GAZA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Authorities in Gaza warned on Monday that more ​war-damaged buildings may collapse because of heavy ​rain in the devastated Palestinian enclave and said the weather was making it ⁠hard to recover bodies still under the rubble.

Two buildings collapsed in Gaza on Friday, killing at least 12 people according to local health authorities, amid ​a storm that has also washed away and flooded ‍tents, and led to deaths from ​exposure.

In Kadugli, a besieged city in Sudan's Kordofan region, escalating violence and worsening famine have left civilians trapped in a state of constant fear, according to testimonies gathered by AFP.

Two and a half years of war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have ravaged the South Kordofan state capital, with strikes intensifying in recent weeks.

The latest, a drone strike on a United Nations peacekeeping base on Saturday, killed six Bangladeshi troops.

Iranian Nobel winner Narges Mohammadi was taken to hospital twice after being violently arrested last week and appeared unwell in her first telephone contact since being detained, her supporters said Monday.

Mohammadi suffered "severe and repeated baton blows to the head and neck" during her arrest and in the call "her physical condition was not good, and she appeared unwell", her foundation said in a statement.

A flash flood in a Moroccan coastal town has killed at least 37 people, local officials said on Monday, as search and rescue operations continued.

Drought-hit Morocco often faces severe weather, but Sunday's flooding in Safi is already the deadliest such disaster in at least a decade.

A muddy torrent swept cars and bins from the streets of the town, which is around 300 kilometres (186 miles) south of the capital Rabat.

By Pete Mckenzie

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - For a multimedia graphic, click here

Among the thousands of people who flocked to Sydney's famed Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, some were seeking relief from ​the steamy weather while others joined a local Jewish group to celebrate the beginning of Hanukkah, or ​festival of light. Advertisements promised a petting farm, face painting and donuts and proclaimed the goal was to “fill Bondi with joy and light”.

Hours later the scene was a bloodbath.

Dec 15 (Reuters) - A ​woman from ​Slovakia was ⁠killed during a mass shooting at ​a ‍Jewish celebration at ​Sydney's famed Bondi Beach in Australia ⁠on Sunday, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini said on Monday.

"Already yesterday, I ​unequivocally condemned ⁠the ⁠brutal, deadly attack... Today, that grief has reached ‌Slovakia as ​well — among the victims of this senseless, ‍violent rampage was a Slovak ‌woman, Marika," ‌Pellegrini wrote on X.

(Reporting by Alan Charlish; ⁠Editing by Sharon Singleton)

BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - ​U.S. envoy ​Steve Witkoff and ⁠President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner on ​Monday briefed ‍EU foreign ​ministers on Trump's Gaza peace plan via video ⁠conference, an EU official said.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said earlier on Monday that ​he had ⁠suggested ⁠to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas that Kushner ‌and Witkoff provide ​an update on the implementation of the plan ‍to the foreign ministers during their ‌meeting in ‌Brussels.

DUBAI, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi ​was taken to the hospital ​emergency room twice after suffering blows from security forces ⁠who arrested her on December 12, her family told the Narges Foundation on Monday.

The human rights activist won the ​award whilst in prison in 2023, following ‍her three-decade campaign for ​women's rights and the abolition of the death penalty in Iran.

She was re-arrested on Friday - having been released late last year - after denouncing the suspicious death of ⁠lawyer Khosrow Alikordi.

By Alasdair Pal

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Like many people in Sydney, Glenn Nelson spent his ​Sunday evening watching television coverage of a deadly ​shooting on the city's iconic Bondi Beach.

But stepping onto his front porch, flanked by neatly trimmed ⁠box hedges, he saw armed police cordoning off the street before raiding the house opposite - home of the two suspects who are alleged to have killed 15 people in Australia's ​worst mass shooting in decades.

By Kirsty Needham

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The deadly attack on a Jewish festival at a famed Australian beach has deepened diplomatic tensions between Prime ​Minister Anthony Albanese and his Israeli counterpart, as domestic pressure mounted for his ​government to respond to antisemitism.

Albanese called for unity on Monday and said his government was prepared to take whatever action is necessary, after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ⁠said Albanese "did nothing" to curb antisemitism, rising since 2023.