Israel Hamas War
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Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills 18 members of family as mediators hope for ceasefire
World | Aug 17, 2024, 09:51 PM ISTIsrael and Hezbollah have traded fire since the war started, and an Israeli strike Saturday killed at least 10 Syrians, including a woman and her two children, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Israel said it targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot.
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'Not there yet': US presents new ceasefire proposal for Israel-Hamas war as Gaza talks paused
World | Aug 17, 2024, 01:33 PM ISTThe US, Qatar and Egypt said a lot of progress was made on a number of issues in the last 48 hours and Washington presented a new proposal to close gaps for the implementation of a ceasefire deal. Israel's military campaign has killed more than 40,000 people in Gaza.
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Israeli forces intensify operations in southern Gaza, kill 20 Hamas terrorists in Rafah
World | Aug 15, 2024, 08:25 PM ISTIsrael has mostly sealed off the territory since launching an operation in Rafah, on the border with Egypt, in May. Israel controls all transfer points into and out of Gaza and has only allowed a small number of patients to leave for treatment.
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Women in war-torn Gaza Strip are cutting off their hair. Here's why
World | Aug 13, 2024, 10:31 PM ISTMore than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the ten-month war Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip, triggered by Hamas' attack on October 7, killing 1,200 people in Israel. Humanitarian aid deliveries have reduced since Israel's seizure of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
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Hezbollah launches airstrikes on sensitive Israeli military sites after Hamas' rocket attack fails
World | Aug 13, 2024, 08:27 PM ISTThis came after Hamas launched two M90 rockets from Gaza towards Tel Aviv, one of which fell in the sea and the other failed to reach Israeli territory. Tensions in the Middle East have been high since the killings of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr.
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Hamas attacks Israel, launches 'M90' rockets at Tel Aviv in major escalation of conflict
World | Aug 13, 2024, 08:07 PM ISTTensions in the Middle East are at an all-time high after a suspected Israeli attack that killed Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran last month. Iran had blamed Israel for the attack and promised retaliation, threatening ceasefire efforts in the Gaza war that has killed over 40,000 Palestinians.
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US makes big move in Middle East as Pentagon chief sends submarine, aircraft carrier to war zone
World | Aug 12, 2024, 12:25 PM ISTAustin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area. The Lincoln was expected in the region by month's end.
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Israel-Hamas War: Israeli warplanes target Gaza school, killing over 100 refuge
News | Aug 11, 2024, 06:50 PM ISTAt least 100 people were killed and dozens more injured in an Israel attack against a school serving as a shelter for some 3,500 displaced people in Gaza on Saturday. Watch to know more!
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Yahya Sinwar, who directed Oct 7 attacks on Israel, becomes new Hamas chief after Haniyeh's killing
World | Aug 07, 2024, 10:15 AM ISTYahya Sinwar, a prominent Hamas leader reputed for his ruthlessness and animosity towards Israel, was named the group's leader after Ismail Haniyeh's assassination in Tehran. He has spent most of his life in Israeli prisons and is believed to be the mastermind behind the Oct 7 attacks on Israel.
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Ismail Haniyeh's assassination: Implications and chaos in the Middle East - What it means for India?
Explainers | Aug 03, 2024, 05:36 PM ISTThe killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, after the death of a senior Hezbollah commander, has thrown the Middle East into a fresh wave of chaos as Israel is bracing for a retaliation from Iran. The ongoing unrest in the region has deep consequences for a number of countries, including India.
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Funeral of slain Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh held in Qatar as Israel prepares for escalation | WATCH
World | Aug 02, 2024, 05:24 PM ISTThousands of mourners, including Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, attended Haniyeh's funeral ceremony, after which he will be buried in the city of Lusail. Haniyeh's killing in Iran sent shockwaves through the Middle East and threatened an escalation of regional tensions.
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Biden says killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh 'not helpful' for ceasefire in Gaza
World | Aug 02, 2024, 01:57 PM ISTThe assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has triggered calls for retaliation from Iran and Hamas, who have blamed Israel for the attack. The brazen attack on Haniyeh in Tehran dealt a severe blow to Hamas and halted any immediate chances of a ceasefire in Gaza.
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India 'strongly advises' its nationals to leave Lebanon as situation turns deadly after attack
World | Aug 01, 2024, 05:36 PM ISTThe conflict in the Middle East has entered a new phase in the wake of Israel's suspected assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and an Israeli strike in Beirut against the top military commander of Iran-backed Hezbollah.
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Mohammed Deif, Hamas military chief who masterminded Oct 7 attacks, confirmed dead in Israeli strike
World | Aug 01, 2024, 02:34 PM ISTMohammed Deif is the alleged mastermind of the October 7 attacks on Israel that killed over 1,200 people when he launched 'Operation Al-Aqsa Storm'. He has been accused of numerous suicide bombings and has evaded several assassination attempts.
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'Israel will exact heavy price for revenge attacks': Netanyahu after Hamas leader killing | VIDEO
World | Jul 31, 2024, 11:46 PM ISTNetanyahu did not mention the killing. Both Hamas and Iran quickly blamed Israel for the shock assassination that risked escalating into an all-out regional war. The strike that killed Haniyeh came hours after Israel targeted a top commander in Iran's ally Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
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School teacher, who survived Israeli assassination attempt, likely to be new Hamas leader: Report
World | Jul 31, 2024, 09:51 PM ISTHamas sources said Meshaal is expected to be chosen as the paramount leader of the group to replace Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Iran in the early hours of Wednesday, with Tehran and Hamas vowing retribution against Israel.
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Body of Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr found in Beirut rubble: Report
World | Aug 01, 2024, 12:04 AM ISTLate on Tuesday, Israel's military reported the killing of Shukr, identified as Hezbollah's highest-ranking commander, attributing responsibility to him for a weekend attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that resulted in the deaths of twelve youths.
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Hamas chief Haniyeh's killing in Iran fuels fears of wider Middle-East conflict | What's NEXT?
World | Jul 31, 2024, 09:16 PM ISTHamas and Iran don't want a regional war, but there is a crime that should be punished, Hamas deputy chief in Gaza Khalil Al-Hayya said in a press conference in Tehran after the killing of the Palestinian militant group's chief Ismail Haniyeh.
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Israel's two major enemies 'eliminated' within hours: How the attacks unfolded?
World | Jul 31, 2024, 02:05 PM ISTIsmail Haniyeh, the chief of Hamas' political bureau, has long been a target for Israel's military and intelligence services. His assassination followed an Israeli strike in Beirut to kill Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in retaliation for a rocket attack in Golan Heights that killed 12 youths.
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Who was Ismail Haniyeh, the long-time Hamas leader and ex-PM assassinated in Tehran? 5 FACTS
World | Jul 31, 2024, 09:54 AM ISTHaniyeh, 62, left the Gaza Strip in 2019 and had lived in exile in Qatar, leading the Hamas delegation in ceasefire negotiations as the war with Israel in Gaza continued. He was "specially designated" as a global terrorist by the United States and was once briefly imprisoned in Israel.