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Egypt revokes licenses for several tourist agencies following Hajj deaths

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Egypt has revoked the licenses of 16 tourist agencies due to "fraud" following the deaths of over 1,000 people at the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Prosecution may follow.
Middle East

Tens of Thousands rally against Netanyahu amid Gaza war

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Tens of thousands of protesters, chanting slogans against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, rallied in Tel Aviv Saturday, demanding new elections and the return of captives held in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Palestinian death toll surges past 37,500

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At least 37,551 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s ongoing military onslaught on the Gaza Strip since last October, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave announced on Saturday.
Middle East

US offers assurances to Israel in the event of full-blown war with Lebanon

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Senior American officials have reassured a delegation of top Israeli officials visiting Washington this week that if a full-out war were to break out on the northern border between Israel and Hezbollah, the United States is fully prepared to back its ally, according to a senior administration official.
Middle East

World cannot afford Lebanon becoming another Gaza: UN

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed increasing concern over the escalating war of words and deadly border clashes between Israel’s military and Lebanon’s Hezbollah group.
Americas

Senior US official resigns amid Gaza war

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A senior official at the US State Department, who served as deputy assistant for Israeli-Palestinian affairs, has announced his resignation from his post, citing family obligations, according to a report by the Washington Post.
Europe

UK arms exporters warned of criminal liability over weapons sales to Israel

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Campaigners have written to the directors of 20 British arms companies, warning them of potential criminal liability for failing to prevent war crimes if they continue weapons sales to Israel.
Int'l Relations

Iran’s UN mission says Israel will be the ‘ultimate loser’ in war with Lebanon

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Iran has stressed that Hezbollah is capable of defending itself and Lebanon, warning Israel that it would be the “ultimate loser” in an all-out war with the armed group.
Middle East

More than 70% of public facilities in Gaza’s Rafah destroyed by Israel: Mayor

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Israeli attacks have destroyed over 70% of public facilities in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the city’s mayor has stated.
Asia

Armenia says recognised Palestinian statehood

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Yerevan has officially recognised a Palestinian state, the Armenian foreign ministry has announced, the latest country to do so despite opposition from Israel.
Foreign Policy

Iran interim FM: Israel will sink in quagmire of its crimes

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Iran’s acting foreign minister has warned the Israeli regime will perish in the quagmire of its own crimes if it does not stop the months-long genocidal campaign against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

UN report accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza

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The Israeli armed forces may have violated the laws of war in their campaign in the Gaza Strip, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has announced.
Middle East

Hamas can’t be destroyed: Israeli army spokesperson

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The Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari has stated Hamas is “an idea” that cannot disappear, adding that the goal to wipe the group out is unachievable.
Americas

US says killed senior Daesh element in Syria strike

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The United States has killed a senior Daesh official during a strike in Syria, according to the US military.
Middle East

Israel should be ‘scared’ of all-out war against Lebanon: Hezbollah chief

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Hezbollah chief Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has issued a stern warning to Israel, threatening a war with “no restraint and no rules and no ceilings” in case of a major offensive against Lebanon.
Religion

Hundreds of Hajj pilgrims die of extreme heat

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Hundreds of Hajj pilgrims have died during the annual Muslim pilgrimage in Mecca in Saudi Arabia amid scorching heat, according to press reports and diplomats.
Middle East

Israel approves plans for military operation in Lebanon

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Israel's military has announced that it approved plans for an offensive in Lebanon as tensions rise with the Hezbollah group.
Americas

Biden admin. cancels meeting with Israel officials over Iran

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The White House has canceled a high-level US-Israel meeting on Iran that was scheduled for Thursday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video claiming Washington was withholding military aid, two American officials have told Axios.
Middle East

UN warns situation in West Bank ‘dramatically deteriorating’

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The top United Nations human rights official has warned of the worsening situation for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the “unconscionable death and suffering” in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Hezbollah broadcasts drone footage of Israeli military sites in Haifa

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The Lebanese movement Hezbollah has released footage purportedly taken by a surveillance drone over the northern port city of Haifa, in an apparent warning to Israel.
Middle East

Risk of hunger threatens lives of thousands of children in Gaza

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Local authorities in the Gaza Strip have raised the alarm of thousands of children across the besieged enclave being at risk of hunger amid Israel’s ongoing tightened siege and the closure of aid crossings.
Middle East

Netanyahu claims Blinken made secret arms promise to Israel

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed to have pressured the United States over weapons supplies that Tel Aviv needs in its war with the Palestinian group Hamas.
Middle East

UN report shows Israel’s war on Gaza has caused major environmental damage

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Israel's war on the Gaza Strip has created unprecedented soil, water, and air pollution, destroyed sanitation systems, and left tons of debris from explosive devices, according to a United Nations report on the environmental impact of the war published on Tuesday.
Middle East

Israel turned Gaza Strip into “hell on earth”: UN official

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United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, has stated that the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip since October last year has turned the besieged enclave into a hell on earth.
Middle East

Israel ignored warning of Hamas’ October attack: Report

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Israeli security authorities ignored an intelligence document last September that predicted the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, according to a report.
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