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Israel treated about 13,000 injured since early October: Health minister

Since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip in early October, the health system has treated 13,000 wounded people, including 2,500 soldiers, Israeli Health Minister Uriel Busso has stated.

Netanyahu is not fit to lead Israel: Lapid

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has called on National Unity ministers Benny Gantz, Gadi Eisenkot and Gideon Sa’ar to leave the coalition government, stressing that this government is not qualified to lead the war in the Gaza Strip and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not qualified to lead the country.

EU says to start talks on its own military mission in Red Sea amid Yemen’s strikes

The European Union will start discussions on launching its own military mission in the Red Sea this week amid Yemen's attacks on Israel-bound vessels, EU foreign policy spokesman Peter Stano has stated at a briefing.

Daesh seeks massacre of civilians, like Zionists in Gaza: Iran president

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stated the Daesh terrorist group seeks to kill women and children just like Israel that is massacring innocent people in Gaza.

Gaza death toll exceeds 23,000 as Israel says to shift to ‘long’ third phase of war

The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip exceeded 23,000, the Gaza-based Health Ministry announced on Monday.

Top Hezbollah commander assassinated in Israeli air raid

A senior commander of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon on Monday.

Over 10 children a day lose a limb in Gaza: Report

The international charity organization "Save the Children" has sounded a strong alarm about the toll and sufferings among children in the Gaza Strip  amid Israel's onslaught against the Palestinian territory.

Gaza war to continue throughout 2024: Israel’s army chief

Israel's military chief has stated that the conflict in Gaza, persisting for three months already, would likely last throughout 2024 and spill over to other fronts.

Cost of Israeli war on Gaza Strip reaches $60 billion: Report

The cost of the Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip has reached 217 billion shekels ($59.3 billion), whose objectives have not yet been achieved, according to a report.

Yemen says US insistence on support for Israel would blow up West Asia

Yemen has warned that tensions could escalate in the region as the United States keeps backing Israel in its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip which has so far killed nearly 23,000.

Netanyahu says Israel grappling with ‘plague of leaks’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that his government is grappling with a "plague of leaks".

Resettlement of Gaza Palestinians is “absolutely not” Israel’s position: President

The resettlement of Palestinians out of Gaza is “outright, officially and unequivocally” not Tel Aviv’s position, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has clsimed.

Nine Palestinians, two Israelis killed in West Bank violence

At least nine Palestinians and two Israelis have been killed in the fresh violence across the occupied West Bank.

Gaza death toll nears 23k, at least 8,000 missing: Ministry

The death toll among Palestinians from the three-month Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip has surged past 22,800, the health ministry in the besieged enclave announced on Sunday.

8 Palestinians killed by Israel in West Bank

At least eight Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the health ministry has announced.

2 more journalists killed in Gaza, pushing up death toll to 109 since start of war

Two more Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, bringing the death toll since Oct. 7 to 109, the government media office in Gaza has announced.

US warns Israel of failure in war with Hezbollah: Report

Israel will likely not succeed in winning a war with Hezbollah in Lebanon as it invades Gaza because its forces would be stretched too thin, according to a news report.

Assassinated Hamas leader to become Israel’s nightmare: IRGC Quds Force Chief

Commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Esmaeil Qaani has reminded Israel that their nightmare has begun after the assassination of Deputy Chief of the Political Bureau of Hamas Saleh al-Arouri.

PLO: Palestinians should decide Gaza’s future, not Israel

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Secretary General Hussein al-Sheikh has stated that “the future of the Gaza Strip is determined by the Palestinian people, not Israel".

315 Palestinians killed in West Bank since start of Gaza war: UN

The United Nations has announced that 315 Palestinians, including 81 children, have been killed in the occupied West Bank since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip on October 7.

It’s “absolutely necessary” Lebanon isn’t dragged into regional conflict: EU’s top diplomat

The European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Josep Borrell, stressed that it is “absolutely necessary” to avoid Lebanon “being dragged into a regional conflict” as Hezbollah engages in intensifying clashes with Israeli soldiers across the Lebanese border following Israel's assassination of a top Palestinian leader.

Yemen warns no Israeli vessels or those heading to its ports will pass through Red Sea

Yemen has vowed to continue preventing the passage through the Red Sea of all ships that are owned by Israel or heading to the Israeli ports as long as the ongoing war on the besieged Gaza Strip goes on.

Thousands protest in Israel demanding government to resign, end to Gaza war

Mass demonstrations have taken place in Israel, with Israelis calling for the return of captives held in Gaza, the removal of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government and an end to the war in Gaza.

Hezbollah says hit Israeli post with dozens of rockets in response to assassination of Hamas leader

Lebanon's Hezbollah movement announced on Saturday that it hit an Israeli observation post with 62 rockets as a "preliminary response" to the recent killing of Hamas's deputy chief Sheikh Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut.

WHO: Over 600 attacks on Gaza, West Bank medical facilities since start of war

The World Health Organization has announced that since the war in Gaza began, hospitals and other vital medical infrastructures have been attacked more than 600 times in the besieged strip and the West Bank.

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