Tag Archives: Gaza City

Israel will close its Ireland embassy over Gaza tensions as Palestinian death toll nears 45,000

    Muhamad Yehia DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip  — Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 46 people including several children. The decision to close the embassy came in …

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Large airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs as Israel expands northern Gaza operations

Muhamad Yehia Several large airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early Thursday, including one on a site adjacent to Lebanon’s only international airport. The Israeli military had issued an evacuation notice for the site, saying Hezbollah facilities were there, without giving more details. Also Thursday, the Israeli military announced it expanded its month-old ground …

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Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians

Muhamad Yehia JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling or unable to leave …

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Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before an expected pause in fighting

Muhamad Yehia JERUSALEM (AP) — 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 offensives. A small number of children in …

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