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UN Warns of 'Massive Trauma' for Gaza's Children Amid Renewed Fighting

This is Beirut, 21/03 17:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The UN warned Friday that all of Gaza's approximately one million children were facing "massive trauma" as fighting in the war-ravaged territory resumed and amid dire aid shortages. Humanitarians described an alarming situation in Gaza amid a growing civilian death toll since Israel resumed aerial bombardment and ground operations this week after ...

Israel Expands Gaza Ground Operation as Missiles Intercepted, Herzog "Disturbed" by Renewed Fighting

This is Beirut, 21/03 05:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel's military on Thursday expanded ground operations across Gaza, after it reported missiles intercepted from Yemen and Hamas militants said they fired rockets towards Tel Aviv. The rocket fire from Hamas was its first military response to the growing civilian death toll from Israel's resumption of aerial bombardment and ground ...

Israel Issues "Last Warning" to Residents of Gaza

This is Beirut, 20/03 02:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel bombarded Gaza and pressed its ground operations on Thursday after issuing what it called a "last warning" for Palestinians to return hostages and remove Hamas from power. The renewed offensive shattered a relative calm that had pervaded since truce took hold mid-January. Heavy air strikes began strafing Gaza early Tuesday, ...

UN Chief Seeks Probe for Employee Killed by Gaza Strikes

This is Beirut, 19/03 18:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday urged a "full investigation" after a UN worker died and five others were seriously injured by a strike on their buildings in Gaza. "The Secretary-General strongly condemns all attacks on UN personnel and calls for a full investigation," deputy spokesman Farhan Haq ...

Israeli Army Advances Along Netzarim Axis Amid a 'Final Warning'

This is Beirut, 19/03 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In a significant escalation of military operations on Wednesday, Israeli forces have launched a new ground incursion into the central Gaza Strip along the Netzarim corridor, military sources confirmed Wednesday. The operation involves tanks moving to close Salah al-Din Street—Gaza's main north-south thoroughfare—cutting off movement between ...

Netanyahu Warns Hamas Israeli Strikes on Gaza 'Only the Beginning'

This is Beirut, 18/03 21:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that a wave of deadly overnight strikes on Gaza was "only the beginning" of Israeli action in the Palestinian territory. "Hamas has already felt the strength of our arm in the past 24 hours. And I want to promise you –- and them –- this is only the beginning," ...

Houthis Claim Missile Launch at Israel

This is Beirut, 18/03 20:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said on Tuesday they launched a missile at Israel, whose military said it was intercepted before reaching the country's territory. The Houthis' military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement posted on X that the group targeted Israel's Nevatim air base with a "hypersonic ballistic missile type Palestine 2" Israel ...

The Anticipated Resumption of the War in Gaza

Samar El-Kadi, 18/03 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel’s warning to unleash hell fire on Gaza if Hamas fails to release Israeli hostages is no longer a threat. At least 413 people were killed and more than 600 injured in a spate of intense airstrikes on Monday evening, shattering a fragile truce that took effect on January 19. The escalation is set to continue with the Israeli government ...

Israel Vows to Fight on in Gaza after Deadliest Strikes since Truce

This is Beirut, 18/03 10:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel vowed on Tuesday to continue fighting in Gaza until the return of all hostages as it unleashed its most intense strikes since a ceasefire, with the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory reporting more than 330 people killed. Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of deciding to "resume war" after a deadlock ...

Israel Team Discusses Hostages at Truce Talks Dogged by Divisions

This is Beirut, 16/03 19:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel said its negotiating team was discussing the hostage issue with Egyptian mediators on Sunday, as deep divisions persist between Israel and Hamas over the terms of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Mediated by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, the initial phase of the ceasefire took effect on January 19, largely halting more than 15 months of ...

Deadly Israeli Strikes Mar Fragile Gaza Truce

This is Beirut, 15/03 22:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said nine people including journalists were killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday, attacks which could further endanger the fragile truce in the Palestinian territory. Following the reported strikes, the deadliest since the ceasefire took hold on January 19, Hamas accused Israel of a "blatant violation" of the truce ...

Steve Witkoff: Hamas is "Making a Very Bad Bet"

This is Beirut, 14/03 19:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The White House accused Hamas on Friday of making "entirely impractical" demands and stalling on a deal to release a US-Israeli hostage in exchange for an extension of the Gaza ceasefire. "Hamas is making a very bad bet that time is on its side. It is not," a statement from the office of President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and the US ...

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