Assad’s secret mass grave operation uncovered by Reuters | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastReuters uncovered how Assad’s government secretly moved thousands of bodies from Qutayfah to a hidden site in Dhumair, in a bid to cover up…
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Assad’s secret mass grave operation uncovered by Reuters
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Israel’s World Cup hopes end as loss to Italy is accompanied by boos, protests
UDINE, Italy — Israel lost hope of qualifying for next year’s soccer World Cup on Tuesday, after it lost to Italy in a game that took place without major incidents amid boos, protests and a heavy police presence that included snipers on…
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Hamas returns four more bodies of hostages, says Israeli military
Paulin Kola and
Chris Graham
‘We want to raise our children’: Life in Gaza after hostages and prisoners released Hamas has returned the bodies of four more deceased hostages, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said, with identification work under…
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Netanyahu responds to Trump saying he’s not easy to work with
In an exclusive interview with CBS News, the BBC’s US partner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed claims from President Donald Trump that the “war is over” and responded to comments about whether he’s difficult to work with.
The…
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4 bodies, purportedly of unnamed hostages, return to Israel after threat to limit aid
IDF troops brought four caskets that were said to hold the bodies of dead hostages back to Israel on Tuesday night, after the government accused Hamas of breaking the ceasefire agreement and threatened to withhold aid from Gaza.
The bodies,…
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Trump: If Hamas doesn’t uphold vow to disarm, ‘we will disarm them, perhaps violently’
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Hamas has told his top aides that it will disarm, and that the terror group could be dealt with “violently” if it refuses to do so. He also pressed the Palestinian terror group to follow…
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Palestinian Authority condems Hamas reported executions in Gaza
Palestinian Authority condems Hamas reported executions in Gaza | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastThe Palestinian Authority “strongly condemned” the reported field executions carried out by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, a statement shared…
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Gaza deal’s secret humanitarian annex omits GHF, which isn’t poised for postwar role
A yet-to-be-publicized humanitarian annex in the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal that Israel and Hamas signed last week does not stipulate a role for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, as officials familiar with the matter told The…
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Can Trump’s ‘Peace in the Middle East’ Summit Become More Than Just a Photo Op?
Although Trump spoke of an ‘enduring peace,’ the document signed at the summit did not refer to borders, sovereignty, or any mechanism to ensure violence would not recur. And yet, if the cease-fire and Gaza…
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Israel identifies bodies of first four dead hostages returned by Hamas
David Gritten and
Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent, Istanbul
ReutersBereaved families are demanding that Hamas hand over all the deceased hostages’ bodies still in Gaza Israel has identified the bodies of four deceased hostages which were returned…
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