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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for pressure on Hamas during a meeting on Sunday with the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for pressure on Hamas during a meeting on Sunday with the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, which has…
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White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan cited the possibility of a new battle front on the Israel-Lebanon border. File The U.S. said on Sunday it fears an escalation of the war between Israel and Hamas and the prospect of Iran getting directly involved. Speaking on CBS, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan cited…
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A Palestinian youth sits on the rubble of a destroyed home following an Israeli military strike on the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on Octobers 15. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: On October 7, Hamas, a Palestine-based terrorist group, launched an attack on Israel, killing hundreds of civilians and…
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Palestinians flee from northern Gaza after the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning to a population of over 1 million people to seek refuge in the south ahead of a possible Israeli ground invasion, on October 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP The World Health Organization said Saturday that forcing thousands of hospital patients to…
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An Israeli soldier at Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel on October 14, 2023 walks next to bullet holes, in the aftermath of a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: On October 7, a Jewish Sabbath day, Hamas launched a surprise attack into southern Israel,…
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French police officers keep watch in front of the Louvre museum, closed for security reasons, in Paris on October 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters France was on high alert on October 14, after an attacker stabbed a teacher to death in what the President called an act of “Islamist terror,” with troops deployed and the Louvre…
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Saturday for protection for civilians in both the Gaza Strip and Israel as the…
Moscow: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov may meet Hamas officials in Qatar next week and discuss a possible release of hostages seized by the group in its attack on Israel a week ago, Russian state news agency RIA reported on Saturday. Bogdanov told RIA he was heading to Qatar and usually met with Hamas…
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A journalist’s car burns after it was hit by Israeli shelling in the Alma al-Shaab border village with Israel, South Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. An Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing one and leaving six others injured. | Photo Credit: AP A…
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Riyad H. Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, speaks to members of the media with members of the Arab Group prior to a U.N. Security Council meeting about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on October 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Palestinian United…
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