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Israel to confine Palestinians in area likened to concentration camp
Sabah
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July 8, 2025
Israel's defense minister has reportedly outlined a controversial plan to confine hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to a closed zone in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, along the border with Egypt — a move widely criticized as a potential...
Israel outlines plans to pack Gaza’s population into closed border zone
The Irish News
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Israel’s defence minister has outlined plans to pack hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a closed zone of the Gaza Strip along the border with Egypt, according to local media reports. It appears to be the latest version of plans by the...
Israel plans to concentrate entire Gaza population into 'humanitarian city'
Middle East Eye
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July 8, 2025
Israel’s defence minister has instructed the military to bring forward plans to confine all Palestinians in Gaza in a so-called “humanitarian city” south of the enclave - an area which they would not be allowed to leave. According to a report in...
Israeli forces raid Iran-backed cell in Syria for second time
Long War Journal
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July 8, 2025
Israeli forces conduct a nighttime raid in Syria to apprehend an Iranian-backed cell. (IDF) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted a raid targeting “a cell that was operated by the Iranian ‘Quds’ Force in the Tel Kudna area of southern Syria,”...
Israeli plans to move Gaza's population to camp in Rafah
Tehran Times
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July 8, 2025
Israel's Israel Katz says he has instructed its military to prepare a plan to move all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp in the south of the territory, Israeli media reports say. Katz told journalists on Monday he wanted to establish a...
Israel military claims struck Hamas militant in north Lebanon
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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Israel's military claimed Tuesday it had struck a Hamas militant in the Lebanese city of Tripoli in its first strike on the country's north since a November ceasefire ended hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. "A short while ago, the (Israeli...
Israel intensifies Gaza bloodshed as soldiers blown up amid ceasefire talks
The Mirror
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July 8, 2025
Israel intensified its war on Gaza as five soldiers died from a roadside bomb attack- even as ceasefire negotiations are underway. The troops died overnight as two bombs were detonated near their vehicle during an operation in the Beit Hanoun...
Israeli PM Netanyahu shrugs off ‘silly’ Mamdani threat to arrest him
New York Post
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July 8, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed aside Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s threat to arrest him as “silly” and teased plans to swing through New York City in defiance of the socialist’s warning. “I’m not concerned about...
Israel’s Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
World - North Carolina
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July 8, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared a letter nominating President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize as they met at the White House Monday evening. The prime minister shared a copy of his petition to the Nobel Prize committee with...
Israeli enemy arrests 4 Palestinians, including child, in various areas of West Bank
Yemen News Agency SABA
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July 8, 2025
Israeli enemy arrests 4 Palestinians, including child, in various areas of West Bank [Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:18:46 +0300] Ramallah – Saba: Today, Tuesday, Israeli enemy forces arrested four Palestinians, including a child, in the governorates of...
Israeli air strike in Lebanon kills Hamas planning department chief: Reports
Middle East Eye
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July 8, 2025
Israeli media is reporting that an Israeli attack near Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli killed Hamas's planning department chief, Mahran Mustafa Baajour. We reported earlier that the Israeli army claimed an attack on a "key Hamas terrorist" near...
Israeli junior minister rejects outside probes of Gaza war (Canada)
Castanet Kamloops
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July 8, 2025
Photo: The Canadian Press Sharren Haskel, member of the Israeli parliament, in Ottawa on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang As Canada escalates its criticism of how Israel is fighting the war in Gaza, one Israeli junior...
Israel planea retener a la población de Gaza en una “ciudad humanitaria” sobre las ruinas de Rafah, informan medios israelíes
KESQ-TV - California
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July 8, 2025
Por Dana Karni, Mostafa Salem y Oren Liebermann El ministro de Defensa de Israel declaró haber instruido al ejército para que avanzara en los planes para lo que denominó una “ciudad humanitaria” construida sobre las ruinas de Rafah, en el sur de...
Israeli military official reveals Iran missiles hit some IDF sites last month
The Times of Israel
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July 8, 2025
An Israeli military official revealed on Tuesday that Iranian airstrikes last month hit some Israeli military sites, the first apparent public acknowledgment that such locations had been struck. The official, speaking to Reuters on condition of...
Israel’s defense minister plans to hold Gazan population in ‘humanitarian city’ on ruins of Rafah, Israeli media reports
KESQ-TV - California
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July 8, 2025
By Dana Karni, Mostafa Salem and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s defense minister said he told the military to advance plans for what he called a “humanitarian city” built on the ruins of Rafah in southern Gaza, according to...
Israel outlines plans to pack Gaza’s population into a closed border zone. Here’s a closer look
Associated Press
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July 8, 2025
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister has outlined plans to pack hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a closed zone of the Gaza Strip along the border with Egypt, according to local media reports. It appears to be the latest version of...
Israel, Iran and the New Middle Eastern Chessboard
E-International Relations
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July 8, 2025
The brief but intense confrontation between Israel and Iran in June 2025 was more than another Middle Eastern crisis—it was a diagnostic moment that revealed deep structural changes reshaping regional politics. Like a sudden earthquake exposing...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with congressional leaders
CBS News
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Washington — Congressional leaders are meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after some lawmakers accused the Israeli leader of trying to drag the U.S. into another war. Netanyahu is meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson on...
Israeli report accuses Hamas of sexual violence, urges legal action
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Emily Rose JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli researchers released a report on Tuesday detailing sexual assault allegations against Palestinian Hamas fighters who attacked Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, and offering a "legal blueprint" for...
Israel says 'key' Hamas figure hit in rare north Lebanon strike
The New Arab
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July 8, 2025
The Israeli strike targeted a vehicle in an area called Ayrouniyeh just outside Tripoli [Fathi al-Masri/AFP via Getty] The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had struck "key" figure from Palestinian group Hamas near the northern Lebanese city of...