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Bulldozers, Construction Vehicles, Awaiting Gaza Entry From Egypt: Report

February 13, 2025 admin

Rafah: Dozens of bulldozers, construction vehicles and trucks carrying mobile homes lined up on Egypt’s side of the Rafah border crossing on Thursday, awaiting to enter Gaza, state-linked Egyptian media reported. Al-Qahera News, with close ties to Egyptian intelligence services, said the equipment was positioned at the crossing in preparation for entry into the war-ravaged…

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Body Of Israeli Soldier, Held In Gaza Since 2014, Found Ahead Of Ceasefire

January 19, 2025 admin

Israel on Sunday announced that it had recovered the body of an Israeli soldier, Oron Shaul, who it said had been held in Gaza since 2014. “In a covert, special operation conducted by the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) and ISA (Shin Bet) special forces in Gaza, the body of fallen IDF soldier SSGT Oron Shaul,…

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All Fingers Crossed For Gaza Ceasefire, Israel Adds A Warning: 10 Facts

January 19, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Fifteen months after war in Gaza began, a 42-day ceasefire comes in force today. While the ceasefire announcement has brought hope to many in the region, Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said Tel Aviv had US support to return to war if necessary Here are top 10 points on this big story: During…

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“Bloodiest Day” For Gaza As Airstrikes Continued Hours Surrounding Ceasefire

January 17, 2025 admin

The fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been marred by violence, with at least 115 people killed in Gaza, including 28 children and 31 women, and over 265 injured, according to Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for Gaza’s Civil Defense agency. The hours surrounding the ceasefire deal were deemed “the bloodiest day in the past…

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After Ceasefire, War-Ruined Gaza’s Future Unclear

January 15, 2025 admin

Jerusalem: Once a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas takes effect, part of the focus will shift to the monumental task of rebuilding and governing the war-battered Gaza Strip. Israel vowed to crush Hamas in retaliation for its October 7, 2023 attack, the deadliest in Israeli history. The militant movement emerges from the war, the…

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U.S. says Gaza deal ‘can get done this week’

January 13, 2025 admin

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said a Gaza truce and hostage release deal is close and could be finalized in the final week of U.S. President Joe Biden’s term. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A Gaza truce and hostage release deal is close and could be finalized in the final week of U.S. President Joe…

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Biden, Netanyahu discuss latest in effort to reach an Israel-Hamas war ceasefire

January 13, 2025 admin

Issues in the talks have included which hostages would be released in the first part of a phased ceasefire deal, which Palestinian prisoners would be released and the extent of any Israeli troop withdrawal from population centers in Gaza. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke…

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Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from war surpassed 46,000

January 9, 2025 admin

A body is carried to the area outside the hospital after an Israeli army strike in the Muwasi area of Khan Younis in the central Gaza Strip on January 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Thursday (January 9, 2025), as…

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Hamas official says ready to free 34 Gaza hostages in ‘first phase’ of exchange deal

January 6, 2025 admin

A Hamas official said on Sunday (January 5, 2025) the group was ready to free 34 hostages in the “first phase” of a potential deal with Israel, after Israel said indirect talks on a truce and hostage release agreement had resumed in Qatar. Mediators Qatar, Egypt, and the United States have tried for months to…

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Bethlehem Readies For Another Christmas Overshadowed By Gaza War

December 24, 2024 admin

Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian security forces deployed around the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday, as the faithful prepared for another solemn Christmas overshadowed by the war in Gaza. An unusual calm enveloped Manger Square, the heart of the Palestinian city dominated by the revered church that…

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