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Israeli fire kills 36 in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli attacks killed at least 36 people on Saturday, warning that intensifying strikes on a Gaza City neighbourhood were placing its remaining residents in mortal danger...

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Syrian Druze protesters demand self determination

Hundreds demonstrated in Syria’s Sweida on Saturday, denouncing last month’s sectarian violence and calling for the right to self-determination for the Druze-majority province, an AFP correspondent reported...

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Young Gaza woman flown to Italy, dies

A young Palestinian woman with severe wasting who was flown from Gaza to Italy this week for treatment has died, the hospital said on Saturday...

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Iran cop killed in clash

Gunmen in Iran’s volatile southeast killed a police officer in a shootout with security forces, news agencies reported Saturday, with a jihadist group claiming the attack...

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1,760 killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May: UN

The UN human rights office said Friday that at least 1,760 Palestinians had been killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May, a jump of several hundred since its last published figure at the beginning of August...

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Israel military approves plan for new Gaza offensive

The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had approved the framework for a new offensive in the Gaza Strip, as Hamas condemned what it called ‘aggressive’ Israeli ground incursions in Gaza City...

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Israeli air strikes on Gaza intensifying

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Gaza City have intensified in recent days, following prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet approving plans to expand the war there.

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Gazans mourn Al Jazeera staff killed by Israel

Gazans gathered on Monday for the funeral of five Al Jazeera staff members and a sixth reporter killed in an Israeli strike, with Israel calling one of them a ‘terrorist’ affiliated with Hamas.

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One killed, dozens hurt, as quake hits Turkey

A 6.1-magnitude quake struck Sindirgi in western Turkey on Sunday, the Turkish disaster management agency said, killing at least one person and injuring dozens more.