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Israel-Hamas war, Day 22 LIVE updates | Israel steps up air and ground attacks in Gaza as UN calls for humanitarian truce

October 28, 2023 admin

The near-total telecommunications blackout in Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing bombardment of the Palestinian territory risks providing cover for mass atrocities, the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday. Internet access and the phone network were completely cut across the Gaza Strip on Friday, nearly three weeks after Israel began bombarding the enclave following an armed…

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Israel-Hamas war, Day 21 LIVE updates | Israel to pay compensation for ships damaged in Gaza war

October 27, 2023 admin

U.S. strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on U.S. troops The U.S. military launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began…

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Israel-Hamas war, Day 20 LIVE updates | PM Netanyahu says he will be held accountable for Hamas attack as he plots Gaza ground invasion

October 26, 2023 admin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will be held accountable for the bloody October 7 massacre by Hamas militants, but that will only come after Israel’s war against the Islamic militant group. In a nationally televised address Wednesday night, Mr. Netanyahu said he was busy plotting a ground invasion of Gaza, though he refused…

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Israel to amend budget, war in Gaza direct cost at $246 million daily

October 25, 2023 admin

File picture of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who said the national budget for the year was no longer relevant | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Wednesday the 2023-2024 national budget was “no longer relevant” given the Gaza war and would be amended, and sounded unfazed by S&P Global’s downgrade…

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Morning Digest | NCERT reading material on Chandrayaan draws ire for ‘mixing science with mythology’; Bhutan, China want deal on boundaries ‘soon’, and more

October 25, 2023 admin

To create awareness among students about the success of Chandrayaan-3, NCERT prepared a special reading module for schoolchildren and the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released it on October 17, 2023 in New Delhi in the presence of ISRO chairman S. Somanath. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@dpradhanbjp Bhutan, China want deal on boundaries ‘soon’ Bhutan and…

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Is Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system ironclad?

October 24, 2023 admin

File picture of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system firing interceptors at rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel. | Photo Credit: AP Since Israel activated the Iron Dome in 2011, the cutting-edge rocket-defence system has intercepted thousands of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. The system has given residents a sense…

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Why Gaza War Threatens To Unite Arab Countries Against Israel

October 19, 2023 admin

The deadly attack on a Gaza hospital on Tuesday has worsened the situation. The Israel-Hamas war, which has been escalating since it broke out on October 7, has raised the spectre of not only bringing the Arab world’s normalisation of ties with Israel to a grinding halt, but even making it reverse course. Historical wounds…

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Biden to head to Israel, Jordan as concerns mount that Israel-Hamas conflict will spread

October 17, 2023 admin

File picture of U.S. President Joe Biden | Photo Credit: AP President Joe Biden will travel to Israel and on to Jordan Wednesday to meet with both Israeli and Arab leadership, as concerns increase that the raging Israel-Hamas war could expand into a larger regional conflict. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Biden’s travel…

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Operation Ajay | Second batch of Indian nationals flies out of Israel amid conflict

October 13, 2023 admin

Indian nationals queue up to board the second special flight for India under Operation Ajay, at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Under Operation Ajay India is bringing back its citizens stranded in Israel amid ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. | Photo Credit: PTI The second batch of 235 Indian nationals, including two…

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Israel-Hamas war | 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants found around Gaza strip, says Israel Army

October 10, 2023 admin

Smoke seeps out of destroyed buildings hit by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City’s al-Rimal district, on October 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Around 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants have been found in Israel around the Gaza Strip, the army said Tuesday, as it pummelled the Palestinian enclave with air strikes. “Approximately 1,500 bodies of…

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