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Israeli strikes on Gaza overnight leaves more than 50 Palestinians dead
Deir Al-Balah: Overnight strikes by Israel killed at least 55 people across the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said Thursday, a day after senior government officials said Israel would seize large areas of…
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Jordan, Egypt discuss efforts for permanent Gaza ceasefire
Amman: Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty discussed efforts to secure a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. During a phone call on Wednesday, the two ministers stressed the…
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Israel orders evacuations in Gaza amid expanded military operations
Jerusalem: The Israeli military has ordered civilians in multiple areas of the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate immediately, citing intercepted rocket fire from Palestinian territory. Military spokesman Avichay Adraee on Wednesday urged…
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Gaza on brink of food disaster: UN bakeries closed amid blockade
Deir Al-Balah: The UN food agency is closing all of its bakeries in the Gaza Strip, officials said on Tuesday, as food supplies dwindle after Israel sealed the territory off from all…
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Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinian medics and buried them in a mass grave: UN
Deir Al-Balah: Palestinians held funerals Monday for 15 medics and emergency responders killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza, after their bodies and mangled ambulances were found buried in an impromptu mass…
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Palestinians in Gaza mark somber Eid al-Fitr amidst conflict
Deir Al-Balah: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had little to celebrate Sunday as they marked the normally festive Eid al-Fitr with rapidly dwindling food supplies and renewed fighting in the Israel-Hamas war.…
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Hamas approves new truce proposal as Israel begins new ground operations in Rafah
Gaza: Hamas has said it had approved a proposal from mediators for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which it received two days earlier. “In our commitment to our people and families,…
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Palestinians protest against Hamas in rare public show of dissent in Gaza
Cairo: Palestinians chanted against Hamas during an anti-war protest in the Gaza Strip, according to videos circulating online in a rare show of public anger against the militant group, which has long…
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Egypt, Spain reject Israeli military operations in Gaza
Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rejected the ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. During a phone conversation on Tuesday, they emphasised the necessity of…
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Israeli airstrikes kill 2 journalists, including Al Jazeera reporter; toll hits 208
Hossam Shabat, a reporter for Qatar-based Al Jazeera Mubasher, and Mohammed Mansour, a correspondent for Palestine Today TV, were killed in separate Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Monday, March 24. Shabat was…
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Egypt sends new proposal to Israel, Hamas to resume ceasefire: Sources
Cairo: Egypt has presented a new proposal to Israel and Hamas aimed at restoring the Gaza ceasefire deal, two informed Egyptian security sources told Xinhua news agency on Monday. “Egypt sent an…
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Israel kills Hamas politburo member in Gaza hospital attack
Gaza: The Israeli army has killed Ismail Barhoum, a member of Hamas’ politburo, and at least four other Palestinians in an airstrike on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza…
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Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza, surrounding Rafah neighbourhood
Jerusalem: Israeli forces pushed deeper into the Gaza Strip on Sunday with the military saying it had encircled the Tel al-Sultan neighbourhood in Rafah in the south of the enclave. In a…
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Over 50,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Israel strikes intensify
Gaza Strip: Israeli strikes across the southern Gaza Strip killed at least 26 Palestinians overnight into Sunday, including a Hamas political leader and several women and children. Residents said tanks had advanced…
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Israeli strike kills senior Hamas political leader in Gaza
Gaza Strip: An Israeli strike killed a senior Hamas political leader in the Gaza Strip overnight, the militant group said early Sunday. Iran-backed rebels in Yemen who are allied with Hamas meanwhile…
