Today
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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Yesterday
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
AFP photographer Mahmud Hams wins top award for Gaza war coverage
• 9:11 PM
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Gaza-based photographer Mahmud Hams won the prestigious Visa d'Or News prize on Saturday for his coverage of the conflict in the war-torn Palestinian territory. In a statement released by AFP, Hams spoke of a war "unlike any other", in which journalists
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Gaza war enters 12th month with slim hope for Israel-Hamas truce
• 9:33 AM
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After 11 months of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, chances appear to be slim for a ceasefire or hostage-prisoner exchange between the warring sides.
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Israeli forces kill Turkish-American woman protesting settlements in West Bank
• 8:48 AM
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A Turkish-American woman was shot dead Friday while demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank town of Beita, where the army acknowledged opening fire. Turkey identified the woman as Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, condemning her death, while
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Algerian youths vote in presidential election as incumbent eyes easy win
• 5:20 AM
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Algeria's upcoming presidential election is one in which the youth vote will be crucial. Young people make up more than half of Algeria's population of 45 million and many are anxious for change. Abdelmadjid Tebboune was elected in 2019 amid a meagre tur
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Friday, september 6, 2024
Israeli soldiers shoot Turkish-American woman dead during West Bank protest
• 5:31 PM
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Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Turkish-American woman taking part in an anti-settlement protest in the West Bank on Friday, another protester who witnessed the shooting told The Associated Press. US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller confir
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Israeli army withdraws from West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp after 10-day operation
• 8:27 AM
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Israeli troops left the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp on Friday after a more than weeklong operation that has claimed dozens of Palestinian lives. As Israeli tanks drove out of the city, civilians were seen returning to their home
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Thursday, september 5, 2024
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What about the hostages? Netanyahu pushes back against pressure for ceasefire deal
• 6:08 PM
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Are the gloves off in Israel? After the October 7th attack by Hamas, the nation put aside bitter differences. But after the killing of six Israeli hostages, cue the biggest protests since last year’s attempted judicial overhaul by Binyamin Netanyahu’s ha
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Lebanon's ex-central bank chief Salameh arrested for embezzlement
• 1:41 PM
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Lebanon's former central bank governor, Riad Salameh, was arrested on Tuesday following a judicial hearing in the capital Beirut. Salameh has been charged in Lebanon with financial crimes including money-laundering, embezzlement and illicit enrichment. H
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Biden says Israel's Netanyahu is not doing enough to reach Gaza hostage deal
• 4:15 AM
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After Hamas's execution of six hostages in Gaza sparked massive strikes and protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu throughout Israel over the weekend, US President Joe Biden, one of Netanyahu's staunchest allies, on Monday called for
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Netanyahu seeks 'forgiveness' following the execution of six more hostages in Gaza
• 3:03 AM
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As massive protests broke out throughout Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu asked for forgiveness for failing to bring home six hostages who were found dead in Gaza on Saturday. Despite mounting pressure on Netanyahu to deliver a hostage deal, he
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Monday, september 2, 2024
Israeli ex-PM Olmert says Netanyahu ultimately to blame for death of hostages
• 10:17 PM
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In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was ultimately to blame for the shocking death of six more hostages in Gaza over the weekend. Israel says the six hostages were "brutally mur
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‘We’re not afraid’: French-Palestinian family fights for West Bank land seized by Israeli settlers
• 5:00 PM
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A French-Palestinian family in the Makhrour valley in the West Bank has been campaigning for years against the expropriation of their land. Israeli settlers seized the land by force at the end of July amid a drastic acceleration of settlements in the Pal
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UK suspends some arms exports to Israel over risk of international law breach
• 4:30 PM
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Britain will immediately suspend 30 of its 350 arms export licences with Israel because there is a risk such equipment might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law, UK Foreign Minister David Lammy announced on Monday, in a
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Saudi tanker, another oil ship attacked off rebel-held Yemen coast
• 9:44 AM
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Two merchant vessels were struck in attacks on Monday off the coast of Yemen's rebel-held Hodeida province, maritime security agencies said, reporting that both crews were safe in the aftermath. One attack was claimed by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels
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Netanyahu rejects 'concessions' to Hamas as pressure mounts over Gaza hostages
• 8:15 AM
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected calls to soften his demand to keep troops in the southern Gazan border area as the price for a ceasefire deal as hundreds of thousands of Israelis staged a nationwide strike in a bid to pressur
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Sunday, september 1, 2024
Israel's largest union calls for general strike on Monday in support of Gaza hostages
• 3:45 PM
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The head of Israel's largest trade union called for a general strike in support of Gaza hostages on Monday after the announcement Sunday that six had been found dead. The head of the Histadrut union, Arnon Bar-David, said in a statement on Sunday that "p
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Israeli army recovers the bodies of six hostages from Gaza tunnel
• 2:32 PM
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The bodies of six hostages have been recovered in Gaza, the Israeli military announced Sunday, with FRANCE 24 correspondent Irris Makler reporting from Jerusalem that the six were "shot as their captors were fleeing" an advance by Israeli forces. The new
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Death of Gaza hostages: Israel and Hamas play ‘blame game’
• 1:24 PM
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Israel on Sunday said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza whose deaths it blamed on Hamas. The Palestinian militant group has meanwhile denied Israel’s claim while a senior Hamas official said the hostages would still be alive if Israel h
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Dead hostages in Gaza 'shot as their captors were fleeing'
• 11:17 AM
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The six dead hostages recovered by the Israeli army Saturday in Gaza have survived the 11 months of war but were "shot as their captors were fleeing", FRANCE 24 Correspondent Irris Makler said, adding that the hostages' remains were found in "a tunnel in
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Sport fever: Syrian NGO hosts 'Paralympics' in Idlib
• 8:54 AM
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While the 2024 Paralympics are in full swing in Paris, athletes are lighting an Olympic torch of their own in Syria. For the first time, a local NGO is organising a sports tournament for more than 300 people with disabilities in Idlib. The athletes will
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Protests, calls for general strike in Israel after the deaths of six hostages
• 5:11 AM
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Tens of thousands of grieving and angry Israelis surged into the streets Sunday night in nationwide demonstrations against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, urging his government to reach a deal for the immediate return of hostages still being held in G
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Sport fever: Syrian NGO hosts 'Paralympics' in Idlib
• 12:44 AM
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While the 2024 Paralympics are in full swing in Paris, athletes are lighting an Olympic torch of their own in Syria. For the first time, a local NGO is organising a sports tournament for more than 300 people with disabilities in Idlib. The athletes will
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Polio vaccination campaign begins in Gaza
• 12:37 AM
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Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Autho
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Saturday, august 31, 2024
Polio vaccine campaign kicks off in Gaza ahead of pause in fighting
• 3:21 PM
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A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus began on Saturday, Gaza's Health Ministry said, as Palestinians in both the Hamas-governed enclave and the occupied West Bank reeled from Israel's ongoing military
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Israeli strikes kill almost 50 in Gaza as WHO rolls out polio vaccine campaign
• 1:35 PM
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday began its campaign to vaccinate around 640,000 children in Gaza against polio amid renewed Israeli strikes that killed at least 48 people in the enclave. Israel on Thursday had agreed to daily eight-hour pa
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Israeli army says two Palestinians attempting bombings in West Bank killed
• 10:15 AM
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The Israeli army said on Saturday two Palestinians were killed overnight while preparing to carry out bombings in the occupied West Bank, where an Israeli operation entered a fourth day. The Israeli army said two officers were injured in a vehicle explos
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More than a dozen IS group operatives killed in joint US-Iraqi raid
• 6:29 AM
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Fifteen members of the Islamic State (IS) group were killed and seven US troops wounded during a joint US-Iraqi raid in western Iraq, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Friday. The operation comes after months of talks between Baghdad and Washington ov
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Humanity in Gaza shines despite war and hardship, aid worker says
• 12:37 AM
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Humanity continues to shine in war-torn Gaza despite extreme levels of hardship, said Jacob Granger, humanitarian project coordinator for Médecins sans Frontières. Returning from a 6-week mission to Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war enters its 11th month, Gra
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Friday, august 30, 2024
Three-day pauses 'not enough to prevent Gaza health crisis', HRW says
• 1:20 PM
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Israel has agreed to a series of three-day "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza to allow health officials to administer polio vaccinations to children in the territory, the World Health Organization said Thursday. However, these pauses will not be enough to pre
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Israel air strike kills three Palestinians on third day of West Bank raid
• 11:45 AM
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Israel said it killed three Hamas militants in an air strike in the occupied West Bank on Friday, taking the death toll from a large-scale military operation now in its third day to at least 19. Irris Makler, FRANCE 24's correspondent in Jerusalem, has t
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Death toll in third day of Israeli raid on West Bank hits at least 20
• 9:14 AM
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The death toll from a three-day Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank rose to at least 20 on Friday, Israel and the Palestinian Red Crescent said, while violence raged on in the Gaza Strip. Israel has described its raids on towns and refugee camps acros
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Thursday, august 29, 2024
Israel, Hamas agree to limited pauses in Gaza fighting to allow for polio vaccinations
• 7:56 PM
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Rik Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization's senior official for the Palestinian territories, said on Thursday that Israel had agreed to limited pauses in the fighting in Gaza to allow vaccinations against polio. Hamas said it is “ready to cooperate w
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Jordan: Petra's tourism authority cracks down on Bedouin cave dwellers
• 9:59 AM
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One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the ancient city of Petra in Jordan welcomes several hundred thousand tourists each year. It dates back to 300 BC and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. For centuries, Bedouins have inhabited its cave
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Israeli raids in West Bank kill at least 16 Palestinians, including Islamic Jihad commander
• 7:14 AM
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Israel’s military operations in the West Bank continued for a second day on Thursday, leaving at least 16 Palestinians dead after raids on several towns and refugee camps. One of those killed, Mohammed Jaber, known as Abu Shujaa, was a leader of the Tul
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Wednesday, august 28, 2024
Telegram boss's arrest: Fake Al Jazeera video claims France lost $17 billion in UAE arms deal
• 8:58 PM
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Although he was only in French police custody for a few days before his release under judicial supervision, disinformation surrounding the Russian-born Telegram founder Pavel Durov has hit the internet. A doctored social media video – falsely attributed
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Israeli raids risk worsening 'catastrophic' situation in occupied West Bank, UN says
• 12:31 AM
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Israel's large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, which killed nine Palestinians in various locations, "risks seriously deepening the already catastrophic situation" in the Palestinian territory, UN Human Rights Office spoke
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Tuesday, august 27, 2024
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Far-right Israeli minister says he would build synagogue at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque
• 1:27 PM
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Israel's far-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Monday that he would build a synagogue at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, a holy site in Islam also held sacred by Jews as the Temple Mount. Ben Gvir, who has repeatedly ignored the governmen
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White House says progress made in Gaza truce talks despite Israel-Hezbollah clash
• 5:52 AM
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The White House said Monday that Gaza truce talks in Cairo have made progress and were expected to continue at a working level for several days despite violence between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah over the weekend. Also on Monday, the UN said it was h
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Sunday, august 25, 2024
A ‘step back or an escalation’ in Israel-Hezbollah hostilities?
• 7:01 AM
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Israel and Hezbollah conducted a heavy exchange of fire early Sunday, with both sides claiming their operations had been successful. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24's Irris Makler says some analysts now believe “this phase may be over. But," she note
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Situation ‘very alarming’ in southern Lebanon after Israeli pre-emptive strikes
• 5:43 AM
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Reporting from Beirut, FRANCE 24’s Rawa Taha says the Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon early Sunday, following Hezbollah retaliatory attack in response to last month’s Israeli assassination of its senior commander, Fuad Shukr, was a “very alarming” developm
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US helped track Hezbollah rocket, drone attacks against Israel, says defence official
• 5:07 AM
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The United States helped track the barrage of rockets and drones launched by Hezbollah against Israel, but was not involved in strikes in Lebanon or in shooting down incoming projectiles, a US defence official said on Sunday. The news came as Israeli Pri
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Saturday, august 24, 2024
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Israeli intelligence chiefs attend talks in Cairo as Gaza bombing continues
• 8:35 PM
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The heads of Israel's Mossad spy agency and Shin Bet domestic security service were taking part in talks towards an eventual Gaza hostage agreement in Cairo on Thursday, an Israeli government spokesman said. Meanwhile, the Israeli military continued to b
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Gaza's first polio case in 25 years sparks urgent vaccination drive in war-torn territory
• 7:49 AM
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The Gaza Strip has reported its first polio case in 25 years, prompting urgent efforts by health workers and aid agencies to launch a mass vaccination campaign despite ongoing airstrikes and aid restrictions. With the campaign slated to begin on August 3
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Wednesday, august 21, 2024
Israel kills top Palestinian militant as Gaza truce talks stumble
• 2:29 PM
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Israel killed a senior militant from Fatah's armed wing Wednesday in a strike on Lebanon, leading to accusations from the Palestinian movement that Israel is trying to "ignite a regional war." More information with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Jerusalem, I
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Blinken wraps up Mideast tour without a ceasefire, warning 'time is of the essence'
• 9:30 AM
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended his ninth visit to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began without securing any major breakthrough for a cease-fire deal, warning on Tuesday that “time is of the essence” even as Hamas and Israel signaled
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Israel kills top Palestinian militant as Gaza truce talks stumble
• 5:17 AM
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Israel killed a senior militant from Fatah's armed wing Wednesday in a strike on Lebanon, leading to accusations from the Palestinian movement that Israel is trying to "ignite a regional war". In Gaza itself, at least three people were killed and 10 chil
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Blinken leaves Qatar with Gaza deal still out of reach
• 12:47 AM
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Top US diplomat Antony Blinken headed home on Wednesday after failing to secure a Gaza ceasefire, warning both Israel and Hamas his plan may be the last chance to avert a broader war. More information with FRACNE 24 Chief foreign Editor Rob Parsons.
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Tuesday, august 20, 2024
