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More than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza since war began between Israel and Hamas (File). Paris: After an escalation of hostilities Sunday amid over 10 months of cross-border clashes between Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement, here are the major eruptions of violence since their 2006 war. The devastating month-long war in the…
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More than 130 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since the war started (representational) Paris: Some 60 media and rights organisations on Monday urged the European Union to suspend a cooperation accord with Israel and impose sanctions, accusing it of “massacring journalists” in Gaza. “In response to the unprecedented number of journalists killed and…
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Israel launched a pre-emptive strike on Lebanon on Sunday Doha: Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Sunday hailed strikes by Lebanon’s Hezbollah against Israel, calling it a “strong and focused response”. “We emphasize that this strong and focused response, which struck deep inside the Zionist entity, is a slap in the face” for the Israeli government,…
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Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah rarely appears in public. Hezbollah, which has exchanged fire with Israeli forces since October, last went to war with Israel in 2006 and has since expanded its domestic and regional influence, politically and militarily. Financed and armed by Iran, Hezbollah is the most prominent actor in the so-called axis of resistance…
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Kamala Harris has vowed not to be silent about the suffering of Palestinians (file). Dearborn, United States: In key US swing state Michigan, Democratic voters of Arab and Middle Eastern heritage say Kamala Harris is going to have to win them back after they were alienated by President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s military offensive…
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Fighting raged on Friday, with witnesses reporting combat in northern, central and southern Gaza (file). Palestinian Territories: The United States said Friday that progress had been made at the latest round of Gaza truce talks after the presence of Israeli troops on the Egyptian border emerged as a major sticking point. The White House said…
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The White House said on Friday that ceasefire talks in Cairo have been constructive and will continue over the weekend as the U.S. and Mideast allies continue to press Israel and Hamas to forge an agreement. CIA Director William Burns and Brett McGurk, a senior adviser on the Middle East to President Joe Biden, are…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza, and he called on Hamas to do the same, without saying whether concerns cited by the militant group had been addressed. The high-stakes negotiations have gained urgency in…
Mr. Blinken is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister to talk about Gaza ceasefire | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to arrive in Israel on Sunday (August 18, 2024) as part of Washington’s intensifying diplomatic push to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza that will end the 10-month-old war…
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Around 10 people were killed, including two children, and five were wounded by an Israeli strike. File | Photo Credit: AP Around 10 people were killed, including two children, and five were wounded by an Israeli strike on a residential building in the city of Nabatieh City in south Lebanon, State news agency NNA said…
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