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Jul

10

2024

Scores killed, wounded in yet another in Israeli assault on Gaza, Hamas warns truce talks at risk

WORLD

SCORES of Palestinians were killed or wounded in an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza, leading to a second warning from Hamas that the intensifying Israeli offensive could derail ongoing ceasefire negotiations. According to Reuters, the airstrike targeted tents housing displaced families near a school in Abassan, east of Khan Younis. The Israeli military said it was investigating the incident, while Hamas and Islamic Jihad reported that their fighters were engaged in fierce battles with Israeli forces using machine guns, mortars, and anti-tank missiles. Israel’s military confirmed close-quarter combat but did not comment on casualties, noting that over 150 fighters had…

Apr

15

2024

By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI

Iran’s attack on Israel stirs admiration among Gaza Palestinians

WORLD

IRAN'S attack on Israel drew applause from many Palestinians in Gaza as rare payback for the Israeli offensive on their enclave, although some said they suspected Tehran had staged the assault more for show than to inflict real damage. "For the first time, we saw some rockets that didn’t land in our areas. These rockets were going into the occupied Palestine,” said Abu Abdallah, referring to land that became Israel in 1948 rather than the occupied West Bank and Gaza. “We are hopeful that if Iran or any other country enters the war a solution for Gaza might be nearer than ever. The Americans may…

Mar

09

2024

By The African Mirror

Israeli offensive in Gaza’s Rafah ‘must not be allowed to happen’, UN says

WORLD

THE United Nations human rights office said that an Israeli offensive in Gaza's border town of Rafah could not be allowed to happen because it would cause massive loss of Palestinian lives. "Should Israel launch its threatened military offensive into Rafah, where 1.5 million people have been displaced in deplorable, subhuman conditions, any ground assault on Rafah would incur massive loss of life and would heighten the risk of further atrocity crimes," said Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the U.N. Human Rights Office. "This must not be allowed to happen." Defying international calls to halt its military operation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said…

Feb

18

2024

By The African Mirror

Egypt setting up area at Gaza border which could be used to shelter Palestinians, sources say

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EGYPT is preparing an area at the Gaza border which could accommodate Palestinians in case an Israeli offensive into Rafah prompts an exodus across the frontier, four sources said, in what they described as a contingency move by Cairo. Egypt, which denied making any such preparations, has repeatedly raised the alarm over the possibility that Israel's devastating Gaza offensive could displace Palestinians into Sinai - something Cairo says would be completely unacceptable- echoing warnings from Arab states such as Jordan. The United States has repeatedly said it would oppose any displacement of Palestinians out of Gaza. One of the sources said Egypt…

Feb

11

2024

By AHMED MOHAMED HASSAN and AIDAN LEWIS

Egypt steps up security on border as Israeli offensive in Gaza nears

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EGYPT has sent about 40 tanks and armoured personnel carriers to northeastern Sinai within the past two weeks as part of a series of measures to bolster security on its border with Gaza, two Egyptian security sources said. The deployment took place ahead of the expansion of Israeli military operations around Gaza's southern city of Rafah, where much of its population has sought safety, sharpening Egyptian fears that Palestinians could be forced en masse out of the enclave. Israeli warplanes struck Rafah, which adjoins the border, on Friday and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to prepare to evacuate the displaced…