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Apr

27

2024

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Israeli Government Writes Hamas Over Gaza Ceasefire Proposal After 6 Months Deadlock

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Israeli Government Writes Hamas Over Gaza Ceasefire Proposal After Six Months’ Deadlock Hamas said it had received on Saturday Israel’s official response to its latest ceasefire proposal and will study it before submitting its reply, the group’s deputy Gaza chief said in a statement. “Hamas has received today the official response of the Zionist occupation to the proposal presented to the Egyptian and the Qatari mediators on April 13,” Khalil Al-Hayya, who is currently based in Qatar, said in a statement published by the group. After more than six months of war with Israel in Gaza, the negotiations remain deadlocked,…

Apr

16

2024

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Israel Will Respond To Iran Missile Attack – IDF War Cabinet Declares

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Israel Will Respond To Iran Missile Attack – IDF War Cabinet Declares Israel’s top general has said the country will respond to Iran’s missile and drone attack, but it remains unclear what form that response will take and whether it will be so forceful that it could tip a worsening spiral of violence into a full-scale regional war. US officials said on Monday that some form of counter to Iran’s attack, which involved more than 300 missiles and drones, was almost inevitable, but the Biden administration was still hoping it would be a limited counterstrike and not aimed at Iranian…

Apr

11

2024

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Israeli Airstrike Kills 3 Sons, 3 Grandchildren Of Hamas Leader, Haniyeh

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Israeli Airstrike Kills Three Sons, Three Grandchildren Of Hamas Leader, Haniyeh Three sons and three grandchildren of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza refugee camp, according to the Hamas-affiliated news agency, Shehab. Haniyeh told Al Jazeera his children were visiting relatives for Eid at the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza when they were targeted. The Hamas chief decried what he described as Israel’s brutality, but he stressed that Palestinian leaders will not back down if their families and homes are targeted. The Hamas chief decried what he described as Israel’s brutality,…

Apr

08

2024

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Israel Pulls Troops Out Of Southern Gaza

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Israel Pulls Troops Out Of Southern Gaza Israel on Sunday pulled all its troops out of southern Gaza, including from the city of Khan Yunis, the military and Israeli media said, after months of fierce fighting with Hamas militants left the area devastated. But the military, known as the IDF, said a “significant force” will continue to operate in the rest of the besieged Gaza Strip. “The 98th commando division has concluded its mission in Khan Yunis,” the army said in a statement to AFP. “The division left the Gaza Strip in order to recuperate and prepare for future operations.…

Mar

25

2024

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Many Feared Killed, Homes Razed In Fresh Plateau Clash

Crime, News Flash, Security, War

Many Feared Killed, Homes Razed In Fresh Plateau Clash Several homes were razed, barns destroyed and cattle rustled following a violent clash between irate youths in the Ponglong area of Lalin district, Mikang local government council, Plateau state. The clash, between Motola and Taroh youths, occurred on Saturday night in Mikang local government. The Nation gathered that some persons were killed while the numbers of those who sustained various degrees of injuries are also reported to be high. Some residents added that they are yet to ascertain the number of persons reportedly killed in the bloody clash. The transition chairman…

Mar

04

2024

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Gaza: Israel Kills 9 Palestinians Collecting Aid

Foreign Affairs, War, World News

Gaza: Israel Kills 9 Palestinians Collecting Aid At least nine Palestinians were killed and several others injured when Israeli forces shelled a Palestinian crowd collecting humanitarian aid from a truck in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, according to medical sources. Sunday’s attack was the second in the last five days on displaced Palestinians in Gaza while waiting for humanitarian aid in the war-battered territory. Turkish broadcaster – TRT World reported the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qudra as saying via a statement that Israeli forces “committed a horrific massacre” in southern Gaza City, near the Kuwaiti…

Jan

24

2024

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125 People Killed In Gaza By Israeli Bombing Amid Cairo Truce Talks

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Israeli Bombing Of Gaza Kills 125 People Amid Cairo Truce Talks Heavy Israeli bombardment of Gaza overnight killed at least 125 people, the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said Wednesday, against the backdrop of talks in Cairo aimed at reaching a truce. As the fighting raged, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said Israeli forces had issued fresh evacuation orders for a section of Khan Yunis housing an estimated half a million residents and displaced people. The orders came as the World Food Programme warned Gazans were facing “catastrophic food insecurity”, and as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took Israel to…

Jan

16

2024

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‘If Reason Had Been Given A Chance, The Nigerian Civil War May Have Been Averted’ – Gov Otti

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According to Abia State Governor Alex Otti, if reason had been given the chance to win out, the Nigerian civil war may have been averted on Monday. Otti, who spoke in an address during the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Umuahia, noted that the loss of millions of lives during the war will be a long-standing stain on the country’ s history. The governor expressed gratitude for the sacrifices made by both male and female members of the Nigerian Armed Forces in defending the country’s territory, people, and property. He bemoaned the current state of domestic instability and the…

Nov

23

2023

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Peace In Sight As Israel, Hama’s Agree Four-Day Truce For Hostages’ Release, Aid Into Gaza

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End In Sight As Israel, Hamas Agree Four-Day Truce For Hostages’ Release, Aid Into Gaza Israel’s government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave. Officials from Qatar and Egypt which have been mediating secret negotiations with Israel and Hamas have for days been saying a deal was imminent. A statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said 50 women and children will be released over four days,…

Nov

07

2023

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Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza Refugee Camps As Death Toll Nears 10,000

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Gaza Refugee Camps Hit In Airstrikes As Death Toll Nears 10,000 Israeli airstrikes have hit two refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip, killing at least 53 people, health officials said. The strikes came as the U.S. has urged Israel to take a humanitarian pause from its relentless bombardment of Gaza and rising civilian deaths. President Joe Biden suggested that progress was being made on the humanitarian pause. The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has now surpassed 9,700 with more than 4,000 of them children and minors, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. In the occupied…