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Prepared To “Deepen” Gaza Operation If No Progress On Hostages, Says Israel

May 7, 2024 admin

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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Hamas Chief Accuses Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Of Sabotaging Gaza Truce Talk Efforts

May 5, 2024 admin

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…

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“Full-Blown Famine” In North Gaza, Says UN Food Program Chief

May 4, 2024 admin

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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Israel Hamas War: Rebuilding Gaza Will Cost An Estimated $30-40 Billion: UN Agency

May 2, 2024 admin

Israel Hamas War: Rebuilding Gaza Will Cost An Estimated -40 Billion: UN Agency

“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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Israel Hamas War: Gaza Filled With More War Debris And Rubble Than Ukraine: UN Official

May 1, 2024 admin

At least 34,568 people in Gaza, says Hamas Health Ministry. (File) Geneva: The Gaza Strip is filled with more war debris and rubble than Ukraine, the head of UN demining operations for the narrow Palestinian territory said Wednesday. And the danger for clearance work is restricted not just to unexploded ordnance but includes possible exposure…

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Israeli Commandos Kill Hamas Operatives Using Drones And Grenades

February 26, 2024 admin

The incident took place in Khan Younis. As the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, a new video of Israel’s elite Egoz commando unit killing a group of Hamas operatives using drones and grenades in southern Gaza has surfaced online, as per a report in the New York Post. The 28-second short clip shows the aftermath of a…

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57 Staffers Killed In Gaza, Need “Meaningful And Uninterrupted” Aid: UN

October 27, 2023 admin

Over 7,000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip in Israeli strikes Jerusalem, Undefined: The United Nations said Friday that “uninterrupted” aid was needed in Gaza after nearly three weeks of Israeli bombardment in retaliation for Hamas attacks this month that has triggered a humanitarian crisis in the besieged Palestinian territory. Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner…

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