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55 Israel evacuation orders affecting 85% of Gaza – UN

The United Nations, on Monday, highlighted the impact of ongoing mass evacuation orders in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army. It said the orders now cover more than 85 per cent of Gaza, Anadolu Agency reports. “As of Sept. 16, more than 55 evacuation orders remain in effect, covering more than 85 per cent of […]

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Israeli bombs kill 5 in N/Gaza, thwart car ramming

Gaza’s Civil Defence says five Palestinians, including two women and a child, died in an Israeli bombardment, on Monday. The bombardment targeted a residential apartment building in the west of Gaza City. Medical sources told Al Jazeera that the death toll from today’s attacks on the Gaza Strip is now 33. Meanwhile, Israeli forces stopped a […]

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Israel drops cigarettes in Gaza as incentive for information

An Israeli quadcopter, on Sunday, dropped leaflets with sticks of cigarettes over the tents of displaced people in southern Gaza as bait for information on the whereabouts of Hamas fighters. Each of the leaflets had single cigarettes attached, with a message. The message is that people who call a number with information about fighters in […]

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Israeli aircraft batter Gaza City after ordering forced displacement

Israeli aircraft pummelled Gaza City after ordering forced displacement, on Wednesday night, according to Arabic media reports. At least 30 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood, according to Arabic media reports. The Palestinian civil defence forces in Gaza said that rescue teams came under fire from Israeli forces as they […]

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Details of what a French doctor saw in Gaza

Dr Zouhair Lahna has worked in conflict zones across the globe – Syria, Libya, Yemen, Uganda and Ethiopia – but he has never seen anything like the Israeli war on Gaza. In those life-threatening situations, the Moroccan French pelvic surgeon and obstetrician said, there was a route to safety for civilians. But on Tuesday, Israeli forces seized […]

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3 more journalists die in Israel’s attacks on Gaza

Another set of three Palestinian journalists died in fresh Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 136 since Oct. 7, 2023, Anadolu Agency reports. A statement by the media office identified the slain journalists as Muhammad Al-Rifi, Abdul Rahman Saima and Mahmoud Imad Issa. In an earlier statement, the office […]

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Ambassador raises alarm over famine, epidemics in Palestine

From Our Correspondent Abdullah Abu Shawesh, the Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, has raised the alarm over the looming famine and outbreak of epidemics in the occupied Palestinian land with the ceaseless attacks by the Israeli Occupied Forces (IOF). Shawesh raised the alarm at a press conference on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the lives […]

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Israeli military expand ground offensive into refugee camps

Israeli forces, on Tuesday, expanded their ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central Gaza after bombarding the crowded Palestinian communities and ordering residents to evacuate. Gaza’s main telecom provider announced another “complete interruption” of services in the besieged territory. The military’s announcement of new battle zone threatens further destruction in war that Israel says will […]

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More deaths, destructions as Israel still bombarding Gaza

Israeli warplanes struck parts of the Gaza Strip in relentless bombardment on Saturday, hitting some of the dwindling bits of land it had told Palestinians to evacuate to in the territory’s south. The strikes came a day after the United States vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, despite its wide support. […]

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War against Hamas continues after cease-fire – Netanyahu

Israel and Hamas, on Tuesday, appeared close to a deal to temporarily halt their devastating six-week war for exchange of dozens of hostages on either side. But as Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu convened his cabinet for a vote, he vowed to resume the Israeli offensive against Hamas as soon as the truce ends. “We are […]

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