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Washington: President Joe Biden on Monday weighed an invitation to visit close US ally Israel to show support as it wages war against Hamas, abruptly canceling a domestic political trip to meet with his national security team. Biden, 80, was due to visit Colorado to push his 2024 reelection campaign but stayed at the White…
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Israel is devastated by the massive failure of its vaunted agencies after Hamas’s last week attack. Tel Aviv: The head of Israel’s Internal Security Agency (ISA), Ronen Bar, took responsibility for failing to foil Hamas’ brutal attack on October 7 in which more than 1,300 people died, but vowed to fight till the end for…
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More than 1,400 people have been killed in Israel in the violence. Gaza City: The threat of an Israeli ground invasion of the blockaded Gaza Strip “doesn’t scare us and we are ready for it”, Abu Obeideh, the spokesman of Hamas’s military wing, said Monday. In a televised statement, he said Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades were…
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Mora than 2,200 Palestinians have been killed since violence escalated between Israel and Hamas. Gaza City: Former Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal said on Monday the group’s Israeli captives include high-ranking officers from the Gaza Division. Meshaal, who heads Hamas’ diaspora office, also said the group will spare no effort in using the captives as leverage…
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National Security Council said the White House didn’t have a trip to announce (File) Washington: US President Joe Biden weighed a trip to Israel while he cautioned against long-term Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, as the White House sought to balance support for the country with fears that the regional crisis could…
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Joe Biden considering trip to Israel in the coming days; says would be big mistake to occupy Gaza U.S. President Joe Biden is considering a trip to Israel in the coming days but nothing has been finalised, a senior administration official said Sunday. The news comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been…
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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Alarm has grown about a wider humanitarian crisis in Gaza A bereaved and infuriated Israel has massed forces outside Gaza of what the army has said will be a land, air and sea attack involving a “significant ground operation”. Alarm has grown about a wider humanitarian crisis in Gaza where Israel has cut off water,…
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Hezbollah said Israeli strikes killed three of its members. Beirut: Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement said Friday it would be “fully prepared” to join its Palestinian ally Hamas in the war against Israel when the time is right. Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem spoke as Hamas and Israel traded heavy fire for a seventh day, after…
The UN and others have urgently appealed for the mass evacuation order to be rescinded. Gaza City: Thousands of Palestinians fled to southern Gaza in search of refuge on Saturday after Israel warned them to evacuate before an expected ground offensive against Hamas in retaliation for the deadliest attack in Israel’s history. Prime Minister Benjamin…
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