Trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip on Sunday after a long-awaited truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect, the United Nations said.
“First trucks of supplies started entering” minutes after the ceasefire took effect on…
Category: 3. Middle East
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In photos: Israel – Hamas ceasefire
A ceasefire in Gaza tales effect Sunday after Israel’s Cabinet approved a deal, with 24 ministers voting in favor and eight ministers rejecting the agreement. The deal to end the fighting between Israel and Hamas was achieved after more than…
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The Gaza ceasefire will reverberate across the Middle East
The ceasefire in Gaza will have wide-ranging implications across the Middle East. How this takes place will take time to process. This is because the ceasefire has phases, and it is not clear what may come next. However, we know already how…
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Syria destroys millions of captagon pills, other drugs: official
Syrian security forces destroyed seized drugs Sunday including around 100 million pills of the amphetamine-like stimulant captagon — whose production and trafficking flourished under ousted president Bashar al-Assad, an official said.
A 2022 AFP…
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Inside Hamas’ tactics during a year of war with Israel
The war against Hamas, which began in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, was one of the longest sustained wars that Hamas has had to face in its almost 40-year history. The group was prepared to face this challenge. Now…
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Hamas still control Gaza, terrorists still march through the street
Hamas appears to be emerging from tunnels and rubble in Gaza to show that it never lost control of most of the area despite fifteen months of war. While Hamas suffered many blows from the Israel Defense Forces, it was able to recruit new…
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After celebrations, displaced Gazans return home to destruction
Columns of people hundreds strong were making their way northward from Gaza City to Jabalia on Sunday, flanked on both sides by countless buildings turned to rubble, as a ceasefire took effect in the Palestinian territory.
In places, they crossed…
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The three women hostages to be freed from Gaza
Three women hostages held by militants in the Gaza Strip for more than 15 months are on Sunday to become the first freed under a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Here are their short profiles:
– Romi Gonen, 24 –
Romi Gonen, from northern Israel,…
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Gazans praise Hamas for ceasefire
From sporadic marches celebrating Hamas’s ‘victory’ to cautious optimism and the early beginnings of local civilian endeavors, the Gaza Strip woke up today to a new day as the ceasefire agreement finally entered into force.
Even…
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Cautious celebrations in Gaza as ceasefire begins
The future is “uncertain and unclear” in Gaza after a long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began, BBC Middle East Correspondent Rushdi Abualouf has said.
“People don’t know if it’s a real ceasefire on the ground, or a fragile…
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