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TopicIsrael-Hamas conflict

Topic: Israel-Hamas conflict

A chance encounter: Here’s how Israel killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar

Israel Defense Forces announced that Sinwar was ‘one of three terrorists’ eliminated in Rafah in southern Gaza. His identity was confirmed through dental records and DNA test.

Israeli strikes kill Hamas leader with family in Lebanon; 3 more Palestinian leaders killed in Beirut

The killings were the latest in a two-week surge of Israeli attacks on militant targets in Lebanon, amid a conflict spreading from Gaza, the West Bank, Yemen, and within Israel.

Haniyeh killing a ‘cowardly act’, but void left in Palestinian resistance not unfillable — Urdu press

New Delhi: This week, Urdu newspapers described the assassination of Hamas’s political wing leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran as martyrdom. They also criticised the...

Quad foreign ministers take aim at China, discuss Gaza & other global conflicts at Tokyo meet

Myanmar, Russia-Ukraine war, conflict in Gaza & counter-terrorism featured in discussions Monday. The 4 leaders reiterated call for 2-state solution & urged Israel to end expansion.

Biden’s Gaza policy ‘failure’ — ex-US govt officials call for halt to security assistance to Israel

Ex-officials from American civil service, foreign service, White House & armed forces wrote that ‘flow of arms to Israel ensured undeniable complicity of US in killings in Gaza’.

Israel approves plan for 92,000 foreign workers to fill jobs in the country amid labour shortage

Foreign workers will be provided jobs in agriculture, industry, hotels & restaurants. Israeli workers who might have filled these gaps have been called for military reserve duty.

‘4 hostages rescued from Gaza,’ says Israeli military

The 4 hostages, 3 males and a female were kidnapped by Hamas-led militants from Nova music festival in southern Israel, 7 October 2023.

Biden lays out 3-phase Gaza truce proposal, says ‘it’s time for the war to end’

Hamas said it was ready to engage with any proposal based on a permanent ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli forces, reconstruction of Gaza, return of displaced, and a 'genuine' prisoner swap.

3 in 4 Israelis support retaliation against Hamas or believe it hasn’t gone far enough, finds Pew

Pew survey shows Jewish Israelis & Arab Israelis see war with Hamas differently, also finds belief in peaceful coexistence of Palestine & Israel sliding over decade from 50% to 26%. 

Hamas has shown a positive response to the truce deal with Israel, says Qatar

Hamas, Monday agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators, but Israel said the terms did not meet its demands, launching strikes in Rafah while discussing truce possibilities.

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Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.