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Israeli strike on Syria-Lebanon crossing ‘puts at risk main lifeline for people to escape conflict’, warns UN

More than half a million people, mostly Syrians, had crossed into Syrian territory since Israel began heavily striking Lebanon late last month, according to figures by the Lebanese authorities on Friday. A statement from the country’s disaster management unit stated that since 23 September, Lebanon has “recorded the crossing of 348,237 Syrian citizens and 156,505 […]

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The UN and the UK have voiced grave concern over escalating violence in the West Bank, demanding that Israeli security forces “immediately” stop supporting settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied territory.

The comments came hours after two Palestinian men were killed by Israeli settlers in a northern village south of Nablus in the latest violent attack involving settlers in the increasingly tense West Bank. Palestinians said the incident followed a clash when settlers entered Palestinian-owned land and assaulted residents, while settlers said it began with an […]

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ISRAEL TO DEPLOY THOUSANDS OF POLICE TO JERUSALEM

Israel’s police force said it will deploy thousands of officers across Jerusalem’s Old City for Ramadan’s first Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque, with tensions high amid the Gaza war. “We are prepared for Friday prayers with more police officers. Thousands of them will be in the area of Temple Mount,” police spokeswoman Mirit ben […]

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Jewish students ‘uneasy’ for new year as Israeli flag torn down at Sydney University

Jewish university students across the country are “uneasy” about returning to campus and fear confrontations with well-organised pro-Palestinian student groups could increase this year, as a group of students at the University of Sydney was left feeling “deeply unsafe” following a clash on campus. The Australasian Union of Jewish Students club at the University of […]

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Egypt builds walled border enclosure as Israeli Rafah offensive looms

Egypt builds walled enclosure as Israeli offensive looms By Staff Writers Egyptian authorities, fearful that an Israeli military push further into southern Gaza will set off a flood of refugees, are building an 8-square-mile (20.7sq km) walled enclosure in the Sinai Desert near the border, according to Egyptian officials and security analysts. For weeks, Egypt […]

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World court hears case on legality of Israel occupation

The United Nations’ highest court is preparing to open historic hearings into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state, plunging the 15 international judges back into the heart of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Six days of hearings are scheduled at the International Court of Justice at The Hague from […]

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North Gaza Hamas command ‘dismantled’: says Israel

Israel said it had “dismantled” Hamas’s military leadership in northern Gaza as its war against the Palestinian group entered its fourth month on Sunday. Witnesses said Israel carried out airstrikes early on Sunday in Gaza’s main southern city of Khan Yunis, with the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reporting numerous dead and wounded. Israel’s army […]

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