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.
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.
Nuclear

UN chief says existing challenges of salvaging JCPOA complicated

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The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stated that existing challenges of reviving the 2015 nuclear deal are complicated, yet the agreement remains the best option to ensure the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program.
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

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.
Europe

Western companies lost $103 billion from Russia exits: Report

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Efforts by Ukraine and its Western backers to convince, shame and sanction firms into leaving the Russian market have backfired, placing lucrative enterprises in Russian hands at discount prices and pumping more than a billion dollars’ worth of exit taxes into Moscow’s coffers, according to a report.
Middle East

Yemen says Red Sea operations left significant economic impact on Israel

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Spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah Mohammed Abdul-Salam has stressed the Yemeni army's military operations against the vessels owned by Israel or bound for the occupied Palestinian territories have taken a big toll on the regime's economy.
Middle East

Pope says no terrorists in Gaza parish where Israeli soldier killed 2 women

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Pope Francis addressed the death of a mother and daughter who were sheltering inside the Holy Family Parish in the Gaza Strip, where church leaders say they were killed by an Israeli army sniper.
Middle East

70% of Palestinians killed in Gaza war are women and children: Health Ministry

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Approximately 18,800 Palestinians — 70% of them women and children — have been killed in the Gaza Strip between October 7 and December 15, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah announced in a statement Sunday.
Asia

Afghanistan’s poppy supply on global market plummeted 95% since last year: Report

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Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, once the world’s top supplier, has plummeted since the Taliban outlawed cultivation of the crop in 2022, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report shows.
Europe

Putin says Russia has no interest or reason to fight NATO

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Moscow has no interest in fighting with NATO countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stressed.
Middle East

Israel kills 5 Palestinians in drone strike in West Bank

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At least five Palestinians were killed in a drone attack by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian media has reported.
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