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Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar looks on as Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in an anti-Israel rally over tension in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, in Gaza City 1 October 2022. Photo: Reuters
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Hezbollah says it will escalate war with Israel after Hamas leader killed

Sinwar, a mastermind of the 7 October 2023, attack that triggered the Gaza war, was killed during an operation by Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian enclave on Wednesday, a pivotal event in the...

File Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz (not pictured) in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, 28 October 2023. Photo: Reuters
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Netanyahu denounces tactical pauses in Gaza fighting to get in aid

Pankaj Mishra. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

The West never had a chance at winning over the world

Streaks of light are seen as Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel. PHOTO: REUTERS
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Palestinian rockets reach west of Jerusalem on third day of Gaza fighting

Rockets are fired by Palestinian militants into Israel, amid Israeli-Palestinian fighting, in Gaza City August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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US says it supports Israel's right to defend itself, urges no more escalation

Israeli soldiers looks on during clashes with Palestinian youth in the city center of the occupied West Bank town of Hebron on April 24, 2021. Photo: Hazem Bader/AFP
Middle East

Israeli soldiers kill 2 Palestinians in West Bank, Palestinian health ministry says

US President Joe Biden meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Biden and Jordan's King Abdullah discuss reducing Israel, West Bank tensions

At least two killed in Tel Aviv shooting
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At least two killed in Tel Aviv shooting

PR Kumaraswamy. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

On Israel-Palestine, resist the temptation to mediate

Palestinians gather after returning to their houses which were destroyed by Israeli strikes in the recent cross-border violence between Palestinian militants and Israel, following Israel-Hamas truce, in Gaza May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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Aid arrives in Gaza as ceasefire holds

Israeli and Palestinian youngsters waving their flags in Jerusalem/ Reuters
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Israel committing ‘crime of apartheid’ against Palestinians: HRW

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the release of the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices at the State Department in Washington, DC, U.S., March 30, 2021. Mandel NganPool via REUTERS
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Blinken seeks Israel’s ‘equal’ treatment of Palestinians

Israeli and Palestinian youngsters waving their flags in Jerusalem/ Reuters
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ICC ruling brings hope for Palestinians, dismay for Israelis