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Over 200 Rockets Fired At Israel Military Bases, Claims Hezbollah

July 4, 2024 admin

The rockets were fired at five Israeli bases (file). Beirut, Lebanon: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it launched more than 200 rockets and explosive drones at Israeli military positions on Thursday as tensions have soared amid the almost nine-months-old war raging in Gaza. The Iran-backed operative group said its latest attack, which followed the launch of over…

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Israeli cabinet to consider Hamas ceasefire proposal: source

July 4, 2024 admin

Palestinians walk near houses destroyed in the Israeli military offensive as they struggle with food scarcity, basic necessities amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, on June 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will on July 4 evening convene a…

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Watchdog flags seizure of land by Israel in West Bank

July 4, 2024 admin

An Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.AFPAHMAD GHARABLI | Photo Credit: AFP Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, an anti-settlement watchdog group said on Wednesday, a move that could further worsen already soaring tensions linked to the ongoing Gaza war. Peace Now said…

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Heavy fighting rocks Gaza as thousands on the move again

July 3, 2024 admin

Israeli forces bombed and battled Hamas in Gaza City on Wednesday as tens of thousands of Palestinians scrambled for a safe haven after the army issued an evacuation order for a vast swathe of the territory’s south. Apache helicopters and Israeli quadcopter drones flew above Gaza City’s Shujaiya district as heavy gunfire echoed through the…

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9 In 10 Gazans Displaced Since War Began: UN

July 3, 2024 admin

More than 37,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the war broke out last year in October. Geneva: Around nine in every 10 people in the Gaza Strip have been displaced at least once since the war between Israel and Hamas began, the UN humanitarian agency said Wednesday. Andrea De Domenico, head of the…

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80% of Gazans now displaced: UN humanitarian coordinator

July 2, 2024 admin

Israeli tanks take position near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. | Photo Credit: Reuters The UN humanitarian coordinator for Gaza said Tuesday that 1.9 million people 80% of the territory’s population were now displaced, adding she was “deeply concerned” by reports of new evacuation orders for Khan Yunis. The United Nations has estimated…

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Yemen’s Houthis Claim Attack On Vital Target In Israel’s Haifa

July 2, 2024 admin

The Houthi group has been launching drone and missile strikes in shipping lanes since November. Cairo: Yemen’s Houthis said on Tuesday that they, along with the Islamic resistance in Iraq, have conducted a joint military operation, attacking a vital target in Israel’s Haifa. The military operation has been carried out with “a number of winged…

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8 Killed As Israel Attacks Gaza Khan Yunis After Evacuation Order

July 2, 2024 admin

Successive Israeli raids have reduced large parts of Al-Shifa in Gaza to rubble Palestinian Territories: Israeli forces carried out deadly strikes Tuesday on southern Gaza after the army again ordered Palestinians to leave areas near the besieged territory’s border with Israel and Egypt. Witnesses reported intense bombing and shelling around Khan Yunis, southern Gaza’s main…

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Israel releases director of hospital it says was used as a Hamas base; he alleges abuse in custody

July 1, 2024 admin

This video grab shows Mohammed Abu Selmia, the director of Gaza’s main hospital, who was detained by Israeli forces in November, sitting with his family after his release, along with other detainees, at a hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on Monday, July 1, 2024. Israel released the director of Gaza’s main hospital on Monday…

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6 Killed, Many Houses Destroyed As Israeli Tanks Advance Into North Gaza

July 1, 2024 admin

The 6 bodies from the Zurub family were transferred to Nasser Hospital in the nearby city of Khan Younis. Cairo/Gaza: Israeli forces advanced further on Sunday into the Shejaia neighbourhood of northern Gaza and also pushed deeper into western and central Rafah in the south, killing at least six Palestinians and destroying several homes, residents…

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