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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.
Middle East

Israel claims its weapons exports hit record sales amid Gaza war

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Israel's defence ministry has announced in a statement that its arms exports for 2023 hit a record in sales, as Tel Aviv's war on the Gaza Strip enters its ninth month and6 the military continues to be supplied with hundreds of millions of dollars in American military equipment.
Americas

US selling dozens of F-15s to Israel amid Gaza war

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Two key Democrats in the US Congress have agreed to approve a major arms sale to Israel, including 50 F-15 fighter jets worth more than $18 billion amid pressure from the administration of US President Joe Biden, according to a report.
Middle East

Over 1.3 million people displaced from Rafah to other parts of Gaza: UN

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More than 1.3 million people are believed to have been displaced from Rafah to other parts of the Gaza Strip in a span of six weeks, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
Middle East

UN agency warns “Gaza is most dangerous place in world for aid workers”

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The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has announced 193 of its staff have been killed since the outbreak of the Israeli war against Gaza on October 7, 2023.
Middle East

Israel’s Gaza attacks continue despite purported ‘tactical pauses’: UNRWA

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Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), has stated Israeli attacks are ongoing and no changes have been reflected on the ground in the Gaza Strip, after Tel Aviv announced “tactical pauses” along a road in Rafah.
Middle East

Israel seeking to strengthen West Bank settlements after recognition of Palestinian state

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Israel’s government has announced it is looking to “strengthen” Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank after several countries unilaterally recognized a Palestinian state.
Middle East

Netanyahu dissolves Israel’s War Cabinet

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the War Cabinet that was formed on Oct. 11, 2023 after Tel Aviv launched a war on the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Monday.
Middle East

Netanyahu announces opposition to Israeli military ‘tactical pauses’ for Gaza aid

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is opposed to plans announced by the Israeli military to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip to facilitate aid delivery into the Palestinian enclave.
Middle East

Israeli soldiers violently block Palestinians from Al-Aqsa Mosque on Eid

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Israeli forces violently blocked Palestinians from accessing Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday to attend Eid prayer.
Foreign Policy

Iran calls on Muslim states to use all available tools to stop Gaza war

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Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri has urged the Islamic countries to use all available tools to stop Israel's war on the Gaza Strip which has so far claimed the lives of more than 37,000, mainly children and women.
Middle East

UN officials warn ‘miscalculation’ could lead to wider Hezbollah-Israel conflict

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There is a "very real" risk that a miscalculation along Lebanon's southern border could trigger a wider conflict between Hezbollah and the Israeli military, two UN officials in Lebanon have warned.
Middle East

Over 50k children in Gaza require treatment for acute malnutrition: UN

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The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has reported that over 50,000 children in the Gaza Strip are in urgent need of treatment for acute malnutrition.
Middle East

Israel’s hitting of Gaza schools ‘eroding foundation for societal growth’

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More than 76 percent of schools in the Gaza Strip require “full reconstruction or major rehabilitation” to be functional following Israel’s months-long military onslaught, according to a new assessment shared by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Middle East

Israel says 8 soldiers killed in Gaza ambush; deadliest day in months

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Hamas fighters have killed eight Israeli soldiers traveling in military vehicles in Rafah after firing rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and then ambushing a support force deployed to the scene.
Americas

US imposes sanction on Israeli group for attacking Gaza aid convoys

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The United States has put sanctions on a “violent extremist” Israeli group for blocking and damaging humanitarian aid convoys to the Gaza Strip as the risk of famine increases in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Local

Iran’s Leader calls for constant renunciation of US, Israel

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has emphasized that the renunciation of the Zionist regime and the United States by Muslims must continue beyond the time and place of Hajj, prevail in all Islamic countries worldwide, and be extended to the general populace.
Middle East

Survey: Over 30 percent of consumers boycotting brands over Israel’s war on Gaza

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More than one in three customers are boycotting brands over companies' perceived stances on the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, as consumers express their politics through shopping, a global poll shows.
Middle East

More than 40% of Israelis prefer Gantz as Israel’s prime minister: Poll

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As Israel continues its military onslaught on the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's popularity continues to plummet, with a recent opinion survey showing former War Cabinet member Benny Gantz with more public support.
Middle East

2 Israeli captives killed in Israeli airstrike against Gaza: Hamas

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The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, has announced that two Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian group were killed in an Israeli raid in Rafah, southern Gaza, a few days ago.
Middle East

Survey: Over 60% of Gazans lost at least one relative in war

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A public opinion poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR), shows that about 80% of the Gazans reported that they had at least one family member killed or injured in the ongoing Israeli war on the besieged enclave since October 7 last year.
Middle East

Israel freezing work permits for tens of thousands of Palestinians

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Israeli authorities began freezing work permits for around 80,000 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, according to a report.
Middle East

UN warns accumulated waste in Gaza poses ‘catastrophic’ environmental, health risks

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The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned Thursday of “catastrophic” environmental and health risks in the Gaza Strip amid an accumulation of waste in populated areas in the battered enclave.
Middle East

Over 520 Palestinians killed in West Bank since start of Gaza war: UN

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The United Nations has reported that more than 520 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the outbreak of Israel's war on the Gaza Strip.
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