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Israeli Military Confirms It Has Begun Flooding Hamas Tunnels
[ad_1] The Israeli military said Tuesday that it had begun pumping water into the vast network of tunnels beneath Gaza, which Hamas has used to launch attacks, store weapons and imprison Israeli hostages. The military “has implemented new capabilities to neutralize underground terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza Strip by channeling large volumes of water into the tunnels,” the Israeli military…
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Zuma’s Enduring Appeal Threatens His Old Allies’ Hold on South Africa
[ad_1] When the African National Congress suspended former President Jacob Zuma this week, a top party official portrayed him as a traitor to the ongoing struggle for Black prosperity in South Africa and a symbol of corruption that the organization is looking to move past. But to Vincent Mthembu, a longtime A.N.C. activist on the local level, Mr. Zuma was…
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Israeli Forces Kill 3 Militants in West Bank Hospital Raid, Officials Say
[ad_1] Israeli forces stormed a Palestinian hospital in the occupied West Bank early Tuesday morning, killing three militants, including a commander in Hamas, according to the Israeli military and Palestinian officials. The top Palestinian health official in Jenin, Wisam Sbeihat, said that Israeli forces had entered Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital in the northern West Bank city of Jenin dressed in…
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Video Shows Gunmen Storming West Bank Hospital
[ad_1] The Palestinian Authority Health Ministry released surveillance video that shows several armed Israeli forces dressed in civilian clothes inside Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital in Jenin. [ad_2] Source link
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Monkey Eats From Bird Feeder After Escaping Scottish Wildlife Park
[ad_1] new video loaded: Monkey Eats From Bird Feeder After Escaping Scottish Wildlife Park transcript Back transcript Monkey Eats From Bird Feeder After Escaping Scottish Wildlife Park A Japanese macaque was spotted in a man’s backyard after it escaped from Highland Wildlife Park in Scotland. “He’s going to trash it.” “What.” “He’s going to trash that feeder.” “Who cares? So…
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Ukraine’s Latest Challenge: Festering Tension Among Top Leaders
[ad_1] As Ukraine fights against a fierce Russian offensive and its leaders wait to see whether the West will approve more than $100 million in much-needed assistance, the government in Kyiv is dealing with a festering distraction: tumult in its top ranks centered on the fate of the top military commander. Speculation raged on Monday in political and military circles,…
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Myanmar Arms Dealer Acquitted in Thai Money Laundering Case
[ad_1] A wealthy Myanmar arms broker with close ties to the leader of Myanmar’s brutal military regime was acquitted on Tuesday by a Bangkok court on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering, raising fears that he will be free to resume his activities aiding the junta. U Tun Min Latt, who was placed under sanctions by the United States…
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Global Economy Is Heading Toward ‘Soft Landing,’ I.M.F. Says
[ad_1] The global economy has been battered by a pandemic, record levels of inflation, protracted wars and skyrocketing interest rates over the past four years, raising fears of a painful worldwide downturn. But fresh forecasts published on Tuesday suggest that the world has managed to defy the odds, averting the threat of a so-called hard landing. Projections from the International…
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Hamas Is Discussing Hostage Deal Proposal, Official Says: Live Updates
[ad_1] Workers for UNRWA handing out flour rations and other supplies in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, in December.Credit…Mohammed Abed/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The United Nations agency tasked with aiding refugees in the Gaza Strip does not carry out exhaustive background checks of its employees, but it delivers a list of its thousands of staff members in the…
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In Gaza, a War the World Can’t See
[ad_1] To many people outside Gaza, the war flashes by as a doomscroll of headlines and casualty tolls and photos of screaming children, the bloody shreds of somebody else’s anguish. But the true scale of death and destruction is impossible to grasp, the details hazy and shrouded by internet and cellphone blackouts that obstruct communication, restrictions barring international journalists and…
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