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The entire world was cut off from Gaza in 34 Hours of Fear
The death toll from Israel’s airstrikes in Gaza has risen to 52, while over 1,200 others have been injured, the Health Ministry said. The health ministry claimed that at least 80 people were killed in the first 24 hours of the Israeli airstrikes. The Israeli military had launched an airstrike campaign against the Palestinian armed…
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It is just about the treats that make Halloween perform a neat trick
Researchers said the same action can be interpreted on both ends of the moral continuum, as a good behaviour or bad behaviour, on Halloween. “I think it’s so much more than a sack of candy,” said academic Emily Harmeling. “It’s a good thing to go out and see what happens…and this is something that parents…
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There are Israeli troops in Gaza
Hamas on Sunday said that it has launched a “large-scale” ground operation against Israel after the Israeli military launched an offensive in the Gaza Strip on Friday. Hamas added that its fighters have opened fire on Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip. This comes as the Palestinian Red Crescent announced that it has received warnings…
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It’s time to consider a cease-fire in Israel
Israel has launched an offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, saying that it aims to stop Hamas from attacking Israel’s population. Over 200 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1,000 others have been injured, the Health Ministry in Gaza said. The campaign is aimed to “protect the lives of innocent people in Israel”,…
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Gaza residents break into the UN warehouse in order to get supplies
The al- Quds Hospital in Gaza was warned by the Israeli authorities to be immediately emptied, the Palestinian Red Crescent said on Saturday. “Since this morning, there has been raids 50 meters away from the hospital,” it added. At least 200 people have been killed and over 1,800 have been injured since the conflict with…
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Maine mass shootings and dwindling fuel complicate Gaza aid
Gaza has seen its worst attack in a decade after Hamas claimed responsibility for the cross-border attack that left over 1,400 people dead on October 7. Gaza’s health ministry said at least 6,000 people have been killed in Israel’s airstrikes since then. United Nations Secretary-General Antnio Guterres called Israel’s strategy a violation of international humanitarian…
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News outlets used Hamas as the main source for the Gaza blast
Israel Defence Force (IDF) on Monday shared video of a rocket that exploded near Gaza’s Al-Ahli hospital, claiming it was a “rocket aimed at Israel”. It added that the rocket “misfired” and exploded nearly the SAME time as the Al-Ahli hospital blast. The explosion at the hospital in Gaza has killed more than 100 people…
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The US is a country that has high confidence that a rocket causes a hospital blast
US intelligence officials have said that the blast at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza last week was the result of a Palestinian rocket that broke up mid-flight, and that no Israeli weapon was involved in the explosion. Officials added that they now had “high confidence” that the blast was the result of a Palestinian rocket…
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GM’s Cruise Loses Its Self-Driving License in San Francisco
The US’ NHTSA began an investigation into Cruise after one of the company’s self-driving cars hit a pedestrian in San Francisco earlier this month. The incident involved a woman who was first hit by a human driver and then thrown onto the road in front of a Cruise vehicle. The vehicle braked but then continued…
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The Hamas kidnapping was a nightmare that we couldn’t have imagined
As many as 5,087 Palestinians have died since Israel launched its airstrike on October 7 in Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. Meanwhile, 57 truckloads of food, water and medical supplies have entered Gaza over the past three days, a “drop in the ocean”, according to the UN refugee agency. There are still…
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Editors note about coverage of the Gaza hospital
The New York Times has apologised for its coverage of the Gaza hospital blast, saying that it should have “taken more care” and been more explicit about what information could be verified. However, it also said that the death toll from the blast might be lower than initially reported. The newspaper added that it “regretted…
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Hamas didn’t make a case about Israel Struck Hospital
Hamas on Sunday rejected a request by The New York Times to view any available evidence of the munition it said had struck the hospital in Gaza City, claiming that it had disintegrated beyond recognition. “Who says we’re obligated to present the remnants of every rocket that kills our people?,” said Salama Maroof, the head…
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Israel is bombing the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 19 Palestinians, including the deputy head of Hamas’ military wing, in the Gaza Strip, health officials said on Sunday. The strikes were carried out in the last 24 hours, adding that over 450 people have died in the conflict so far. Israel claims to have killed over 1,700 Palestinians…
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The Progressives feel abandoned by their allies in Israel
The US President Donald Trump’s administration is facing criticism for its response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Department of Health and Human Services said its response “may be insufficient”. Meanwhile, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, “While there has been no confirmed or suspected case…
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Don’t get bamboozled by online misinformation
Videos, photos and witness accounts give clues about the explosion at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. In the hours after the attack, @Israel, the official Israeli account on X (formerly Twitter), posted a video it claimed was proof that the explosion was the result of a misguided rocket launched by Islamic Jihad militants.
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Officials say a deal has been reached to open the Gaza aid corridor
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it’s working with Palestine Red Crescent societies to deliver supplies into Gaza “as soon as the border crossing is opened, hopefully tomorrow”. This comes after US President Joe Biden said that Israel will allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began…
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It is hard to know who is to blame for the Gaza Hospital explosion
The US said that the Israeli Defence Forces are not responsible for the Hamas blast at the Al Ahli Hospital in the Gaza Strip that killed hundreds of civilians on Tuesday. Vice President Biden Adrienne Watson said that the US assessing that Israel was not responsible for the explosion. The Palestinian group fired 10 rockets…
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There is evidence about what happened at the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza
Israel said it tracked rockets fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad and that it wasn’t responsible for an explosion at a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds of people. The explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital was caused by rockets fired by Palestinian militants, the Israeli military said. The hospital had previously been struck by Israeli fire on…
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The current bird flu strain evolved so quickly it was deadly
A study has revealed that the influence of wild bird migration on the spread of influenza through arctic and subarctic zones. Researchers analysed data from the WHO and the Food and Agricultural Organization of United Nations between 2005 and 2022 and analysed more than 10,000 viral genomes. They said wild bird migration is driven by…
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What more should the children of Gaza suffer?
Palestinian Health Minister Tawfiq Tirawi said that at least 40 children were killed in Israel’s offensive in Gaza. While Tirawi said that the death toll from the offensive was above 200, the Israeli Defence Forces said that several Palestinians were killed in cross-border fire. The United States has said it will provide “surging” military support…
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The US and Japan agreed to prevent disbursement of unfrozen Iranian funds
The Israeli military has said that it will continue its offensive against the Gaza Strip until all Hamas rocket launchers are destroyed. Over 60 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s offensive since Saturday, while over 100 others have been injured, the military said. The Palestinian health ministry said that over 1,600 people have been injured…
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An reunion became a nightmare for an American family in Gaza
The US has raised its travel advisory for Israel and the West Bank to level three and “reconsider travel”, respectively, amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. The US is advising its citizens not to travel to any part of both Israel and the West Bank. The travel advisory for Gaza remains at level four, “do not…
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Israel has regained control of some towns near the Gaza border
The Palestinian Health Ministry has said at least 680 people have been killed by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip. According to the latest death toll provided by the health ministry, more than 900 people have been killed in the Israel-Gaza conflict so far. Hamas said the strike was aimed at easing the Israeli blockade…
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Child care centers face difficult cuts because of the money that is gone from the P.H
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, West Virginia made child care free for all children aged two and up in a bid to help families get back to work. The state had hiked the income eligibility threshold for subsidies for child care, making many more families eligible for subsidised care, according to Sarah Vanover, who was then…
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The Kaiser Strike is just part of what’s ailing the US health care system
Kaiser Permanente workers in California went on a three-day strike on Sunday to pressure the health provider to improve working conditions. “The people of Kaiser Permanente have faced…pandemic better than most frontline workers because we started from a different place,” the company said. It added that it has hired more than 1,000 nurses and other…