Gazans returning through the Rafah crossing reported being searched by a local Palestinian militia linked to Israel, while hundreds of Google employees demanded the company cut ties with U.S. immigration enforcement agencies, and Storm Leonardo continued to batter Europe and northern Africa. These events unfolded as a Nigerian village chief recounted a night of terror following a jihadist massacre.
Two Gazan women who passed through the newly reopened Rafah crossing with Egypt on Monday told the BBC that members of the Abu Shabab militia, also known as the Popular Forces, searched them and their belongings at an Israeli military checkpoint inside the Gaza Strip. Lamia Rabia, who was traveling with her children, described being escorted by Israeli forces from the border to the checkpoint. Delays and security restrictions meant only 12 Palestinians were able to return to Gaza on Monday, according to BBC World.
Meanwhile, Google executives faced pressure from nearly 900 full-time employees who demanded more transparency over the company's technology use within the U.S. government. The employees, in an open letter published on Friday, expressed concerns about Google's ties to federal agencies involved in immigration enforcement, which, in recent months, had turned violent and deadly. Google has contracts to provide federal agencies with cloud services and has links to work being done on federal immigration enforcement, according to BBC Technology and BBC Business. One Google employee of seven years found it "mind-boggling" that the company was maintaining its ties with the immigration enforcers.
Across the Atlantic, Storm Leonardo continued to bring severe weather to Europe and northern Africa. The Iberian peninsula was placed under severe weather alerts as the storm battered parts of Spain and Portugal with torrential rain and strong winds, according to The Guardian. Spain's state meteorological agency, Aemet, issued its highest red alert for heavy rainfall in Cádiz and parts of Málaga.
In Nigeria, the traditional chief of Woro in Kwara state recounted a night of terror earlier in the week when jihadists massacred residents. Umar Bio Salihu, 53, said gunmen "just came in and started shooting," killing two of his sons and kidnapping his wife and three daughters, according to The Guardian.
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