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US to continue funding Israeli military unit accused of gross human rights abuses

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The United States has ended its probe of an Israeli military unit accused of gross human rights violations, including the death of an 80-year-old Palestinian-American man, and concluded that it will continue to provide security assistance to the unit.
Views

Iran Leader advisor: Hamas resolved to fight Israel

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A senior advisor to Iran’s leader says the appointment of Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas in Gaza, as the political chief of the Palestinian group shows the resistance movement is resolved to continue fighting Israel. 
Middle East

US urges Israel to investigate rape cases against Palestinian detainees

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The Israeli authorities should fully investigate alleged incidents of rape against Palestinian captives and hold those responsible to account, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has stated.
Middle East

Palestine demands ICC arrest warrant for Israel’s far-right minister

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The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has released a statement demanding punitive action against Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s far-right finance minister following his horrible remarks about man-made hunger against Palestinians.
Int'l Relations

OIC holds Israel fully responsible for Haniyeh assassination

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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has blasted Israel for the attack that led to the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh last week in Iran, which Tehran has vowed to retaliate.
Middle East

Hezbollah could attack Israel in coming days: Report

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The Lebanese group Hezbollah may carry out an independent strike on Israel before Iran does, CNN has reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Int'l Relations

Iran UN mission says punishing Israel for Haniyeh assassination, Gaza ceasefire among Tehran’s priorities

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Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations says establishing a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and punishing Israel for killing  Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, are among priorities of the Islamic Republic under the current circumstances.
Foreign Policy

Interim FM: Iran should retaliate against Israel’s assassination of Haniyeh

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Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri has stressed his country has no option but to retaliate against the Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, stating this is necessary to deter further aggression against Iran amid inaction of the United Nations Security Council.
Americas

Biden admin faces lawsuit over sanctions against Israeli settlers regarding West Bank violence

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Pro-Israel advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the administration of US President Joe Biden over sanctions issued against individuals involved in settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Middle East

US and UK ambassadors to skip Nagasaki bombing memorial after Israel disinvited

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The American and British envoys to Japan have announced they will boycott an upcoming ceremony commemorating the victims of the 1945 US atomic bombing because the city’s mayor did not invite the Israeli ambassador.
Middle East

Turkey submits request to join ICJ genocide case against Israel over Gaza war

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Ankara has filed its official request to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel over its conduct in the Gaza war in the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), Turkey's Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday.
Middle East

Hamas says to continue Gaza ceasefire talks under Sinwar

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Hamas will continue Gaza ceasefire negotiations after the selection of Yahya Sinwar as its new political chief, a Palestinian group leader stated on Wednesday.
Americas

Majority of Americans oppose sending US troops to defend Israel against Iran: Poll

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A survey by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs found that 56 percent of the American public oppose sending US forces to defend Israel if it is attacked by Iran.
Middle East

166 journalists killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since start of war: Report

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Another Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli attack in the southern Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll among Palestinian media staff to 166 since October 2023, local authorities have reported.
Middle East

Israel detained 10,000 in West Bank since October 7: Report

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The Israeli Army has apprehended 26 people in their latest raids across the occupied West Bank, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society. This brings the total number of Israeli arrests in the occupied territories since the Gaza war broke out to about 10,000, said the group.
Middle East

Israel informed US of its involvement in killing of Haniyeh: Report

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Israel immediately informed US officials that it was behind the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, The Washington Post daily reported, citing sources.
Middle East

10,000 Palestinian students, 500 teachers killed in Gaza, West Bank since start of war: Report

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The Palestinian Ministry of Education announced that at least 10,000 students in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank have been killed by Israel since the beginning of the war in the besieged enclave last October.
Middle East

Israeli warplanes set off sonic booms over Beirut as Hezbollah warns of response

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Israeli fighter jets have flown over the Lebanese capital Beirut, setting off a series of sonic booms meant to intimidate the city’s population following drone attacks on northern Israel by Hezbollah.
Security

Iran acting FM tells UK’s Lammy Europe, US wasted diplomacy chance for de-escalation

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The acting Iranian foreign minister, in a telephone conversation with the British foreign secretary, emphasized that the United States and several European countries, by obstructing the United Nations Security Council from countering the Zionist regime, have wasted the first diplomatic chance to de-escalate tensions in the region.
Middle East

12 Palestinians killed in Israel West Bank raid, one of deadliest in months

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Israeli attacks, including air strikes on the Jenin refugee camp, have killed at least 12 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank in one of the deadliest days in the territory in recent months, the Palestinian Health Ministry has announced.
Middle East

Hamas names Yahya Sinwar as new leader following Haniyeh assassination

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Hamas on Tuesday announced that it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, who heads the movement in the Gaza Strip, as the new chief of the group, following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Iran last week.
Middle East

Hezbollah conducts air attacks on Israel, warns more to come

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Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah launched a series of drone and rocket attacks into northern Israel on Tuesday but warned that its much-anticipated retaliation for the regime's killing of a top commander last week was yet to come.
Middle East

5 killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon

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Five people were killed and four others wounded on Tuesday in Israeli air raids on two Lebanese villages, Lebanon's military sources told Xinhua news agency.
Middle East

8 Palestinians, including 3 teens, killed in Israel West Bank raids

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Palestinian officials say Israeli soldiers killed eight people in two separate attacks in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, as violence in the occupied territory shows no sign of abating.
Middle East

Palestine’s Abbas: Haniyeh killed to prolong Gaza war

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The assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was intended to prolong the conflict in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Russia’s RIA state news agency in an interview published Tuesday.
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