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Israel says 18 of 24 Hamas battalions in Gaza Strip ‘destroyed’

Published by DPA International Israel’s army has dismantled the majority of Hamas’ military divisions in the Gaza war, according to Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. “There were 24 regional battalions in Gaza – we have disbanded 18 of them,” Gallant said on Friday. According to the military, each of these battalions is estimated to have around […]

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World leaders descend on Munich for annual security conference

Published by DPA International UN Secretary General António Guterres is to formally open the 60th Munich Security Conference on Friday as some 50 world leaders are expected to attend this year’s event. The main topics on the security conference’s agenda are the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip. US Vice President Kamala Harris

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Israeli military eliminates senior Hezbollah commander Ali Muhammad Al-Dabs

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 16 (ANI/TPS): The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) revealed Thursday evening that on Wednesday night its forces killed in Lebanon who it called a “central commander” of Hezbollah’s al-Hajj Radwan Force, Ali Muhammad Al-Dabs, along with his deputy Hassan Ibrahim Issa and another Hamas terrorist. Al-Dabs, said the

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Detroit-area terror suspect Yousef Ramadan jailed amid bomb, Islamic State concerns

Published by The Detroit News DETROIT — An ex-con from Ypsilanti at the center of an FBI counterterrorism investigation in 2017 risks being sent back to federal prison after prosecutors accused him of buying dangerous weapons while under court supervision and downloading Islamic State manuals for making bombs, explosives and poisons. Prosecutors and court records

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Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ Revisited in Tel Aviv Performance

At the performance in Tel Aviv last week the audience sat in rapt silence as the orchestra played and the choir and soloists sang, bringing the majesty and drama of Verdi’s music to life. In Israel of today, with war being waged in the Gaza Strip and skirmishes raging in the north of the country, the performance of the Requiem has special significance. In the plaza of the nearby Tel Aviv Museum families of the hostages held in Gaza were demonstrating in order to convince the government to do more to get them released. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Biden protects Palestinians from deportation for ‘humanitarian’ reasons

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – President Joe Biden has shielded Palestinians in the United States from deportation for 18 months, the White House said Wednesday, as he faces growing anger over his support for Israel’s Gaza offensive in an election year. Biden signed an order saying the Palestinians should not be deported “in light

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Documenting Darkness: National Library of Israel preserving ‘collective memory’ of Oct 7

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 13 (ANI/TPS): The National Library of Israel has embarked on a massive project to collect and archive any materials from around the world that have been published about the October 7 massacre, both the good and the bad. While scholars and the curious public explore the new

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Lebanon receives French proposal to ease border tensions with Israel

Published by DPA Lebanon has received a written proposal from France that aims to halt border clashes between pro-Iranian Hezbollah fighters and Israeli soldiers, a Lebanese government source told dpa on Tuesday. “I can confirm that Lebanon received this proposal, which calls mainly for Hezbollah to withdraw its fighters around 10 kilometres from the border

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What Should Come First, Hamas Ouster or Ceasefire in Gaza? U.S. Senate Candidates Disagree

Lee wants an immediate, permanent ceasefire which would leave Hamas in power, and negotiations toward a two-state solution. Porter and Schiff also favor a two-state solution but not while Hamas is in power. Garvey says a two-state solution is naïve, because a Palestinian state would remain in favor of Israel’s destruction. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Egypt reinforces security presence along Gaza border

Published by DPA Egypt has reinforced its security presence along the border with Gaza, witnesses and a security source told dpa on Monday. Security reinforcements and intensive security patrols were seen along the border, especially in the area of the Rafah crossing and the Kerem Shalom crossing, according to witnesses. Security forces have been redeployed

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Anti-Israel Demonstrators Protest at Rep. Mike Levin’s Oceanside Office

Seated in the office, they read a letter to their representative, read, poetry, chanted and recited names of children killed in Gaza. They also held up a clothesline of baby clothes with the names of dead Palestinian infants. After three hours they marched out of the office to join nearly 50 demonstrators outside.  [Miriam Raftery, East County Magazine]

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UNRWA chief has no intention to resign over allegations, hopes EU will continue funding

Published by Euronews (English) “No, I have no intention to resign,” Lazzarini, who heads the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, told reporters in Brussels following a meeting of EU foreign ministers. Members of the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu have called on Lazzarini to step down after serious allegations against his staffers emerged. “We

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Israeli Defense Minister: Deepening Gaza operations makes hostage deal more likely

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 11 (ANI/TPS): As international attention starts to turn towards Gaza’s southernmost town of Rafah, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday that raising the pressure on Hamas would help bring about a negotiated prisoner release. Meanwhile, Israeli officials called for the resignation of the director of

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UAE warns against Israel launching military operation in Rafah

Published by ANI News Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 11 (ANI/WAM): The UAE has expressed deep concern regarding preparations by the Israeli military to launch an operation in the Rafah area, in the south of the Gaza Strip populated by displaced Palestinians, and the serious humanitarian repercussions that may result from the operation. In a statement,

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