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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned what he called “the ugly massacre” against a crowd waiting for aid near Gaza City. Moments ago, we reported conflicting accounts of an incident at aid trucks near the city. An Israeli source told Reuters that Israeli troops opened fire on several people posing a threat, while an IDF…
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Israeli troops opened fire at “several people” among a crowd that surrounded aid trucks in Gaza, an Israeli source has told Reuters. The soldiers began firing after feeling under threat, the source said. The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said 104 people were killed waiting for aid near Gaza City, and another 280 wounded. The Israeli…
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The Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza has said it received the bodies of 10 dead people and dozens of wounded Palestinians from western Gaza City. “We don’t know how many are there in other hospitals,” the head of the hospital Hussam Abu Safieyah told Reuters news agency. Earlier, Al Jazeera reported dozens of Palestinians were…
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Thirty thousand dead, in less than five months of fighting. That figure doesn’t include the huge number injured. It is only an estimate, and impossible for us to accurately corroborate as a figure, but historically the running toll during past Israel-Hamas wars has proven to be fairly accurate once the guns have fallen silent and…
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Gaza will need a new “Marshall Plan” to recover from the conflict between Israel and Hamas, a UN trade body official has said. Speaking on the sidelines of a UN meeting in Geneva today, Richard Kozul-Wright, a director at trade body UNCTAD, said the damage from the conflict so far amounted to around $20bn (£16bn). That’s…
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The IDF says it worked with intelligence agency Shin Bet in a joint operation to kill a fighter involved in the 7 October attacks yesterday. Ahmed al Ghoul was a leader of the Beach Brigade, a militant group affiliated with Hamas, which Israel believes helped coordinate the incursion. “In a joint activity by the IDF…
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Hezbollah says it has fired dozens of rockets at an Israeli city. Several rockets struck Kiryat Shmona, causing damage, said Israeli medics and police. The attack formed a “preliminary response” to Israel killing 10 civilians in southern Lebanon yesterday, Hezbollah said. The group said five children were among the dead, which would be the deadliest…
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Patients at a hospital in Gaza raided by the Israel military are “safe”, an IDF spokesman has claimed. The operation has killed one patient and has injured at least six others, according to the Gaza authorities. Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said the reason that Israeli special forces had gone into the Nasser Hospital in Khan…
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The IDF has said its strike on southern Lebanon yesterday killed Ali Muhammad Aldbas, commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces. His deputy, Ibrahim Issa, was also killed in the attack on Nabatieh, Israel said this afternoon. Hezbollah Military Media has shared what they claim are pictures of the men online According to the IDF: “Aldbas was…
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According to the IDF, its troops have “apprehended a number of suspects inside the Nasser Hospital”. In a statement this afternoon, it added: “The goal of the precise and limited operation is to reach Hamas terrorist operatives, including those suspected of involvement in the 7 October massacre. “On Tuesday, the IDF officially contacted the Director…
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The IDF has confirmed there has been further strikes by its forces in southern Lebanon. Thirteen people were already reported to have died in a single strike in Nabatieh late yesterday. A statement early this afternoon reads: “A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck dozens of Hezbollah terror targets in the area of Wadi…
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Amid the ongoing situation inside Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, where Israeli forces are reported to be present, people who were inside the building have been forced to flee. Pictures show people sitting on the street in Rafah with their heads in their hands as they wait for assistance. Israeli special forces confirm operation inside…
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Soldiers operating in the Jenin refugee camp discovered tunnel shafts booby-trapped with explosives. Three wanted Palestinians were arrested during the operation, and troops seized illegal weapons. In Qalqilya, where seven Palestinians were arrested, soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man who tried to run them over. In the village of Silwad, near Ramallah, soldiers arrested…
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Cameron says Israel should ‘stop and think seriously’ before further action in Rafah Lord Cameron says the UK is “very concerned” about the situation in Rafah and has called for Israel to “stop and think seriously” before taking further action. The UK foreign secretary said “it’s impossible to see how you can fight a war…
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Germany has warned an IDF offensive in the southern city of Rafah, Gaza, would cause “a humanitarian catastrophe”. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to develop a plan to evacuate the population of Rafah and destroy four Hamas battalions it says are deployed there. But the German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said the…
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In the latest cross-border exchange, Israel has struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, according to the Israel Defence Forces. This morning, air raid sirens sounded in northern Israel and it was thought a “hostile aircraft” belonging to the group had crossed the border – but this was later flagged as a false alarm. The IDF conducted…
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