Buildings and vehicles were damaged in the city of Ramat Gan on Friday following retaliatory airstrikes launched by Iran, with explosions heard in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, two largest cities in Israel.
First responders and firefighters assessed the aftermath in Ramat Gan, while rescue teams and paramedics evacuated residents trapped inside shelters.
Bar, a local resident, described the chaos during the previous night's attacks.
"In Ramat Gan, most of the buildings here don't have a sufficient shelter. So we were running to the neighborhood shelter in the elementary school. While we were running and turning down to the shelter, we had a major shock wave. Apparently, as you can tell from the devastation, missile apparently hit probably like the bull's eye of this building. So the shock wave was pretty tremendous, overall, overnight we were running between across our homes for the shelter again," he said.
On Saturday morning, CGTN stringer Tony from Haifa, another Israeli city, recounted the previous night's terror and the pervasive fear of further escalation.
He said locals had endured numerous rocket attacks in the past, the current situation had left streets deserted and residents profoundly concerned. Though still cherishing the hope for peaceful resolution, the population remained braced for all possible outcomes.
The escalation began when Israel launched a large-scale airstrike against Iran earlier on Friday, targeting over 200 military and nuclear facilities across the country. Hours later, Iran retaliated by firing hundreds of missiles and launching drone attacks at multiple Israeli cities. Official reports confirm at least three deaths and dozens of injuries in Israel from the overnight attack.
Rubble, debris after Iran missile attack in Israel
China aims to achieve secure and reliable supply of key core artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by 2027, with its industrial scale and empowerment level remaining among the world's forefront, according to a recent government action plan.
The plan, jointly issued by eight departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Cyberspace Administration of China, and the National Development and Reform Commission, outlines an ambitious push to deeply integrate AI with the manufacturing sector, foster new quality productive forces and comprehensively empower new industrialization. By 2027, the plan targets the deep application of three to five general-purpose large AI models in manufacturing, the development of specialized, full-coverage industry-specific large models, the creation of 100 high-quality industrial datasets, and the promotion of 500 typical application scenarios.
It also aims to cultivate two to three globally influential ecosystem-leading enterprises, a batch of specialized and sophisticated small and medium-sized enterprises, and a group of enabling service providers proficient in both AI technology and industry know-how.
Furthermore, China plans to build a world-leading open-source ecosystem, enhance security governance capabilities, and contribute Chinese solutions to global AI development.
The document outlines measures including promoting the coordinated development of AI chips' hardware and software, supporting innovations in model training and inference methods, fostering key industry-specific large models, and deeply embedding large model technology into core production processes.
The plan also emphasizes making breakthroughs in key technologies such as security protection for industrial model algorithms and training data protection.
China aims for secure, reliable supply of AI core tech by 2027
