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Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighborhood by neighborhood on October 10, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, sealed-off territory as Israel vowed a retaliation for Hamas’ surprise weekend attack that would “reverberate … for generations.” Aid organisations pleaded for the creation of humanitarian corridors to get…
Smoke seeps out of destroyed buildings hit by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City’s al-Rimal district, on October 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Around 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants have been found in Israel around the Gaza Strip, the army said Tuesday, as it pummelled the Palestinian enclave with air strikes. “Approximately 1,500 bodies of…
Qatar is working on a deal to release hostages held by the Hamas. New Delhi: Hamas has threatened to execute one hostage every time Israel drops a bomb, without warning, on a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip, Reuters said Tuesday, as the increasingly bloody war between the two sides rolls into a fourth day…
“We have decided to put an end to all of the occupation’s crimes. The time is over for them [Israel] to [continue to] act without accountability,” said Mohammad Deif, the secretive commander of al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, on October 7. His audio statement was telecast on TV after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack that…
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Hamas’ attack comes on the anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. New Delhi: High-altitude footage released by the Israel Defense Forces – and shared online by an open-source intelligence handle Monday evening – spotlighted devastating aerial strikes on Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip. The 14-second clip begins with multiple rocket missile strikes on what…
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said part of the motivation for Hamas’ latest attack on Israel may have been disrupting a potential normalizing of Israel-Saudi Arabia ties and said Washington will announce new assistance for Israel on October 8. Hamas fighters rampaged through Israeli…
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Israel battered Gaza on October 8 after suffering its bloodiest attack in decades, when Hamas fighters rampaged through Israeli towns killing 600 and abducting dozens more, as the spiralling violence threatened a major new war in West Asia. Israeli air strikes hit housing blocks, tunnels, a mosque, and the homes of Hamas officials in Gaza,…
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Rockets are launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza, on October 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Just last week, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said Gaza, the tiny Palestinian enclave on the Mediterranean coast that has been under Israeli and Egyptian blockade for over 16 years, was in a…
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The armed wing of Palestinian group Hamas said it was behind the fire. New Delhi: Barrages of rockets were fired from the blockaded Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least one person in Israel, an AFP journalist and medics said. The Israeli army warned of sirens across the country’s south and central areas, urging the…
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