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Suspected US airstrikes in Yemen kill at least 6 people: Houthi rebels
Dubai: Suspected US airstrikes battered rebel-controlled areas of Yemen into Wednesday, with the Houthis saying the attacks killed at least six people across the country. Meanwhile, satellite images taken Wednesday and analysed…
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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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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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Lebanese army investigates rocket fire into Israel, arrests suspects
Beirut: Lebanese Army Commander General Rodolph Haykal has said that the military is investigating the Friday rocket fire from southern Lebanon into Israel, with several suspects detained for questioning, media reported. Haykal…
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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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Israel strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire ended latest Israel-Hezbollah war
Beirut: Israel has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November. Associated Press reporters in Beirut heard a…
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Hezbollah rejects normalisation with Israel, condemns violation in Lebanon
Beirut: Hezbollah Secretary-General, Sheikh Naim Qassem, reaffirmed that Lebanon will not accept any normalisation of ties with Israel, and condemned Israel’s ongoing violations in southern Lebanon. Speaking at the Jerusalem Forum, Qassem…
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Egypt, Qatar discuss resuming, implementing Gaza ceasefire deal over phone
Cairo: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani held phone talks on Wednesday, during which they discussed efforts to resume and…
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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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Houthis launch fresh attacks on US, Israeli targets
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi group said on Wednesday that it had launched fresh attacks on a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea and “military targets” in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.…
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Trump’s pick for Israel ambassador tries to distance from past Palestinian rhetoric
Washington: Mike Huckabee, President Donald Trump’s nominee for US ambassador to Israel, has attempted to distance himself from his past controversial statements about the conflict between Israel and Palestine, pledging on Capitol…
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Senior Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli drone strike in Lebanon
Beirut: A senior military commander of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli drone strike in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, according to a Lebanese security source on Tuesday. The source…
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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…
