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At least two Palestinians, including a thirteen year old boy, have been killed today in ongoing air strikes to the southern Gaza Strip. The death toll rises to more than 1000 people in , mostly civilians while in the
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At least two Palestinians, including a thirteen year old boy, have been killed today in ongoing air strikes to the southern Gaza Strip.
In the northern Gaza Strip, an Israeli air strike destroyed a house Monday but there were no reports of casualties. Nearly two dozen Palestinians have been killed in the past five days as the Israeli army continues its offensive in the southern
Sixteen-year-old Kifah Natour and her brother Amar, 15, were killed when a missile hit the front of their house early Saturday in Rafah, Al-Jazeera TV reported. Their mother was also seriously wounded, along with four other residents, including two children.
An Israeli army spokesman denied the attack and said the only air strikes the military carried out were 2km away from Rafah against Palestinian fighters.
Palestinian medical sources and eyewitnesses in
Seventeen residents, including five children, have been killed in air strikes to the Al Shouka neighborhood in Rafah since Thursday, including a three-day old infant.
Twelve people have been detained in the incursion since Thursday. In
Update
The death toll rises to more than 1000 people in , mostly civilians, and 94 Israelis. Five Lebanese civilians were killed and eight Israeli soldiers were wounded after a raid that took place in the south of
According to the latest reports more than 3000 civilians have been injured, 1000 killed, 1,000,000 displaced and more than 160 roads and bridges destroyed by the Israeli attacks on .
attacked the
Fourteen Lebanese civilians were killed when launched air strikes. Seven members of one Lebanese family were killed in the
The port city of
With the destruction of many of southern ’s bridges and roads, all aid supply routes have been cut, leaving humanitarian groups with no choice but to deliver supplies by hand across the
Four explosions were also heard in the
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council also met today to continue trying to reach an agreement for a ceasefire. One setback has been whether to include Hezbollah’s demand that troops withdraw immediately from .
Naseem Abu Amoud, 34, and Mahmoud Abu Amoud, 19, were injured Monday morning due to an explosion by an unidentified object in Nuba village, south of the West Bank city of
Also in
The Israeli army troops invaded the West Bank city of
Saed Ibrahim was taken as prisoner late Sunday night from the West Bank city of
Local residents said that the boy Ibrahim was standing near his house in the city when an army jeep stopped next to him. Soldiers then attacked him and took him away to an unknown location. Israeli forces invaded the West Bank city of
Fadil Hamdan, Hamas Legislator in the Palestinian Legislative Council, was taken prisoner by the Israeli army from the West Bank city of
Earlier on Sunday, the Israeli army took Dr. Aziz Dwake, Chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council, as a prisoner from his house in Ramallah.
Hussein Fahmi was killed and his son sustained injuries after being shot at by a group of settlers near the West Bank city of
Both victims were using Zataraa checkpoint for work purposes, coming from their village Habla, near the West Bank city of
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