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The US is concerned that Israel might order American guns that could start violence in the West Bank
Israel’s military said that the death toll from the conflict between Israel and Hamas has reached 2,090, with over 1,200 people being killed. It added that it has carried out more than 7,600 airstrikes in Gaza since the conflict began on July 8. However, Hamas claimed that it has carried out over 9,600 airstrikes in…
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There is a window for people in northern Gaza to flee to the south
As thousands of Palestinians are stuck in the West Bank after being forced to return to Gaza amid a conflict with Israel, one of their workers said, “We’re all stuck in the West Bank.” “I’m happy that my brother is alive, but it’s difficult to watch the lives of family and friends in Gaza from…
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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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In Israel, Blinken wants to prioritize civilians in Gaza
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said that the country would continue to carry out operations in the Gaza Strip until Hamas is defeated and the kidnapped Israelis are returned. Netanyahu’s remarks came after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel to urge the country to prioritize the protection of civilians in Gaza.
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Relocating from Gaza has its own ordeal
Around 600 foreign nationals will be allowed to leave through Gaza’s Rafah border crossing on Thursday as part of the second round of evacuations from the war-ravaged Strip, Gaza’s border crossing authority has said. At least 300 foreign citizens departed Gaza on Wednesday, according to the Gaza border authority, which is operated by Hamas.
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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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First evacuated from Gaza feel relief and gratitude
Israeli troops and evacuees left behind by the Gaza border after the Hamas attack on October 21, 2001, start of Israel’s ground operations. The announcement followed a 34-hour communications blackout in Gaza over the weekend that coincides with the start of Israel’s “expanded” ground operations. The Gaza internet and phone service was out again Wednesday,…
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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 bomb that cut off Gaza from the world was 34 hours of fear
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apologised for his country’s action in Gaza Strip and said that there will be no “small-scale” offensive against the Islamist group Hamas. Netanyahu made his remarks after the military said that it has expanded a ground incursion overnight, adding that Palestinian civilians in Gaza must move to the southern…
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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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Gazans are trying to obtain food and water while Hamas is sitting on a lot of supplies
Over 70 aid trucks have entered the Gaza Strip in the last week, but none of them have delivered fuel because Israel blocked it because it could be used by Hamas. The blockade imposed by Israel has caused a shortage in Gaza more than two weeks since an attack by a terrorist group.
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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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A 85-year-old woman who was held captive in Gaza said she went through hell
Israeli survivors of the strikes in Gaza have been staying in a hotel after their homes were hit by rockets fired by Hamas. Israel’s military said that it has carried out over 300 airstrikes on Hamas-ruled Gaza since the conflict began on November 7. The death toll from the strikes has reached 1,460, while the…
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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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The Palestinian Republic of fear and misinformation is an opinion
The Israeli military said that it will carry out an operation against “armed Hamas terrorists” in the Gaza Strip if there’s “the slightest possibility” of escalation. However, the military also said that the operation was being carried out in a “self-defence” manner. Israel had recently launched an offensive in Gaza to stop militant groups from…
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The survivors found solace in a hotel after the attack
An 85-year-old Israeli woman, who’s been held hostage in Gaza since April, said she “went through hell” during the attack by Hamas on her village. “People stormed our homes, they beat people…some of them they abducted, like me,” she said. Lifshitz, who was released in September, said many people stormed Israel’s villages days before the…
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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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The officials in Gaza claim that more than 5,000 people have been killed by Israeli strikes
The United Nations (UN) said that a UN-led mission to Gaza after Israel launched an offensive against Hamas had been “unaccounted for”. The mission is led by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the UN Relief…
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TheU.S. raised concerns about Israel’s plan of action in Gaza
An Israeli student has tweeted that he feels isolated after a professor at her school commented that Gaza is “the most beautiful place on Earth”. The professor had made the comments after Israel launched an offensive against Hamas on Saturday, killing over 200 Palestinians. The student said she had never heard of an Israel-Palestine conflict…
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Developing world sees double standard in actions of the west
The White House has said that the US is concerned that Israel lacks ” achievable military objectives” in Gaza and that Israel Defense Forces are not yet ready to launch a ground invasion with a plan that can work. However, it also said that the US had not told Israel what to do. The US…
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Gaza officials say more than 5,000 people have been killed by Israeli strikes
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that Hamas “won’t compromise on its demands and will continue to attack” Israel. He added that the Palestinian Authority is ready to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza if Israel grants a “humanitarian ceasefire”. Meanwhile, Israel said that it has struck over 320 targets in Gaza, most of which…
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The cost of a ride south in Northern Gaza is out of reach for many
An Israeli woman named Abukwaik who lists her friends among the thousands killed during the Israel-Hamas war has said that the attacks by Hamas against Israelis triggered her. She added that she decided to leave her home as the food and water supplies in Gaza are running out. Abukwaik said she took her family to…