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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 15, mostly women, children
Gaza Strip: Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 15 people, including 10 women and children, overnight and into Sunday, according to local health officials. Israel ended its ceasefire with…
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Phone footage appears to contradict Israel’s account in troops’ killing of 15 Palestinian medics
United Nations: Phone video from one of 15 Palestinian medics killed by Israeli forces last month appears to contradict Israeli claims that the medics’ vehicles did not have emergency signals on when…
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Starvation killed Palestinian teen in Israeli prison: Autopsy
Tel Aviv: Starvation was likely the leading cause of death for a Palestinian teenager who died in an Israeli prison, according to an Israeli doctor who observed the autopsy. Seventeen-year-old Walid Ahmad,…
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Egypt rejects Israeli attempts to divide Palestinian territories: FM Badr Abdelatty
Cairo: Egypt rejects Israeli attempts to undermine the unity of Palestinian territories by separating the Gaza Strip from the West Bank, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said. Abdelatty made the remarks during a…
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Israeli troops deploy to new corridor across Gaza
Jerusalem: Israel says troops have deployed to a newly established security corridor across southern Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday announced the new Morag Corridor to pressure the Hamas militant group…
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Islamic scholars issue fatwa calling for war against Israel
The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), via its Ijtihad and Fatwa Committee, has issued a fatwa calling for jihad (war) against Israel, urging Muslim nations and communities worldwide to mobilise in…
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Viral videos show Palestinian bodies flung into air by Israeli strike in Gaza
A video reportedly circulating on social media shows the harrowing moment an Israeli missile strike in Gaza hurled Palestinian bodies into the air. In the clip, a woman’s anguished cries can be…
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Israeli army kills major Hamas money exchanger in Gaza
Jerusalem: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it killed Saeed Ahmad Abed Khudari, allegedly a key Hamas money exchanger, in Gaza City. According to the IDF, Khudari, who…
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Half of living Israeli hostages in evacuation areas: Hamas
Gaza: Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said that half of the living Israeli hostages are in areas that Israel has issued evacuation orders recently. In a press statement, Abu Obeida,…
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Microsoft employees protest at 50th anniversary party over Israel contract
Washington: A pro-Palestinian protest by Microsoft employees interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration Friday, the latest backlash over the tech industry’s work to supply artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military. The…
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Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli escalation in occupied Palestinian territories
The Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned Israel’s continued military escalation in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Kingdom also denounced the ongoing targeting of civilians and repeated attacks on…
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UN reports 280,000 Gazans forcibly displaced in 2 weeks
United Nations: An estimated 280,000 Gazans have been newly displaced since the intensification of hostilities over two weeks ago, with some of them forced to move into overcrowded, flea- and mite-infested shelters,…
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Hungary welcomes Netanyahu & says it will leave the International Criminal Court
Budapest: Hungary will begin the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, an official said Thursday, just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived to red carpet treatment in the country’s…
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Israeli strike on a school in Gaza kills at least 27 people: Officials
Deir Al Balah: Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 27 or more sheltering at a school, according to Palestinian medical authorities, in a stepped-up…
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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…
