Tag: Israel
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Hostages to Islamic State, Israeli State and United States – By Owei Lakemfa
IF the claims of the Islamic State, ISIS, are to be believed, four of its members on Friday, March 22, 2024, broke into the Crocus City Hall, Moscow. The complex housed a shopping centre and a music hall. The band, Picnic, was scheduled to play in the hall.
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Geopolitical Tensions: Oil price hits $90 first time in six months
Amid geopolitical tensions hitting some parts of the world, Crude oil price surged further on Thursday, hitting $90.65 per barrel. Brent crude futures for June settled up $1.30, or 1.5 per cent to $90.65 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures for May settled up $1.16, or 1.4 per cent, to $86.59 a…
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Israel says killing of aid workers result of ‘misidentification’
Israel’s military said on Wednesday that the result of a preliminary debrief into the killing of seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza was the result of “a misidentification.”
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Hamas leader must be taken dead or alive – Israeli president
I sraeli President Isaac Herzog has vowed that Hamas leader Yehya al-Sinwar will be gotten dead or alive. Herzog sees the Hamas leader as the lynchpin in the Gaza war and key to getting Israel’s hostages held in the Gaza Strip released.
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Israel agrees to U.S. proposal on prisoner exchange with Hamas – Reports
Israel agrees to the terms proposed by the United States for the exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages held by Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip and is awaiting a response from the movement on this matter, CNN reported, citing a source. The report indicated that the proposal was presented by CIA Director…
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Israel to send Holocaust survivor, former supreme court judge to ICJ
Israel is sending a former judge of the country’s Supreme Court, Aharon Barak, to the hearing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Gaza war. A spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed media reports on Sunday.
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Blinken to visit UAE, Saudi, Israel, seeking to avert wider Middle East war
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Monday before heading on to Israel after warning that the Gaza war could spread across the region without concerted peace efforts. Israel vowed to continue fighting until Hamas was eliminated.
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Silence in Bethlehem, wailing in Gaza – By Chidi Amuta
The raging war between Israel and Hamas will not end before tomorrow’s Christmas is over. The unfortunate war has instead yielded two principal casualties: the first is the nativity festivals of Christmas which have made Bethlehem a favourite destination for Christian pilgrims.
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Israel battles Hamas on streets of Gaza City as UN delays vote again
Israeli troops and Hamas militants fought fierce gunbattles on the streets of Gaza’s second-biggest city on Wednesday as the United Nations delayed a vote on a bid to boost aid deliveries to the Palestinian enclave facing a humanitarian disaster.
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Israel launches fresh strikes on Gaza as UN nears vote on aid
Israeli forces launched fresh attacks throughout the night across the Gaza Strip, residents said on Monday, as the United Nations Security Council looked set to vote on a demand that Israel and Hamas allow aid access to the Palestinian enclave.