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22 Palestinians killed as Israeli strikes strike school in Gaza City, Hamas command centre hit
World | Sep 21, 2024, 07:57 PM ISTThe Hamas-run government media office said 13 children and six women were among the dead in the Israeli airstrikes on Saturday. The Israeli Army claimed to hit a Hamas command centre embedded in the compound that previously served as a school.
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'Hezbollah will pay increasing price': Israel after 2 of its soldiers killed in strikes near Lebanon
World | Sep 19, 2024, 11:54 PM IST"In the new phase of the war, there are significant opportunities but also significant risks. Hezbollah feels that it is being persecuted and the sequence of military actions will continue," Gallant said in a statement.
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Israel launches airstrikes on Lebanon after Hezbollah chief calls pagers blasts 'declaration of war'
World | Sep 19, 2024, 10:37 PM ISTDeadly Israeli attacks that blew up Hezbollah radios and pagers crossed all red lines, the leader of the heavily armed Lebanese movement said on Thursday, in a speech broadcast as sonic booms from Israeli warplanes shook buildings in Beirut.
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Israel declares 'new phase' of war with Hezbollah as exploding walkie-talkies kill 20 in Lebanon
World | Sep 19, 2024, 07:53 AM ISTAfter thousands of pagers across Lebanon exploded on Tuesday and killed 12 people, the country was rocked again when walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday. The incident has further stoked tensions between Israel and Hezbollah and raised the risks of an all-out war.
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India abstains in UNGA on resolution demanding Israel to leave Palestinian areas within 12 months
World | Sep 18, 2024, 10:14 PM ISTThe 193-member General Assembly adopted the resolution, with 124 nations voting in favour, 14 against and 43 abstentions, including that by India. Those abstaining included Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Nepal, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
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Lebanon: 14 killed, over 450 injured after multiple walkie-talkies explode following pager blasts
World | Sep 19, 2024, 12:01 AM ISTMultiple explosions occurred Wednesday at the site of a funeral for three Hezbollah members and a child killed by exploding pagers the day before. Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV reported explosions in multiple areas of Lebanon, which it said were the result of walkie-talkies detonating.
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Hezbollah attacks Israeli military posts in first cross-border attack after pager blasts
World | Sep 18, 2024, 11:34 PM ISTLebanon's Hezbollah said on Wednesday it attacked Israeli artillery positions with rockets in the first cross-border attack since the Tuesday pager blasts.
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Indian-origin woman charged in Singapore for carrying watermelon-printed umbrellas | KNOW WHY
World | Sep 18, 2024, 06:22 PM ISTThey carried umbrellas painted with watermelon images in support of the Palestinian cause amid the Israel-Hamas war. The watermelon colours are the same as those on the Palestinian flag and the fruit has come to symbolise Palestinian solidarity.
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What is a pager, and why are Hezbollah militants still using such outdated device?
World | Sep 18, 2024, 12:01 AM ISTThe long-forgotten communication device has recently resurfaced in the spotlight following a series of explosions that injured over a thousand people in Lebanon.
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Lebanon: Hezbollah blames Israel for series of pager blasts, says will get 'fair punishment'
World | Sep 17, 2024, 11:36 PM ISTA Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detonation of the pagers was the "biggest security breach" the group had been subjected to in nearly a year of war with Israel.
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What is Hezbollah, the Lebanese group hit by most advanced pagers explosion?
World | Sep 17, 2024, 09:19 PM ISTHezbollah is a powerful part of the "Axis of Resistance", an alliance of Iran-backed groups across the Middle East that also includes the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which ignited the Gaza war by attacking Israel on October 7.
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Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, injured in mysterious pager explosion
World | Sep 17, 2024, 10:28 PM IST"Amani has a superficial injury and is currently under observation in a hospital," Fars quoted a source as saying. More than 1,000 people across Lebanon, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded.
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WATCH: CCTV captures moment when Hezbollah member carrying pager exploded in Beirut supermarket
World | Sep 17, 2024, 08:41 PM ISTThousand of people were wounded in Beirut’s suburbs and other parts of Lebanon after their handheld pagers exploded Tuesday, Lebanese state media and security officials said.
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Lebanon: 9 killed, over 2800 injured after thousands of pagers exploded following 'cryptic' message
World | Sep 18, 2024, 12:05 AM ISTThe explosions took place amid heightened violence between Israel and Hezbollah, who have been engaged in cross-border warfare since the Gaza war erupted last October in the worst such escalation in years.
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Israel's multi-layer defence system activated after missiles fired from Yemen set off sirens
World | Sep 15, 2024, 02:37 PM ISTIsrael's military reported that a surface-to-surface missile launched from Yemen struck an uninhabited area in central Israel, resulting in no injuries. Just before the impact, air raid sirens had blared in Tel Aviv and throughout central Israel, prompting residents to seek shelter.
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Israeli strike on tent camp in Gaza safe zone kills 19, not 40 as reported earlier: Health Ministry
World | Sep 10, 2024, 05:04 PM ISTIsraeli strikes tore a huge crater, set tents ablaze and buried Palestinian families alive under sand in a supposedly safe zone of southern Gaza before dawn on Tuesday. Earlier Gaza claimed at least 40 killed but later minimised the death toll in a revised announcement.
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Israeli missile strike kills 40 Palestinians in Gaza tent camp as ceasefire talks yield no result
World | Sep 10, 2024, 10:26 AM ISTThe Israeli military claimed to target Hamas militants operating from within a command-and-control centre in the camp, which was denied by Hamas. Meanwhile, India has reiterated support for a ceasefire "as soon as possible" in Gaza owing to the mounting death and destruction.
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Israel closes its land border after Gunman crossing from Jordan kills three of its citizens
World | Sep 08, 2024, 04:14 PM ISTThree Israelis were shot and killed Sunday at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, Israeli officials said, in what appeared to be an attack linked to the 11-month-old war in Gaza.
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'We used to study, play and were very happy. Then war came': Gaza students forced to study on rubble
World | Sep 05, 2024, 11:46 PM ISTAfter a building containing her home was demolished by an Israeli air strike, Abu Mustafa, a brave teacher, set up a classroom on the rubble under a tent.
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German police kill suspected Islamist gunman in shootout near Israeli consulate
World | Sep 05, 2024, 11:51 PM ISTThursday marked the 52nd anniversary of the attack by Palestinian militants on the Israeli delegation at the 1972 Munich Olympics, which ended with the death of 11 Israeli team members, a West German police officer and five of the assailants.