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U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin,. File photo | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Sunday (August 11, 2024) as the region braces for possible attacks by Iran and its allies after the killing of senior…
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Mediators have invited both Israel and Hamas for a round of negotiations on Thursday. (File) Palestinian Territories: Hamas on Sunday called on US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators to implement a ceasefire plan for Gaza put forward by US President Joe Biden, instead of holding “more talks”. “Hamas calls on the mediators to present a roadmap…
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Israel has vowed to destroy the Palestinian group in retaliation for its October attack. Gaza’s civil defence agency said Saturday an Israeli strike hit a school in Gaza City, killing 90-100 people, while the Israeli military said it had struck a Hamas command centre. “Forty martyrs and dozens wounded after the Israeli bombing of the…
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Palestinians check the damage in the al-Zahra school used as a refuge by displaced Palestinians following an Israeli strike, in the Shujaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City on August 8, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. | Photo Credit: AFP The Israeli military has ordered another mass evacuation in large…
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Kamala Harris will also be keen not to alienate the majority of US voters whom polls say support Israel. Washington: Kamala Harris does not support an arms embargo on US ally Israel, a top aide said Thursday, in one of the first substantive statements on her Gaza war policy since her July entry to the…
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Israel Defence Minister said that it will not allow the Hezbollah militia to destabilise the border. Jerusalem: Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday that Israel would fight Hezbollah “with all its might” if the Lebanese armed group continued its “aggression” across the border. “We will not allow the Hezbollah militia to destabilise the border…
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Israel-Gaza war has been going on since October 7, 2023 (File) With much of Gaza reduced to rubble by 10 months of war, counting the dead has become a challenge for the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry, as the death count nears 40,000. Israel has repeatedly questioned the credibility of the daily figures put out by…
Yahya Sinwar chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, April 13, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP Hamas on Tuesday (August 6) named Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader in a dramatic sign of the power…
The United States said that it will bolster its military presence in the Middle East. Washington: The United States will bolster its military presence in the Middle East, deploying additional warships and fighter jets to protect US personnel and defend Israel amid soaring tensions in the region, the Pentagon said Friday. The announcement comes after…
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Israel-Gaza war has been going on since October 7, 2023 (File) Beirut: Hezbollah forces on Friday resumed rocket and artillery attacks against Israel, ending the lull along the border following Israel’s killing of the Lebanese group’s military commander in Beirut. Hezbollah said it had fired a surface-to-air missile at an Israeli warplane flying in Lebanese…
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