Middle East

Human Rights Watch verifies Israeli use of white phosphorus in Gaza, Lebanon

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has confirmed the use of white phosphorus by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
Middle East

WHO warns Gaza hospitals at ‘breaking point’ as death toll tops 1,500

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The World Health Organization has called for immediate humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, cautioning Israel’s blockade and bombardment of Gaza have left the coastal enclave’s health system at a “breaking point”.
Finance

Iran rejects US media reports over unblocked assets in Qatar

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Nour News, which is affiliated to Iran's Supreme National Security Council, has rejected a US media report that Tehran had been barred from accessing its $6 billion funds recently unfrozen and transferred to Qatari banks.
Middle East

Iran’s FM due in Iraq on Thursday

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian is slated to travel to Baghdad for talks with the senior Iraqi officials.
Middle East

It’s too early to exchange Israeli hostages: Senior Hamas official

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Izzat al-Risheq, a senior official of the Palestinian resistance group of Hamas, has stated that it's too early to exchange Israeli hostages while the Zionist regime continues to strike Gaza.
Middle East

Hamas video shows release of female hostage, two children

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The Qassem Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, has released a video appearing to show the release of a female captive and two children.
Americas

Biden offers warning to Iran following Hamas military operation

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US President Joe Biden has issued a stark warning to Iran to “be careful” around its actions in the region following Hamas attack on Israel. Iranian officials have denied any involvement in Hamas weekend assault despite Tehran’s strong support for the Palestinian resistance groups.
Middle East

Israel-Palestine conflict: 330,000 people have been displaced in Gaza

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Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,300 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 1,400 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.
Middle East

Dozens of Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers, settlers in West Bank, East Jerusalem: Health ministry

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Violence has risen in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since Israel declared its war on Hamas and continued to strike Gaza on Saturday, leaving a total of 29 Palestinians dead and 150 injured, the Palestinian health ministry said on Wednesday evening.
Middle East

Many Lebanese flee southern towns as Cross-border tensions rise

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Cross-border violence between Lebanon and Israel has escalated, pushing many Lebanese in the southern towns to leave as Hezbollah and the Israeli military continue to trade fire.
Europe

Putin says Iran discussing gas supplies with Russia

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Tehran is discussing the possibility of Russian gas supplies with Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said at the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week.
Middle East

Palestine sounds alarm over ‘genocide’ in Gaza

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The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has warned of the risk of “manifestations of genocide” in the Gaza Strip during the Israeli raids on the besieged enclave.
Europe

Putin says US policy in Middle East ‘obviously failed’

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The US abandoned international instruments and proposed its own solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has now been exposed as a complete failure, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated.
Middle East

Israeli PM, opposition leader to form emergency unity gov’t

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and centrist opposition leader Benny Gantz agreed to form an emergency unity government. The two leaders have agreed to form a so-called war cabinet comprising Netanyahu, Gantz and the Minister of Military Affairs Yoav Gallant.
Africa

Nigeria’s prominent Shia cleric arrives in Iran

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Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky has arrived in Tehran as part of his second foreign visit after the termination of his home arrest by the Nigerian government.
Middle East

Hamas says it ‘does not target children’

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The Palestinian group Hamas has said it “does not target children”, adding that Western media should be accurate and “not blindly side with the Zionist narrative, which is full of lies and slander”. It was alleged that Hamas's armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, "beheaded many Israeli babies" on the Israeli side during Saturday attack launched from Gaza.
Middle East

Palestine reports Israeli use of banned white phosphorus in Gaza

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Palestine's foreign ministry says Israel used banned white phosphorus during its bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
Middle East

Israeli minister calls for Sderot residents to be armed

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Israel’s national security minister has called for the residents of Sderot, one of the first cities to be attacked by Hamas fighters on Saturday, to be armed.
Religion

Iran says ready to host OIC extraordinary meeting on Palestine

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The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Permanent Mission in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah has sent an official letter to the secretariat of the organization, announcing Tehran’s readiness to host an emergency meeting of the foreign ministers of the organization on Palestine.
Middle East

Hamas rejects Biden’s remarks on Israel

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Hamas firmly rejected US President Joe Biden’s remarks on Israel, calling it an inflammatory statement that aims to “escalate the tension by the barbaric Zionist regime against the Palestinian people,” according to a written statement.
Americas

US aircraft carrier arrives in eastern Mediterranean

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The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group has arrived in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to “deter any actor” looking to escalate or widen the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the administration of US President Joe Biden has announced.
Middle East

Int’l humanitarian law prohibits siege of Gaza: UN rights commissioner

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The imposition of sieges that endanger civilians by depriving them of essential goods “is prohibited under international humanitarian law”, Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR), has stated.
Middle East

UN says to investigate ‘war crimes’ by Israel and Hamas

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The Unites Nations has announced an investigation into potential war crimes committed during the latest escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The international body says it has “clear evidence” of serious violations by both sides, calling on them to adhere to international human rights law.
Middle East

No evidence of direct Iran role in Hamas military operation: Pentagon

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The United States has no evidence of direct Iranian involvement in the Hamas attack on Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said, noting however that Tehran has backed the group for years.
Americas

Americans amongst Hamas captives: Biden

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US President Joe Biden has confirmed that Americans are among the captives held by the Palestinian group Hamas without specifying the number. He also announced that 14 US citizens have been killed in the recent Hamas attack on Israel.
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