War in the Middle East

3 Killed in Iraq Clashes Between Iran-Backed Group and State Security Forces

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Three people, including a policeman, were killed Sunday during clashes in Baghdad between security forces and pro-Iran gunmen, according to authorities and a member of a local armed group. The violence erupted when armed men stormed a local office of the agriculture ministry in the city's south, the interior ministry said. Police forces ...

UN to Use 'Humanitarian Pauses' to Try to Reach Gaza's Starving

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The United Nations said it would try to reach as many starving people as possible in Gaza after Israel announced it would establish secure land routes for humanitarian convoys. The UN's World Food Program (WFP) said it had enough food in, or on its way to, the region to feed the 2.1 million people in the Gaza Strip for almost three ...

Jordanian and Emirati Planes Drop 25 Tons of Aid over Gaza

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Two Jordanian and one Emirati plane dropped 25 tons of humanitarian aid over the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Jordanian army said in a statement. "The Jordanian Armed Forces on Sunday carried out three air drops on the Gaza Strip carrying humanitarian and food aid, one of which was with the United Arab Emirates," the statement said, adding that they ...

Israel Says Opening Routes into Gaza to Increase Food Aid

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Israel declared a "tactical pause" in fighting in parts of Gaza on Sunday and said it would allow the UN and aid agencies to open secure land routes to tackle a deepening hunger crisis. The military also said it had begun air-dropping food into the Palestinian territory and dismissed allegations of using starvation as a weapon against ...

Israeli Military Says It Air-Dropped Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

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Israel announced Saturday that it had air-dropped aid into the Gaza Strip and would open humanitarian corridors, amid growing international condemnation over the worsening hunger crisis in the Palestinian territory. Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza on March 2 after ceasefire talks collapsed. In late May, it began allowing a small amount of ...

Activist Boat Handala Seized Off Gaza Brought to Israel

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Israeli forces brought the pro-Palestinian activist boat Handala into the port of Ashdod on Sunday after seizing the vessel in international waters and detaining the crew, an AFP journalist saw. Campaigners from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition had attempted to breach an Israeli naval blockade of the Palestinian territory of Gaza but were ...

Israel Declares Gaza Fighting Pause Amid Deepening Hunger Crisis

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Israel declared a "tactical pause" in fighting in parts of Gaza on Sunday and said it would allow the UN and aid agencies to open secure land routes to tackle a deepening hunger crisis. The military also said it had begun air-dropping food into the territory and angrily rejected allegations it was using starvation as a weapon against Palestinian ...

Hezbollah Commander and Two Others Killed in Israeli Strikes

This is Beirut 26/07 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A Hezbollah commander and two others were killed on Saturday in two separate Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon. Israeli drones struck late in the afternoon a house with two missiles in the town of Debaal, killing Ali Gharib and Mohammad Abboud. The strike occurred in the town square, prompting immediate response from emergency ...

Hamas Rejects Trump Remarks on Gaza Talks Breakdown

This is Beirut 26/07 16:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hamas officials expressed surprise on Saturday at US President Donald Trump's accusation that the group "didn't really want" a ceasefire and hostage release deal for Gaza. Trump made the allegation on Friday, a day after Israel and the United States quit indirect negotiations with Hamas in Qatar that had lasted nearly three weeks. "Trump's ...

United Kingdom 'Taking Forward' Gaza Food Airdrop Plan

This is Beirut 26/07 15:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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British Prime minister Keir Starmer on Saturday spoke to his French and German counterparts and outlined UK plans to get aid to people in Gaza and evacuate sick and injured children, his office said. "The prime minister set out how the UK will also be taking forward plans to work with partners such as Jordan to airdrop aid and evacuate children ...

At Least 28 Killed in Israeli Strikes Across Gaza, Civil Defense Says

This is Beirut 25/07 21:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli military operations killed at least 23 people on Friday across the Palestinian territory, with another five killed in an overnight air strike. Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that five people were killed in a strike on Gaza City that hit a school building sheltering Palestinians ...

One in Three Gazans “Not Eating for Days,” Warns WFP

This is Beirut 25/07 18:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Almost a third of people in Gaza are "not eating for days," the United Nations food aid agency told AFP on Friday, saying the crisis has reached "new and astonishing levels of desperation." The Rome-based World Food Programme had previously warned of a "critical risk of famine" in war-raged Gaza, over which international condemnation of Israel's ...