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Gaza City: The death count in the Gaza Strip has risen to at least 1,354, the Hamas health ministry said, with dozens killed since Thursday morning following a massive Israeli bombardment of the enclave. At least “1,354 citizens have been martyred and 6,049 suffered various injuries”, the ministry said, updating an earlier death count of…
Smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Washington urged Israel to show restraint in its response to Hamas’s surprise attack — the worst in the country’s 75-year history — which Israeli forces said…
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Saudi Prince affirmed that the Kingdom is making all possible efforts to stop ongoing escalation. Riyadh: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on Wednesday, in the first telephone call between the two leaders since a China-brokered deal between Tehran and Riyadh to resume ties. Raisi and…
Around 150 people were taken hostage by Hamas during Saturday’s assault. Gaza City: Palestinian militant group Hamas claimed Wednesday to have released an Israeli woman and her two children it said had been detained during fighting with Israeli forces, but Israeli television networks rejected the announcement. The Israeli army when contacted said it was checking…
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Benjamin Netanyahu expressed Israel’s intention to “destroy” Hamas following attack on Saturday. Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday vowed to keep fighting Hamas, saying that every member of the Palestinian militant group was “a dead man”. In his statement, Netanyahu for the first time clearly expressed Israel’s intention to “destroy” Hamas following…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a negotiation process with Hamas. Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a negotiation process with Hamas for the release of Israeli hostages kidnapped by the Palestinian militants, an official source told AFP on Wednesday. “They are negotiating to secure the release of the hostages,” the source…
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EU’s digital chief warned Elon Musk that his platform X is spreading “disinformation”. Brussels: The EU’s digital chief Thierry Breton warned Elon Musk on Tuesday that his platform X, formerly Twitter, is spreading “illegal content and disinformation”, in a letter seen by AFP. The letter said concerns had heightened after the Hamas attack against Israel,…
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Israel-Palestine war: Blinken would be arriving in Israel on Thursday amid fierce fighting with Hamas. Washington: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be traveling on Wednesday to meet with senior Israeli leaders, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday, in a solidarity visit with Israel following an unprecedented Hamas attack that killed…
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Biden also confirmed that at least 14 Americans had died in Hamas attack on Israel. Washington: President Joe Biden condemned the attacks by Hamas on US ally Israel as “sheer evil” in an emotional speech Tuesday and said Washington is ready to deploy more military assets to the region. The Palestinian militant group had carried…
Smoke seeps out of destroyed buildings hit by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City’s al-Rimal district, on October 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Around 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants have been found in Israel around the Gaza Strip, the army said Tuesday, as it pummelled the Palestinian enclave with air strikes. “Approximately 1,500 bodies of…
