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Hamas Fighters Comprise Almost Half Gaza’s Death Count: Benjamin Netanyahu

May 13, 2024 admin

Benjamin Netanyahu said that around 16,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed since war began. Jerusalem: Israel’s prime minister said on a podcast that almost half of those killed in the Gaza war are Hamas fighters, playing down a civilian toll that has sparked global outrage. Benjamin Netanyahu maintained the overall toll is lower than that…

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Israeli forces step up attacks on Gaza’s Jabalia camp, Rafah

May 13, 2024 admin

Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 12, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli tanks, under cover from heavy fire from air and ground, pushed further into Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, May 13, 2024,…

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Rafah | Opening the gates of hell

May 11, 2024 admin

The pre-war population of Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza strip sharing a border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, was 1,70,000. Today, seven months after Israel launched its war on Gaza, following Hamas’s October 7, 2023 crossborder attack in which at least 1,200 people were killed, as many as 1.5 million people are living in…

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Explained | Israel’s limited military operation in Rafah

May 9, 2024 admin

Smoke billows after Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, May 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: Israel advancing with a long-anticipated ground invasion of Rafah and seizing control of the Gaza side of the border crossing with Egypt on Tuesday, shortly after Hamas announced its acceptance of…

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U.S. paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says

May 8, 2024 admin

Men walk past debris in a heavily damaged room at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) at the Shati camp for Palestinian refugees, west of Gaza City, on May 7, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and…

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Benjamin Netanyahu Rejects Gaza Truce Talks, Shuts Down Al Jazeera’s Israel Office

May 6, 2024 admin

Netanyahu’s remarks came during a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Jerusalem New Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shut down talks of ceasefire negotiations, citing an unwillingness to comply with Hamas’s conditions for ending the conflict in Gaza. Here are 10 points on this big story: Despite the absence of an Israeli delegation in…

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Benjamin Netanyahu To World Leaders

May 5, 2024 admin

Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced a “volcano of anti-Semitism” and international criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza, insisting that no pressure would stop it from defending itself. “If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone,” Netanyahu said. Speaking…

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Hamas Chief Accuses Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Of Sabotaging Gaza Truce Talk Efforts

May 5, 2024 admin

Earlier Benjamin Netanyahu had rejected Hamas’s demand to end the war. (File) Doha: Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday accused Israel’s prime minister of sabotaging efforts by mediators involved in ongoing talks aimed at a truce and hostage exchange in Gaza. Qatar-based Haniyeh said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to “invent constant justifications for…

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Netanyahu says ending Gaza war now would keep Hamas in power

May 5, 2024 admin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File. | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hardened his rejection of Hamas demands for an end to the Gaza war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, saying on May 5 that would keep the Palestinian Islamist group in power and pose a threat to Israel. Mr. Netanyahu…

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’ as ceasefire talks with Hamas continue

April 30, 2024 admin

File photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on April 30 to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the 7-month-long war. Mr. Netanyahu said Israel would enter Rafah to destroy Hamas’ battalions…

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