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WHO says Gaza facing ‘massive risk’ of epidemics

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The World Health Organization has warned of a massive risk of epidemics in Gaza amid the ongoing Israeli onslaught, calling for a ceasefire in the besieged strip.
Middle East

More than 70% of Gaza residents facing extreme hunger: Report

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Seventy-one percent of the Gaza population faces extreme hunger as they continue to endure relentless Israeli bombardment, according to a study by the rights group Euro-Med Monitor.
Middle East

Israel claims to have located around 1,500 tunnel shafts in Gaza since start of war

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The Israeli military claims that it has located around 1,500 tunnel shafts and underground passages in the Gaza Strip since its military operation started in early October.
Americas

US worried about growing cost of deflecting Yemen’s attacks: Report

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The Pentagon is “increasingly alarmed” not only about the threat of Houthi strikes in the Red Sea but also the “growing cost” of rebuffing those raids, reported US news website Politico, citing unnamed US officials.
Foreign Policy

Entire world enraged by Israel, US atrocities in Gaza Strip: Iran president

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Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi says the entire world has been enraged by Israel and the United States' atrocities against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Islamic Jihad releases video showing 2 Israeli captivates

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The Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, released a video on Tuesday showing two male Israeli hostages in captivity.
Middle East

Israel signals readiness for new temporary truce in Gaza Strip

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog has stated Tel Aviv is willing to agree to a new temporary truce with Hamas in the Gaza Strip to secure the release of more captives held by the Palestinian group.
Europe

Putin says Ukraine war exposed truth about Western military equipment

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Ukraine is facing significant battlefield losses, and its counteroffensive has failed to impress its foreign backers, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated. He pointed out that Kiev’s forces are having these problems despite receiving high-grade Western military equipment.
Europe

Russia claims Ukraine has lost over 383k troops

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Ukraine’s total losses since the start of Moscow’s military campaign are approaching 400,000 troops, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu claimed on Tuesday.
Middle East

UNICEF calls for truce as disease threatens to kill even more children in Gaza

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UNICEF has announced that without sufficient safe water, food and sanitation, child deaths in the Gaza Strip due to disease could surpass those killed in Israel's bombardments, urging a ceasefire in the besieged enclave.
Americas

Majority of US voters disapprove of Biden’s policies over Gaza: Poll

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A new poll by The New York Times and Siena College shows strong American disapproval of US President Joe Biden’s handling of the Gaza conflict.
Middle East

Yemen says to turn Red Sea into ‘graveyard’

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Yemen’s Defense Minister Major General Mohammad al-Atifi has denounced the formation of a US-led maritime task force in the Red Sea to protect the passage of merchant vessels bound for the Israeli-occupied territories, cautioning the Western alliance that any assault on Yemeni soil would have dire consequences.
Middle East

US launches multinational operation in response to Houthi strikes in Red Sea

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The United States has announced the formation of a multinational mission to counter attacks by Yemen's Houthis on commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
Middle East

Hamas video shows Israeli captives pleading for release

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Gaza-based Palestinian group, Hamas, has posted a video of three elderly Israeli hostages pleading for their immediate release.
Middle East

Yemen says hit two more ships in Red Sea

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The Yemeni armed forces have launched attacks on two more Israel-bound ships sailing in the Red Sea amid a campaign to pressure Tel Aviv and allies to end their war on Gaza.
Middle East

4,300 aid trucks enter Gaza between Oct. 21-Dec.16: Palestinian Red Crescent

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The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has reported 4,301 humanitarian relief trucks entered the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt between Oct. 21 and Dec. 16.
Middle East

Nearly 300 people in UNRWA shelters killed and over 1,000 injured since October 7: UN

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At least 297 displaced people in Gaza have been killed since the Israel-Hamas war began, according to a statement from the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Those killed and injured were sheltering in facilities run by the UN refugee agency, UNRWA.
Middle East

Tens of thousands of Israelis internally displaced near Lebanon borders: Report

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Border clashes between Lebanese Hezbollah movement and Israel, has left tens of thousands of Israelis internally displaced near borders, Axios has reported.
Middle East

Sisi declared victorious in Egypt presidential election with 90% of votes

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Egypt’s incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has secured a third term as the leader of the Middle East’s most populous nation, officials announced after the counting of votes in the presidential election, held between December 10 and 12.
Middle East

Israel using starvation as weapon of war: HRW

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Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, which is a war crime, Human Rights Watch announced on Monday.
Middle East

Charity organization warns Gaza water system ‘completely collapsed’

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The lack of water or sanitation in Gaza could soon become equally “dangerous” amid the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, according to a member of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders.
Middle East

Over 50% of Israelis oppose annexing and resettlement of Gaza after war: Poll

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A recent survey conducted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) revealed that a majority of Israelis are opposed to the annexation of the Gaza Strip when the ongoing conflict in the enclave ends.
Middle East

Gaza deadliest place for journalists in world: UN

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The United Nations Office for Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territories announced it is alarmed by an unprecedented rate of journalists and media workers killed in Gaza since early October.
Middle East

Over 500 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in West Bank in 2023

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At least 505 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank this year, the Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed.
Middle East

Hamas says no prisoner swap deal with Israel under bombardment

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A senior Hamas official has reaffirmed that the Palestinian movement will not enter into talks over a new prisoner exchange agreement with Israel until the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip comes to an end.
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