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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian
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The Israeli military responds to the death of a United Nations employee and the injury of another in southern Gaza's Rafah on Monday, saying that the pair were hit in an active combat zone, but further details are under investigation.
In response to a query, the IDF says that it…
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian
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Two soldiers of the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit were seriously wounded by mortars launched by Hamas in southern Gaza's Rafah earlier today, the military says.
Another six troops were moderately hurt in the same incident.
A Defense Ministry contractor was seriously…
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Kenneth Roth
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"Israeli forces were battling Palestinian militants across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including in...the devastated north that the military said it had cleared months ago, where Hamas has exploited a security vacuum to regroup." Yet Netanyahu keeps bombing. apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-05-12-2024-c61fbe06bc5c1a7c85ac18a542e8776e
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Joe Truzman
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The Biden admin. has assessed that Israel has amassed enough troops on the edge of the city of Rafah in Gaza to move forward with a full-scale incursion in the coming days, but senior US officials are currently unsure if it has made a final decision to carry out such a move in…
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