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UN Chief On Situation In Gaza Amid Israel-Hamas War

December 2, 2024 admin

Cairo: The United Nations chief said Monday the situation in war-torn Gaza was “appalling and apocalyptic”, warning conditions faced by Palestinians in the territory may amount to the “gravest international crimes”. In remarks read out on his behalf at a Cairo conference aimed at increasing humanitarian aid, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the international community…

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World Central Kitchen Member Among 2 Aid Workers Killed In Gaza Airstrikes

December 1, 2024 admin

Cairo: Two aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Saturday, with Israel saying it had killed an operative who took part in the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel and who it said was employed by a US-based charity. The first was a World Central Kitchen member, who was hit in…

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Israel military strikes kill 32 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say

November 30, 2024 admin

A Palestinian woman reacts as she stands amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike on the Shujaiyah neighbourhood in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on November 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The Israeli military said it killed a Palestinian it accused of involvement in Hamas’ October 7 attack…

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Hamas Delegation To Hold Gaza Ceasefire Talks Today In Egypt: Official

November 29, 2024 admin

Gaza City: Hamas representatives will go to Cairo on Saturday for talks on a possible ceasefire in Gaza, an official in the Palestinian militant group told AFP on Friday. “A Hamas delegation will go to Cairo tomorrow for several meetings with Egyptian officials to discuss ideas for a ceasefire and a prisoner accord in the…

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Hamas Armed Wing Says Israeli Woman Hostage Killed In North Gaza

November 23, 2024 admin

Hamas’s armed wing said Saturday an Israeli woman taken hostage during the October 2023 attack had been killed in a combat zone in northern Gaza and the Israeli military said it was investigating. Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeida said contact had been restored with the woman’s captors after a break of several weeks and…

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Gaza civil defence says 19 killed in Israeli strikes

November 23, 2024 admin

Rubble lies on the ground at the site of an Israeli strike on Al-Farooq mosque, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on November 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gaza’s civil defence agency said that 19 people, including at least six children, were killed by Israeli air strikes…

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Israel armys says it ‘eliminated’ five Hamas militants in north Gaza raid

November 22, 2024 admin

October 7, 2023: Hamas militants stormed across the border from Gaza into Israel in what would become the deadliest attack in the country’s history. At the end of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, the militants launched their assault by land, air, and sea. Militants abducted 251 hostages on October 7, 97 of whom are still…

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After World Court’s Arrest Warrant, Netanyahu Invokes 1894 Dreyfus Trial

November 22, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Denouncing the International Criminal Court (ICC), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likened the court’s arrest warrant against him to the infamous Dreyfus trial of 1894. The Dreyfus trial, which began in 1894, involved a Jewish French army officer falsely accused of treason based on fabricated evidence. The ICC’s move accuses Netanyahu and former…

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US ‘Fundamentally Rejects’ World Court Warrant For Israel PM: White House

November 21, 2024 admin

Washington: The United States “fundamentally rejects” a decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, the White House said Thursday. “We remain deeply concerned by the Prosecutor’s rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this…

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Israel-Hezbollah Clashes Continue Amid Truce Talks

November 21, 2024 admin

Beirut: Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah traded deadly blows on Thursday as their war raged on despite signs of progress in US ceasefire efforts, with airstrikes pounding Beirut’s southern suburbs and rockets flying into northern Israel. US mediator Amos Hochstein was in Israel for talks with Israeli officials to try to secure a ceasefire which he…

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