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Israeli maps outline expanded zone of military control in Gaza
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1055+ words) JERUSALEM: New maps of Gaza quietly issued by Israel a little more than a month ago have put thousands of displaced Palestinians inside an expanded restricted area, within boundaries the military says it can continue to change. The restricted area,…...
Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill 13
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (360+ words) Gaza City: Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes across the Palestinian territory on Friday killed at least 13 people, including five in an attack that targeted a police vehicle. Despite an October ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by daily violence as…...
Gaza's civil defence agency says 3 killed in Israeli strike
1+ week, 2+ day ago (378+ words) Gaza City: Gaza's civil defence agency said Tuesday that an Israeli strike killed three people in the Palestinian territory overnight, with Israeli warplanes seen soaring over the region after the assault, according to AFP journalists. Despite an October 10 ceasefire, Gaza…...
Gaza civil defence says toddler among 10 killed in Israeli strikes
2+ week, 1+ day ago (341+ words) Gaza City: Gaza's civil defence agency said on Tuesday that a toddler was among 10 people killed in separate Israeli strikes in the northern part of the Palestinian territory. Violence continues despite a ceasefire in the Gaza war that came into…...
EU denounces Israel for blocking Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch from entering Holy Sepulchre
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (394+ words) Brussels: EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas denounced a "violation of religious freedom" after Israel stopped the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in the Church of the Sepulchre. "The decision by Israeli police to bar Jerusalem's Latin…...
Brother of Israel's Shin Bet chief indicted for 'assisting enemy in wartime"
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (319+ words) Jerusalem: Prosecutors on Thursday filed charges against the brother of the head of Israel's domestic intelligence agency for offences including "assisting the enemy in wartime, over the alleged smuggling of cigarettes into besieged Gaza. Israel controls the entry of all…...
Hamas says Israeli strikes on Gaza 'cannot happen without American cover"
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (321+ words) Gaza City: A Hamas official said Friday that Israeli strikes on Gaza "cannot happen without American cover, the day after Israeli attacks killed at least 13 people according to the Palestinian territory's civil defence agency. Since October 10, a fragile US-sponsored truce…...