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Hamas Al-Aqsa TV said the rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip. Hamas said it launched missiles at Tel Aviv on Sunday, prompting sirens to sound in the Israeli city for the first time in four months as the Palestinian group sought to show military strength despite Israel’s Gaza offensive. The Israeli military said eight…
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Jewish people marked April 22 the start of Passover, a celebration of freedom, and around many holiday tables in Israel chairs stood empty for hostages still held captive in Gaza. The week-long Jewish festival, also known in Hebrew as the “holiday of freedom”, celebrates the Israelites’ liberation from Egyptian slavery, as told in the Bible….
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U.S. President Joe Biden has stepped up public pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, warning he’s “hurting Israel” and speaking candidly about “come to Jesus” conversations with the leader over the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Despite Mr. Biden’s increased displays of frustration, Israeli officials and Middle East analysts say no signs are…
Protesters are arrested and led away by law enforcement at Grand Central Terminal during a rally calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on October 27, 2023, in New York. | Photo Credit: AP Hundreds of protesters filled the main concourse of New York city’s famed Grand Central Terminal during the evening rush hour…
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees warned on October 25 that without immediate deliveries of fuel it will soon have to sharply cut back relief operations across the Gaza Strip, which has been blockaded and hit by devastating Israeli airstrikes since Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel more than two weeks ago. The…
Trucks carrying aid wait to exit, on the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on October 21 to let desperately…
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U.S. President Joe Biden. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President Joe Biden said on October 20 he thought Hamas was motivated to attack Israel in part by a desire to stop that country from normalising relations with Saudi Arabia. “One of the reasons … why Hamas moved on Israel, is because they knew I was…
Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan, U.S. citizens who were taken as hostages by Palestinian Hamas militants, after they were released by the militants, on October 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gaza’s Hamas rulers released two Americans on Friday among some 200 hostages they abducted in October 7 attacks in Israel…
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The logo for Meta (R) (formerly Facebook) and the Google logo. | Photo Credit: AFP Meta and Google have pulled out of the Web Summit, one of the tech sector’s biggest annual events, after the organizer criticized Israel’s actions following the Hamas attacks, the companies said on Friday. A spokesman for Meta confirmed to AFP…
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the press onboard of Air Force One en route from Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on October 18, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Egypt’s president has agreed to open a border crossing into…
