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Egypt, Jordan, France urge immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Cairo: Egypt, Jordan, and France have urged an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli siege and bombardment over the past six months. In a joint article on…
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Video: Supplication of imam at Prophet’s Mosque sparks row
A recent Qunoot supplication by the Imam of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, Sheikh Salah Al Budair, has sparked a widespread controversy on social media. Social media users circulated Al Budair’s Qunoot…
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Australian min accuses Israel of systematic failure to abide by laws of war
Canberra: Australian government minister Ed Husic on Sunday accused Israel of a systematic failure to adhere to the laws of war in Gaza. Husic, the minister for industry and science and a…
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Israeli army kills senior Hamas official: Spokesperson
Gaza: Israeli military has announced that a senior internal security official of Hamas was killed in its recent airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on social media platform…
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UN chief voices concern over reports of Israel using AI to identify targets in Gaza
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced concern over reports about the Israeli military using artificial intelligence (AI) in its bombing spree in Gaza. Reports showed that AI was used to…
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UN chief demands paradigm shift in Israel’s military strategy in Gaza
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a paradigm shift in Israel’s military strategy in Gaza and in aid delivery to save lives. Following this week’s appalling killing of seven…
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UN Security Council meeting briefly interrupted due to rare earthquake in NY
New York: A meeting of the UN Security Council was briefly interrupted as a rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit the New York area Friday morning. The UN diplomats were in the Security…
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US support of Gaza war hinges on Israel’s steps to protect civilians: Biden to Netanyahu
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Thursday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that America’s support of Israel’s war in Gaza would be determined by the latter announcing and implementing a “series…
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Israeli strike that killed 106 in Gaza a war crime: HRW probe
The Israel strike that killed 106 people in Gaza is being investigated as an apparent war crime, according to a probe by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The strike, which occurred during Israel’s…
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Rishi Sunak demands ‘transparent’ probe after UK aid workers killed in Gaza
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to demand a “thorough and transparent” investigation into the circumstances around the killing of three British aid workers, the…
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World Central Kitchen pauses Gaza operations after 7 workers killed
Tel Aviv: World Central Kitchen said it was suspending its aid operations in Gaza after seven of its workers were killed overnight. “World Central Kitchen is pausing our operations immediately in the…
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Aid workers’ death: IDF chief apologises, says ‘misidentification’ led to mishap
Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has apologised for the airstrike on an aid convoy in Gaza that led to the death of seven workers of World Control Kitchen (WCK). In…
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Biden ‘outraged’ by death of Gaza aid workers in Israeli strike
Washington: US President Joe Biden has said that he is “outraged and heartbroken” by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen (WCK), including one American, in Gaza on Monday.…
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Israel proposes plan with UN to dismantle Palestinian relief agency
Israel has proposed scrapping UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, and transferring its staff to a new organization for streamlined food aid delivery to Gaza. Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi submitted…
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Israeli airstrike kills seven foreign aid workers in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza killed seven workers from a team that was distributing food to people, including foreigners, according to the Gaza government media office and the nonprofit organization World Central Kitchen.…
