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Aid for Gaza is being loaded onto a ship in Cyprus and will be delivered using a US pier. Containers are being stacked on the US flagged Sagamore, which is docked at the port of Larnaca, and some containers to the ship are labelled as aid from the United Arab Emirates. “We are completing the…
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Patients at Rafah Indonesian Field Hospital are being evacuated, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity has said. In a statement on X, the charity said the impact of an offensive on Rafah will have “disastrous effects for over a million people” and the living conditions for people “will just get worse”. “We have begun to…
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The Israeli military appears to be playing down the arms shipment hold-up by the US, saying the allies resolve any disagreements “behind closed doors”. Speaking at a conference hosted by the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, chief military spokesperson rear admiral Daniel Hagari described coordination between Israel and the US as reaching “a scope without precedent, I…
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Israel’s special envoy for antisemitism has warned there is a “tsunami” of antisemitism in the US that has increased since the Hamas attacks on 7 October. Michal Cotler-Wunsh told Sky News people have been trying to “attack Jews around the world on university campuses, online, on the streets elsewhere”. She said the fact antisemitism had…
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As the gulf between the US and Israel widens, it has emerged the Biden administration paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns Israel would imminently attack the southern Gaza city of Rafah. A senior administration official said the shipment would have consisted of 1,800 2,000-pound (900kg) bombs and 1,700 500-pound (225kg)…
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Militants in Lebanon launched six unmanned aerial vehicles at northern Israel on Tuesday, causing fire and damage. Only one of the drones was intercepted by the country’s Aerial Defense Array, the Israeli military said in a statement. One of the drones exploded near the community of Yiftah, close to the Israel-Lebanon border, sparking a fire,…
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Russia said on Tuesday that the United States was being hypocritical by opposing the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation of Israel but supporting the court’s warrant for the arrest of President Vladimir Putin. The ICC – which can charge individuals with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide – is investigating Hamas’ Oct. 7 cross-border attack…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Jordan on Tuesday on the second leg of a regional tour for talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Blinken is expected to meet with King Abdullah II and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi during his visit, according to an Anadolu reporter. The chief diplomat…
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The Palestinian Civil Defense service on Tuesday said more than 10,000 people are still missing under the rubble across the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli onslaught against Gaza on Oct. 7. “We estimate that there are over 10,000 missing people under the rubble of hundreds of destroyed homes since the start of…
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Last week was spent anticipating an Israeli response to Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack on Israel on 13 April. And then it came on Friday when an airbase near the Iranian city of Isfahan – known for its role in Iran’s nuclear research – was hit. Israel hasn’t commented on the strike but the US informed…
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Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah has said Iraqi armed groups have decided to resume attacks on US forces in the country. They blamed the lack of progress in talks aimed at arranging the exit of American troops. “What happened a short while ago is the beginning,” the group said. They were apparently referring to an earlier incident…
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Earlier today, Iran’s supreme leader dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel hit anything there. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments to senior military leaders did not not touch on the apparent Israeli retaliatory strike on the central city of Isfahan on Friday, even though air defences opened fire and Iran grounded commercial…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu have thanked US lawmakers after they voted in favor of new aid packages for their countries worth billions of dollars. “Thank you, America!” Zelensky wrote on his Telegram on Saturday, shortly after the House of Representatives passed the long-delayed Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act by a vote of…
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Over in the US, one of California’s most prestigious universities has announced it will have no outside speakers after cancelling a traditional student’s farewell speech over security concerns. The University of Southern California is due to hold its annual commencement ceremony – which honours outgoing students – next month. Controversy has surrounded the event since…
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In a world-first interview, a senior Hezbollah figure has told us violence will not stop until the war in Gaza ends. Ibrahim Moussawi, a Hezbollah spokesperson, also warned Israel “will see results” if they continue provoking Iran. And he said the responsibility for ending the war lies with the West. “In order to reach an…
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Israeli fighter jets launched three missiles at an air defence radar site near the Iranian city of Isfahan in last night’s overnight strike, according to a report. ABC News, citing an unnamed US official, said the radar site was part of the protection of Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility. The official reportedly said the missiles were…
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