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Israel’s military claims cut Gaza in half, surrounded Gaza City

Israel’s military says it has encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal enclave into two, as Gaza came under its third total communications outage since the start of the war in early October. Around 10,000 Palestinians including 4,000 children have been killed during the recent carnage by Israel.

Lebanon says working with Hezbollah to prevent war

Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has stated that the government is working with Hezbollah and Palestinian groups in the country to prevent a war.

Israeli minister’s nuke comment bespeaks Tel Aviv’s Nazism, sadism: Hamas

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has denounced as an expression of Nazism the inflammatory remarks recently made by far-right Israeli heritage minister Amichai Eliyahu, who called for dropping an atomic bomb on the besieged Gaza Strip.

“Israel’s efforts to extend conflict to Iran must fail to bear fruit”

Mohsen Hashemi, the son of former Iranian president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has warned against Israeli extremists trying to extend the conflict beyond occupied territories and into Iran.

Gaza war to cost Israel $51bn: Report

Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip will cost as much as 200 billion shekels ($51 billion), the Israeli Calcalist business newspaper has reported, citing preliminary finance ministry figures.

Hamas says dozens of captives lost due to Israel’s airstrikes

The military wing of Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has confirmed more than 60 captives in the Gaza Strip are lost due to the Israeli air raids against the blockaded territory.

One Palestinian killed every four minutes in Gaza: Health ministry

Palestine's health ministry says one Palestinian is killed every four minutes in Israeli war on Gaza, that started early October.

Protests target Netanyahu over release of captives

Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in Israel as pressure mounts on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his government’s lack of preparedness for the October 7 attacks by Palestinian group Hamas and its handling of the ensuing captive crisis.

Zelensky says Ukraine won’t talk to Russia

Kiev is not willing to hold any talks with Moscow, Ukranian President Vladimir Zelensky has stated during a joint press conference with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. He also denied recent media reports that Ukriane’s Western backers are pushing it to engage in negotiations.

Kremlin laughs off Putin body double rumors

The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, has dismissed speculation that it could be using body doubles of President Vladimir Putin for some events, ridiculing such claims as “amusing".

Gaza health ministry dismisses Israeli claims about Hamas fighters using ambulances

The health ministry in the Gaza Strip has rejected Israeli military allegations that an ambulance struck on Friday was being used by Hamas operatives.

West probing Ukraine for concessions to Russia: Report

Western officials are engaged in behind-the-scenes talks with Kiev about potential peace negotiations with Moscow, trying to find out what concessions Ukraine might agree to, in order to end the conflict, NBC News reported on Saturday, citing sources.

US responsible for attack on Gaza refugee center: Hamas

Palestinian movement Hamas has assigned responsibility for the deadly strike on a refugee facility in the Gaza Strip also to the United States and President Joe Biden, which provides assistance to Israel.

Putin says western states ‘changing tune’ on defeating Russia

Western nations, which previously insisted that Ukraine should defeat Russia on the battlefield, are gradually changing their position, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated.

Israel vows to use ‘all power’ to bomb Gaza Strip after US’ call for humanitarian pause, more than 9k killed

Israel will not change its approach to the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a press conference on Friday. The Israeli army will go on with its relentless bombing campaign against the Palestinian enclave, he said, adding that Tel Aviv will not agree to any pause in the hostilities unless the Israeli hostages are freed. More than 9,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed so far.

Gaza health ministry says several killed, injured in Israeli attack on ambulance convoy

Several people were killed and dozens of others injured in an Israeli attack on an ambulance convoy near the al-Shifa Hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday, according to the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza.

Israel’s military says surrounding Gaza City, as death toll exceeds 9k

The Israeli military is surrounding the Gaza City and “deepening” its military operations there, the chief of staff of Israel’s so-called Defense Forces said in a TV interview Thursday. Hamas has vowed to turn the besieged enclave into a graveyard for Israeli soldiers.

US downplays risk of Hezbollah offensive against Israel

The United States has seen no signs that Hezbollah is preparing for a major military operation against Israel, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the White House on Thursday.

Hamas vows to make Gaza incursion ‘curse’ for Israel

A continued Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip will have catastrophic consequences for the Zionist regime, Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, has warned.

US intel suggests Syria agreed to send Russian missile defense shield to Hezbollah via Wagner Group

The US has intelligence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to provide the Lebanese group Hezbollah with a Russian-made missile defense system, according to two people familiar with the intelligence.

Israel to cut “all contact” with Gaza, send workers back to besieged enclave

Israel will return Gazans working in the occupied territories back to the besieged Palestinian enclave, Israel’s Security Cabinet has announced, adding that it would also sever contact with Gaza.

Over 400 children are killed or injured each day in Gaza during Israeli bombardment: UNICEF

Children are being killed or injured at a rate of more than 400 a day in Israel's ongoing bombardment and siege of the Gaza Strip, the United Nations children's agency has confirmed, calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.

Nearly half of Gaza’s hospitals out of service: Health ministry

Sixteen out of 35 hospitals in Gaza are out of service due to the Israeli bombardment and a fuel shortage, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah.

Hamas: Israel committed ‘barbaric massacres’ after Gaza refugee camp bombings

Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh says Israel  has carried out “massacres” in the besieged Gaza Strip to conceal its own “defeats”. He warned that the hundreds of Israeli and foreign hostages being held captive in Gaza faced the same risk of “death and destruction” from the Israeli attacks on the territory as Palestinian residents.

UN says Israeli bombing of Gaza refugee camp ‘an atrocity’

Israel’s attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza is just “the latest atrocity” to befall the Palestinian people living in the besieged enclave, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths has stated.

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