Middle East

Middle East

‘No concrete progress’ in Gaza truce talks

A Hamas delegation held two meetings with Egyptian and Qatari mediators in Doha this week but they produced no breakthrough in the search for a Gaza truce, sources close to the group said yesterday.

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Israel intercepts missile launched from Yemen

Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen yesterday, with AFP journalists reporting explosions heard in the Jerusalem area.

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‘No sense’ in further Gaza truce talks

A senior Hamas official said yesterday the group was no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel’s “hunger war” against Gaza.

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Israel to expand Gaza ops

Israel’s security cabinet approved plans for an expanded operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Friday, adding to signs that attempts to stop the fighting and return hostages held by Hamas have made no progress.

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Iran ‘has every right’ to enrich uranium: FM

Iran yesterday defended its “right” to enrich uranium despite growing Western concern that Tehran may be seeking nuclear weapons, and as talks with the United States were delayed.

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Israel strikes Syria, saying it hit group that attacked Druze

Israel said it carried out a strike in Syria against "an extremist group" that attacked members of the Druze community, following through on a promise to defend the minority group as deadly sectarian violence spread near Damascus.

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Qatar PM sees ‘a bit of progress’ on Gaza truce

Gaza mediator Qatar yesterday said there was some progress in talks in Doha this week aimed at securing a new truce in the Israel-Hamas war.

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Death toll from blast at Iran's Bandar Abbas port rises to 40

The death toll from a powerful explosion at Iran's biggest port of Bandar Abbas has risen to at least 40, with more than 1,200 people injured, state media reported on Sunday, as firefighters worked to fully extinguish the fire

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Israeli strikes kill 27 across Gaza

Israeli military strikes across Gaza killed at least 27 people yesterday, Palestinian medics said, as international mediators stepped up efforts to seal a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

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WFP accuses Israel of firing on Gaza aid convoy

The UN’s World Food Programme has accused Israel of firing on one of its aid convoys in the war-torn Gaza Strip, saying at least 16 bullets hit the clearly marked vehicles but no staff were injured.

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Iran begins military drills near Natanz nuclear site

Iran’s military has begun drills near the Natanz nuclear enrichment plant in the centre of the country, state media reported yesterday, as part of exercises planned nationwide.

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Hamas, Israel wrangle over ceasefire deal

Israel and Hamas have wrangled over the details of a deal to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip and return hostages home, as Palestinian officials said intensified Israeli bombardments had killed more than 100 people over the weekend.

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No let-up in Israeli strikes across Gaza

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said yesterday that 88 people were killed in the Palestinian territory in the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll of the offensive to 45,805.

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59 more killed in Gaza

At least 59 people, including seven children of a family, were killed in Israeli air strikes across the Palestinian territory in the past 24 hours, said the enclave’s health ministry yesterday.

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Israel downs drone, missile from Yemen

Israel's military reported that it shot down a missile and a drone launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen yesterday, the latest in a series of attacks from the country targeting Israel in recent weeks.

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South of Aleppo: Israel strikes Syrian army positions

Israel bombed Syrian army positions south of Aleppo later on Thursday, the latest such strikes since the overthrow of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor and local residents said.

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Israeli airstrikes kill 43 across Gaza

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 43 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip yesterday, including 11 people in a tent encampment sheltering displaced families, medics said.

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Israeli air strikes kill 17 in Gaza

Israeli air strikes on al-Bureij refugee camp and Jabalia town in central and northern Gaza killed at least 17 Palestinians yesterday, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported..The Israeli military had no immediate comment although in a post on X, its Arabic spokesperson warned r

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