(CNN) – A Bangladeshi Air Force jet crashed into a university in the capital Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 19 people in the country’s most deadly air incident in recent memory, according to emergency authorities.

A crash crash at the milestone school and college campus in the Diabari district of northern Dhaka has injured more than 100 other people, according to a spokesman for the country’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus.

At least 83 of these survivors (mostly students) were treated in hospitals in the capital, but some were “in danger,” the spokesman added.

According to news from state media BSS, the BAF F7 jet appeared on campus around 1:18pm local time (3:18am EST) and cited fire and civil defense officials. The plane’s pilot was among the people killed, the Associated Press reported, citing local officials.

Many people ran towards the crash site. There, we could see emergency crews trying to wipe out the jet’s smoking wreckage.

The government has announced a day of mourning and special prayers, BSS News said.

“I express my deep sadness and sadness at the tragic events of the victims caused by the crash,” Yunus wrote in X’s post.

“This is a deep moment of pain for the nation. I pray that the prompt recovery of all relevant authorities, including the injured and hospitals, will be addressed with a top priority,” the interim leader added.

“I only saw the fire and smoke.”

Witnesses, including the student’s parents, recalled the huge feathers of ashes above the school after the sound of being slapped after a fatal crash.

“When I was picking up a child and went to the gate, I realized something was coming from behind,” Masoud Tarik, a school teacher, told Reuters. “I heard the explosion. When I turned around, I only saw the fire and smoke.”

Others saw the chaotic aftermath unfolding on television. “I was terrified watching the video,” facility student Rafika Taha told The Associated Press.

“My God! That’s my school,” the 16-year-old added.

Milestone College teaches students between the ages of 4 and 18, according to its website.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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Israeli tanks were caught up in parts of central Gaza on Monday, according to Israeli media, aid agencies and witnesses.

The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) declined to comment on the operation. However, Israeli Army Radio said the operation had begun. IDF’s Golani Brigade said last night that “we began ground operations in southern Deir Al-Balah,” where air and artillery attacks were preceded.

Army Radio said, “At this stage, the operation will only include one brigade and is expected to last several weeks.”

On Sunday, Israeli forces ordered the Palestinians to evacuate an area of nearly six square kilometers (2.3 square miles) and drop thousands of leaflets on Deial Balau.

An IDF Arabic spokesman said the military “continues to operate with great forces to destroy enemy capabilities and terrorist infrastructure. It has expanded its activities in the region and is operating in areas that have not previously been operating.”

Israeli media reports that the IDF had previously reluctantly carried out a ground operation at Deir Al-Balah, fearing it would further put surviving hostages who could be held there.

The Hostage Family Forum said Monday that it was wary of reports that the attack had begun and explained to the government why “attacks in the Deial Borough region do not put hostages in a serious risk.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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A new wave of deadly Russian missiles slammed Ukraine on Sunday, but Kiev’s long-range drone attack caused travel disruption at Moscow’s airport.

Residents of Kiev and other major Ukrainian cities faced another sleepless night on Sunday as Russia launched 450 missiles and drones overnight on Monday.

The majority were shot down, but he added that 23 hit three locations and fragments from intercepted missiles landed in 12 areas.

National air raid warnings have been issued in most parts of Ukraine, with local governments reporting at least two people dead and 16 injured in the last 24 hours.

“The Russian strike is always an attack on humanity. In Kiev, kindergartens have started fires, along with residential buildings and other private infrastructure,” Ukrainian President Voldimir Zelensky said.

In Kiev, the warning was raised at 11pm on Sunday local time, killing one person and six injured and staying for eight hours, police said.

Standing in the tiled blew of his burnt-out apartment in the capital on Monday morning, 38-year-old Oleksandr Berdychevskyi remembered how the city had been shaken by the overnight explosion.

“There were three explosions. When I heard the fourth, I was in bed. The door was blown away and shards of glass landed on me,” he told CNN. “The balcony was on fire. I ran to the front door, and it was clogged,” he added.

Berdychevskyi said that all his documents and cash savings were destroyed in the fire, leaving only 2,000 Hryvnias (about $50) in his wallet.

When she sifted through the ashes, cursing Russia, and his mother, Lilya Berdychevska, could not stop crying. “They’re monsters. They’re just monsters. How lucky are they that their granddaughter wasn’t in the house and that their son is alive,” she told CNN.

Elsewhere in Kiev, Katerina, who gave her name, was among residents who ran into Rukianibska Metro Station for a shelter in the northwest of the city, where the entrance was damaged by the strike.

“When the attack happened, it was very scary,” she told Reuters, sitting on the escalator with her husband and pet dog, the couple carried debris and debris around after the strike.

“There was a lot of smoke and dust. We were all very scared. There was a bit of panic, but life taught us how to behave, so we’re all used to it.

A fire broke out on the roof of a supermarket in the Darnitsky district southeast of the city.

The fire has also been reported in more central districts of Shevchen Kivski and Dniprovski, affecting two residential buildings and shopping malls, causing wreckage to fall in the kindergarten of dniprovskiy.

In the northeastern city of Kalkiv, Mayor Ikhor Telekov reported 12 hits, including those that lit a flame near a multi-star residential building in the Kibsky district in the north.

Elsewhere in the city, windows were blown away and roads, trams and electric lines were damaged.

This latest attack includes cruises and ballistic missiles, as well as powerful advanced Kinzhal missiles.

Russia has stepped up its overnight strike in recent weeks, targeting cities far from the frontline. Earlier this month, the Ukrainian Air Force launched its biggest drone attack on Ukraine, including 728 attacks and decoy drones and 13 missiles.

Kiev’s army is also continuing to find ways to hit deep in Russia.

Over the weekend, thousands of passengers were forced to line up and sleep on the floor due to delays and cancellations in flights at major Moscow airports caused by long-range drone attacks, as seen in video from Russian media.

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobianin said the military had defeated 49 drones from Friday evening until Monday morning, with no injuries or serious damage.

Dozens more were intercepted in the western and southwest, including Kursk, Rostov, Bryansk, Kaluga, Tula and Lipetsk, including Kursk, Rostov, Bryansk, Kaluga, Tula and Lipetsk, confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

In a daily speech on Saturday, Zelensky called for consultations with Russia this week, calling for ceasefire negotiations to be pushed amid pressure for us to reach a deal.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow is “ready to move quickly” to achieve a peace agreement with Ukraine, but its “main goal” was to achieve its “objectives.”

The final round of the ceasefire talks in Istanbul ended swiftly in early June. Representatives from Russia and Ukraine barely met for over an hour before it stopped.

Russia has submitted its largest territorial request as part of its prerequisites for a ceasefire. Ukraine previously refused to consider territorial concessions in exchange for peace.