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Senior Hamas Leader, His Family Killed In Israeli Air Strike: Report

October 19, 2023 admin

Israel-Hamas war erupted on October 7 after the Palestinian group attacked Israel. (File) Gaza: An Israeli strike killed the head of the Hamas-led national security forces, Jehad Mheisen, and members of his family in their house, a Hamas-aligned news agency said on Thursday. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV…

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3,785 Palestinians Killed In Israel-Hamas War So Far: Gaza Health Ministry

October 19, 2023 admin

“There are no medicine stocks in any of Gaza hospitals,” said Gaza Health Ministry. (File) Gaza: At least 3,785 Palestinians have been killed and 12,493 wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza since October7, the health ministry in Gaza said on Thursday. Of the total death count, 1,524 were children and 1,000 were women, ministry spokesman…

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Families Recount Israel-Hamas War Horrors

October 19, 2023 admin

Doctors mourned unborn child of a woman from Gaza killed in Israeli strikes. (File) Rafah, Palestinian Territories: Eight sleeping children killed in one strike, doctors fighting but failing to save an unborn child — such were the stories recounted by Gaza medics on Thursday as Israel stepped up its air strikes. Gaza’s Hamas-run government said…

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Over 2 million trapped in Gaza as airstrikes continue

October 19, 2023 admin

Israeli airstrikes pounded locations across the Gaza Strip early Thursday, including parts of the south that Israel had declared as safe zones, heightening fears among more than 2 million Palestinians trapped in the territory that nowhere was safe. In the nearly two weeks since a devastating Hamas rampage in southern Israel, the Israeli military has…

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16 Palestinian Journalists Killed In Israel-Hamas War, Says Union

October 19, 2023 admin

Israel-Hamas war erupted on OCtober 7 after the Paletinian group attacked Israel. (File) Ramallah, Palestinian Territories: Sixteen Palestinian journalists have been killed in the war in Gaza since Israel began bombarding the coastal enclave, the Palestinian journalists’ union said Thursday. Dozens of other journalists have been wounded in the war since it erupted on October…

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US, UK Urge Citizens To Leave Lebanon Amid Israel-Hamas War

October 19, 2023 admin

France, Germany, Canada and Australia have also warned against travel to Lebanon. (File) Beirut, Lebanon: The US and British embassies in Beirut on Thursday advised citizens to leave Lebanon while flights “remain available” as border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah intensify over Israel’s war with Hamas. Both countries had already warned citizens against travel to…

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Turkey Says It Has 700 People Awaiting Evacuation From Gaza

October 19, 2023 admin

Turkish Foreign Minister said 55 Turkish civil servants were among those waiting. (File) Ankara: Some 700 people, including Turkish, Palestinian, and northern Cypriot citizens, have applied to Turkey to be evacuated from Gaza, Deputy Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Yildiz said on Thursday. Speaking in parliament’s foreign affairs commission, Ahmet Yildiz said 322 Turkish citizens, 104…

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Britain’s Sunak slams ‘horrific’ attacks on visit to Israel

October 19, 2023 admin

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Thursday that Israel has suffered an “unspeakable horrific act of terrorism” as he became the latest western leader to carry out a solidarity visit. “I want you…

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Evidence shows Hamas militants likely used some North Korean weapons in attack on Israel

October 19, 2023 admin

Suspected North Korean-made F-7 rocket-propelled grenades, many with a distinctive red stripe on their warhead, are seen at an Israeli military base in southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Hamas fighters likely used North Korean-manufactured rocket-propelled grenades during their unprecedented assault on Israel that killed over 1,400 people and saw scores taken hostage, despite Pyongyang…

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Facebook Introduces Measures To Limit “Unwanted” Comments

October 19, 2023 admin

The Israel-Hamas war started on October 7. Facebook parent Meta on Wednesday rolled out a temporary feature to limit “harmful and potentially harmful” content on the Israel-Hamas war. The change is part of the company’s efforts to protect people “in the region” from such “unwanted” comments, Meta said in an updated statement on Wednesday (October…

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