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Union Ministers and BJP leaders Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and party national president JP Nadda | Photo Credit: ANI Standing on cusp of history, PM Modi says NDA ready for polls The schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha election was announced by the Election Commission on Saturday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a third term in office,…
Benjamin Netanyahu approved the military’s “plans for action in Rafah” (File) Gaza: The head of the World Health Organisation on Saturday appealed to Israel “in the name of humanity” not to launch an assault on Rafah, where most of Gaza’s population is sheltering. “I’m gravely concerned about reports of an Israeli plan to proceed with…
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Israel and Hamas have made moves aimed at getting the ceasefire talks back on track. File | Photo Credit: AP Stalled talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to resume in earnest in Qatar as soon as on Sunday, according to Egyptian officials. The talks would mark…
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Palestinians perform the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the ruins of a destroyed mosque by the Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, March 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Displaced by Israeli bombardment, the Tabatibi family gathered in central Gaza to eat together during the first Friday night…
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Palestinian children wait to receive food during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip March 13, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem | Photo Credit: MOHAMMED SALEM One in three children under the age of two in northern Gaza is now acutely malnourished…
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Gaza Strip/Cairo/Dubai: Israel on Friday approved a potential assault on the Gaza city of Rafah while also keeping ceasefire hopes alive with plans to send another delegation to Qatar for talks on a possible hostage deal with Palestinian group Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he had ok’d a plan to attack the…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on March 15 he had approved the military’s plan for an operation in Rafah, where most of war-battered Gaza’s population has sought refuge. Mr. Netanyahu “approved the plans for action in Rafah,” his office said in a statement,…
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March 16, 2024 06:01 am | Updated 06:01 am IST – Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories A first aid ship plying a new maritime corridor from Cyprus began unloading its cargo of desperately needed food in Gaza on March 15 as Hamas proposed a new six-week truce in the war. AFP footage showed the Open Arms,…
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President Joe Biden expressed support on March 15 for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after the senator called for new elections in Israel, the latest sign that the U.S. relationship with its closest Middle East ally is careening toward fracture over the war in Gaza. Mr Schumer, a Jewish Democrat from New York, sent tremors…
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The Open Arms vessel carrying aid sails off the shore of Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from central Gaza Strip, March 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS A ship carrying 200 tons of aid approached the coast of Gaza on March 15 in a mission…
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