Palestine
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According to an Israeli official, Benjamin Netanyahu gave Donald Trump a golden pager – in a nod to the attack that exploded hundreds of the devices belonging to Hezbollah operatives. That attack, carried out in September last year, wounded thousands of people and killed at least nine, and came as fighting between Israel and the…
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All eyes are on the conduct of the next government in Syria – whose path may depend on Hayat Tahrir al Sham, the rebel group that led the lightning assault to overthrow the Assad regime. HTS is designated a terrorist organisation in the US and grew out of a branch of al Qaeda. Its leader, Abu…
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The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has surpassed 43,000, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Monday. During the past 48 hours, the Israeli military killed 96 people and wounded 277 others, bringing the total death toll to 43,020 and injuries to 101,110 since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke…
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A humanitarian appeal to address the “overwhelming” need in Gaza, Lebanon and the wider Middle East has raised £15m in the first five days. Fifteen charities making up the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) launched the appeal to raise urgent funds for the millions in the region requiring food, water, shelter and medical care after fleeing…
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The Canadian government Tuesday announced that it has listed Samidoun, known as the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, as a terrorist entity. According to a news release from Public Safety Canada, Samidoun has close links with and advances the interests of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which is a listed terrorist entity…
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Norway, Ireland, and Spain announced on Wednesday their official recognition of Palestine as a state. The decision came amid international outrage over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza following Israel’s military operation. Global reactions to the recognition varied, with dozens of countries welcoming the decision. The Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said the recognition sends the…
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The United Nations assembled a fact-finding panel to investigate an attack that killed one staff member and injured another in Rafah, in southern Gaza. A vehicle branded with UN insignia was targeted on Monday, prompting swift condemnation from international leaders. Initial assessments suggest the fatal shot was fired from a tank in the neighborhood, striking the back…
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Israeli airstrikes are continuing in Rafah after the IDF took control of the Palestinian side of the nearby crossing. At least 27 people, including six women and nine children, have been killed in Rafah since Monday evening, CNN has reported. These photos give a sense of what’s happening in the city, where reports suggest well…
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Tuesday called on the U.S. administration and the international community to put pressure on Israel to stop the storming of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Hamas said in a statement the attack is “a dangerous escalation against a civilian facility protected by international law, aiming to exacerbate the…
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The UN chief said on Friday he is “deeply troubled” by reports of Israeli military’s use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its bombing campaign in Gaza. Stating that AI is used as a tool for target identification, particularly in densely populated residential areas, resulting in a distressing number of civilian casualties, Antonio Guterres said: “No…
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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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The Palestinian Authority will reconsider bilateral relations with the US after Washington vetoed a motion to make Palestine a full UN member, President Mahmoud Abbas has told WAFA news agency. The move by the US yesterday essentially denied Palestine’s recognition as a state in the eyes of the UN. A spokesman for the US state…
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Israel will respond to Iran’s attack but no final decisions have been made on the size or timing of the response, an Israeli official tells our partner network NBC News. The official spoke after Israel’s war cabinet concluded a meeting that lasted several hours. “It is clear Israel will respond, the question is when and…
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Iran’s attack on Israel was a “declaration of war”, Israel’s president has told Sky News. Isaac Herzog said it was “about time the world faces this empire of evil in Tehran”. World leaders need to “make it clear” to the Iranian regime that its behaviour is “unacceptable”, Mr Herzog added. “We should be looking lucidly…
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Israel will “pay the price” for its oppression in Gaza, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas. In a phone call with Abbas, Erdogan said: “All means must be mobilized for a cease-fire in Gaza, including (the implementation of the) UN Security Council resolution,” according to Türkiye’s Communications Director Fahrettin Altun.…
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The Israel Defence Forces has confirmed it killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s three sons. “Earlier today, air force aircraft attacked three military operatives of the terrorist organisation Hamas on their way to carry out terrorist activities in the central area of the Gaza Strip,” a spokesman said. “The three activists who were attacked are Amir…
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