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Family pleads for release of Nepali student abducted by Hamas
Kathmandu: The family of a Nepali man taken captive by the Palestinian militant group Hamas appealed Thursday to his captors for his release, stressing that he has no involvement in the conflict…
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Hamas kills 12 fighters in Gaza; Israeli-backed group says they were aid workers
Cairo: A unit of the Hamas-run police force said it killed 12 members of an Israeli-backed militia after detaining them early Thursday in the Gaza Strip. Hours earlier, an Israel-supported aid group…
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Over 55,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war: Gaza health officials
Tel Aviv: The Palestinian death toll from the 20-month Israel-Hamas war has climbed past 55,000, the Gaza Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, meanwhile, said that Israel’s…
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Israel says body of Hamas commander Mohammed Sinwar recovered from Gaza tunnel
Jerusalem: The Israeli military said that it had recovered the body of Mohammed Sinwar, head of Hamas’ military wing, from a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip and taken it to Israel.…
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Israel seizes Gaza-bound aid ship Madleen with Greta Thunberg on board
Jerusalem: Israeli forces stopped a Gaza-bound aid boat and detained Greta Thunberg and other activists who were on board early Monday, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been…
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Hamas expresses readiness to begin new round of Gaza peace talks
Gaza Strip: Hamas affirmed its readiness to begin indirect negotiations over the Gaza ceasefire immediately. In a press statement on Sunday, Hamas expressed its appreciation for the continued efforts by Qatar and…
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Hamas seeks amendments to Gaza ceasefire proposal
Tel Aviv: Hamas is seeking amendments to the latest US ceasefire proposal for Gaza, a senior official with the group told The Associated Press on Saturday, but US envoy Steve Witkoff called…
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Israel warns Hamas to accept US envoy’s Gaza ceasefire deal ‘or be destroyed’
Jerusalem: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Hamas to accept the Gaza ceasefire deal proposed by US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, “or be destroyed.” Witkoff’s proposal includes the…
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Israel shuts down last functioning hospital in northern Gaza
The Israeli military demanded the immediate evacuation of Al-Awda Hospital in Tal al-Zaatar on Thursday, May 29, the last operational hospital in northern Gaza. The Director General of the World Health Organisation,…
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Hamas says US ceasefire proposal under review, does not meet Palestinian demands
Gaza: A senior Hamas official said that a US proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip remains under review, even though it does not meet the core demands of the movement…
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‘Israel killed senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar,’ claims Netanyahu
Deir al-Balah: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that his army has killed senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar, apparently confirming his death in a recent airstrike in the Gaza Strip. Speaking before…
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Hamas resumes indirect negotiations with Israel in Doha: Official
Gaza: Indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel resumed on Saturday in the Qatari capital Doha, according to senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi. Mardawi said the talks are being held under Qatari and…
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Hamas says it released American-Israeli hostage in goodwill gesture toward Trump admin
Deir al-Balah: An Israeli-American soldier held hostage for more than 19 months in the Gaza Strip was released Monday, Hamas said, in a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration that could lay…
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Hamas to free Israeli-American hostage in bid to secure ceasefire
Gaza: Hamas said that it will release Israeli-US hostage Edan Alexander from the Gaza Strip as part of efforts to secure a ceasefire and reopen border crossings for aid delivery. Khalil al-Hayya,…
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Israeli drone strike in Lebanese port city kills Hamas member
Beirut: An Israeli drone strike on a car in southern Lebanon killed one person early Wednesday, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported. Security officials at the scene told The Associated Press that…
