30

Oct

Jewish students in Europe living in ‘constant fear’, union leader says

Emma Hallali, president of the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS), told the Guardian that Jewish students across the continent were feeling scared and that universities were largely ignoring concerns…

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30

Oct

Cyprus braces for refugee influx from Mideast, boosts capacity

NICOSIA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Cyprus is expanding capacity to host refugees as it braces itself for a new influx of people fleeing deepening conflict in the Middle East, authorities…

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30

Oct

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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30

Oct

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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30

Oct

UPDATED: German-Israeli woman snatched by Hamas at music festival is dead, Israel says

Oct 30 (Reuters) - A German-Israeli woman who was snatched by Hamas from a music festival on Oct. 7 and paraded around Gaza by the Palestinian militant group is dead,…

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30

Oct

UPDATED: Russia accuses Ukraine after mob storms Dagestan airport ‘to catch’ Jews

By Andrew Osborn and Filipp Lebedev Oct 30 (Reuters) - Moscow on Monday accused Ukraine of staging a "provocation" after hundreds of rioters in Russia's predominantly Muslim Dagestan region stormed…

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30

Oct

Hezbollah says it downs Israeli drone in south Lebanon

BEIRUT, (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah said it shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon on Sunday with a surface-to-air missile, the first time it has announced such an incident,…

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30

Oct

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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29

Oct

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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29

Oct

Pope calls for Israel-Hamas ceasefire, hostage release

VATICAN CITY, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday called for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas and renewed an appeal for the release of hostages…

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29

Oct

Israel to allow more Gaza aid, civilians should move south

JERUSALEM, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Israel would allow a dramatic increase in aid to Gaza in the coming days, an official said on Sunday, calling on Palestinian civilians to head…

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29

Oct

Gazans break into aid centres taking flour, supplies, UN says

JERUSALEM, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Thousands of Gaza residents broke into warehouses and distribution centres of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) grabbing flour and "basic survival items", the…

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29

Oct

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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29

Oct

U.S. aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower now in the Mediterranean Sea

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier and its strike group has moved through the Strait of Gibraltar, putting two American carriers in the Mediterranean Sea, a rare sight in…

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29

Oct

Israel presses ground campaign against Hamas in ‘second stage’ of Gaza war

By Emily Rose JERUSALEM, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Israeli forces waged ground operations against Hamas in Gaza on Sunday in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the second phase…

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28

Oct

Broken Lebanon cannot afford war, and Hezbollah knows it

By Laila Bassam, Tom Perry BEIRUT, Oct 27 (Reuters) - With an economy in ruins and a crumbling state, Lebanon can ill afford another war between Hezbollah and Israel. Iran-backed…

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27

Oct

WHO cites reports of 1,000 unidentified bodies under Gaza rubble

GENEVA, Oct 27 (Reuters) - A World Health Organization official said on Friday the agency had received estimates that some 1,000 unidentified bodies are still buried under the rubble in…

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27

Oct

Hamas claims Israeli bombing of Gaza has killed 50 hostages

MOSCOW, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Israeli bombing of Gaza has killed 50 of the hostages seized during raids by Palestinian militants on Oct. 7, Russia's Kommersant newspaper quoted a member…

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26

Oct

‘Please wake up’: Families of Israeli victims urge world to stand against Islamist violence

By Angelo Amante ROME, (Reuters) - The world must take a stand against Islamist violence to avoid it spreading and take action to ensure the swift release of hostages taken…

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26

Oct

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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26

Oct

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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26

Oct

UN chief rejects Israel accusations he justified Hamas attacks

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres rejected accusations by Israel that, in a statement to the Security Council, he had justified attacks by the…

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26

Oct

Erdogan steps up criticism of Israel and its Western backers

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but…

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26

Oct

Israel bombards Gaza as Putin warns conflict could spread beyond Middle East

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Henriette Chacar GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip as it prepared for a ground invasion it says is aimed at annihilating the…

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25

Oct

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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25

Oct

Qatar’s PM hopes for breakthrough on hostages’ release ‘soon’

OHA, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Qatar's prime minister said on Wednesday there was some progress on hostage negotiations after Palestinian militant group Hamas abducted more than 200 hostages during its…

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25

Oct

Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria

Israel appears to be preparing for the next phase of its military operation: a ground campaign to “crush and destroy” Hamas, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put it.…

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25

Oct

Tunisian parliament committee proposes bill criminalizing normalization with Israel

TUNIS, (Reuters) - The Freedoms Committee in the Tunisian Parliament approved a draft law criminalizing the normalization of relations with Israel, amid ongoing protests in solidarity with Palestinians in the…

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25

Oct

UPDATED: Syria says Israeli attack kills eight soldiers

BEIRUT, Oct 25 (Reuters) - An Israeli attack on military positions in southwest Syria on Wednesday killed eight soldiers and wounded seven more, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) reported.…

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24

Oct

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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24

Oct

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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23

Oct

Israel mounts limited Gaza ground raids, Hamas says it engages attackers

By Dan Williams and Nidal Al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/GAZA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Monday its ground forces had mounted limited raids into the Gaza Strip overnight and said…

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23

Oct

UPDATED: EU continues talks on humanitarian ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - EU countries are still discussing the idea of a humanitarian ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas but there are different ways to get…

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23

Oct

Israel strikes two Hezbollah cells in Lebanon

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft struck two Hezbollah cells in Lebanon early on Monday that were planning to launch anti-tank missiles and rockets toward Israel, its military said, as…

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23

Oct

Fears grow that Israel-Hamas conflict could expand as ground offensive looms

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes early on Monday and its aircraft struck southern Lebanon overnight, as Israeli Prime…

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22

Oct

Israel-Gaza conflict: when social media fakes are rampant, news verification is vital

As news of Palestinian militant group Hamas launching a deadly attack on Israel and Israel’s threat of retaliation began to filter across news networks and social media platforms, a wave…

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21

Oct

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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21

Oct

South Africa’s Ramaphosa urges countries to not supply weapons in Israel-Hamas conflict

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 21 (Reuters) - South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a speech at the Cairo Peace Summit on Saturday that countries should refrain from supplying weapons to either…

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21

Oct

Arab leaders denounce Israel attacks on Gaza as risks to region rise

By Aidan Lewis and Nafisa Eltahir CAIRO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Arab leaders condemned Israel's two-week-old bombardment of Gaza on Saturday and demanded renewed efforts to reach a Middle East…

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21

Oct

U.S. continues to strengthen military presence in Eastern Mediterranean

The U.S. 6th Fleet command-and-control ship USS Mount Whitney is heading to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea to support U.S. operations there, the Navy announced Wednesday, as tensions escalate in the…

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21

Oct

Israeli air strikes hammer Gaza anew

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Israel kept up heavy bombardment of targets throughout Gaza overnight on Saturday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to…

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21

Oct

Cairo Peace Summit on Gaza conflict: who will attend?

(Reuters) - Egypt is planning to host an international conference on Saturday to discuss the escalating war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza. The meeting in Egypt’s…

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21

Oct

Muslims protest around world to demand end to Israel’s Gaza campaign

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Nafisa Eltahir AMMAN/CAIRO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Protesters from Jakarta to Tunis on Friday demanded an end to Israel's bombardment of Gaza after nearly two weeks…

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21

Oct

Biden says Israel should delay invasion of Gaza until more hostages get out

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, when asked by a reporter whether Israel should delay a potential ground invasion of Gaza until more hostages can get out, said "yes".…

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21

Oct

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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20

Oct

Rushdie says filled with ‘foreboding’ at Israel-Hamas war

Author Salman Rushdie on Friday urged a "cessation" in fighting between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, saying he was filled with "horror" and "foreboding". Making a rare public appearance…

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20

Oct

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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20

Oct

Hamas hostages: what we know so far

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas took at least 200 hostages and killed about 1,400 people during an Oct. 7 dawn raid carried out from the…

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20

Oct

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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20

Oct

Jordan fears ‘the worst is coming’ in Gaza war

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, (Reuters) - Jordan's foreign minister said the country feared the worst was yet to come in the Israel-Hamas war, with no signs of success in efforts…

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20

Oct

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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20

Oct

US troops attacked in Iraq, Syria and on alert for more strikes

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. troops have been repeatedly attacked in Iraq and Syria in recent days, U.S. officials said, as Washington is on heightened alert for activity…

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20

Oct

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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19

Oct

Why is the Rafah border crossing important and when will it open?

Oct 19 (Reuters) - The Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt is the sole route for aid to enter Gaza directly from outside Israel and the only exit…

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19

Oct

Gaza health ministry: 3,785 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes since Oct.7

GAZA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - At least 3,785 Palestinians have been killed and 12,493 wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct.7, the health ministry in Gaza said on Thursday.…

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19

Oct

Israel’s endgame? No sign of post-war plan for Gaza

By Samia Nakhoul, Matt Spetalnick and Alexander Cornwell DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel is vowing to wipe out Hamas in a relentless onslaught on the Gaza Strip but has no obvious…

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19

Oct

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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