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Fast Forward Israel Says It Found Hamas Training Manual in Gaza
The Israeli army has released what it says is a page from a seized Hamas training manual that would appear to support its case that Palestinian militants deliberately use the cover of residential areas for combat operations. Hamas, which denies it puts civilians at risk by storing and firing weapons from built-up areas, dismissed the…
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Fast Forward Hamas Endorses International Criminal Court War Crimes Push
Hamas leaders said on Saturday they had given their consent for the Palestinians to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move that could open up both Israel and the militant group to war crime probes over the fighting in Gaza. Moussa Abu Marzouk, a Hamas leader based in Cairo, said he had signed a…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Vows ‘Heavy Price’ for 4-Year-Old Israeli Killed by Rocket
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to escalate the fight against Hamas, vowing the group would “pay a heavy price” after a four-year-old Israeli boy was killed by a mortar attack from Gaza, the first Israeli child to die in the six-week conflict. Shortly after his remarks, Palestinian officials said Israel had flattened a house…
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Fast Forward Ashdod Synagogue Hit By Rocket From Gaza, 3 Injured
An Ashdod synagogue was hit by a rocket Friday afternoon, injuring three people lightly. Earlier in the day heavy rocket and mortar fire on southern Israel moderately wounded another Israeli in Beersheva, Haaretz reported. Two men in their 20s and a woman in her 40s were injured by shrapnel from the Ashdod rocket. All three…
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Fast Forward Hamas Executes 18 People Accused of Collaborating With Israel
Hamas-led gunmen in Gaza executed 18 Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel on Friday, a day after Israel tracked down and killed three top Hamas commanders, the highest-ranking militants to be killed in the six-week war. Seven people were shot dead in front of worshippers outside a mosque in one of Gaza’s main squares, witnesses…
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Opinion Who Leaked Israel’s Top-Secret Briefing About Reoccupying Gaza?
Six weeks into a Gaza conflict that continually lurches from cease-fire to live fire and back again, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is facing what could turn into the greatest challenge of his political career. Pressure is building in the Knesset and in the security services for a criminal investigation into the leak in early…
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Fast Forward Gaza Residents Suffering From Severe Water Shortage Due to Conflict
Gaza residents are suffering from a severe water shortage as a result of the ongoing conflict there. Damage to wells and Gaza’s energy infrastructure has disrupted the pumping and distribution of water, cutting the coastal strip’s water supply by half, according to Haaretz. In addition, hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans have been unable to…
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Fast Forward Israeli Air Strike Kills Three Hamas Commanders in Gaza
Israel killed three senior Hamas commanders in an air strike on the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the clearest signal yet that Israel is intent on eliminating the group’s military leadership after a failed attempt on the life of its top commander this week. Hamas, which dominates Gaza, named the men as Mohammed Abu Shammala, Raed…
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