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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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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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5 Palestinian “Terrorists” Killed In West Bank Raid, Says Israeli Army

May 4, 2024 admin

The Gaza war started with an unprecedented Hamas attack on southern Israel. (File) Tulkarem: The Israeli army said troops killed five Palestinian “terrorists” barricaded in a building during a 12-hour siege in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. An AFP photographer saw a heavy military deployment in the village of Deir al-Ghusun, near the northern…

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Israel Hamas War: Rebuilding Gaza Will Cost An Estimated $30-40 Billion: UN Agency

May 2, 2024 admin

“Scale of the destruction is huge and unprecedented”, says a UN official. (File) Amman: A UN agency said Thursday that rebuilding war-wracked Gaza will cost an estimated $30 billion to $40 billion and require an effort on a scale unseen since World War II. “The United Nations Development Programme’s initial estimates for the reconstruction of……

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Antony Blinken Tells Israeli Leaders

May 1, 2024 admin

Antony Blinken’s meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem went longer than expected. (File) Ashdod: Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that he made clear to Israeli leaders US opposition to a major attack on the Gaza city of Rafah and said he suggested “better ways” to address Hamas. “Our position is clear. It hasn’t…

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Israel Hamas War: Gaza Filled With More War Debris And Rubble Than Ukraine: UN Official

May 1, 2024 admin

At least 34,568 people in Gaza, says Hamas Health Ministry. (File) Geneva: The Gaza Strip is filled with more war debris and rubble than Ukraine, the head of UN demining operations for the narrow Palestinian territory said Wednesday. And the danger for clearance work is restricted not just to unexploded ordnance but includes possible exposure…

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US Still Opposes Israeli Assault In Rafah: Blinken Tells Netanyahu

May 1, 2024 admin

Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed Tuesday to go into Rafah even if a deal is reached. (File) Jerusalem: Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated US opposition to an Israeli assault on the crowded Gaza city of Rafah in talks Wednesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has vowed to press ahead, a US official said. Blinken…

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US University Turns Into “War Zone” As Police Respond To Anti-Israel Protest

April 28, 2024 admin

Campuses of several US Universities have been witnessing massive protests with the students seeking a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas. Police have arrested over 550 protesters and some universities are witnessing violent clashes between cops and the activists. Law enforcement officials at the behest of college administrators have deployed tasers and tear gas against…

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US Military Begins Construction Of Gaza Pier For Aid Delivery: Pentagon

April 26, 2024 admin

US officials have said the effort will not involve “boots on the ground” in Gaza. Washington: The United States military has begun construction on a pier meant to boost deliveries of desperately needed aid to Gaza, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The small coastal territory has been devastated by more than six months of Israeli…

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Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza city of Rafah kills at least nine Palestinians, including six children

April 20, 2024 admin

An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said on April 20, as Israel pursued its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. Israel’s war against the Islamic militant group Hamas has led to a dramatic escalation of tensions in an…

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