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Child Among 7 Killed As Israel Strikes Lebanon Amid High Tensions: Report

August 23, 2024 admin

Israel said it had targeted two other Hezbollah fighters across the south (Representational) Beirut, Lebanon: Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Friday killed at least six fighters and one child, according to security sources, as armed group Hezbollah responded with artillery rounds and rockets across the border. The Israeli military has been trading fire with…

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Who Are The Remaining Gaza Hostages?

August 20, 2024 admin

Of the original 251 hostages taken on October 7, 116 have been released (File) More than 10 months after Hamas operatives attacked Israel and took 251 people hostage, 71 people believed to be alive are still being held in Gaza, according to an AFP database. A further 34 the Israeli military says are dead also…

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As Polio Reemerges In Gaza, A Mother Fears For Her Child’s Health

August 19, 2024 admin

Children under 5 are most at risk from polio In Gaza, a mother worries that her month-old son, Mohammed, could be infected with polio after the Palestinian health ministry confirmed the first case in the enclave on Friday, ending a 25 year period in which the Strip was polio-free. Just three days after his birth,…

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Hamas, Islamic Jihad Claim Responsibility For Bomb Blast In Tel Aviv

August 19, 2024 admin

Sunday’s explosion in Tel Aviv came about an hour after Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency described as a terrorist attack. A man who was…

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Hamas Again Accuses Israel’s Netanyahu Of “Obstructing” Gaza Truce Deal

August 18, 2024 admin

Hamas officials have on several occasions accused Netanyahu of obstructing an agreement. Gaza: Hamas on Sunday again accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “obstructing an agreement” for a truce and hostage exchange in Gaza. The Palestinian group said in a statement following the latest round of talks in Qatar that Netanyahu was “fully responsible…

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Blinken Arrives In Israel As Netanyahu Blames Hamas For No Gaza Truce Yet

August 18, 2024 admin

Blinken is later set to travel on Tuesday to Cairo Tel Aviv, Israel: Israel’s prime minister, under pressure at home and from abroad to reach a ceasefire deal with Hamas, on Sunday accused the Hamas operatives of obstinance in Gaza truce talks as top US diplomat Antony Blinken landed in Israel. Making his ninth trip…

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Hamas Official Dismisses US Optimism Over Gaza Ceasefire Talks

August 17, 2024 admin

Gaza: A senior Hamas official on Saturday dismissed optimistic talk by US President Joe Biden that a Gaza truce is nearer after negotiations in the Gulf emirate of Qatar. “To say that we are getting close to a deal is an illusion,” Hamas political bureau member Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP. “We are not facing…

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Gaza Undertakers Stacking “Graves On Top Of Graves”

August 16, 2024 admin

Gaza’s death count raised over 40,000 in more than 10 months of war (File) Undertakers are working like bricklayers in a Gaza cemetery, piling cinder blocks into tight rectangles, side by side, for freshly dug graves. More than 10 months into the Gaza war, so many bodies are arriving at the cemetery in Deir el-Balah…

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Families of hostages in Gaza hope cease-fire talks will end their nightmare

August 16, 2024 admin

Some families of hostages held in Gaza believe the latest round of cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas could be the last best chance to set their loved ones free after more than 300 days of captivity. The families have advocated tirelessly to secure the release of their relatives, who were snatched on October 7,…

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Israel Orders More Gaza Evacuations After School Shelter Attack Kills 90

August 11, 2024 admin

Israeli army said it had struck around 30 Hamas military targets in the previous 24 hours Khan Younis, Gaza: Israel expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian residents and displaced families to leave in the dark as explosions from tank shelling reverberated around them….

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