Unrest in Israel (Hamas war)

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Are Israel and Iran on the brink of all-out war?​

Aug 5, 2024 #Israel #Iran

#Israel has launched strikes against three fronts in the last few days. #Iran has vowed to take revenge. The region is on the precipice of a major war.


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Israel is actually considered a closer ally than the UK now.
 

Israeli strike kills nearly 100 in Gaza school refuge, officials say​

  • Gaza Civil Emergency Service says around 100 Palestinians dead
  • Arab countries condemn airstrike
  • Israel disputes figures, says Hamas was using school to fight
  • Question mark over fresh ceasefire talks due to start on Thursday
CAIRO, Aug 10 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school compound housing displaced Palestinian families killed around 100 people, the Gaza Civil Emergency Service said on Saturday, while Israel said the toll was inflated and 19 militants were among the dead.

Video from the site showed body parts scattered among rubble and more bodies being carried away and covered by blankets. Empty food tins lay in a puddle of blood, and burned mattresses and a child's doll lay in the debris.

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Col. Larry Wilkerson: Israel’s Defeat: Everything Falling Apart - Russia CRUSHING Ukraine’s Army​

Col. (ret.) Lawrence Wilkerson's last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass, and member of that staff responsible for East Asia and the Pacific, political-military and legislative affairs (2001-02).
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Before serving at the State Department, Wilkerson served 31 years in the U.S. Army. During that time, he was a member of the faculty of the U.S. Naval War College (1987 to 1989), Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), and Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia (1993-97). Wilkerson retired in 1997 and began work as an advisor to General Powell. He has also taught national security affairs at the George Washington University.
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Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin among 6 hostages found dead in Gaza, Biden says

President Biden announced late Saturday that the bodies of six Hamas-held hostages were recovered in a tunnel under the Gaza city of Rafah.
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7 U.S. troops injured in raid with Iraqi forces targeting Islamic State group militants

The U.S. military's Central Command alleged the militants were armed with "numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive 'suicide' belts" during the attack.
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U.N. begins polio vaccination in Gaza, as fighting rages​

  • UN begins polio vaccination campaign in Gaza
  • Israel, Hamas agree to brief pauses in 11-month war
  • First case of polio in Gaza in 25 years confirmed last month
  • Fighting will be paused for about eight hours daily in specified areas
CAIRO/GAZA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The United Nations, in collaboration with Palestinian health authorities, began to vaccinate 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, with Israel and Hamas agreeing to brief pauses in their 11-month war to allow the campaign to go ahead.

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed last month that a baby was partially paralyzed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years.

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