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The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, has held Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fully responsible for the lives of Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip.

This came after Netanyahu approved a plan to reoccupy Gaza following the movement’s announcement of accepting mediators’ proposal for a ceasefire- prisoner swap deal.

“We agreed to a partial deal and expressed our readiness for a comprehensive deal, but Netanyahu rejects all solutions,” Hamas…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Sunday that 9 out of 10 schools in the Gaza Strip, including its own, have been destroyed by Israeli shelling and need to be rebuilt to be usable.

Human Rights Watch (HRW)had previously said that the Israeli army had bombed more than 500 schools housing displaced persons in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war in October 2023.

The shelling has killed hundreds of…

Ten Palestinians, including four journalists and a firefighter, were killed and several others wounded Monday in an Israeli strike on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, according to Gaza health authorities and eyewitnesses, Anadolu reports.

According to Anadolu correspondents, the Israeli military targeted the top floor of the emergency building, known as the “Al-Yassin” floor.

Earlier, the Gaza Health Ministry said in a statement…

HELSINKI (Reuters) -The captain and two officers of an oil tanker accused of severing five undersea power and telecoms cables when their vessel left Russia and sailed through the Gulf of Finland in late 2024 will stand trial in Helsinki on Monday.

Investigators have concluded that the Eagle S dragged its anchor along the seabed, severing the Estlink 2 power cable connecting Finland and Estonia, and four internet lines, leading Finnish security forces to interrupt the vessel’s journey and…

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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s transport minister was slapped with a speeding ticket after posting a video of himself driving 225 km per hour (140 mph) on a highway — nearly twice the legal limit — prompting ridicule on social media and a public apology.

The clip, set to folk music and excerpts of a speech by President Tayyip Erdogan praising the government’s infrastructure, showed Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu’s speedometer soaring…

(Reuters) -Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said.

Cameraman Hussam al-Masri, one of the journalists killed in the strikes according to the officials, was a contractor for Reuters. Photographer Hatem Khaled, who was also a Reuters contractor, was wounded, the officials said.

The Israeli military and Prime Minister’s Office both had no immediate comment…

Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that occupying Gaza City could pose a serious threat to the lives of Israeli captives.

Zamir urged Netanyahu to accept the current prisoner exchange deal that Hamas has already approved.

This comes amid escalating pressure from the families of Israeli prisoners to proceed with a deal ensuring their release, while Netanyahu on Thursday instructed the immediate start of…