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World leaders condemn assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh
The assassination of Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh has sparked widespread reactions, with world leaders condemning it as a “cowardly act” aimed at destabilising the region. The Hamas chief was killed…
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Will capture Hamas leader Sinwar dead or alive, says IDF
Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said that their intelligence agencies were closing in on the Hamas terror leader, Yahya Sinwar and would catch him dead or alive. This was…
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Canada to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers, Hamas leaders
Ottawa: Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has said that Canada will impose sanctions on “extremist” Israeli settlers in the Palestinian territories and Hamas leaders, Canada-based CBC News reported. In an interview…
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Israel arrests sisters of slain Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri
Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has claimed to have arrested two sisters of slain Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, who was killed in an airstrike in Beirut earlier this month. In…
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Top Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad flees Lebanon fearing assassination
Tel Aviv: Ghazi Hamad, a top Hamas leader considered to be one of the masterminds of the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, has fled Lebanon where he had been hiding in…
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Turkey’s Erdogan meets Palestinian President, Hamas leader
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a closed-door meeting with his visiting Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Ankara. Wednesday’s meeting at the presidential complex came a…
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Hamas threatens to end prisoner exchange talks with Israel
Gaza: A senior Hamas leader has threatened to permanently end the prisoner exchange talks with Israel in response to the latter’s continuous delay in the negotiations. Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ leader in the…
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Hamas making efforts to restore relations with Saudi Arabia: Ismail Haniyeh
The head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyeh, revealed that there are efforts by the movement to restore its relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, cut…
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Hamas leader says Gantz’s threats against Gaza unacceptable
Gaza: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said that the threats of Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz against the Gaza Strip were unacceptable, amid rising tensions after Israeli soldiers arrested an Islamic Jihad leader.…
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Hamas leader Sinwar downplays Israeli threats
Gaza: Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Palestinian Hamas militant group, said that he did not “take recent Israeli assassination threats into account”. While offering condolences to the slain Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu…
