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Israeli PM ‘missed chance’ to cut off Hamas cash

21-02-2024 JERUSALEM/ RAFAH: Israel’s Prime Minister missed the chance to starve Hamas of cash, years before its murderous attack last October, according to a former senior Israeli intelligence officer. Udi Levy has told media he advised Benjamin Netanyahu to target Hamas’s finances. He believes this would have hampered the group’s …

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India offers protesting farmers to procure 3 crops

20-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: The Indian government has offered guaranteed support prices for pulses, corn and cotton in a bid to break a deadlock with protesting farmers, Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said after week-long clashes between security forces and protesters. Tear gas and barricades were used …

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Palestinians searching for food surround bakeries

20-02-2024 GAZA CITY: Footage verified by media shows hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza City rushing towards aid trucks before fleeing after Israeli forces open fire at them. Gaza’s Health Ministry says an eighth person has died at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after the Israeli military cut electricity and oxygen …

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Biden assures Zelensky US will send $60bn in aid

20-02-2024 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has assured his Ukrainian counterpart that $60bn in military aid is on its way. The measure still needs to pass a final congressional vote, but Mr Biden told Volodymyr Zelensky that he was confident it would be approved. Zelensky had earlier made an urgent …

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Over 50 shot dead in Papua New Guinea ambush

20-02-2024 PORT MORESBY: At least 53 people have died in an ambush in Papua New Guinea’s remote Highlands region. The victims were shot dead during a tribal dispute in the Enga Province over the weekend, a national police spokesman told media. Authorities have appealed for calm, and say they expect …

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Tel Aviv protesters call on Netanyahu to resign

19-02-2024 TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected calls for an early election as thousands of protesters take to the streets in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, demanding he step down. Netanyahu has seen his popularity plummet in opinion polls since the October 7 attack that sparked the devastating …

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