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iPhones, cars, toilets…. No, these devices did not explode during electronic attacks in Lebanon
• 8:35 PM
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Panic also hit social media following the second wave of exploding devices in Lebanon, as users claim that other electronic devices also exploded as part of this attack. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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Israel 'crossed all red lines', says Hezbollah's Nasrallah in first speech since device attacks
• 3:15 PM
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Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday acknowledged that his group had suffered a "major and unprecedented" blow after two waves of attacks targeted Hezbollah's electronic devices. Even as Nasrallah delivered his first address since the attacks, I
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‘Surgeries throughout the night’: Lebanon hospitals overwhelmed after attacks
• 1:19 PM
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The explosion of pagers and walkie talkies in an attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon has seen the country’s entire hospital sector mobilized to treat the wounded. The victims, mostly young, underwent eye surgery and, in many cases, amputations. For the medica
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Exploding communication devices: What impact on Hezbollah?
• 8:46 AM
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Hezbollah was in disarray on Thursday after a second wave of deadly explosions swept through its strongholds across Lebanon, putting pressure on its leader to exact revenge for the operation it blames on Israel. Kethevane Gorjestani takes a look at how t
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Initial probe shows Lebanon pagers 'booby-trapped with explosives'
• 8:40 AM
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A preliminary investigation has found hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members that exploded across Lebanon this week had been booby-trapped, a security official told AFP on Wednesday. "Data indicates the devices were pre-programmed to detonate and c
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Hezbollah chief Nasrallah says Israel crossed ‘red lines’ by detonating electronic devices
• 6:15 AM
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Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday blamed Israel for the deadly attacks targeting the group’s electronic devices in Lebanon, calling them a “massacre” that crossed a “red line”. In his first speech since the attacks, Nasrallah vowed not to give
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Israeli planes bomb southern Lebanon after radio blasts
• 12:09 AM
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Israel bombed southern Lebanon on Thursday, a day after explosions of Hezbollah radios that came on the heels of blasts in booby trapped pagers, setting the foes hurtling towards war.
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Wednesday, september 18, 2024
Motorola wrongly accused of manufacturing Hezbollah pagers
• 8:39 PM
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Some on X are calling it the ‘Israeli Motorola massacre,’ blaming Motorola for manufacturing the deadly Hezbollah pagers that exploded in Lebanon. For years, the American mobile company has faced boycotts, accused of supplying the Israeli army with commu
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First pagers, now walkie-talkies: What's behind targeting of Hezbollah devices?
• 6:08 PM
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A precision operation that’s part of a grander scheme or a one-off magic trick to score spy ops points against the enemy? Either way, what to make of a second day of exploding devices that has killed a dozen and wounded more than 3-thousand? Hezbollah's
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What we know about Lebanon’s exploding devices
• 5:03 PM
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One day after hundreds of pagers widely used by Hezbollah simultaneously exploded in Lebanon, two-way radios used by the group detonated on Wednesday in what appeared to be a second wave of sophisticated, deadly attacks. The unprecedented series of explo
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Fresh explosions heard in Lebanon as Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate
• 3:07 PM
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Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated late on Wednesday afternoon across Lebanon's south and in Beirut's southern suburbs, security sources and witnesses said, further hiking tensions with Israel a day after similar explosions launched via the gro
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'Chaotic 24 hours in Lebanon' after Hezbollah pager attack
• 1:06 PM
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France 24's Rawad Taha reports on a chaotic last 24 hours in Lebanon following an attack that saw the pages of Hezbollah group members explode, killing 12 people and wounding up to 2,800 others. The attack has been blamed on Israel, but Lebanese authorit
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Taiwan's Gold Apollo says Hezbollah pagers made by Hungary partner
• 10:06 AM
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Taiwanese company Gold Apollo said on Wednesday that the pager model allegedly used by Hezbollah members that simultaneously exploded and killed at least nine people was made by its Hungarian partner.
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Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after deadly pager blasts
• 9:50 AM
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Hezbollah vowed on Wednesday to punish Israel for a deadly attack in which hundreds of paging devices used by the militant group's members exploded almost simultaneously across Lebanon. There was no immediate comment from Israel on the wave of explosions
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Pager blasts: Lebanese papers decry 'war crime', Israeli press divided
• 9:41 AM
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PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, September 18: Lebanese and Israeli papers react to the deadly pager blasts across Lebanon. Some Israeli papers are jubilant at the ingenuity of the attack, while others fear it brings war with Lebanon into the realm of the proba
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Hospitals in Lebanon treating hand and eye injuries after pager explosions
• 7:23 AM
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Hospitals in Lebanon are treating large amounts of hand and eye injuries following the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of pagers on Tuesday. Several were killed and thousands injured in the blasts, which Lebanon's Hezbollah has blamed on Israel.
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Israel planted 5,000 pager explosives months before deadly blasts, Lebanese security sources say
• 6:24 AM
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Israel’s spy service injected explosive materials activated by coded messages into thousands of pagers during production, months before they were imported by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, a senior Lebanese security source said. Hezbollah fighters were us
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At least 20 killed, 450 wounded in fresh wave of Lebanon device explosions
• 6:01 AM
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Communication devices used by Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah detonated late Wednesday afternoon across the country's south and in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, killing at least 20 people and wounding 450, according to the Lebanese health m
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Tuesday, september 17, 2024
Hezbollah members' wireless devices explode across Lebanon
• 6:08 PM
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It's a daring operation with no claim of responsibility. But with the pagers of Hezbollah members exploding in Lebanon and Syria, with Iran's ambassador in Beirut among the injured, all eyes are turning to Israel. For years, militants of the Tehran-backe
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'We are getting close' to taking action against Hezbollah, Israeli ambassador to UN says
• 2:43 PM
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FRANCE 24 spoke to Israel's new ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon. Earlier this Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made the safe return of residents to the north of Israel – which is facing near-daily attacks by Hezbollah from neighbo
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Hezbollah blames Israel after several killed, thousands wounded by pagers exploding across Lebanon
• 4:16 AM
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Hezbollah blamed Israel for the explosion of pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday that killed at least nine people and wounded 2,750 more, according to the Lebanese health minister. Hundreds of Hezbollah members were among the wounded, security sources said.
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Monday, september 16, 2024
Israeli military recruits African asylum-seekers for war in Gaza
• 5:32 PM
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The Israeli military has reportedly been recruiting African asylum-seekers to support its war efforts in Gaza, offering promises of permanent residency in return. But refugee advocacy groups say they have reason to doubt that recruits are receiving what
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Hamas leader says group ready for ‘long battle of attrition’ against Israel
• 4:29 PM
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Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar said on Monday that the Palestinian militant group was ready for “a long battle of attrition” against Israel, adding that the group had abundant resources to sustain its fight.
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Iranian exile Marjane Jangjoo on her hopes for real change in Iran
• 11:45 AM
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An Iranian woman who fled to France after taking in protests in Iran two years ago following the death of Mahsa Amini has spoken to FRANCE 24, saying her actions against the Iranian regime were worth it. Marjane Jangjoo escaped after 30 men came to her w
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Sunday, september 15, 2024
'It takes between 10 and 15 minutes for a missile to get from Yemen to Israel'
• 5:59 PM
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"It takes between 10 and 15 minutes for a missile to get from Yemen to Israel", said Irris Makler, FRANCE 24's correspondent in Jerusalem. The first question that was asked was: how did it enter Israeli airspace? How did that happen? The second question
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Two years after Mahsa Amini: Little progress for women in Iran
• 3:09 PM
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Persecution of bereaved relatives. Impunity for perpetrators. Rampant executions and infighting among the opposition. A bleak picture confronts opponents of Iran's clerical authorities two years after a protest movement erupted that they hoped would be a
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Two years after Mahsa Amini: 'Only path to freedom is justice by truth’, says Iranian journalist
• 1:31 PM
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The situation in Iran for women has barely improved since Mahsa Amini’s death in custody two years ago which sparked mass protests challenging the Islamic Republic’s strict rules for women. “The violence against women and against society continue,” Iran
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Thousands take to streets in Israel to call for Gaza hostage deal
• 11:33 AM
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Thousands of people again took to the streets of Israel's main cities on Saturday in a bid to increase pressure on the government to secure the release of hostages in Gaza. Of 251 captives seized during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel that tr
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Turkey buries activist killed by Israeli fire in West Bank
• 8:57 AM
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A Turkish-American activist who was killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank was laid to rest on Saturday in her hometown in Turkey with thousands lining the streets and anti-Israeli feelings in the country rising from a conflict that threatens to spread
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Iran two years after Mahsa Amini's death characterized by persecution, defiance
• 2:15 AM
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Two years have gone by since a massive protest movement erupted in Iran following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini after she was detained for allegedly violating the dress code for women. The opposition to the Islamic regime continues to face a dire s
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Netanyahu warns Yemen's Houthi rebels of 'heavy price' after first missile attack on central Israel
• 12:21 AM
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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Yemen's Houthi rebels would pay "a heavy price" after the group claimed responsibility for a rare missile attack launched from Lebanon on Israel's Upper Galilee region and the annexed Golan He
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Saturday, september 14, 2024
Turkey buries activist shot in West Bank
• 7:30 PM
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Hundreds of people waving Turkish and Palestinian flags gathered for the funeral on Saturday for Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Turkey's Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz and Foreign Minister Hakan Fid
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First UN worker killed in West Bank in over a decade during Israeli raid
• 8:42 AM
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The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday one of its employees was killed this week during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, the first such death in more than a decade. UNRWA said the employee was "shot and killed on the roof of his hom
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Turkey buries US-Turkish activist killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank
• 4:21 AM
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More than a week after US-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank, mourners gathered in her hometown of Didim in western Turkey on Saturday for her funeral service. Eygi's death has sparked international condem
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Friday, september 13, 2024
UNRWA worker killed amid Israeli West Bank operation
• 6:57 PM
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An employee of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, was killed by a sniper in the West Bank amid ongoing Israeli military operations, the agency said Friday. The death of the employee, Sufyan Jaber Abed Jawwad, comes after six other UNRWA staff
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Deadly Israeli strike on Gaza school draws global condemnation
• 8:35 AM
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Israel faced international condemnation Thursday after a strike killed 18 people, including 6 UN staffers, at a school-turned-shelter for displaced Palestinians in war-torn Gaza, where the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas militants.
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Thursday, september 12, 2024
Palestinian economy lies 'in ruins' after 11 months of war in Gaza, UN says
• 3:06 PM
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Gaza’s economy is in ‘ruins’ and less a sixth of the size it was before Israel launched a military campaign there more than 11 months ago in response to the deadly Oct. 7 attacks, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a
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Ex-Palestinian FM expects no progress in Gaza war 'as long as Netanyahu is there'
• 2:58 PM
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FRANCE 24 spoke to Nasser al-Qudwa, a former Palestinian foreign minister and nephew of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, about the war in Gaza, which is now in its 12th month. Qudwa said that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his go
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Nearly 100 dead as floods from seasonal rains devastate war-torn Yemen
• 4:01 AM
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Heavy downpours in war-torn Yemen over the past weeks have triggered flash flooding and landslides, killing nearly 100 people and forcing hundreds to seek shelter. The seasonal rains, which experts say has been made worse by climate change, could lead to
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Hamas says it is ready to implement Gaza ceasefire deal without ‘new conditions’
• 2:37 AM
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After meetings with Qatari and Egyptian mediators in Doha on Wednesday, Palestinian militant group Hamas reiterated its "readiness" to adopt US President Joe Biden's long-gestating Gaza ceasefire deal, originally proposed in May, as pressure grows on Isr
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Wednesday, september 11, 2024
Jordan’s Islamist party tops election overshadowed by anger over Gaza war
• 6:41 PM
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The Islamic Action Front (IAF), an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, on Wednesday topped the kingdom's parliamentary elections, tripling its representation in the House of Representatives amid growing frustration over the ongoing war in Gaza
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Israeli airstrikes hit UN school and homes in Gaza, killing dozens
• 5:11 PM
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Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on Wednesday hit a UN school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, including 19 women and children, hospital officials said. In the occupied West Bank, an Israeli soldie
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At least 5 reported killed in West Bank air strike as Israeli raids continue
• 10:20 AM
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An Israeli air strike killed at least five people in the West Bank city of Tubas on Wednesday, Palestinian emergency services said, as Israeli security forces continued an extended operation that the military said targeted Iranian-backed militant group.
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Israeli air strikes on occupied West Bank kill at least five Palestinians
• 7:56 AM
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At least five Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. The Israeli military, which did not provide a death toll, said that its forces were "currently conducting
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'Unprovoked and unjustified': Blinken rebukes Israel over killing of US activist in West Bank
• 4:20 AM
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Israel said it had likely killed a US citizen, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was participating at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in the occupied West Bank on Friday, prompting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to circumvent Biden's assessment of the event a
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US, UK accuse Iran of sending missiles to Russia, impose new sanctions
• 12:39 AM
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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, joined by UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, said the US would impose fresh sanctions on Iran, accusing the country of sending short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to be used in Ukraine – a move swiftly replicate
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Tuesday, september 10, 2024
Western powers unveil new sanctions on Iran for arming Russia with ballistic missiles
• 2:05 PM
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The US, UK, France and Germany on Tuesday announced new sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with short-range ballistic missiles to use in its war in Ukraine. US sanctions targeted Russian and Iranian entities while France, Britain and Germany canceled
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Israeli strike on Gaza humanitarian zone kills 19, Hamas-run health ministry says
• 6:01 AM
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An Israeli army strike on a tent camp in a humanitarian zone in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis killed at least 19 people and wounded 60 others, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave said Tuesday after the civil defence agency pr
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'The Bibi Files': Documentary reveals the police interrogations behind Netanyahu’s graft trial
• 4:53 AM
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FRANCE 24 reviews “The Bibi Files”, a new documentary by filmmakers Alexis Bloom and Alex Gibney, which features never-before-seen footage of Israeli police interrogating Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, his family and his inner circle on corruption al
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Jordan holds parliamentary elections with spotlight on Gaza, economic woes
• 2:47 AM
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Jordanians head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the first parliamentary elections since reforms aimed at modernising the government were passed in 2022. Voters say they are concerned about unemployment amid a decline in tourism and are consumed by the
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At least 40 killed in Israeli strike on Khan Younis humanitarian zone, Gaza officials say
• 1:40 AM
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An Israeli army strike on a crowded tent camp housing displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others, the territory's civil defence agency said early Tuesday. The Israeli army in a statement said it targeted a Ham
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Monday, september 9, 2024
Israeli military says it detained UN convoy in northern Gaza to question 'Palestinian suspects'
• 7:26 PM
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Israel's military has detained a United Nations convoy in the northern Gaza Strip, saying that it has intelligence that several "Palestinian suspects" are in the vehicles. A UN spokesperson said he was aware of an "ongoing incident" and said that he was
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Lebanon's ex-central bank chief Salameh to remain detained amid investigation
• 10:03 AM
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A Lebanese judge ruled Monday that the country's former central bank chief Riad Salameh will remain in jail while facing charges of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from state offices. Salameh is widely seen as a key culprit in Lebanon's economic c
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Israeli airstrikes kill more than a dozen in Syria, state media says
• 12:25 AM
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Israeli air strikes on Syria's Masyaf region late Sunday killed at least 16 people, Syrian state media reported. The strikes, which destroyed military facilities, wounded at least 36 others, according to a local health official cited by the SANA news age
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Sunday, september 8, 2024
Allenby Bridge Crossing closed as Jordan investigates border shooting
• 10:10 AM
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Three Israelis were shot and killed Sunday at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, Israeli officials said, in what appeared to be an attack linked to the 11-month-old war in Gaza. The military said the gunman approached the Allenby Bridg
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Three Israelis killed in shooting at West Bank-Jordan border crossing
• 8:59 AM
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A gunman crossing from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians on Sunday at the Allenby Bridge border between the West Bank and Jordan, Israeli officials said, in what appeared to be an attack linked to the 11-month-old war in Gaza. The assailant was kille
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Israelis rally to protest govt failure to secure ceasefire deal
• 8:41 AM
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Huge numbers of Israelis again poured into the streets to protest the government's failure to secure the return of remaining hostages in Gaza, a week after one of the largest demonstrations of the war following the discovery of another six dead hostages
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Hezbollah fires rockets, Israel strikes after attack kills Lebanese emergency workers
• 7:15 AM
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Hezbollah announced retaliatory rocket fire targeting a town in northern Israel early Sunday in response to an Israeli attack that killed three civil defence personnel in the country's south. The Iran-backed Lebanese movement has exchanged near-daily fir
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Saturday, september 7, 2024
