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11-yr-old rapper shares life in Gaza through emotional song
Hyderabad: A Palestinian rapper Abdur Rahman al-Shanti uses music to spread his message of what growing up in the Gaza Strip is like. 11-year-old rapper has become an internet sensation…
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Israeli warplanes strike Hamas targets in Gaza
Gaza: Israeli warplanes on Friday struck military facilities of the Islamic Hamas movement in Gaza in response to the firing of six projectiles into southern Israel. Hamas security sources told Xinhua…
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Israeli aircraft strike Hamas posts in Gaza
Jerusalem: Israeli army aircraft struck posts and facilities in the Gaza Strip that belong to Islamic Hamas movement in response to launching incendiary balloons from the coastal enclave into Israel. Security…
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Iran’s Judiciary Chief calls Gaza “World’s biggest prison”
On Friday, Iran Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sayyed Ebrahim Raeisi while in a conversation with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, named Gaza as the biggest prison in the world. Raeisi said that…
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Gaza virus cases attended conference in Pakistan
GAZA CITY: Gaza’s first two confirmed coronavirus patients attended a conference with 250,000 Muslims in Pakistan last month that went ahead contrary to government advice, an official and family members…
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After Gaza, Syria confirms first COVID-19 case
DAMASCUS: The Syrian Health Ministry on Sunday confirmed the first novel coronavirus case in the country, state TV reported. The 20-year-old woman, who was infected with COVID-19 came from abroad,…
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World
Gaza confirm first two COVID-19 cases
GAZA CITY: Authorities in Gaza confirmed the first two cases of novel coronavirus on Sunday, identifying the individuals as Palestinians who had travelled to Pakistan and were held in quarantine…
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World
“Dear world, how is the lockdown”? Gaza wryly takes on Twitter
GAZA CITY: Uniquely shielded with enforced isolation and confinement from the rest of the world for years, Gazans better understand the current situation in the wake of the (COVID-19) coronavirus pandemic.…
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Natalia: Gazans delight in home-produced chocolate goodies
GAZA CITY: Off a bumpy dirt road in Gaza city, a group of children stood outside a half-open factory door, desperate to get their hands on what was being made…
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Israeli war jets bomb several Gaza sites
Gaza: Israeli war jets bombed the Gaza Strip on Monday as an Egyptian security delegation arrived in the Palestinian enclave for its ceasefire with Israel, security sources said. Jets struck several…
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Israel strikes Gaza after incendiary balloons launched: army
Gaza City: Israeli forces struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip for a second consecutive day Thursday, the army said, saying it was in response to incendiary balloons launched from…
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Gaza fields, ravaged by Israeli herbicides, bloom again
Gaza City: From his field of aubergines in the Gaza Strip Massud Habib gazes at the nearby Israeli border security barrier, squinting in the late autumn sun. For four years,…
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Gaza protests cancelled for third week: statement
Gaza City: Palestinian protests along the Gaza-Israel border have been cancelled for the third week, organisers said on Thursday, amid declining turnout and fears of a fresh conflict in the…
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World
Deadly Israel-Gaza escalation rages for second day
GAZA CITY: Exchanges of fire triggered by Israel’s targeted killing of a top militant in Gaza raged for a second day Wednesday and showed little sign of easing, with 22…
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Hamas arrests three suspected jihadists at Gaza border
GAZA CITY: Hamas security forces in Gaza foiled an attempt by three suspected jihadists to sneak into Egypt and arrested them after an exchange of fire Friday, the Palestinian Islamist…
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Gaza militants shoot down Israeli drone: Report
Gaza: Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip have shot down a drone that belongs to the Israeli army, Palestinian security sources said here. A “Quadcopter” drone that belongs to the Israeli…
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Israel strikes kill one in Gaza after first rockets in weeks
Jerusalem: Israel carried out retaliatory strikes on Gaza Saturday killing a Palestinian and wounding two others, following two nights of rocket attacks that were the first since September. Hamas, the…
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Israel will probably start war in Gaza: Netanyahu
Jerusalem: Israeli “will probably have no choice” but to launch a war in Gaza to halt incoming rocket fire from the Strip, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. Speaking…
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Israel strikes Gaza after rocket attack
Jerusalem : Israeli forces attacked Hamas positions in Gaza after rockets fired from the Palestinian enclave hit the Jewish state, the military said early Saturday. The exchange came hours after two Palestinian…
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Israel attacks Gaza targets following drone raid
Jerusalem: The Israeli army has targeted Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip in response to a drone attack from the Palestinian enclave, the military said. The Israeli strikes late Saturday…
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ICC prosecutor ordered to reopen Gaza flotilla case
The Hague: The International Criminal Court on Monday ordered the tribunal’s prosecutor for a second time to reconsider whether to press charges over a deadly Israeli raid on a flotilla…
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Gaza under alert after suicide bombings kill police officers
Gaza City: Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas said Wednesday two overnight suicide bombings killed three Palestinian police officers in the strip, placing the Palestinian enclave in a state of alert. Interior…
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Israel intercepts 2 rockets fired from Gaza
Jerusalem: The Israel Defence Forces on Sunday night claimed that three rockets were fired from Gaza to Israel. Out of these, two were intercepted by the Iron Dome Aerial Defence…
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Israel launches airstrikes in Gaza in response to rocket attack
Tel Aviv [Israel]: Israeli warplanes attacked Hamas posts in Gaza in the wee hours of Thursday in response to an earlier rocket attack on southern Israel. Quoting security sources, Xinhua…
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Israel shoots down 2 out of 3 rockets fired from Gaza
Tel Aviv [Israel]: Israel on Saturday said that it has shot down two out of three rockets fired from the Gaza strip. “Three rockets were fired from #Gaza at #Israel,…
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Gaza: 33 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli military
Gaza: As many as 33 Palestinians were killed following clashes with Israeli soldiers on Friday in Gaza Strip, the territory’s Health Ministry said. “As for 19:00 [16:00 GMT] today, 33…
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4 Palestinians killed on Gaza border
Jerusalem: Israeli troops shot dead four heavily armed Palestinians on the Gaza border early Saturday, one of whom had managed to cross and throw a grenade at troops, the army…
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Exchange of fire on Gaza border kills Palestinian, wound Israeli
JERUSALEM: A Palestinian who crossed the Gaza border into Israel overnight shot at Israeli troops, drawing return fire in an incident that left the Palestinian dead and three Israeli soldiers…
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Qatar distributes funds to Gaza families
Gaza City: Qatar distributed $100 grants to thousands of families in Gaza on Thursday, an AFP correspondent reported, part of an understanding with Israel intended to restore calm to the…
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US waging war against Palestinians: Palestinian PM Mohammad Ishtaye
Ramallah: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Ishtaye has accused the US administration of waging a financial and political war against the Palestinian Authority. Ishtaye said in a statement issued after he…
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