In his 60s, Deif has been the leader of Hamas’s military wing since 2002. Tel Aviv came close to eliminating him in an air strike in 2014 that killed his wife & his child.
Calling the decisions 'troubling and alarming,' UN deputy spokesperson stated that UN Chief Guterres reiterates the settlements as flagrant violation of international law.
In previous years, Ramadan has occasionally seen clashes between Israeli police & Palestinians, particularly around Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site.
Police said the gunman arrived at around 8:15 PM and opened fire before he was killed by police. TV footage showed several victims lying on the road outside the synagogue.
Looking at the political camp led by Netanyahu, it will be difficult to see who will replace the Israeli elite, if the Right-wing front comes to power.
Religious Jewish nationalist Naftali Bennett, a former Netanyahu ally who opposes Palestinian statehood, will serve until August 2023, before making way for centrist Yair Lapid.
The Palestinian foreign minister wrote to S Jaishankar on India's abstention. Palestine wrote similar letters to all countries who abstained, MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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