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Israel plans to ‘take control’ of Gaza City

Israel’s military will ‘take control’ of Gaza City under a new plan approved by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet, touching off a wave of criticism Friday from both inside and outside the country.

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Relatives of Israeli hostages set off on Gaza flotilla

Relatives of Israeli hostages set sail on Thursday in a flotilla to approach the Gaza Strip, according to an AFP journalist aboard one vessel, with organisers saying they hoped to ‘get as close as possible to their loved ones’.

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20 killed by overturned aid truck in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Wednesday that 20 people were killed when an aid truck overturned on a crowd of aid seekers in the central Gaza Strip...

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Israeli attacks kill 26 in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said 26 people were killed by Israeli gunfire and air strikes on Tuesday, including 14 who were waiting near an aid distribution site inside the Palestinian territory.

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Fresh sectarian clashes in south Syria kill four

Renewed sectarian clashes in southern Syria’s Druze-majority Sweida province killed at least four people on Sunday, a war monitor said, in the first deadly incident since a ceasefire last month...

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Saudi Arabia executes eight people

Saudi Arabia has executed eight people in a single day, state media said, amid a surge in the use of the death penalty in the Gulf monarchy particularly over drug-related convictions...