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Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander

July 4, 2024 admin

Smoke billows after a hit from a rocket fired from southern Lebanon over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on July 4, 2024. Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it launched more than 200 rockets and explosive drones at Israeli military positions on July 4 as tensions have soared amid the almost nine-months-old war raging in Gaza….

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Heavy fighting rocks Gaza as thousands on the move again

July 3, 2024 admin

Israeli forces bombed and battled Hamas in Gaza City on Wednesday as tens of thousands of Palestinians scrambled for a safe haven after the army issued an evacuation order for a vast swathe of the territory’s south. Apache helicopters and Israeli quadcopter drones flew above Gaza City’s Shujaiya district as heavy gunfire echoed through the…

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Gaza bombed as fallout brings surging tensions to Lebanon, Yemen

June 15, 2024 admin

The United Nations says about one million people have been displaced from Rafah since early May, when Israel began ground operations in pursuit of Hamas militants. File | Photo Credit: AP Israel bombed and shelled Gaza on Saturday, witnesses and first responders said, with fallout from the war bringing a resurgence of tensions to the…

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Loss of lives in Rafah heartbreaking, says MEA

May 30, 2024 admin

This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies shows a view of the displacement camp in the Tal al-Sultan area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, near a UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) facility, on May 29, 2024. A strike on Tal Al-Sultan late on May 26 that Israel said targeted Hamas militants…

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Donald Trump Vows To Deport Anti-Israel Student Protesters If Elected: Report

May 29, 2024 admin

“It (anti-Israel protests) has to be stopped now,” Donald Trump said. Former US President Donald Trump recently slammed the anti-Israel protests erupting across college campuses as a “radical revolution” and vowed to deport foreign student protesters if he wins the upcoming presidential election. According to the Washington Post, Mr Trump, while speaking at a donor…

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Israeli strikes in Rafah: Medics say at least 16 dead, residents report heavy fighting

May 28, 2024 admin

Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents destroyed by Israel’s bombardment, adjunct to an UNRWA facility west of Rafah city, Gaza Strip, on May 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli strikes on Rafah have killed at least 16 Palestinians, first responders said May 28, as residents reported an escalation of fighting in the southern Gaza city….

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Israel PM Netanyahu acknowledges ‘tragic mistake’ after Rafah strike kills dozens of Palestinians

May 27, 2024 admin

Children light candles during a march against Israel and in solidarity with Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, on the Mediterranean Sea corniche in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 27, 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged Monday that a “tragic mistake” had been made after an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city…

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Palestine’s quest for statehood: A look at its tussle with Israel, countries’ recognition and India’s stance

May 27, 2024 admin

The story so far: Even as Israel continues to attack Southern Gaza’s Rafah, three European nations — Norway, Spain and Ireland — announced their formal recognition of Palestine as a state on May 22. The recognition is expected to take place on May 28. All three countries have urged Israel and Hamas to agree to…

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Sirens sound in Tel Aviv for the first time in months as Hamas says it fired rockets from Gaza

May 26, 2024 admin

Rocket sirens sounded across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, for the first time in months on May 26, as Hamas claimed to have fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza. The militants have continued to fire projectiles at communities around Gaza more than seven months into the war but have not fired longer-range rockets…

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Aid trucks begin entering Gaza under agreement with Egypt to bypass Rafah

May 26, 2024 admin

Palestinians are waiting for aid trucks to cross in central Gaza Strip on Sunday, May 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Aid trucks entered Gaza from southern Israel on Sunday through a new agreement to bypass the Rafah crossing with Egypt after Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of it earlier this month. But was…

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