As Israel focuses on a potential hostage deal it is important to understand how Hamas will seek to continue to exploit the conflict with Israel. Hamas has thrived for forty years on being underestimated.
When it was founded in the late 1980s…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Red Sea dive boat survivors say they were ‘pressured to sign documents’
BBCJustin, Frøydis and Lisa were all rescued from the Sea Story and later spoke to the BBC Survivors of a deadly dive-boat sinking in the Red Sea say they were pressured to sign official witness statements in Arabic – which they couldn’t…
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How the world discovered the Nazi death camps
Images of what the Allies found when they liberated the Nazi death camps towards the end of World War II brought the horror of the Holocaust to global attention.
Many of the ghastly pictures were at first held back from the broader public, partly…
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Mediators make final push for Gaza truce deal
Mediators were making a final push Wednesday to seal a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, after a Qatari official involved in the talks expressed hope an agreement could be reached “very soon”.
Qatar, Egypt and the United States have intensified…
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Two former Colombian presidents call for foreign intervention in Venezuela
The call for foreign intervention against Nicolas Maduro, promoted by former Colombian Presidents Alvaro Uribe and Ivan Duque, provoked a reaction from Caracas, where the Venezuelan leader predicted a joint response from Venezuela, Cuba and…
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Bar Association says 23 lawyers died under suspicious circumstances
A report by the Iranian Bar Association Union reveals that since the start of 2017, at least 54 instances of violence targeting lawyers have been documented.
These include murders, assassination attempts and acts of property damage.
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Health of political prisoner Fatemeh Sepehri deteriorates
As the health of Iranian political prisoner Fatemeh Sepehri, detained in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad, has reportedly deteriorated.
Medical specialists have identified psychological pressures from the prison environment as the primary cause of…
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Almost 100 strikes in Gaza ‘humanitarian zone’, BBC Verify finds
BBCThe area in Gaza which Israel’s military has told people to go to “for their safety” has been hit by 97 strikes since May, BBC Verify analysis has revealed.
The findings come as negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appear to be…
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Hopes for Gaza ceasefire deal still high, but timing uncertain
Hopes are still high for a Gaza ceasefire agreement. The Biden administration continues working with its partners to close the deal as it prepares to hand off to the Trump administration. Veronica Balderas Iglesias has the details, with Kim…
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A look at the terms — and tensions — in the Israel-Hamas draft ceasefire deal
CAIRO: If the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal goes according to the current draft, then fighting will stop in Gaza for 42 days, and dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be freed. In this first phase Israeli troops…
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