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Israel says nine soldiers killed in Gaza; says Hamas commander killed

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes hit a densely populated refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 50 Palestinians and a…

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Israeli forces attack north Gaza’s main city from both sides

Israeli troops and tanks attacked Gaza's main northern city from both sides on Monday, three days after they began a major ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave that has drawn…

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Israeli forces attacking Gaza City from both sides

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Henriette Chacar GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Israeli troops and tanks attacked Gaza's main northern city from the east and west on Monday, three days after…

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Police officer seriously wounded in stabbing attack in Jerusalem

An Israeli Border Police officer was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack near the Shivtei Israel light rail station in Jerusalem on Monday morning, according to emergency services. The suspected…

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Israeli forces deep in Gaza, Biden urges Netanyahu to protect civilians, increase humanitarian aid

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Palestinians in northern Gaza reported fierce air and artillery strikes early on Monday as Israeli troops backed by tanks pressed into the…

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Gaza death toll exceeds 8,000, Cities in central Israel come under rocket fire

By Emily Rose and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/GAZA, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Israeli forces are expanding ground operations in Gaza while their fighter jets have struck hundreds more Hamas targets, the…

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UPDATED: Netanyahu swipes at intel chiefs over Hamas, then apologizes

JERUSALEM, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday took a jab at his intelligence chiefs on the X platform, saying they never warned him Hamas was…

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Israel hints there may be several ‘invasions’

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Henriette Chacar GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Israel said its ground forces had pushed into Gaza overnight to attack Hamas targets as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

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UPDATED: Israel ground forces raid Hamas sites in Gaza

JERUSALEM, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Israeli ground forces operated within the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, attacking multiple Hamas targets before withdrawing, the military said in a statement on what…

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Photo Story: Memorial to children kidnapped by Hamas, in Tel Aviv

A man looks at teddy bears carrying the names and pictures of Israeli minors held hostage by Hamas in Gaza displayed at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, 25 October…

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UPDATED: 6,546 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza including 2,704 children since Oct.7

GAZA, Oct 25 (Reuters) - At least 6,546 Palestinians, including 2,704 children, were killed and 17,439 wounded in Israeli strikes since Oct. 7, the health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza said…

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Hostage families face appalling dilemma as Gaza invasion looms

As Israel prepares to invade the Gaza Strip, many families of hostages seized by Hamas are pleading with the government to rein in the war effort and instead negotiate the…

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Fearing internal strife from Gaza war, Israel arms civilian security squads

Israel has set up hundreds of volunteer security squads in the two weeks since the Gaza war erupted and is arming them should there be knock-on Jewish-Arab unrest, authorities said on…

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Released by Hamas, American mother, daughter reunited with family in Israel

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Eric Cox GAZA/EVANSTON, Illinois (Reuters) - Two newly freed American hostages, a Chicago-area woman and her teenage daughter, were reunited with family inside Israel on Friday…

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UPDATED: Israel urges citizens to immediately leave Egypt, Jordan; Hamas releases two US hostages

Israel urged its citizens to immediately leave Egypt and Jordan, the national security council said on Saturday as regional tensions flared over the war in Gaza. "Israel's National Security…

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Israel levels Gaza district, missile hits Orthodox church

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Israel levelled a northern Gaza district on Friday after giving families a half-hour warning to escape, and hit an…

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Israel to evacuate residents of town near Lebanon border after flare up

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Israel said on Friday it would evacuate more than 20,000 residents from Kiryat Shmona, one of the biggest towns on its northern border with Lebanon…

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Israeli defence chief says troops will soon see Gaza ‘from inside’

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told troops gathered at the Gaza border that they would soon see the Palestinian enclave "from…

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Biden to seek billions in military aid for Israel; U.S. ship shoots down missiles fired from Yemen

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: 21 Palestinians killed in air strikes in Khan Younis - Hamas Biden stresses need for U.S. to support Israel Death toll rises in West Bank, Lebanon amid fears…

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Sunak follows Biden to Israel to show support as more bombs hit Gaza

By Dan Williams and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/GAZA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Israel pounded Gaza with more air strikes on Thursday, as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak followed U.S. President Joe…

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UPDATED: Two Israeli hostages found dead

Israel has just announced that the bodies of two of those missing from Kibbutz Nir-Oz in southern Israel have been found. They are Noya Dan, who was 12, and her…

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US reports deal with Egypt to restart aid to Gaza as protests rock Middle East

By Steve Holland and Nidal al-Mughrabi TEL AVIV/GAZA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Egypt agreed to reopen its border crossing with the Gaza Strip to allow aid to reach Palestinians, the…

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Biden ‘outraged’ by Gaza hospital blast, points to Hamas responsibility

TEL AVIV, Oct 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Washington would provide Israel with everything it needed to defend itself as it wages war against…

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Israel military says no evidence of direct hit on Gaza hospital

JERUSALEM, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Wednesday it had seen no evidence of a direct hit on a hospital in the Gaza Strip the day before, where…

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Israel says aid to be available in south Gaza, does not elaborate

JERUSALEM, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Wednesday that humanitarian aid would be made available to Palestinians who flee Gaza City southward, but did not immediately provide…

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UPDATED: Reactions to strike on Gaza hospital killing hundreds

Oct 17 (Reuters) - A blast at a hospital in Gaza City killed some 500 Palestinians on Tuesday in the deadliest single incident since Israel launched an unrelenting bombing campaign…

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Hundreds feared dead in Gaza hospital blast as Biden heads to Israel

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Steve Holland GAZA, Oct 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden flies to Israel on Wednesday to signal support for its war against Hamas after a…

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Half of Israel’s hotel rooms filled with Gaza war evacuees

Half of Israeli hotel rooms are being used to house families evacuated from communities near the Gaza Strip, where an Oct. 7 rampage by Hamas gunmen triggered a cross-border war, the head of…

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Gaza border crossing set to reopen as Israeli troops prepare ground assault

An Egyptian-controlled border crossing into Gaza is expected to reopen amid diplomatic efforts to get aid into the Hamas-controlled strip that has been under intense Israeli bombing since the group's rampage that killed 1,300 people on Oct. 7. Shocked…

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Confirmed Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza is 126

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that the number of confirmed Israeli hostages being held in Gaza is 126. Hamas has previously claimed that 13 hostages have been killed…

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Israel seals off Lebanon border, One killed in cross-border Hezbollah attack

JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The Israeli military declared a zone within 4 km (2 miles) of the Lebanese border off-limits to public access on Sunday and said it was…

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Israeli communications minister seeks shutdown of Al Jazeera bureau

JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Israel's communications minister said on Sunday he was seeking a possible closure of Al Jazeera's local bureau, and accused the Qatari news station of pro-Hamas…

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Gaza braces for Israeli ground assault, Iran warns situation could spiral out of control

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Israeli troops prepared on Sunday for a ground assault on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip as the country hit back…

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WTO chief warns of ‘really big impact’ on trade if Israel-Hamas conflict widens

By Andrea Shalal MARRAKECH, Morocco, (Reuters) - World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said she hoped the Israel-Hamas conflict could be ended quickly, warning it would have a "really big…

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UPDATED: Hamas tells Gaza residents to stay home as Israel ground offensive looms

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Mosques and Hamas officials told Gaza Strip residents to stay in their homes on Friday, in defiance of an Israeli military call for more than a…

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Israel accused of using white phosphorus in Gaza, Lebanon

JERUSALEM, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of using white phosphorus munitions in its military operations in Gaza and Lebanon, saying the use of such…

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Hamas armed wing says 13 hostages killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza in the last 24 hours

GAZA, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Hamas armed wing Al Qassam Brigades said in a statement that 13 captives were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza in the last 24 hours.…

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UN says Israeli military warns 1.1 mln Gazans to relocate south

By Henriette Chacar, Michelle Nichols and Humeyra Pamuk JERUSALEM/NEW YORK/TEL AVIV, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Israel's military on Friday called for all civilians of Gaza City, more than 1 million…

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Hamas fighters still making attempts to enter Israel; No aerial incursions from Lebanon

A spokesperson for the Israeli forces, Lt-Col Richard Hecht, stated that strikes on Gaza last night targeted members of Hamas’s elite Nakhba force. He also said that Israeli intelligence is…

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UPDATED: Ryanair says up to governments whether airlines fly to Israel

BRUSSELS, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Bookings to Israel have collapsed and it is up to governments to decide if airlines keep flying there, Michael O'Leary, CEO of European budget carrier…

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UPDATED: Israel confirms identity of 97 hostages held in Gaza; Red Cross in contact with both sides on hostages

Israel’s military spokesperson has said that the government has been able to confirm the identities of 97 people taken hostage in to Gaza during the attack by Hamas on Saturday.…

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Israel says no humanitarian break to Gaza siege unless hostages are freed

By Maayan Lubell and Nidal Al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/GAZA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Israel said on Thursday there would be no humanitarian break to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all…

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Israeli shelling hits south Lebanon after Hezbollah rocket fire

Israeli shelling hit southern Lebanese towns on Wednesday in response to a fresh rocket attack by powerful armed group Hezbollah, as cross-border violence extended into a fourth day. Hezbollah said…

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Israel pounds Gaza with fiercest air strikes ever, says border secured

Israel said on Tuesday it had reclaimed control of the Gaza border, pounding the enclave with the fiercest air strikes in the 75-year history of its conflict with the Palestinians despite…

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Israel on war footing, Hamas threatens to kill captives

The Israeli military said on Monday it had called up an unprecedented 300,000 reservists and was imposing a total blockade of the Gaza Strip, in a sign it may be…

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Israelis recount terrified flight as Hamas gunmen attack dance party

By Dan Williams and Emily Rose TEL AVIV, (Reuters) - Arik Nani went to a dance party in southern Israel to celebrate his 26th birthday on Friday night but ended…

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Middle East conflict adds new risks to global economic outlook

By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir DALLAS (Reuters) - The outbreak of military conflict in the Middle East may leave central bankers battling new inflationary trends as well as deal…

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Reactions to the violence in the Middle East

A round up of some of the main political reactions to the recent developments in the Middle East: EU foreign minister to meet on Tuesday to discuss situation in Israel…

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Israel-bound cruise ships divert to Cyprus, flights added

NICOSIA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Cruise ships heading to Israel have been diverted to Cyprus, while additional flights were arranged on Monday to repatriate Israelis or assist people wanting to…

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UPDATED: Israeli military says deploying against possible infiltration from Lebanon

JERUSALEM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Israel's military said it deployed troops against a suspected infiltration from Lebanon on Monday, which a local radio station said appeared to have taken place…

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UPDATED: More than 10 Britons feared dead or missing in Israel

LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - More than 10 Britons are feared dead or missing in Israel, the BBC reported on Monday, citing an official source. A London-born man who was…

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Hezbollah congratulates Hamas but takes careful stance

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah congratulated Hamas militants on the incursion into Israeli territory from Gaza, but issued a carefully-worded statement which suggests they are currently backing away from any…

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World reacts to surprise attack by Hamas on Israel

Oct 7 (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday in a surprise assault that combined gunmen crossing into several Israeli…

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UPDATED: Israel declares state of war

Dozens of gunmen from the Islamist militant group Hamas appear to have infiltrated southern Israel in a surprise attack and are currently at large with videos of shooting in the…

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UPDATED: Hamas gunmen on the rampage in Israel

Barrage of rockets launched into Israel from Gaza Israel's military says it is on war footing Netanyahu calls emergency meeting of Israeli security officials Reports of gunbattles in towns in…

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Growing harassment towards Christians in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - Israeli police on Wednesday arrested five people suspected of spitting towards Christians or churches in the Old City of Jerusalem and formed a special investigative team to…

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Migrant boat washes ashore in Israel, fate of passengers unknown

JERUSALEM, Oct 1 (Reuters) - A rubber boat washed up on a beach in Israel on Sunday with no one on board, only what appeared to be the belongings of…

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