UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without urgent steps to improve safety, UN officials say
CAIRO (AP) — UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without urgent steps to improve safety, UN officials say.
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- The Telegraph
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- Reuters
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- The Telegraph
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- The Telegraph
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- CNN
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- CNN
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- France 24
Live: Israel threatens to push deeper into Lebanon if Hezbollah truce collapses
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Middle East latest: Deadly strikes by Israel in Lebanon as Netanyahu vows an 'iron fist'
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- The Guardian
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- Reuters
Bangladesh seeks action against protesters who breached its mission in India's northeast
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Israel threatens to ‘go deeper’ into Lebanon as strikes strain ceasefire
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- The Guardian
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- The Guardian
Syrian insurgents advance on Hama city after capturing Aleppo
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- CNN
American-Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza was ‘killed on October 7,’ Israel says
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- Reuters
Israel kills 23 people in north Gaza, orders evacuations in south
Israeli military strikes killed at least 23 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, most of them in the town of Beit Lahiya on the northern edge, medics said, as the army issued new evacuation orders in the south of the small enclave. Medics said eight people had been killed in a series of airstrikes in Beit Lahiya while four others were killed elsewhere in Gaza City. An Israeli airstrike later killed two people and wounded others in Jabalia, the largest of Gaza's eight historic refugee camps, in the coastal enclave's north, medics said.
- BBC
Georgia’s moment of truth: Protesters demand Western path not Russian past
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