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Khaled Mashaal: Hamas prepared for long battle

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The armed wing of Hamas is prepared for a long war with Israel, the Palestinian group's former Chief and senior leader Khaled Mashaal told a Turkish newspaper.
Europe

Washington has to ‘understand responsibility’ for Ukraine conflict: Moscow

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The United States has to review its current position on both the Ukraine conflict and relations with Russia if it wants to restore dialogue with Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has told NBC in an interview published on Friday.
Europe

EU agrees to open Ukraine membership negotiations

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has praised a “victory” for Ukraine and Europe after European Union leaders agreed to open membership talks with Kyiv, but the mood was soured just hours later when Hungary threatened to block crucial financial aid to Ukraine.
Middle East

Yemen says struck two Israel-bound ships

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The Yemeni Army  announced it has targeted two Israel-bound container ships in waters off the country’s coast, the latest of their operations to support Palestinians who are under attacks by Tel Aviv.
Middle East

Poll: Half of Israelis disapprove of Netanyahu’s performance as PM

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's popularity continues to fall amid the Gaza war, with the latest opinion poll revealing that over half of Israelis want former Defense Minister Benny Gantz to become premier.
Middle East

UN warns Gaza not fit for human life as around 19k Palestinians killed in Israeli war

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The head of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees has stressed nine weeks of war have left Gaza unfit for human habitation. The Palestinian death toll from Israrli war on Gaza is nearing 19,000.
Europe

Turkey says Azerbaijan, Armenia close to historic peace deal

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Baku and Yerevan are closer to a peace agreement than ever, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said at the press conference in Azerbaijan, where he is on an official visit.
Europe

Putin says west ‘shooing itself in foot’ with sanctions

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Western countries are damaging their own economies when they limit Moscow's ability to use their currencies through numerous sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Thursday.
Foreign Policy

Iran: Israel plans to deport Palestinians to neighboring countries

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has warned of Israel's plot to deport Gaza-based Palestinians to other states after trapping them in the southern part of the enclave.
Middle East

Half of Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise “dumb bombs”: US assessment

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Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions that Israel has used in Gaza  have been unguided, otherwise known as “dumb bombs”, according to a new US intelligence assessment.
Europe

Moscow mayor says Ukrainian drone attack on city repelled

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Ukrainian forces made another attempt to attack the Russian capital with two drones, hitting outside of the city, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Thursday morning. Sobyanin added the drones were shot down by air defenses over Moscow Region’s Naro-Fominsk District.
Middle East

West Bank death toll nears 300

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Israeli soldiers have killed at least 11 Palestinians during an incursion on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the ministry of health confirmed. Over 290 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire and more than 4,000 others detained since early October, according to Palestinian sources.
Middle East

Israel cancels Mossad head’s Qatar trip to restart hostage talks

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Israel has canceled a planned trip to Qatar by the head of its foreign intelligence service, Mossad, to restart negotiations on a possible second hostage release deal, a source familiar with the negotiations told CNN.
Middle East

World Bank says Gaza economy operating at 16% of its capacity

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The economy in the Gaza Strip was operating at only 16% of its productive capacity amid the military actions in the Palestinian enclave in October, the World Bank announced in a report.
Middle East

Wartime survey shows a rise in Hamas support, increase in anti-Westernism sentiments

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A wartime opinion poll among Palestinians shows a rise in support for the Palestinian movement Hamas, which appears to have ticked up even in the Israeli-bombarded Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Hamas sets conditions for peace talks

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Head of Hamas’ political bureau Ismail Haniyeh has stated the faction is open to negotiations to end the war with Israel in the Gaza Strip, but stressed that any final deal would have to lead to an independent Palestinian state.
Middle East

Iran warns about Israeli war crimes aftermath

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has cautioned the West Asia region and the world are going to be grappling with the aftermath of the Israeli ongoing war crimes across the Palestinian territories for years to come.
Middle East

UN refugee agency cautions ‘Gaza catastrophe’ threatens to raise record global displacement

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The UN refugee agency has warned that the “catastrophe” unfolding in the Gaza Strip threatens to create additional displacement across the Middle East.
Middle East

Israeli opposition leader: Netanyahu lying over Gaza war

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Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of persistently lying and evading responsibility while Israeli soldiers are being killed in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Israel says to continue Gaza war, 18,600 Palestinians killed so far

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Israel will continue its war against the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip regardless of the absence of international support, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has said. Over 18,600 Palestinians have died so far in Israeli war on Gaza.
Middle East

British MPs call on UK government to halt arms exports to Israel over war crimes

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Over a dozen British MPs have urged the UK government to halt its arms exports to Israel, stressing they fear Britain is complicit in Israeli atrocities being committed against Palestinians in Gaza.
Europe

Ukraine urges EU not to wait for US

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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has insisted EU leaders should stop looking to Washington when making decisions regarding continued support for Kiev.
Europe

Russia describes Zelensky’s visit to US as empty

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Washington has proved to be void, as he failed to persuade the US authorities that Ukraine is more important than US’ own security, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov has stated.
Europe

Russia has lost nearly 90% of troops it had prior to Ukraine war: US intelligence assessment

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Russia has lost a staggering 87 percent of the total number of active-duty ground troops it had prior to launching its military operation against Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment provided to Congress told CNN.
Middle East

Ten Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza ambush

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Ten Israeli soldiers, including a senior colonel who commanded a forward base of an elite infantry unit, were killed Tuesday in an ambush in northern Gaza, the Israel army confirmed on Wednesday.
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