Israeli soldiers fire during an operation in a location given as Gaza in this image released November 16. via Israel Defense Forces. (Reuters) Mon 20 October 2023: Israel is embarking on a ‘war on terror’ that will benefit its military industrial complex, but will have devastating consequences. It is easy to get distracted by […]
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Abdel Rahim Moussa, 62, was injured by an Israeli army tank shell approximately a kilometre from the Gaza border with Israel, during the 2012 conflict [Paddy Dowling/Al Jazeera] Sun 19 October 2023: Weapons tested in each war Israel wages see a spike in global demand. The current Gaza war is the latest laboratory for […]
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Sat 18 October 2023: Analysts say talk of the Palestinian Authority governing a destroyed post-conflict Gaza is premature and unrealistic. Washington, DC – United States officials have increasingly suggested that the Palestinian Authority (PA) should rule over Gaza after Israel achieves its objective of eliminating Hamas, the group that currently controls the territory. But analysts warn that the […]
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Demonstrators hold placards calling for the boycott of pro-Israel products and companies during a protest to show their solidarity with the Palestinian people in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 11, 2023. (AFP Photo) Tue 14 October 2023: Medan, Indonesia – Ade Andrian, operational manager of the Medan branch of the humanitarian organisation Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C), […]
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Mon 13 October 2023: As Israeli forces advance forward in northern Gaza, they are also aiming deeper. Their target, a labyrinth of tunnels that the Palestinian armed group Hamas has meticulously crafted throughout the years to build up the core system of its operations. But while the Israeli military met few obstacles in pounding the besieged […]
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Mon 13 October 2023: ‘I wanted him to open up the war completely’: Palestinians in Lebanon expected more from Nasrallah. Sabra and Shatila, Lebanon – A week after a much-anticipated speech about Israel’s assault on Gaza that did not declare war on Israel, Hezbollah reiterated that message on Saturday. While it would keep retaliating against Israeli […]
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Sun 12 October 2023: President William Ruto of Kenya recently announced that Kenya’s borders would be open to visitors from the entirety of Africa, with no visas required, by the end of 2023. He said When people cannot travel, business people cannot travel, entrepreneurs cannot travel, we all become net losers. A few days later, President Paul […]
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Sun 12 October 2023: As Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah told the world in his latest speech on Saturday, there will be no big war. For the first four weeks of Israeli assault on Gaza, Syed Hassan Nasrallah was conspicuously silent. When he finally spoke, a week ago, the world listened anxiously: Would the leader of the […]
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Chinese Ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun, Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour and Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia speak before a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question at the UN Headquarters on October 18, 2023 in New York. Photo: VCG Mon 06 […]
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Israel Defence Forces. Sun 05 October 2023: The bloodier, and likely more protracted stage of the war, will likely include Israeli forays into Hamas tunnels. Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza started last week as a slow, rolling, gradual advance of land forces along three main axes: from the north, armoured and mechanised units moved at […]
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