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“The October 7 attack by Hamas resulted in the deaths of 1,170 people in southern Israel.” Jerusalem: Israel is fighting a “bloody and difficult war”, President Isaac Herzog said in a statement to mark the conflict reaching its half-year mark on Sunday. “Tomorrow at 6:29 am (0329 GMT), we mark six months since the cruel…
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The war began on October 7 with an unprecedented attack by Hamas operatives. (File) United Nations: Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza has escalated into a “betrayal of humanity”, the United Nations’ humanitarian chief said Saturday. In a statement on the eve of the six-month anniversary of the war, Martin Griffiths, the outgoing under-secretary-general for…
On October 7, members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel that resulted in the deaths of about 1,170 people, mostly civilians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government responded to the worst attack in the country’s history with a devastating military campaign in Hamas-ruled Gaza that has killed nearly 33,000 people,…
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A view of the screen showing the result of a vote on a resolution regarding the Israeli military campaign in Gaza, during the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The United Nations’ (UN) top human…
Anti-government protesters gathered as they stage a four-day sit-in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Jerusalem: Benjamin Netanyahu, the Houdini of Israeli politics and its longest serving prime minister, has been written off many times before. But with thousands of protesters on the streets every night this week demanding his resignation, and growing anger at his handling of…
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A woman carrying a baby walks at the site of an Israeli airstrike on a building, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on April 02, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Newborn mortality is rising sharply in the Gaza Strip, with babies being…
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Emergency and security personnel extinguish a fire at the site of strikes which hit a building annexed to the Iranian embassy in Syria’s capital Damascus, on April 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli air strikes destroyed the Iranian embassy’s consular annex in Syria on April 1, killing and wounding everyone inside, Damascus said as…
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Some aid groups have accused Israel of using hunger as a weapon in its war against Hamas. A top Hamas police commander met in mid-March with the heads of a Gaza clan who’d been commandeering aid meant for hungry Palestinians. He told them to stop taking the shipments or they’d be killed. A week later,…
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The analysis released last week fuelled international concern by saying half of Gazans are feeling “catastrophic” hunger and projecting a possible famine in the territory’s north. File | Photo Credit: AP Israel hit back on Friday against a UN-backed report that warned of imminent famine in Gaza, alleging the assessment contained inaccuracies and questionable sources. The…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved new talks on a Gaza ceasefire, a day after the world’s top court ordered Israel to ensure urgent humanitarian aid reaches people in the Palestinian territory. But despite a binding United Nations Security Council resolution this week demanding an “immediate ceasefire”, fighting continued Friday, including around hospitals. Also Read…