Mideast Israeli forces were poised to launch an assault on a synagogue in the Gaza settlement of Neve Dekalim where young activists have been holed up to block their forcible evacuation. Mideast Israeli forces backed by bulldozers rolled into the Kfar Darom settlement in the Gaza Strip after dawn, seen as one of the most defiant settler bastions. Iraq At least 43 people were killed in Baghdad's morning rush hour when three car bombs exploded in quick succession at a busy bus station and a nearby hospital, the deadliest strikes in the Iraqi capital this year. Bangladesh Banned Islamic extremist group Jamayetul Mujahideen is linked to a wave of bombings across Bangladesh that killed two people and injured 100, police said, citing a suspect's confession. Russia-China Russia and China launched their first-ever joint wargames in a show of military might they insisted was not aimed at any other country after the United States expressed concern. Ecuador Up to 104 people drowned when an Ecuadoran motorboat packed with illegal migrants sank in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia, officials said.