Israel pulled tanks out of some Gaza districts Monday, as it announced plans to shift tactics and cut back on troop numbers. Meanwhile, fighting raged elsewhere along with bombardment.
Local residents and Palestinian media say Israel stepped up air and ground shelling against al-Bureij in central Gaza. Clergy have cancelled celebrations in Bethlehem.
One Israeli strike on refugee camp in northern Gaza Sunday killed 90 Palestinians, according to Gaza health ministry spokesperson, while another missile attack on a family home killed 24.
Tamimi rose to prominence as a 16-year-old in 2017, when she slapped an Israeli soldier who raided her West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. She had been sentenced to eight months in prison for it.
At a briefing, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell told UNSC that the true cost of this latest war in Palestine and Israel will be 'measured in children's lives'.
The G20 summit, hosted by Modi, got no proposal on situation in Gaza but all leaders welcomed ‘humanitarian truce’, says foreign minister S Jaishankar. Putin, too, was present for the meet.
Proposal by Qatar was delivered Tuesday. Hamas reportedly says it'll free 50 hostages for Tel Aviv releasing 150 prisoners. Israel has made no mention regarding release of Palestinians.
A month ago, Turkish deputy foreign minister said around 700 people, including Turkish, Palestinian, & northern Cypriot citizens, had applied to Turkey to be evacuated from Gaza.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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