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US Says It Struck 800 Targets in Yemen, Killed 100s of Huthis Since March 15

This is Beirut, 27/04 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The United States has hit more than 800 targets in Yemen since mid-March, killing hundreds of Huthi rebel fighters, including members of the group's leadership, the US military said Sunday. Washington's forces have hammered the Huthis with near-daily air strikes since March 15 in an operation dubbed "Rough Rider," seeking to end ...

Hamas Official says Group Open to Freeing Hostages, Five-Year Truce in Gaza

This is Beirut, 26/04 11:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hamas is open to an agreement to end the Gaza war that would include the one-time release of all remaining hostages and a five-year cessation of hostilities, an official from the Palestinian group said Saturday. "Hamas is ready for an exchange of prisoners in a single batch and a truce for five years," the official told AFP on condition ...

All Gaza Food Stocks Depleted, Says World Food Programme

This is Beirut, 25/04 18:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The UN's World Food Program said Friday it had depleted its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza, where Israel has blocked all aid for more than seven weeks. After 18 months of war, the situation in Gaza "is probably the worst" now, the United Nations' humanitarian agency OCHA said on Tuesday. WFP, one of the main providers of food ...

Israel Threatens an Even Larger Offensive in Gaza

This is Beirut, 24/04 21:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Gaza rescue teams and medics said Israeli airstrikes killed at least 55 people on Thursday, as the military threatened an even larger offensive if hostages were not freed soon. Israel resumed its military assault in the Gaza Strip on March 18, after the collapse of a two-month ceasefire that had brought a temporary halt to fighting in the ...

Netanyahu Slams Iran, Hamas as Israel Commemorates the Holocaust

This is Beirut, 23/04 22:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking Wednesday at an annual Holocaust commemoration, said Iran was an existential threat and warned that "the fate of all humanity" was at stake if it acquired nuclear arms. Netanyahu was speaking at the start of Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day, which commemorates the murder of six million Jews ...

Abbas Urges Hamas to Free Gaza Hostages as Israeli Strikes Kill 18

This is Beirut, 23/04 15:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday urged Hamas to free all hostages in Gaza, saying their captivity provided Israel with "excuses" to attack the territory, as rescuers recovered charred bodies from an Israeli strike. At least 18 people were killed across the Gaza Strip by Israeli strikes, while Germany, France and Britain urged ...

Germany, France, UK Say Israel’s Gaza Aid Blockade ‘Must End’

This is Beirut, 23/04 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Germany, France and Britain on Wednesday called on Israel to stop blocking humanitarian aid into Gaza, warning of "an acute risk of starvation, epidemic disease and death". "This must end," their foreign ministers said in a joint statement. "We urge Israel to immediately re-start a rapid and unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza in order to ...

Israeli Strikes Kill Hezbollah Commander and Islamist Group Leader

This is Beirut, 22/04 18:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border intensified on Tuesday following a series of Israeli drone and artillery strikes that killed two high-ranking militants, including a Hezbollah commander and a senior figure in the Islamist group Jamaa Islamiya. Avichay Adraee, the Israeli army’s Arabic-speaking spokesperson, confirmed that the strike ...

Palestinian Islamic Jihad Says Syria Detaining Two Group Officials

This is Beirut, 22/04 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Palestinian group Islamic Jihad's armed wing said Tuesday that Syria's new authorities had detained two of the group's officials and called for their release. A statement from the Al-Quds Brigades said Islamic Jihad's Syria official Khaled Khaled and organising committee member Yasser al-Zafri had been detained in Syria for five days "without ...

Gaza Rescuers Say 25 Killed in Israeli Air Strikes

This is Beirut, 22/04 10:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said that a spate of Israeli air strikes since dawn on Tuesday killed at least 25 people across the Hamas-run territory. Israel resumed an intense air and ground offensive on Gaza on March 18, ending a two-month ceasefire that had largely halted the fighting in the besieged Palestinian territory. "The total number of ...

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