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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held hours-long talks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Palestinians to unite amid Israel’s war in Gaza following hours-long talks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul on Saturday, his office said. Erdogan has failed to establish a foothold as a mediator…
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh resides in Qatar. Doha: Qatar’s warning that it was reassessing its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has raised concerns about the prospects for a ceasefire and the return of hostages. Since Hamas’s deadly October 7 attack on Israel sparked devastating retaliation against Gaza, Qatar has been an important…
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This handout picture released by the Qatar News Agency (QNA) shows Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani (L) walking with his Romanian counterpart Marcel Ciolacu ahead of their meeting in Doha, on April 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Negotiations between Israel and Hamas to secure a truce in Gaza and a…
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This was Hamas’ first reaction to the Iranian aerial attack on Israel. (File) Palestinian Territories: Palestinian group Hamas said Wednesday that Iran’s weekend attack on Israel was a “legitimate and deserved” response to a strike on the Islamic Republic’s consulate in Syria. In its first reaction to the Iranian aerial attack, Hamas said it was…
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Israeli soldiers patrol in a tank near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, on the Israeli side April 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Preliminary hearings open on Monday at the United Nations’ top court in a case that seeks an end to German military and…
But some hostage families are wary, with previous rounds of negotiations having gone nowhere. Jerusalem: Thousands of protesters rallied in Jerusalem on Sunday demanding the release of around 130 hostages still held in Gaza after six months of Israel’s war against Hamas. Hamas gunmen burst into Israel on Oct. 7, killed 1,200 people in their…
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Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese border village of Tayr Harfa on April 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Israel’s military said on April 7 its warplanes had struck Hezbollah sites in eastern Lebanon, where the Iran-backed group has a strong presence, in retaliation for one of its drones being downed….
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Israeli soldiers patrol in a tank near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, on the Israeli side on April 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s military announced on April 7 it was drawing back some forces from a Hamas stronghold in southern Gaza following a major…
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The army said it withdrew its forces from southern Gaza after months of fighting there (File) Israel pulled its ground forces out of the southern Gaza Strip Sunday, media reports said, in a partial withdrawal six months into the devastating war sparked by the October 7 attacks. But the military said a “significant force” will…
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Most of the 33,137 people who have been killed in Gaza. Jerusalem: The bloodiest-ever war in Gaza that broke out exactly six months ago has taken an appalling human toll. At least 33,137 people have been killed in the besieged Palestinian territory in Israel’s campaign of retaliation for the Hamas attack of October 7, according…
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