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Israeli troops exit Gaza’s Shifa Hospital, leaving rubble and bodies

1 Apr 2024

By Dan Williams and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli forces left Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Monday after a two-week operation by special forces who detained hundreds of suspected Palestinian militants and left a wasteland of destroyed buildings. With access to Gaza’s biggest hospital severely restricted, the Israeli and Palestinian versions differed sharply. …

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Meloni, Le Pen rift mars far right’s prospects of wielding EU power

1 Apr 2024

By Michel Rose, Elizabeth Pineau and Angelo Amante PARIS/ROME (Reuters) -When a French minister compared Italy’s nationalist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni last year to the leader of the French far right, the Italian premier rang French President Emmanuel Macron to complain. Meloni was so incensed that the French leader felt compelled to send an emissary …

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Israel’s Netanyahu will undergo hernia surgery on Sunday, his office says

31 Mar 2024

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia, his office said, at a time when he is waging a war against Hamas in Gaza, and less than a year after he was fitted with a pacemaker. “On Saturday night, during a routine checkup for Prime …

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Lebanon’s precarious sectarian balance tipping amid Hezbollah-Israeli war

31 Mar 2024

By Maya Gebeily and Karamallah Daher BEIRUT (Reuters) – As the Lebanese Christian village of Rmeish marks its first Easter since the Gaza war erupted, residents say a parallel confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel is dragging them into a conflict they did not choose. Like many Christians elsewhere in southern Lebanon, residents are angry and …

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Canada to train troops from Caribbean nations for Haiti mission

30 Mar 2024

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada has sent around 70 soldiers to Jamaica to train troops from Caribbean nations who are due to take part in a U.N.-authorized mission to Haiti, the Canadian defense ministry said on Saturday. Kenya announced last year it would lead the force, which is designed to help national police fight powerful gangs …

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Second shipment with more than 300 tons of food for Gaza leaves Cyprus port

30 Mar 2024

By Yiannis Kourtoglou LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) -Ships carrying 332 tons of food for Gaza left Cyprus’s Larnaca port on Saturday in a convoy which will reach the besieged enclave early next week, authorities said. It is the second shipment this month after Israel eased a 17-year naval blockade on the Gaza Strip to allow aid …

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US has agreed to send more bombs and warplanes to Israel, sources say

30 Mar 2024

By Humeyra Pamuk and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. in recent days authorized the transfer of billions of dollars worth of bombs and fighter jets to Israel, two sources familiar with the effort said on Friday, even as Washington publicly expresses concerns about an anticipated Israeli military offensive in Rafah. The new arms packages …

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Biden acknowledges ‘pain’ of Arab Americans over war in Gaza

29 Mar 2024

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Joe Biden on Friday acknowledged “the pain being felt” by many Arab Americans over the war in Gaza and over U.S. support of Israel and its military offensive that has left Arabs, Muslims and anti-war activists angry and disappointed. Many Muslims and Arabs in the United States have urged …

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