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Israel pounds Gaza by air; Hamas says still fighting outside enclave

October 11, 2023 admin

Palestinians carry a casualty on rubble in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 11, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel bombed Gaza overnight ahead of a potential ground assault against Hamas while U.S. President Joe Biden condemned the Palestinian militant group’s surprise attack as “sheer evil” and issued a…

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Israel forms emergency govt for duration of war against Hamas

October 11, 2023 admin

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on Oct. 11, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP As Israel kept bombing Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a political rival announced an emergency government for the duration of the conflict. The veteran right-wing leader was joined by the…

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Why Congress Is Under Fire Over Its Statement On Israel War

October 11, 2023 admin

The combined death toll from the war approached 3,000. New Delhi: The Congress has come under attack for allegedly supporting the Hamas and the Palestine cause without referring to the attack on Israel. Over 3,000 people have been killed in the latest war between Israel and the Hamas group. Here are 10 facts about the…

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Facing Fire Over Resolution On Hamas, Congress’ Vajpayee Reminder To BJP

October 11, 2023 admin

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said there are no differences in the party on the CWC resolution on Hamas and reminded the BJP of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee favouring the cause of Palestinian people, after the ruling party slammed it for not referring to the terror attack on Israel in its resolution….

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Joe Biden Condemns Hamas Attacks On Israel

October 10, 2023 admin

Biden also confirmed that at least 14 Americans had died in Hamas attack on Israel. Washington: President Joe Biden condemned the attacks by Hamas on US ally Israel as “sheer evil” in an emotional speech Tuesday and said Washington is ready to deploy more military assets to the region. The Palestinian militant group had carried…

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Jerusalem Deputy Mayor To NDTV

October 10, 2023 admin

New Delhi: The Israeli hostages taken by Hamas are “too valuable to kill” and Israel should do anything to get them back, Jerusalem Deputy Mayor’s Fleur Hassan Nahoum told NDTV in an exclusive interview today. Despite all their threats, Hamas, she said, “essentially want some of their own prisoners back”. Asked if it means…

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Israel-Gaza war: Thousand dead, thousands displaced | Data

October 10, 2023 admin

People stand outside a mosque destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct.8, 2023. The Hamas militants broke out of the blockaded Gaza Strip and rampaged through nearby Israeli communities, taking captives, while Israel’s retaliation strikes levelled buildings in Gaza. | Photo Credit: Yousef Masoud Several Israeli media outlets reported…

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Hamas Israel War Hostage Crisis: Will Execute 1 Hostage For Each Bombed Gaza Home: Hamas Chilling Warning

October 10, 2023 admin

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…

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Hamas attack on Israel prompts South Korea to consider pausing military agreement with North

October 10, 2023 admin

South Korea’s Defence Minister said, on October 10, he would push to suspend a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement in order to resume frontline surveillance on rival North Korea, as the surprise attack on Israel by Hamas militants raised concerns in South Korea about similar assaults by the North. Also Read | What did Hamas achieve…

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What is Hamas, the Palestinian militant group?

October 10, 2023 admin

“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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