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Israelis mark three years since Hamas attack that set off Gaza assault

October 7, 2026 admin

Israeli soldiers attend a memorial service marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas cross-border attack on Israel, near Kibbutz Nahal Oz, southern Israel, where female observer soldiers were killed, on October 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Israelis will on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) mark three years since Hamas attacked ‌Israel on…

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Israeli Minister calls for West Bank war, annexation of Lebanon and Gaza areas

September 27, 2026 admin

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on Sunday (September 27, 2026) for the annexation of parts of south Lebanon and the Gaza Strip and for Israeli forces to “go to war” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. “I would like us to annex…

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War-damaged Gaza building collapses, killing 20 people sheltering inside

September 16, 2026 admin

Palestinian civil defence crews carry a body from the rubble of a collapsed building that housed displaced Palestinians and was heavily damaged during the Israel-Hamas war, in Gaza City, on September 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Gaza ‌rescuers on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) searched through the wreckage of a bombed-out apartment building that collapsed…

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UN urges access for international investigators to Gaza after bodies found

September 15, 2026 admin

Mourners gather for a mass burial of around 100 Palestinians, including 62 children, whose remains where recovered from rubble, in Gaza City. File | Photo Credit: AFP The United Nations called Tuesday (September 15, 2026) for international investigators to be granted to access to all of Gaza “to assist with evidence-gathering” as hundreds of bodies…

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Year after Israeli strikes killed journalists at hospital, no one has been held accountable

August 25, 2026 admin

It’s been a year since Israeli soldiers killed 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescue workers, in a double strike on a hospital in Gaza. No one has been held accountable. Israeli officials said the target was a suspected Hamas camera on the roof of Nasser Hospital. Among those killed were Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri and…

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Israel warns Hamas over kite launches from Gaza

August 23, 2026 admin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File. | Photo Credit: AP Israel warned Hamas on Sunday (August 23, 2026) that it would step up operations in Gaza if launches of kites, drones and balloons towards Israel continued, after a recent increase in such incidents, while Hamas denied responsibility. Israeli media reported that four kites were found…

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Israelis march to Gaza border demanding re-establishment of settlements

July 20, 2026 admin

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir joins pro-settlement Israelis on a march towards the Gaza Strip under the slogan “After 21 years, we’re returning home”, referring to Israel’s unilateral withdrawal of around 8,500 Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2005, near Kibbutz Zikim and Israel’s border with Gaza, in southern Israel, on July 19,…

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Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 73,000, officials say, as Israel strikes despite ceasefire

June 14, 2026 admin

Palestinians walk past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the war, at the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 73,000. The updated toll on Sunday (June 14, 2026) came as Israel has continued to…

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Israeli soldiers share rare accounts from Gaza, describing ongoing killings despite the ceasefire

May 30, 2026 admin

The Israeli combat soldier saw his teammates yelling in celebration, congratulating one another. They had just struck a vehicle of Palestinians driving near the Israeli-controlled part of the Gaza Strip, killing everyone inside. The reservist said scenes like this had become common after a fragile ceasefire took effect in October. In the weeks he was…

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Israeli hit in Palestinian territory kills 4: Gaza civil defence agency

April 5, 2026 admin

Palestinians inspect the site of what medics said was an Israeli airstrike on a car near the entrance to Zawayda town in the central Gaza Strip, April 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gaza’s civil defence agency and a hospital reported that an Israeli strike in the Palestinian territory on Sunday (April 5, 2026) killed…

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