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Five journalists killed by Israel in Gaza

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At least five journalists were killed in attacks by Israeli soldiers in the last 24 hours in the Gaza Strip as bombings and air strikes across the besieged enclave intensified.
Middle East

Hamas rejects non-Palestinian plans for Gaza’s future

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Palestinian group Hamas has stressed that it rejects foreign intervention that seeks to flout Palestine’s will for the future of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Israel sees 74.9% decline in tourist arrivals in six months of 2024: Report

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The number of foreign tourists visiting Israel dropped by 74.9 percent in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period last year, according to the figures issued by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics.
Middle East

World’s largest Palestinian flag hoisted in Iran’s capital

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In a powerful display of solidarity, the world's largest Palestinian flag was hoisted atop the Flag Tower of Iran during a special ceremony attended by the families of Palestinian martyrs.
Middle East

Gaza death toll surges past 38,000

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At least 58 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll to 38,011 since Oct. 7,  2023, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave reported on Thursday.
Middle East

90% of people in Gaza have been displaced at least once: UN

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Approximately nine in every 10 people in the Gaza Strip have been displaced at least once since Israel’s assault on the besieged enclave began, the United Nations humanitarian agency has reported.
Middle East

Israel announces largest Palestinian land grab in over 3 decades

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The Israeli government has seized about 2,370 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank this year alone, culminating in the largest land grab in more than 30 years, according to an Israeli settlement watchdog.
Middle East

Hezbollah showers Israeli sites after top commander killed

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Hezbollah has announced a top commander has been killed in an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon, at least the third high-ranking official in the group to have been killed in almost nine months of cross-border fighting that has sparked fears of wider regional escalation. In response, the group fired dozens of rockets at Israel's military positions.
Middle East

Israel says studying Hamas response to ceasefire deal

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Israeli spy agency Mossad says it is studying Hamas's response to a ceasefire proposal that mediators have been trying to finalise for weeks to put an end to Tel Aviv's war on the Gaza Strip.
Americas

Dozens of US House lawmakers call on Biden to address Turkey’s human rights abuses during NATO summit

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A bipartisan group of the US House lawmakers urged President Joe Biden to push Ankara to abide by international law while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in Washington for the NATO Summit between July 9 and 11, raising the alarm over “systematic human rights abuses".
Americas

US lawmakers introduce bill attacking Gaza solidarity encampments at universities

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A group of US Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that seeks to force US universities to fully disclose how they will manage Gaza solidarity encampments that have swept the American schools over the past several months.
Middle East

Israel’s top generals want ceasefire in Gaza for war with Hezbollah: Report

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Dozens of senior Israeli generals want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to strike a truce deal with Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip so they can prepare for a potential war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to a report.
Foreign Policy

Iran FM warns Israel not to take one-way path to ‘hell’ in Lebanon

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Iran's acting foreign minister has warned that Lebanon will turn into a ‘hell without return’ for the Israeli regime in case it wages a war against the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah.
Foreign Policy

Iran censures US support for Israel’s crimes in Gaza, sanction regime as rights violation

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry has slammed the US support for the Israeli regime's crimes in the Gaza Strip, the imposition of unilateral sanctions on independent states, and its backing the suppressive regimes worldwide as clear examples of Washington's long history of human rights violations.
Middle East

Hundreds arrested during anti-Syria riots in Turkey

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Turkey’s government has urged for calm after violence against Syrian refugees broke out in the central Melikgazi region and spread to other areas.
Americas

12 US officials resign in protest at Biden’s Gaza policy

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Twelve American government officials have resigned in protest at President Joe Biden’s Gaza policy, accusing Washington of complicity in the killing and starvation of Palestinians as Israel’s war on the besieged strip approaches it ninth month.
Middle East

More than 9,600 Palestinians held in Israeli jails: Rights group

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At least 9,623 Palestinians are currently being held in Israeli prisons, including thousands without trial, official Israeli figures show.
Middle East

Israel’s army says needs 10,000 soldiers ‘immediately’

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The Israeli army needs 10,000 more soldiers immediately amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has stated.
Middle East

Hundreds of thousands hit by Israel’s Khan Younis evacuation orders in Gaza: UN

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The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Tuesday reported about 250,000 Gazans were affected by the recent evacuation orders issued by Israel, and that they are heading towards the West.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia announces discovery of major oil, gas deposits

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Saudi Arabia's energy minister has announced the discovery of seven oil and gas deposits in the kingdom's Eastern Province and Empty Quarter, the official Saudi news agency SPA reported.
Foreign Policy

Leader advisor: Iran to support Lebanon’s Hezbollah militarily in case of Israel attacks

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Former Iranian foreign minister and a senior advisor to the Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution has warned Israel against opening a new battlefront against Hezbollah resistance movement in Lebanon.
Middle East

Gaza littered with unexploded bombs, putting children at risk: UN

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Palestinian children are facing death and serious injuries from unexploded bombs scattered throughout the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced in its latest update.
Middle East

Israel orders residents of Gaza’s Khan Younis to evacuate ahead of offensive

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The Israeli army has ordered Palestinians living in eastern areas of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip to immediately leave the area ahead of a possible new ground assault.
Middle East

US says no sign Israel lowered intensity of Gaza offensive

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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says there is no sign that Israel has downgraded the intensity of its offensive on the Gaza Strip, despite Tel Aviv's claims that it is shifting to a lower intensity phase.
Middle East

Palestinian presidency refutes administration of Gaza by foreigners

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The Palestinian presidency has released a statement rejecting any administration of the Gaza Strip by international forces in response to statements by Israel calling for such a move.
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