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AFP Khan Younis: The Israeli military released footage on Saturday showing Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's leader in Gaza, preparing for an extended stay underground just hours before the militant group launched its October 7 attack.  Sinwar,…

AFP/APP Gaza Strip: Israel's military announced the discovery of six dead hostages in a Gaza tunnel on Sunday. The remains were found on Saturday in the Rafah area and have been identified as Hersh Goldberg-Polin (a dual US-Israeli…

APP Islamabad: A first group of children received polio vaccinations in besieged Gaza on Saturday, ahead of the official start of a much-anticipated United Nations-led campaign set to begin Today (Sunday). Children at Nasser Hospital…

APP New York:  More than 75,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Khan Yunis in southwest Gaza in the past few days, according to Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). “Over the decades,…

News Desk New York: Israeli bombing continued overnight into Thursday in besieged Gaza, where some of the tens of thousands of displaced individuals have had to turn back after finding nowhere to shelter, according to UN humanitarian…

AFP/APP Gaza Strip: Israeli forces carried out deadly strikes Tuesday on southern Gaza after issuing an evacuation order which a UN agency said would impact 250,000 Palestinians. Witnesses reported intense bombing and shelling around…

News Desk  New York:  Escalating Israeli military attacks in northern Gaza have forced an estimated 84,000 people to flee eastern Gaza City in recent days, cutting off access to a key aid distribution hub, according to UN humanitarian…

News Desk  Islamabad: More than 625,000 children in besieged Gaza have not attended school for over eight months due to ongoing Israeli attacks on the densely populated enclave, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.…

AFP/APP Beirut: Hezbollah on Wednesday said none of Israel would be spared in a war, after Israel said it had approved plans for a Lebanon offensive, stoking fears of the Gaza conflict spreading. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said…

AFP/APP Gaza: Israel struck Gaza on Monday and witnesses reported blasts in the besieged territory's south, but fighting has largely subsided after a day of relative calm and as Muslims marked Eid al-Azha.  In a holiday message late…