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Israeli PM Netanyahu set to give final approval for Gaza City takeover
Deir al-Balah: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to give final approval Thursday for plans to take over Gaza City, an operation that could start within days. The widening of the…
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Microsoft grapples with arrests, protests over Israeli military’s use of its tech
Washington: Police officers arrested 18 people at worker-led protests at Microsoft headquarters on Wednesday as the tech company promises an “urgent” review of the Israeli military’s use of its technology during the…
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Israeli min puts Gaza destruction photos in prisons to intimidate Palestinian detainees
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has installed large photographs showing the destruction caused by Israeli military operations in Gaza within Israeli prisons, in what appears to be an attempt to…
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Video: Tearful graduation ceremony in Gaza for over 1,000 children who lost parents
Gaza Strip: More than 1,000 Palestinian children orphaned by the war took part in a graduation ceremony on Monday, August 18, at Gaza’s Al-Wafaa Orphan Village, with no parents there to applaud…
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Ex-Palestinian basketball star killed by Israeli forces while seeking food in Gaza
Gaza Strip: Mohammed Shaalan, a prominent former player for the Palestinian national basketball team, nicknamed “The Earthquake”, was shot dead by Israeli forces while trying to obtain food for his children amid…
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Israeli military will call up 50,000 reservists as it plans new phase of war in Gaza
Jerusalem: An Israeli military official said on Wednesday that the country’s top generals had approved plans to begin a new phase of operations in some of Gaza’s most densely populated areas. Speaking…
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Hamas accepts new Gaza ceasefire proposal, Israel yet to respond
Gaza Strip: Palestinian militant group Hamas on Monday, August 18, said it has accepted a new ceasefire proposal mediated by Egypt and Qatar to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip, according to…
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Protesters go on strike in Israel demand ceasefire, release of Gaza hostages
Jerusalem: Protesters in Israel demanding the government make a deal to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza escalated their campaign on Sunday, staging a nationwide strike that blocked…
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Israel prepares to move Palestinians to southern Gaza as Israelis urge mass protest
Nahariya: Israel announced Saturday that it is preparing to move Palestinians from combat zones to southern Gaza as plans move ahead for a military offensive in some of the territory’s most populated…
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United States stops all visitor visas from Gaza
The US State Department on Saturday, August 16, announced it has stopped all visitor visas for individuals from Gaza while it conducts ‘a full and thorough’ review. The move came a day…
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Malnourished kids arrive daily at Gaza hospital as Netanyahu denies hunger
Khan Younis: The dead body of 2 1/2-year-old Ro’a Mashi lay on the table in Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, her arms and rib cage skeletal, her eyes sunken in her skull. Doctors say…
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Iran’s president mocks Netanyahu over pledge of help in water crisis
Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday mocked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offer to help with Iran’s water crisis. Pezeshkian said on X that Israel has denied Palestinians access to water…
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Israel kills 25 aid-seekers in Gaza, Netanyahu says evacuation will be allowed
Tel Aviv: Israeli gunfire killed at least 25 people seeking aid in Gaza on Wednesday, health officials and witnesses said, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will “allow” Palestinians to leave…
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Netanyahu says partial Gaza ceasefire deal no longer possible
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he believes the prospects for a partial ceasefire and hostage-release deal with Hamas are no longer possible. In an interview with Israeli broadcaster i24,…
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Israel in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan
Tel Aviv: Israel is in discussions with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country, part of a wider effort by Israel…
