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Saudi launches Damascus rebuild

Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday humanitarian projects for Syria including the removal of wartime rubble around Damascus, weeks after inking investment deals worth billions to help rebuild the country’s infrastructure.

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Israel army begins targeting Gaza City high-rises

The Israeli military destroyed a high-rise in Gaza City on Friday, shortly after announcing it would target tall buildings identified as being used by Hamas ahead of its planned seizure of the urban hub.

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Lebanon discusses army plan to disarm Hezbollah

The Lebanese government began discussing on Friday an army plan to disarm Hezbollah, which the Iran-backed militant group says plays into the hands of Israel and the United States.

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Israeli forces kill 44 more in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 44 people on Thursday, including 25 in Gaza City where the military has increased bombardments ahead of a planned offensive.

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Israel expects 1m Gazans to flee new offensive

A senior Israeli military official said on Wednesday that authorities estimated that an imminent offensive in the Gaza Strip would displace one million Palestinians, planning a new ‘humanitarian area’ for them...

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International media protest over journalist deaths in Gaza

More than 250 media outlets in over 70 countries staged a front page protest Monday highlighting the deaths of scores of journalists in Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, the Reporters Without Borders media freedom group said.

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Hamas rejects reported plan for US takeover of Gaza

Hamas denounced on Monday a plan reportedly being considered by US president Donald Trump for the United States to take control of the devastated Gaza Strip and for its population to be relocated.

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Israel kills spokesman for Hamas armed wing

Israel said Sunday its forces had killed the spokesman of Hamas’s armed wing in a strike on Gaza a day earlier, the latest fatality in the group’s senior ranks in the nearly two-year war.