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Hospitals are not completely protected from war
Israeli airstrikes on or near hospitals in the northern half of Gaza continue, according to witnesses and international aid groups. The Israeli military said that it was considering whether or not it was active at the time. Hamas denies the Israeli accusation that it has headquarters under Shifa Hospital. Palestinians said several hundreds were killed…
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A third of Gaza City was damaged after a month of bombardments
Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 100 people in the Gaza Strip since November 3, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. The ministry also said that at least 1,000 people have been injured in the airstrikes and that 117,000 others have been moved to hospitals in Gaza City and northern Gaza. Israel said it targeted an ambulance…
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Conflict over land was emphasized by the death of a Palestinian olive farmer
Nearly 5,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict between Israel and Hamas over the past year, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The ministry said that the war in Gaza has killed over 1,850 people, including over 300 children. More than 2,300 people have been wounded, the ministry added.
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Israel and Hamas had a deal that would have freed up to 50 hostages
The Gaza hospital in Israel said it has been receiving Israeli soldiers wounded from fighting in Gaza, as well as over 200 north residents who have been injured in rocket attacks from Lebanon. According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, 18 hospitals and most of the primary care centres have stopped functioning due to attacks or lack…
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The FDA approved a weight loss drug
US’ Eli Lilly has received Food and Drug Administration’s approval to sell its weight-loss medication Zepbound. The drug is designed to be given at the highest dose of 15 milligrams per day. In a study, people who took it lost an average of 48 pounds, compared to a placebo group’s loss of 22 pounds. Over…
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Palestinian and Iraqi leaders are trying to contain the Gaza war
Israeli forces on Sunday entered Gaza Strip for the first time in six weeks, cutting off the area from the south, the Israeli military said. The operation aims to stop rocket fire from Gaza at Israel, it added. According to health officials, over 250 have been killed since the conflict began on April 11.
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A hate crime inquiry was prompted by the report of hit-and-run
An Arab Muslim student injured after being hit by a vehicle at Stanford University said that he recognised the driver as someone “who had previously shown animosity” toward his community. He added that he was disappointed in what he described as a slow and inadequate response by the university. He further said that he’s “profoundly…
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The pro-Palestinian march is in D.C
Protesters in US’ Washington and other cities took to the streets to protest against the US’ military aid to Israel. They carried signs saying, “Stop US military aid to Israel.” Over 9,480 Palestinians have been killed by Israel over the last four weeks, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Israel intensified its ground offensive in the…
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In a High-Stakes Speech, Hezbollah’s Leader stopped short of calling for a war with Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Thursday said that the country has agreed to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza if a “humanitarian pause” is imposed on Israel in order to release over 200 people taken hostage by Hamas. However, it added that the Israeli government had not agreed to the cease-fire. A medical…
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Foreign nationals and ambulances are gathered at the Gaza border on reports of gate opening
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the country “will not give in to the terrorists’ tunnels and other terror activities in the Gaza Strip”. According to Israel’s military, Hamas terrorists operate inside Shifa Hospital in Gaza with a network of terror tunnels. “Hamas terrorists operate inside and under Shifa Hospital…[and] other hospitals in…
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Death and despair occur in Gazan Neighborhood hit by air strikes
Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed at least three people and injured many others, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. The airstrikes come amid an escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza. Over 120 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since October 7, the United…
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There are hundreds of Americans going to leave Gaza
The Israeli military on Wednesday said that it struck nearly 50 Hamas targets in Gaza city in the previous 24 hours. It added that it carried out more than 150 airstrikes in Gaza city during this period. The airstrikes came after Gaza Health Minister Ashraf al-Kidra said that at least 60 people were killed in…
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The memories that feed distrust in the Middle East are Opinion
Former permanent representative of Israel to the UN, Yitzhak Herzog, has said he was “very puzzled” by the “constant concern” the world is showing for Palestinian people. Herzog added that he believed that Hamas committed terrible atrocities during last month’s war with Israel. Recently, Hamas claimed that an Israeli missile struck a hospital courtyard in…
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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…