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In Ramadan Message, Joe Biden Says US Will Work Towards 6-Week Ceasefire In Gaza

March 11, 2024 admin

File photo Washington: Greeting the Muslim community across the world on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, US President Joe Biden on Sunday reiterated that the United States will continue working non-stop to establish an immediate and sustained ceasefire for at least six weeks as part of a deal that releases hostages. “While…

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Israel’s Netanyahu says Biden ‘wrong’ in critique of war policy

March 10, 2024 admin

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 10 rejected U.S. President Joe Biden’s comment that Israel’s approach to the war in Gaza was “hurting Israel more than helping Israel”. “If he meant by that that I’m pursuing private policies against the majority, the wish of the…

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Israel Hamas War, Israel Gaza War, Netanyahu Says At Least 13,000 Terrorists Among Palestinians Killed

March 10, 2024 admin

“We are very close to victory,” said Netanyahu (File) Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told a German newspaper that at least 13,000 “terrorists” were among Palestinians killed during Israel’s air and ground assault on Gaza. Five months into Israel’s campaign following the October 7 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, Palestinian health authorities say nearly…

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Israel-Hamas War Rages In Besieged Gaza On Ramadan Eve

March 10, 2024 admin

The war in Gaza broke out following Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7 (File) Deadly fighting raged in Gaza on Sunday between Israeli forces and Hamas operatives, with no truce in sight on the eve of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as a dire humanitarian crisis gripped the besieged Palestinian territory. A Spanish…

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Ramadan crescent moon spotted in Saudi Arabia, month of fasting starts on March 10 for many

March 10, 2024 admin

Members of the Palestinian Astronomical Society and the Waqf team use a telescope to look for a crescent moon ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem on March 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Officials saw the crescent moon on Sunday night in Saudi Arabia, home to the…

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Muslims spot Ramadan crescent moon in Saudi Arabia, month of fasting starts Monday for many

March 10, 2024 admin

Officials saw the crescent moon on Sunday night in Saudi Arabia marking the start of the holy month of Ramadan. File | Photo Credit: AP Officials saw the crescent moon on Sunday night in Saudi Arabia, home to the holiest sites in Islam, marking the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan for many…

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Palestinians prepare for Ramadan in the shadow of Gaza war

March 10, 2024 admin

A man waves a homemade sparkler firework as displaced Palestinians prepare their tents for Ramadan, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip March 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police…

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Israeli strike on Lebanese house kills five: state media

March 10, 2024 admin

Smoke billows above buildings following an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese border village of Majdal Zoun on March 9, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. | Photo Credit: AFP At least five people were killed on March 9, four from the same family,…

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On eve of Ramadan, Jerusalem’s Old City offers little festivity as Gaza war rages

March 9, 2024 admin

On the eve of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Jerusalem’s Old City bears few of its usual hallmarks of festivity. Nearly half of the grotto-shaped gift shops are sealed behind metal shutters. The narrow streets that run toward Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third-holiest site, are eerily empty. Absent are the fairy lights and shining lanterns…

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Israel strikes landmark residential tower in southern Rafah as truce talks stall

March 9, 2024 admin

Palestinians walk by a residential building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on March 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Israel struck one of the largest residential towers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 9, residents said, stepping up pressure on the last area of the enclave it has…

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