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The Palestinian Health Ministry says more than 70% of the dead are women and children. (File) Geneva: Palestinian health authorities say Israel’s ground and air campaign in Gaza has killed more than 38,000 people, mostly civilians, and driven most of the enclave’s 2.3 million people from their homes. The war began on Oct. 7 when…
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The October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,195 people. (File) Gaza City: The Israeli army on Wednesday dropped thousand of leaflets on Gaza City urging all residents to leave amid an intensified military offensive on the Palestinian territory’s main city, an AFP journalist said. The leaflets, addressed to “everyone…
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Hamas says they are ready to reach a “complete agreement” with Israel. (File) Hamas said they informed ceasefire talks mediators that they are ready to reach a “complete agreement” including a comprehensive hostages/prisoners exchange deal if Israel “stops its war and aggression against people in Gaza,” a statement from the group said on Thursday. (Except…
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The ICJ is the highest U.N. body for hearing disputes between states. The Hague: Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in a landmark emergency ruling on South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide. Reading out the ruling by…
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Israel launched its assault on Gaza following a Hamas-led attack. (File) Cairo: Israeli forces killed at least 50 Palestinians in aerial and ground bombardments across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and battled in close combat with Hamas-led operatives in areas of the southern city of Rafah, health officials and Hamas media said. Israeli tanks advanced…
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At least 35,272 people have been killed in Gaza, according to Hamas. (File) Jerusalem: The US military said aid deliveries began Friday via a temporary pier in Gaza aimed at ramping up emergency humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. “Today at approximately 9 a.m. (Gaza time), trucks carrying humanitarian assistance began moving ashore via…
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Despite months of shuttle diplomacy, mediators have so far failed to broker a new truce. (File) Jerusalem: Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday Israel was prepared to “deepen” its Gaza operation if truce talks fail to secure the release of hostages Hamas holds in the Palestinian territory. Israel is prepared to “make compromises” to get…
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Earlier Benjamin Netanyahu had rejected Hamas’s demand to end the war. (File) Doha: Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday accused Israel’s prime minister of sabotaging efforts by mediators involved in ongoing talks aimed at a truce and hostage exchange in Gaza. Qatar-based Haniyeh said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to “invent constant justifications for…
The World Food Program is one of the many humanitarian groups trying to get aid into Gaza. (File) Washington: The chief of the United Nations’ food program has warned of a “full-blown famine” in northern Gaza and reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Israel’s war against Hamas. “There is famine, full-blown famine in the north…
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“Scale of the destruction is huge and unprecedented”, says a UN official. (File) Amman: A UN agency said Thursday that rebuilding war-wracked Gaza will cost an estimated $30 billion to $40 billion and require an effort on a scale unseen since World War II. “The United Nations Development Programme’s initial estimates for the reconstruction of……
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