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Benjamin Netanyahu Rejects Gaza Truce Talks, Shuts Down Al Jazeera’s Israel Office

May 6, 2024 admin

Netanyahu’s remarks came during a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Jerusalem New Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shut down talks of ceasefire negotiations, citing an unwillingness to comply with Hamas’s conditions for ending the conflict in Gaza. Here are 10 points on this big story: Despite the absence of an Israeli delegation in…

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Israeli Authorities Raid Al Jazeera Office After Shutdown Order Over Israel-Hamas War In Gaza

May 5, 2024 admin

Al Jazeera said the move was a “criminal action” (File photo) Jerusalem: Israeli authorities raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its office after the government decided to shut down the Qatari-owned TV station’s local operations on Sunday, an Israeli official and an Al Jazeera source told Reuters. Video circulated online showed…

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Benjamin Netanyahu To World Leaders

May 5, 2024 admin

Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced a “volcano of anti-Semitism” and international criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza, insisting that no pressure would stop it from defending itself. “If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone,” Netanyahu said. Speaking…

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3 Israeli Army Soldiers Killed In Hamas’ Gaza Crossing Rocket Attack

May 5, 2024 admin

The soldiers were hit while guarding heavy machinery, tanks and bulldozers Jerusalem: Israel’s military said a barrage of rockets fired earlier Sunday from the besieged Gaza Strip towards the Kerem Shalom border crossing had killed three soldiers and wounded a dozen others. Three of the 12 wounded were in serious condition, the military told AFP….

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UN Agency Chief Stopped From Entering Gaza Again

May 5, 2024 admin

Philippe Lazzarini has been to Gaza four times since the war broke out including on March 17. (File) Jerusalem: The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said Sunday that Israeli authorities had barred him from entering Gaza for a second time since the Israel-Hamas war started on October 7. “Just this week,…

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Hamas Chief Accuses Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Of Sabotaging Gaza Truce Talk Efforts

May 5, 2024 admin

Earlier Benjamin Netanyahu had rejected Hamas’s demand to end the war. (File) Doha: Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday accused Israel’s prime minister of sabotaging efforts by mediators involved in ongoing talks aimed at a truce and hostage exchange in Gaza. Qatar-based Haniyeh said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to “invent constant justifications for…

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Netanyahu says ending Gaza war now would keep Hamas in power

May 5, 2024 admin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File. | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hardened his rejection of Hamas demands for an end to the Gaza war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, saying on May 5 that would keep the Palestinian Islamist group in power and pose a threat to Israel. Mr. Netanyahu…

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Israel Decides To Shut Down Al Jazeera In Country, Orders To Seize Broadcast Gear

May 5, 2024 admin

Israel had a long-running feud with the Qatar-based news channel. (File) Jerusalem: Israel’s communication minister on Sunday ordered the seizure of Al Jazeera’s broadcasting equipment after the government decided to shut down the Qatar-based news channel in the country, with which it has had a long-running feud. According to the order issued by Communication Minister…

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Child, Parents Killed In Israeli Strike In Lebanon: Report

May 5, 2024 admin

Israel says 11 soldiers and nine civilians have been killed on its side of the border. (File) Beirut: A local official in southern Lebanon said an Israeli strike on a village Sunday killed a couple and their child, the latest deadly incident in the border region. Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group have exchanged regular…

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Hamas Begins Gaza Truce Talks With Egypt, Qatar In Cairo

May 5, 2024 admin

More than 34,600 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s assault Cairo: Hamas negotiators began intensified talks on Saturday on a possible Gaza truce that would see the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official told Reuters, with the CIA director present in Cairo. The Hamas delegation arrived from the Palestinian Islamist movement’s political…

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