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French PM Emmanuel Macron urges halt to arms deliveries to Israel for use in Gaza

October 5, 2024 admin

French President Emmanuel Macron. File | Photo Credit: Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday urged a halt to arms deliveries to Israel, which has been criticised over the conduct of its retaliatory operation in Gaza. “I think that today, the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons…

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Palestinian officials say 51 killed in Israeli operation on southern Gaza

October 2, 2024 admin

Israel launched ground operations and carried out airstrikes in a hard-hit city in southern Gaza overnight, killing at least 51 people, including women and children, Palestinian medical officials said Wednesday (October 2, 2024). Israel has continued to strike what it says are militant targets across Gaza nearly a year after Hamas’ October 7 attack ignited…

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Hezbollah’s deputy leader Naim Kassem vows to fight on after Hassan Nasrallah’s death

September 30, 2024 admin

Hezbollah’s deputy leader vowed to continue fighting Israel and said the militant group was prepared for a long war after much of its top command was wiped out, including its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. In his first speech since Nasrallah was killed, Naim Kassem said in a televised statement on Monday (September 30, 2024) that if…

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UN rights chief urges states to challenge Israel over occupation

September 9, 2024 admin

Volker Turk cited an opinion released by the U.N. top court in July that called Israel’s occupation illegal. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday (September 9, 2024) that ending the nearly year-long war in Gaza is a priority and he asked countries to act on what he called…

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Hamas negotiator urges U.S. to ‘exert real pressure’ on Israel for Gaza truce

September 5, 2024 admin

Palestinians inspect the damage at a tent area in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital, hit by an Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Hamas’s lead negotiator on Thursday (September 5, 2024) urged the United States to press Israel for a truce in Gaza,…

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Israel Launches Deadly West Bank Operation As Gaza War Drags On

August 28, 2024 admin

Israel launched a large-scale military operation today in the West Bank. Jenin, Palestinian Territories: Israel launched a large-scale military operation today in the West Bank, where the army said it killed nine Palestinian fighters, while the nearly 11-month Gaza war showed no signs of abating. Violence has surged in the West Bank during the Gaza…

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Gaza Hostage Rescued After 10 Months “In Complex Operation”, Says Israel

August 27, 2024 admin

Qaid Farhan Alkadi was taken hostage in Kibbutz Magen Israeli troops have recovered an Israeli hostage in “a complex rescue operation” in the southern Gaza Strip, the military said on Tuesday, more than 10 months after he was abducted by Hamas-led gunmen on Oct. 7. It said 52-year-old Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a member of the…

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75 out of 93 bodies identified in Gaza after Israeli school strike, officials say

August 12, 2024 admin

A view of the minaret of the mosque in the Al-Taba’een school compound, on the day of what the Israeli Army says is a precision airstrike by the Israel Defense Forces, in Gaza City, August 10, 2024, in this screen grab from handout video obtained by Reuters on August 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS…

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Israel releases director of hospital it says was used as a Hamas base; he alleges abuse in custody

July 1, 2024 admin

This video grab shows Mohammed Abu Selmia, the director of Gaza’s main hospital, who was detained by Israeli forces in November, sitting with his family after his release, along with other detainees, at a hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on Monday, July 1, 2024. Israel released the director of Gaza’s main hospital on Monday…

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Israeli Supreme Court says ultra-Orthodox must serve in military

June 25, 2024 admin

A view of the Supreme Court of Israel. | Photo Credit: Wikipedia Israel’s Supreme Court on June 25 ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza. The…

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