Syrian war monitor says 17 dead in clashes in Tartus province
17 people were killed Wednesday in clashes in Tartus province after security forces sought to arrest an officer under deposed...
Netanyahu tells Israel parliament ‘some progress’ on Gaza hostage deal, defence minister admits to killing Haniyeh
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal last week, Netanyahu said, however, said he was not going to agree...
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Mothers of imprisoned Palestinians from West Bank under great stress
RAMALLAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES – "I don't sleep anymore," Latifa Abu Hamid said while looking at pictures of her children hanging on...
- Hamid lives in a house in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, given to her by the president of the Palestinian Authority, which has its seat in the city.
- Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups say the number of incarcerated Palestinians has jumped from 5,200 before October 7 to about 9,000.
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Biden warns Israel not to use Gaza aid as ‘bargaining chip’
Using his annual State of the Union address to deliver some of his strongest comments yet about the five-month-long war,...
- Biden's address was delivered to Congress as hopes dimmed for a new truce after Hamas negotiators left talks to consult with the movement's leadership in Qatar
- US president, who is facing political pressure over his support for Israel despite the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, stressed "no US boots will be on the ground."
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Spain announces US$21.87m in funding to UN Palestinian refugee agency
Madrid, Spain--Spain said Thursday it would give an additional $21.87 million to the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, which is facing...
- UNRWA has been at the centre of controversy since Israel accused about a dozen of its employees of involvement in the Hamas attack on Israel
- Jose Manuel Albares, Spain's Foreign Minister, announced the extra funding at a joint news conference in Madrid with UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini
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UN aid official presses for aid delivery to Gaza by land route
The UN aid coordinator for the Palestinian territory Sigrid Kaag said her message to UN Security Council was that the...
- She said the diversification of the supply routes via land remains the optimal solution
- Kaag noted the complicated border inspection process was the main obstacle
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Biden orders US military to set up temporary aid port in Gaza
In the wasteland of Jabalia, northern Gaza, Palestinians gathered to receive meals at a distribution point. "There is no gas...
- Hopes dimmed for a new truce after Hamas negotiators left talks with mediators in Egypt to consult with the movement's leadership in Qatar
- The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza reported 83 more people had been killed over the previous 24 hours, adding to a toll it says has reached 30,800
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US President orders military to set up a port in Gaza for aid, say officials
President Joe Biden will tell Congress that he has ordered the US military to set up a port in Gaza...
- US officials said the "significant capability will take a number of weeks to plan and execute".
- US officials were careful to stress that American troops would not be on the ground in Gaza.
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Israeli troops ‘likely’ fired on journalist in Lebanon, says report
Paris, France - An Israeli tank crew who killed one journalist and wounded six others in Lebanon in October then "likely"...
- The strike in southern Lebanon on October 13 instantly killed Issam Abdallah, a 37-year-old journalist for the Reuters news agency.
- Six others - two more Reuters journalists, two from Al Jazeera, and two from Agence France-Presse - were injured.
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UN agency exhorts Israel to allow port for Gaza aid transfer
Rome, Italy - The UN's food agency on Thursday said it was pressing Israel to allow it to use the Ashdod...
- "We have several requests with the Israelis," World Food Program (WFP)Â Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau told AFP in Rome.
- "We want to use the Ashdod port, which would be much more efficient than going through Jordan or even Egypt," Skau said.
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Hamas expresses dissatisfaction over Israel’s stance on Gaza truce
A senior Hamas official confirmed that the group's delegation in talks seeking a Gaza truce left Cairo for consultations in...
- Hamas has been insisting on a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, the return of displaced people to their homes.
- Israel has been asking for a list of all hostages still alive in Gaza, a task Hamas says it is unable to complete.
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Gaza confirms Israel returned 47 exhumed bodies of Palestinians
Palestinian Territories - Gaza's Hamas-run government media office said on Thursday that Israel had returned dozens of bodies that had been...
- Israeli forces have on several occasions taken bodies from Gaza to Israel for examinations as they look for hostages seized during Hamas's October 7 attack.
- AFP journalists have previously witnessed the reburial of bodies which Gaza officials said had been exhumed by Israeli forces.
Syrian war monitor says 17 dead in clashes in Tartus province
17 people were killed Wednesday in clashes in Tartus province after security forces sought to arrest an officer under deposed...
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Top Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on Beirut
The killing of Aqil was the second of a senior Hizbollah commander since the start of the war in Gaza,...
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Israel pounds Lebanon as Hezbollah vows revenge for device blasts
Israel said it struck hundreds of targets in Lebanon, hours after Hezbollah's leader vowed to retaliate for two "unprecedented" rounds...
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Hizbollah chief admits ‘unprecedented’ blow in device blasts
Israel has not commented on the attacks in which Hizbollah operatives' pagers and walkie-talkies exploded in supermarkets, on streets and...
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Latest batch of device explosions in Lebanon stoking fears of a full-blown war with Israel
A second deadly wave of unprecedented explosions in the strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah left it in disarray on Thursday, hours...
- The latest batch of device explosions killed 20 people and wounded more than 450 others
- Hezbollah said Israel was "fully responsible for this criminal aggression" and vowed revenge
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Lebanon under attack. Fears of all-out war. 20 killed, 450 injured. Israel blamed and flayed.
A second wave of device explosions killed 20 people and wounded more than 450 in Lebanon on Wednesday, officials said,...
- Experts said Israeli operatives had likely planted explosives on the paging devices
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged governments "not to weaponize civilian objects"
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UN rights chief demands accountability for Lebanon pager blasts
The explosions that killed 12 people, including two children, and wounded up to 2,800 others
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights described the blasts as "shocking"
- Turk highlighted that the attack had come at an "extremely volatile time"