP AP

#GAZA Israel formally declared war on Hamas today as the conflict’s death toll surged close to 1,000.

#AFGHANISTAN The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply again today to more than 2,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of razed villages.

#INDIA At least 77 people are confirmed dead in the floods that hit India’s northeast.

#SCOTLAND People in the north of Scotland were warned there is still a “risk to life” from severe flooding while those in the south of the UK had dry and warm conditions.

PARTING SHOT

Big Brother returns tonight.

Big Brother is hitting our screens tonight for the first time in sive years. 

The first episode of the new season will air on Virgin One at 9pm. 

It was a cultural phenomenon for many of its years on air and kicked off the reality TV boom.

But while it was once a game-changing social experiment, has the appetite for it waned over the years.

Check out the results of this morning’s poll to see what readers think. 

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