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Red Cross says at least 22 killed as strike hits displaced civilians in Gaza as Israel expands operations

CNN  —  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says at least 22 people were killed in a strike that hit civilians sheltering in southern Gaza on Friday. The strike hit the tents of displaced people in the Palestinian town of Mawasi, parts of which have been identified by the Israeli military as a …

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Gaza resident says he saw Israeli special forces disguised as Hamas fighters in rescue operation

A resident of the Nuseirat refugee camp told CNN on Sunday that he saw members of the Israeli military disguised as Hamas fighters and Palestinian civilians during their security operation to rescue four hostages a day earlier. “I saw the special forces that arrived. They were dressed in military uniforms like resistance fighters, carrying helmets …

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Israel says four hostages rescued in central Gaza military operation

CNN  —  Four hostages have been freed in a special operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Israel’s military says. Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, were rescued by the Israeli military, intelligence and special forces from two separate locations in Nuseirat, the Israel Defense …

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Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah, defying international condemnation of operation in southern Gazan city

CNN  —  The Israeli military is in central Rafah, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a statement Friday, despite international concern and anger over its military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city. The IDF statement confirms what eyewitnesses told CNN earlier this week, when tanks were spotted in central Rafah for the first time since …

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About 800,000 people have fled Rafah since Israeli operation began in the city, head of UN agency says

Approximately 800,000 people, nearly half of Rafah’s population, have been displaced since Israeli forces started military operations in the area on May 6, according to the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Since the conflict in Gaza began, Palestinians have been repeatedly forced to …

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Egypt conducts 2 million, 160 thousand free surgical operations for underprivileged

The Ministry of Health and Population announced the completion of 2,160,482 surgeries within the framework of the initiative of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to end waiting lists and prevent the accumulation of new lists for critical surgical interventions included in the initiative, since its launch in July 2018 until today. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official …

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Israeli operations at Al-Shifa hospital enter 2 week mark as those trapped inside run out of basic supplies

The Israeli military says it is continuing its operations in and around Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City for a fourteenth day, while forces continue to conduct operations in the Al Amal area of Khan Younis. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli Security Agency (ISA) were conducting “precise operational activity” in the area of Al-Shifa …

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