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UN expert says Israel seeks ‘eradication’ of Palestinians

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UN expert says Israel seeks ‘eradication’ of Palestinians

Outspoken UN rights expert Francesca Albanese reiterated Tuesday, October 29, 2024, an allegation that Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza | Photo Credit: AFP Outspoken U.N. rights expert Francesca Albanese reiterated Tuesday (October 29, 2024) an allegation that Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza, charging that the country is seeking the “eradication of Palestinians” from…

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In Beirut, a photographer’s frozen moments slow down time and allow the contemplation of destruction

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In Beirut, a photographer’s frozen moments slow down time and allow the contemplation of destruction

A picture clicked by AP photographer Bilal Hussein. A flock of birds fly as smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP We watch video after video, consuming the world on our handheld devices in bites of…

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Satellite photos show Israel hit Iran former nuclear weapons test building, missile facilities, researchers say

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Satellite photos show Israel hit Iran former nuclear weapons test building, missile facilities, researchers say

Commuters drive past an anti-Israel billboard covering the facade of a building in Tehran on October 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP An American researcher said an Israeli airstrike on Saturday (October 26, 2024) hit a building that was part of Iran’s defunct nuclear weapons development program, and he and another researcher said facilities used…

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Israel must stop ‘ethnic cleansing’, Jordan foreign minister tells Blinken

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Israel must stop ‘ethnic cleansing’, Jordan foreign minister tells Blinken

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (R) reacts as he meets United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken (unseen), in London, on October 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Jordan’s foreign minister on Friday (October 25, 2024) called for pressure on Israel to end “ethnic cleansing”, in strong remarks as he met U.S. Secretary of State…

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Israel plans to ‘empty’ Gaza Strip of Palestinians: Mahmoud Abbas

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Israel plans to ‘empty’ Gaza Strip of Palestinians: Mahmoud Abbas

United Nations’ vehicles escort a destroyed truck that was reportedly used by workers of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which was fired upon by Israeli forces earlier. | Photo Credit: AFP Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday (October 24, 2024) Israel aims to “empty” the Gaza Strip of Palestinians,…

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Hezbollah hides millions in cash, gold under Beirut hospital, says Israel

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Hezbollah hides millions in cash, gold under Beirut hospital, says Israel

Hezbollah has stashed hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker built under a hospital in Beirut, Israel’s military said on Monday (October 21, 2024), adding it will not strike the facility as it keeps up attacks against the group’s financial assets. Fadi Alameh, a Lebanese lawmaker with the Shi’ite Amal…

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Hezbollah says targeted Israeli ‘intel base’ in Tel Aviv suburbs

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Hezbollah says targeted Israeli ‘intel base’ in Tel Aviv suburbs

Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon October 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said it targeted on Tuesday (October 22, 2024) two positions in the suburbs of Israel’s commercial hub Tel Aviv, including an…

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Hamas to be led by ruling committee, no chief to succeed Sinwar

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Hamas to be led by ruling committee, no chief to succeed Sinwar

File picture of Khaled Meshaal, who is on the Hamas ruling committee | Photo Credit: Reuters Two Hamas sources said the Palestinian militant group was moving towards appointing a Doha-based ruling committee rather than a single successor to its chief Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israeli troops last week. “The Hamas leadership’s approach is…

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Israel shows video of Hamas chief Sinwar in Gaza tunnel on eve of October 7 attack

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Israel shows video of Hamas chief Sinwar in Gaza tunnel on eve of October 7 attack

A screengrab from a handout video shows what the Israeli Army says is recently killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar walking through a tunnel before the October 7 attacks, in this screengrab obtained by Reuters, released on October 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Israeli Army on Saturday (October 19, 2024) released footage it said…

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Israel-Hamas war: Freedom of expression threatened more seriously in Gaza than in any recent conflict, says UN expert

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Israel-Hamas war: Freedom of expression threatened more seriously in Gaza than in any recent conflict, says UN expert

Palestinians perform Friday prayers at the ruins of a mosque destroyed in the Israeli military offensive, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Freedom of expression has been threatened more seriously in Gaza than in…

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