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Israeli Forces Claim To Have Destroyed 50 Hamas Tunnels Since Last Month

August 17, 2024 admin

1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s attacks on Israel near the Gaza border on October 7 (File) Tel Aviv: During the past month, Israeli combat engineers have destroyed approximately 50 Hamas tunnel routes in the area of the Egypt-Gaza border, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday. The announcement came as Israeli and Arab leaders…

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Hamas rejects ‘new’ Gaza truce conditions as Biden says deal closer than ever

August 17, 2024 admin

Hamas said on Friday (August 16, 2024) the Palestinian group rejected “new conditions” in a Gaza ceasefire plan the United States presented after two days of talks with Israeli negotiators in Qatar. Also read:Mediators to the Gaza War cease-fire talks say the two-day talks have wrapped up As international pressure mounted for a ceasefire after…

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Far From Over But Joe Biden Has High Hopes For Gaza Ceasefire

August 17, 2024 admin

Joe Biden told reporters that he was optimistic about prospects for a Gaza ceasefire (file). Washington: US President Joe Biden said on Friday that no party in the Middle East should undermine efforts to reach a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal that he claimed was now in sight, but he warned that it was…

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US Warns Iran Faces “Cataclysmic” Consequences If It Strikes Israel

August 17, 2024 admin

Iran has warned Israel of a response to the July 31 strike in Tehran that killed Hamas chief. Washington: A US official warned Friday that Iran would face “cataclysmic” consequences and derail momentum toward a Gaza truce if it strikes Israel in response to the killing of a top Hamas official. The United States “would…

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Antony Blinken Heading To Israel To Press Gaza Truce

August 16, 2024 admin

Blinken will leave Saturday and seek to “conclude the agreement for Gaza ceasefire. Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel this weekend to push forward a Gaza ceasefire deal as the United States tries to bridge the gaps in talks in the region, the State Department said. Blinken will leave Saturday…

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PM Narendra Modi’s De-Escalation Message In Call With Benjamin Netanyahu Amid West Asia Tension

August 16, 2024 admin

PM Modi also reiterated India and Israel’s call for the immediate release of all hostages.(FILE) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a telephone call with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, stressed on an early and peaceful resolution of the conflict in West Asia through “dialogue and diplomacy”. The conflict in West Asia began on October…

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Gaza Undertakers Stacking “Graves On Top Of Graves”

August 16, 2024 admin

Gaza’s death count raised over 40,000 in more than 10 months of war (File) Undertakers are working like bricklayers in a Gaza cemetery, piling cinder blocks into tight rectangles, side by side, for freshly dug graves. More than 10 months into the Gaza war, so many bodies are arriving at the cemetery in Deir el-Balah…

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Man Arrested For Raising Palestine Flag On Independence Day In Bhopal: Cops

August 16, 2024 admin

Palestine flag was removed and the accused was arrested after questioning: Cops (Representational) Bhopal: A 40-year-old man was arrested in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh for hoisting the flag of Palestine outside his tailoring shop on Independence Day, a police official said on Friday. “Haneef Khan was arrested for hoisting the Palestinian flag outside his shop…

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As Gaza toll crosses 40,000, corpses are buried in yards and tiered graves

August 16, 2024 admin

People bury the body of a Palestinian killed in an Israeli raid, on a cemetery where displaced Palestinians shelter as Gaza health ministry announced that death toll has surpassed 40,000, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Tiers of graves are stacked deep…

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Gaza Ceasefire Talks Underway In Qatar As Deaths Top 40,000

August 15, 2024 admin

More than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza since war began between Israel and Hamas. Doha: The United States hailed a “promising start” to Gaza ceasefire talks Thursday, as pressure mounted for a deal to halt the spread of a war that the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry said has killed 40,005. The conflict sparked…

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