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Hamas official says ready to free 34 Gaza hostages in ‘first phase’ of exchange deal

January 6, 2025 admin

A Hamas official said on Sunday (January 5, 2025) the group was ready to free 34 hostages in the “first phase” of a potential deal with Israel, after Israel said indirect talks on a truce and hostage release agreement had resumed in Qatar. Mediators Qatar, Egypt, and the United States have tried for months to…

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Hamas’ Armed Wing Releases New Video Of Gaza Hostage

January 5, 2025 admin

Jerusalem: The armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a video on Saturday of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza since its October 2023 attack. In the undated, three-and-a-half-minute video recording that AFP has not been able to verify, 19-year-old soldier Liri Albag called in Hebrew for the Israeli government to secure her…

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Israel Must Face Consequences Over Gaza Campaign: UN Experts

December 30, 2024 admin

Geneva: United Nations rights experts on Monday said Israel must face the consequences of “inflicting maximum suffering” on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, alleging Israel was defying international law and being sheltered by its allies. “International humanitarian law comprises a set of universal and binding rules to protect civilian objects and persons who are not, or…

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Last Major Health Facility In North Gaza “Out Of Service”: WHO

December 28, 2024 admin

Jerusalem: An Israeli military operation Friday targeting Hamas militants near the Kamal Adwan Hospital has put the last major health facility in northern Gaza out of service, the World Health Organization said. “Initial reports indicate that some key departments were severely burnt and destroyed during the raid,” the WHO said in a statement on X….

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Fresh Air Strike Hits Yemen’s Capital

December 27, 2024 admin

According to Houthi rebels, an air strike hit Yemen’s capital on Friday. Sanaa: An air strike hit Yemen’s capital on Friday, a day after deadly Israeli raids, according to the Iran-backed Huthi rebels who blamed the US and Britain for the latest attack. A Huthi statement cited “US-British aggression” for the new attack, as witnesses…

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At Least 10 Killed In Israeli Strikes On Gaza, Medics Say

December 26, 2024 admin

A damaged vehicle is seen at the site of reported Israeli bombardment on tents sheltering Palestinians. At least 10 people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza early on Thursday, medics with the Gaza health authorities said. Five people were killed and 20 wounded in an Israeli airstrike on…

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Hamas says ‘new’ Israeli conditions delaying agreement on Gaza ceasefire

December 25, 2024 admin

A man repairs bicycles at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 21, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. | Photo Credit: AFP Hamas said Wednesday (December 25, 2024) that “new conditions” imposed by Israel had delayed the finalisation of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza,…

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Pope Francis Kicks Off Christmas With A Sombre Mass Under Shadow Of War

December 25, 2024 admin

Christmas revellers around the world donned red and white Santa hats, offered meals to the homeless and lit candles on Wednesday, as Pope Francis launched observation of the global holiday with a sombre mass in the Vatican. At Saint Peter’s Basilica, Francis used his Christmas Eve mass to urge Christians to think “of the wars,…

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Israeli military actions had ‘influence’ on Hamas’ killing of six hostages, report finds

December 24, 2024 admin

Banners showing Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year old hostage who died in Hamas captivity in Gaza, hang in Jerusalem. File. | Photo Credit: AP The actions of the Israeli military had a “circumstantial influence” on a decision by Hamas militants to kill six hostages in Gaza in August, according to a military investigation published on Tuesday…

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Only 12 trucks delivered food, water in northern Gaza since October: Oxfam

December 23, 2024 admin

A truck driver picks up humanitarian aid designated for Gaza, as reporters tour the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing where aid is awaiting pickup, on December 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Just 12 trucks distributed food and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, aid group Oxfam said on Sunday (December 22,…

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