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On Friday the Dutch government will announce a nationwide ban on the strongest consumer fireworks - fireworks that fall in the so-called third category like strips and rolls of firecrackers, sources in The Hague told broadcaster NOS. Both the fireworks sector and the police are dissatisfied with the ban.  The ban will take effect from New Year's 2020-2021, according to the broadcaster. Category three fireworks, which form only a small share of the Dutch market, are already banned in Belgium and Germany.  The Dutch Safety Board and National police have long called for a total ban on firecrackers, because they cause many injuries. This past New Year's, two people died and 400 people were injured in fireworks-related incidents. The government did not want to ban firecrackers completely, and therefore came up with this compromise. If this partial ban does not result in a decrease in incidents, additional measures will not be ruled out in the long term, the broadcaster's … [Read more...] about Dutch gov’t to ban strongest consumer fireworks: report

Aron Heller Associated Press Published 11:15 AM EDT May 5, 2019 JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza militants on Sunday intensified a wave of rocket fire into southern Israel, striking towns and cities and killing at least three people in one of the bloodiest rounds of fighting since the 2014 war. At least nine Palestinians, including a pregnant woman and her 14-month-old niece, have also been killed. Israeli forces struck dozens of targets throughout Gaza, including militant sites that the military said were concealed in homes or residential areas. The army also moved armored units toward Gaza as the sides headed closer to all-out war. Israel and Hamas are bitter enemies that have fought three wars since the Islamic militant group seized control of Gaza in 2007, as well as numerous smaller flare-ups, most recently in late March. These flare-ups have become increasingly frequent in recent years, ending in informal Egyptian-mediated truces in which Israel pledges to ease a crippling … [Read more...] about Palestinians step up rocket attacks as Israel strikes Gaza