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Israeli fighter jets strike Hamas facilities
Tel Aviv: Israeli fighter jets on Sunday struck military posts and facilities belonging to the armed wing of the Islamic Hamas Movement in the Gaza Strip in response to rockets attacks, according…
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Gaza militants fire rocket at Israel: Military
Jerusalem: The Israeli military said on Saturday that militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket into the country’s territory but was intercepted. The rocket triggered sirens in the Eshkol Regional Council near…
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Israeli fighter jets strike Hamas positions in Gaza
Gaza: Israeli fighter jets attacked posts and facilities of the Islamic Hamas Movement in the Gaza Strip, security sources said on Tuesday. The strikes late Monday night, which had targeted military posts belonging…
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Israel searches for 6 Palestinians after rare prison break
Tel Aviv: Israel launched a massive manhunt in the country’s north and the occupied West Bank early Monday after six Palestinian prisoners tunneled out of their cell and escaped from a high-security…
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3 Palestinians found dead near Gaza, Egypt border
Gaza: Three Palestinian men were found dead inside a smuggling tunnel underneath the borderline area between Gaza Strip and Egypt, medics and a security official said. Paramedics said they were informed that…
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Palestinian man killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers in Gaza
Gaza: A Palestinian young man was killed by Israeli soldiers on Thursday during clashes near the border area between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel, Palestinian medics said. The Palestinian health ministry, run…
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Israel strikes Gaza in ‘response’ to incendiary balloons
Gaza: Israeli fighter jets attacked the posts and facilities belonging to the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, an Israeli army spokesman has said that the…
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Israel locates downed drone from Gaza
A Tel Aviv: The Israeli military said that it had located a drone it downed earlier this week. In a statement on Friday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the drone belonged…
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80% of people in Gaza live in complete darkness: Red Cross
Gaza: A study published by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has revealed that about 80 per cent of the population in the Gaza Strip live in “complete darkness” amid…
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Israel has eased some restrictions: Gaza residents
Gaza: Residents of the Gaza Strip said Israel has eased some restrictions on the blockaded enclave by expanding the allowed fishing zone and granting entry access to some imported goods. On Sunday,…
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Israel blocks law that keeps out Palestinian spouses
Jerusalem: Israel’s parliament on Tuesday failed to renew a law that bars Arab citizens from extending citizenship or residency rights to spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza, in a tight…
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Israel attacks Hamas targets in Gaza in response to balloon bombs
Tel Aviv: The Israeli Air Force (IAF) on Saturday attacked targets in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons (balloon bombs) launched from the Gaza Strip throughout the weekend, Israeli media reported. Israel…
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UAE sends 20 ambulances to support Palestinians in Gaza
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates on Monday sent twenty ambulances equipped with emergency, security, and basic safety equipment to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing. The aid shipment, organized…
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Palestinians say Israel has eased some restrictions on Gaza
Gaza City (Gaza Strip): Israel on Monday eased some restrictions on the Gaza Strip that have threatened a fragile cease-fire which halted an 11-day war last month with the territory’s Hamas rulers, Palestinian…
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Israel to send 1M COVID-19 vaccine doses to Palestinians
Jerusalem: Israel said Friday it will transfer around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for a similar number of doses the Palestinians expect to receive later…
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‘Death to Arabs’ chanted during Jerusalem flag march
Jerusalem: Hundreds of Israeli ultranationalists, some chanting Death to Arabs, paraded Tuesday in east Jerusalem in a show of force that threatened to spark renewed violence just weeks after a war with Hamas…
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Gaza stops importing Israeli fruits after vegetables export ban
Gaza: The Hamas-run Ministry of Agriculture in Gaza announced othat it has stopped importing Israeli fruits after the Jewish state banned the export of vegetables from the besieged enclave to the West…
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India abstains from voting on UNHRC resolution to probe crimes during Gaza conflict
New Delhi: India was among 14 countries that abstained from voting on a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council to launch an investigation into alleged violations and crimes during the 11-day conflict…
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UAE and Israel press ahead with ties after Gaza cease-fire
Dubai: Israel’s top diplomat to the United Arab Emirates attended a ceremony in Dubai on the grounds of the Arabian Peninsula’s first permanent exhibition to commemorate the Holocaust. Hours earlier, he’d attended…
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UN rights chief: Israeli strikes in Gaza may be war crimes
Geneva: The UN rights chief said on Thursday that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in the latest, 11-day war with the militant group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip. The…
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Blinken arrives in Egypt to shore up Gaza cease-fire efforts
Cairo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Egypt on Wednesday as he pressed ahead with a diplomatic mission aimed at shoring up a cease-fire that ended an 11-day war between…
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Calm prevails in Gaza as ceasefire takes hold
Gaza: The Gaza Strip is witnessing relative calm as the ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militants has held since it went into effect on May 21 after the 11-day conflict, said the…
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Israel and Palestinians celebrate ceasefire, but will anything change?
By Anthony Billingsley, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney: While details are sketchy, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire. That is good news for everyone involved. The dying…
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Gaza ceasefire: Palestinians, Israelis recount horrors of 11-day onslaught
Gaza: As a ceasefire in Gaza is agreed upon by Israel and Hamas, stories of fear and survival amid 11 days of onslaught/violence are emerging from both the Palestinian and Israeli enclaves.…
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Instagram accused of silencing pro-Palestine voices, claim pages
Hyderabad: Pages on Instagram have been calling out the Facebook-owned social media platform for reportedly deleting posts, blocking hashtags and suspending accounts that have been critical of Israel’s actions and bombing of…
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UN says war took toll on Gaza clean water access
Gaza City: The United Nations says approximately 800,000 people in Gaza do not have regular access to clean piped water, as nearly 50 per cent of the water network was damaged in…
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Biden reiterates support for two-state solution to Israel-Palestinian conflict
Washington DC: US President Joe Biden has said there is “no shift” in his commitment to the security of Israel and reiterated his support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.…
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Israeli forces storm Al Aqsa Mosque compound hrs after ceasefire
Hours after announcing ceasefire, Israeli forces stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City yet again after Friday prayers. In a written statement by the Palestinian Red Crescent, the latest attacks…
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6 killed, 14 injured as bomb explodes during pro-Palestine rally in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least six people were killed and 14 others injured when a bomb exploded during a pro-Palestine rally in south-western Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Friday, officials said. The rally was taken out…
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Violent clash breaks out between pro-Israel, pro-Palestinian protestors in NYC
New York: Violent clashes took between pro-Israel, pro-Palestinian protestors at New York City Times Square on Thursday (local-time). Times Square clashes came just hours after a peace deal was announced between Israel…
