Morning news brief: Egypt cracks down on tourism firms amid Hajj deaths; IDF straps man to jeep, and more

An ex-Kremlin minister reportedly attended a Tory fundraiser event earlier this week even as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blasted Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the Ukraine peace summit just days later. Egyptian authorities are cracking down on tourism companies and revoking their licenses, accusing them of causing deaths of Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.Citing medical and security sources, the news agency Reuters reported that at least 530Egyptians died during this year's pilgrimage.

Meanwhile, the Israeli forces tied down a Palestinian to the hood of a military jeep. The Israeli military acknowledged the incident after a video surfaced on social media and said that its forces violated protocol.

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The Egyptian government said on Saturday (June 22) that it withdrew thelicenses of 16 tourism companies and referred them to the public prosecutor, accusing them of being responsible for the deaths ofEgyptian pilgrims in Mecca.

Israeli forces strapped a wounded Palestinian man to the hood of their military jeep during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, on Saturday (Jun 22).

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