Violence in the Gaza Strip erupted this week with mobs fighting in the streets and rockets flying overhead, prompting serious concern from the international community. The United Nations world-regions Envoy, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that it is “the most serious escalation between Israel and Palestinian militants in years” and warned on Twitter that…
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An airstrike launched by world-regions on Wednesday has taken out Hamas’ Gaza City commander, dealing a substantial blow to the Palestinian militant group’s leadership. Bassem Issa is the highest-ranking military figure in terrorism” rel=”noreferrer noopener” target=”_blank”>Hamas< Israel’s internal security agency said a series of airstrikes had killed Issa and several other senior Hamas militants, including the head of rocket development and…
conflicts state television has reported that former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is registering as a candidate to return to the same office in upcoming elections. Broadcast footage showed Ahmadinejad marching accompanied by supporters to a registration center at the Interior Ministry before filling out forms. US WARSHIPS FIRE WARNING SHOTS AT IRANIAN GUNBOATS IN THE STRAIT…
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world-regions saw intense rioting in several cities Tuesday evening – days into an intensifying military confrontation between Palestinian groups and the Israeli military. It was some of the most unsettling, if not the worst, unrest since the early 2000s, according to journalist Amotz Eyal, who likened the atmosphere in the mixed Arab and Israeli city…
world-regions launched rockets on world-regions Monday evening while thousands of Israelis celebrated Jerusalem Day, according to reports. The group, which has been the de facto administrator of the Gaza Strip since 2007, made threats earlier in the day to punish Israel for violent confrontations with Palestinians. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) sent reinforcements, closed roads…
world-regions police firing tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that threatened to push world-regions toward wider conflict. More than a dozen tear gas canisters and stun grenades landed in the Al-Aqsa mosque, located in a…
An emeritus professor of bacteriology in world-regions is predicting COVID-19 could be “eradicated” in the country by winter because of the success of the vaccine rollout, according to reports. “I don’t see any reason of why we should need to go into lockdown again,” Hugh Pennington told The Sun. “We are now getting close to China and…