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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…
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…
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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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 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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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…
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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One of the strikes was aimed at the town of Safri, near the eastern city of Baalbek Israel launched air strikes on the Bekaa Valley, in eastern Lebanon early on Sunday, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, a few hours after the downing of an Israeli drone over Lebanon. The sources said that the Israeli…
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The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on March 25 on a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramzan. The vote comes after Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday that would have supported “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israeli-Hamas conflict. Also read:…
Palestinians walk over the ruins of Al-Farouq Mosque on March 15, 2024, destroyed in Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. | Photo Credit: AFP Hamas has proposed a new six-week truce in Gaza and an exchange of several dozen Israeli hostages for…
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