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100 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Israel said it had carried out strikes on dozens of Hamas targets following the death of a soldier, with Gaza experiencing its deadliest night of bombing since a US-brokered truce went into effect earlier this month.

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Hamas to return another hostage body

Hamas said it would hand over another hostage body, as the Palestinian group faced accusations of breaching the Gaza ceasefire after returning only the partial remains of a previously recovered captive to Israel...

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Israel-first Jewish Americans plan

THE nature of the United States’ relationship with Israel defies logic and reason. It is a parasitic one-sided benefit, entangled in the tentacles of organised influence, manipulation, financial power, and media control. Israel contributes next to nothing of tangible benefit to America’s security, strategic value, or economy, yet Washington continues to design its foreign policy...

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Israel insists it calls shots in Gaza despite truce

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Sunday that Israel would decide for itself when to strike its foes and which countries could join an international security force in Gaza, as Egyptian recovery crews arrived...

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Israel continues Lebanon strike

Lebanon’s health ministry said on Sunday that an Israeli strike on the country’s south and east killed two people, the latest in a string of deadly attacks despite a ceasefire.

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Armed groups clashing with Hamas in Gaza

Shortly after a ceasefire took effect in Gaza, clashes erupted between armed groups, some backed by Israel and others loyal to Hamas, as the Islamist movement sought to reassert control over the devastated territory...

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Rubio vows return of all hostage bodies to Israel

US secretary of state Marco Rubio vowed Saturday to secure the return of all deceased hostages still held in Gaza, as he met with the families of two captives during his visit to Israel...

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Israeli strike kills one in Lebanon

Lebanon’s health ministry said that one person was killed and another wounded in an Israeli strike that hit a vehicle in the country’s south, the latest attack despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah...

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Peace summit is no guarantee for peace

THE recently concluded Gaza peace summit, sponsored by US president Donald J Trump before a US-Israel-imposed 20-point Gaza peace plan championed by the fragile peace initiative, was signed by the United States, Egypt, Qatar and Türkiye, with a couple of other world leaders acting as ‘cheerleaders.’ This presents a look of an international consensus. However, this...

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US seeks quick deployment of int’l Gaza force

US secretary of state Marco Rubio voiced hope Friday of soon putting together an international force to police the ceasefire in Gaza and said Israel, which opposes including Turkey, could veto participants.

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Israel court postpones Gaza access

An organisation representing international media in Israel and the Palestinian territories expressed disappointment Thursday after Israel’s top court postponed its hearing on granting journalists independent access to Gaza...

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Two killed in Israeli strikes on east Lebanon

Two people were killed in Israeli air strikes on mountainous areas in eastern Lebanon on Thursday, according to the health ministry, with the Israeli military saying it had struck Hezbollah targets.

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Nepal PM honours slain hostage returned from Gaza

Nepal’s interim prime minister on Monday draped a national flag over the coffin of returned Gaza hostage Bipin Joshi, released under the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas...

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9 killed in Israeli strike on bus in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed nine members of a single Palestinian family when they shelled a bus on Friday, after the military confirmed it had targeted a vehicle that crossed the so-called ‘yellow line’...

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Netanyahu in court for graft trial appearance

Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was back in a Tel Aviv court on Wednesday for the latest hearing in his long-running corruption trial, which opened in May 2020.

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Five killed as Pak cops clear anti-Israel protest site

Pakistani police said Monday they launched a clearance operation against a hardline Islamist party after failed negotiations to call off an anti-Israel protest, with five killed in the violence, including one policeman.

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Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners freed

All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

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Hamas releases 20 surviving Israeli hostages

Hamas handed over the 20 surviving Israeli hostages on Monday under a ceasefire agreement, as United States president Donald Trump and other world leaders geared up for a summit on Gaza...

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Spain says Israel frees its last Gaza flotilla members

Israel has released the five remaining Spanish detainees from flotillas it blocked while they were carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists to devastated Gaza, sources at Spain’s foreign ministry said on Sunday.