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PM Modi stresses need to de-escalate situation in call with Netanyahu

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PM Modi stresses need to de-escalate situation in call with Netanyahu

PM Modi said Mr. Netanyahu extended his warm wishes on India’s 78th Independence Day in the conversation. | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (August 16, 2024) stressed the need for de-escalation of the situation in West Asia during a telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and reiterated their call…

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More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, the territory’s Health Ministry says

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More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, the territory’s Health Ministry says

An amputee in a wheelchair carries bread past children selling goods on a street in Khan Yunis, on the southern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. | Photo Credit: AFP More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza,…

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Israel strike on Gaza school shelter kills over 100 people

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Israel strike on Gaza school shelter kills over 100 people

Palestinians look at the damage at the site of an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City on August 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school compound housing displaced families killed around 100 people, the Hamas-run Gaza government said on Saturday…

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Has the U.K. changed its stance on ICC arrest warrants? | Explained

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Has the U.K. changed its stance on ICC arrest warrants? | Explained

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: On July 26, Britain abandoned its intent to challenge the prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. The latest move signals a second policy shift by the…

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Australia, New Zealand, Canada call for ICJ response from Israel, Gaza ceasefire

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Australia, New Zealand, Canada call for ICJ response from Israel, Gaza ceasefire

Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Israel, on July 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Australia, New Zealand and Canada on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and asked Israel to respond to a United Nations court which last week ruled its occupation…

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Netanyahu meets with Biden, Harris to narrow gaps on Gaza war ceasefire deal

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Netanyahu meets with Biden, Harris to narrow gaps on Gaza war ceasefire deal

U.S. President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on July 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House Thursday to discuss the war in Gaza — and the possibility of securing a…

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‘Miracle’ baby born in Gaza after airstrike kills heavily pregnant mother

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‘Miracle’ baby born in Gaza after airstrike kills heavily pregnant mother

Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: Reuters Nine months pregnant, Ola Al-Kurd could not wait to hold her baby and bring new life to Gaza during a war which has killed over 39,000 fellow Palestinians and razed much of the enclave. That special moment never came. An Israeli airstrike smashed into the…

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Netanyahu gives fiery speech to U.S. Congress, seeking support for war in Gaza

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Netanyahu gives fiery speech to U.S. Congress, seeking support for war in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and condemned American protesters in a scathing…

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WHO sees ‘high risk’ of polio virus spreading across Gaza, assessment underway

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WHO sees ‘high risk’ of polio virus spreading across Gaza, assessment underway

Tents are set up as temporary shelters for displaced Palestinians on a street covered with stagnant wastewater in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Polio has been detected in samples of sewage | Photo Credit: AFP The World Health Organization said on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that there was a high risk of the…

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Israeli parliament approves bill to label U.N. relief agency UNRWA as a terror organisation

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Israeli parliament approves bill to label U.N. relief agency UNRWA as a terror organisation

A damaged sign is pictured at the headquarters of UNRWA, following an Israeli raid, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, July 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval on Monday to a bill that declares the main United Nations relief organisation for Palestinians a terrorist organisation and proposes to…

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