Middle East

Middle East

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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Gaza hospitals have become ‘death trap’

UN rights chief Volker Turk said yesterday that hospitals in the Gaza Strip had become a "death trap", insisting that such facilities must instead be protected during conflict.

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Iran general killed in Syria clashes

A general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards was killed in Syria yesterday during fighting between Syrian government forces and jihadists, an Iranian news agency reported.

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Israel-Lebanon ceasefire: Will it last?

After almost 14 months of fighting, a ceasefire agreement brokered by France and the US has been accepted by both Hezbollah and Israel. But is this the end of the conflict?

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Israel-Hezbollah truce takes hold

A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah held yesterday after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the US and France, a rare victory for diplomacy in the Middle East wracked by two wars for over a year.

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15 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza school: medics

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed 15 people yesterday, some of them in a school housing displaced people, medics in Gaza said, adding that the fatalities included two sons of a former Hamas spokesman.

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Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect

The accord clears the way for an end to a conflict across the Israeli-Lebanese border that has killed thousands of people since it was ignited by the Gaza war last year

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Israel, Hezbollah trade fire ahead of truce deal

Israeli war planes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs with a wave of airstrikes yesterday just before Israel’s cabinet met to discuss a ceasefire deal with its Hezbollah foes.

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Ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah looks imminent, officials say

Israel's security cabinet is expected to convene later on Tuesday to likely approve a text at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a senior Israeli official said.

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Winter rains threaten health crisis in Gaza

UN’s Palestinian refugee agency has said half a million people are threatened by sewage flood amid Gaza’s rainy season, and cold temperatures will take a toll on thousands of malnourished people.

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Lebanon truce deal ‘close’

Israel’s security cabinet was preparing to decide whether to accept a proposed ceasefire in its war with Hezbollah, an official said yesterday, as the White House announced it believed a deal to end the fighting in Lebanon was “close”.

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Netanyahu approves Lebanon ceasefire deal ‘in principle’: media

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the emerging ceasefire deal with Hezbollah "in principle" during a security consultation with Israeli officials on Sunday night, a source familiar with the matter said

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