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Yesterday — 16 September 2024Main stream

One Issue Where Israeli Extremists Are Mainstream

16 September 2024 at 22:48
Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank is not a future prospect; it is a fact of life. Israelis and Palestinians live in a one-state reality.

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A Palestinian man in the town of Jit after an attack by Jewish settlers in August.

How Rituals of Faith Became Another Casualty of War

Though the devout pursue their faith despite all obstacles, most sense of celebration was stripped of the region’s three religions since the Oct. 7 attacks and Gaza war.

Marking major holidays has been completely upended for three religions this year. For Palestinians in the West Bank, restrictions have limited access to holy sites.

Israeli Defense Minister Tells U.S. Military Action Against Hezbollah Is Needed

17 September 2024 at 02:19
Meeting with a senior Biden administration adviser, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said “the only way” for Israel to return its displaced citizens to the northern border is through military action against Hezbollah.

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Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted southern Lebanon on Sunday.

The One Issue Where Israeli Extremists Are Mainstream

16 September 2024 at 13:00
Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank is not a future prospect; it is a fact of life. Israelis and Palestinians live in a one-state reality.

© Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

A Palestinian man in the town of Jit after an attack by Jewish settlers in August.

3 Hostages Likely Killed by Israeli Strike Last Fall, I.D.F. Says

16 September 2024 at 04:12
An inquiry into the deaths of three Israeli hostages determined that they probably died as a result of a military airstrike targeting a Hamas commander.

© Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times

An Israeli soldier posting a photograph of Ron Sherman, one of the hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip, in November.
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Houthis Launch Missile at Central Israel

15 September 2024 at 18:09
The rare attack was an illustration of the evolving conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iranian proxies.

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A police officer inspecting the area around a fire after the Israeli military said it tried to intercept a missile launched from Yemen on Sunday.

How Israeli Forces Destroyed a Secret Weapons Facility in Syria

14 September 2024 at 08:31
Here is what to know about Israel’s deadly raid on a Hezbollah weapons production facility in Syria.

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Syrians inspect the damage at the site of overnight Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Masyaf in Syria’s central Hama Province on Monday.

At Funeral in Turkey, Family Mourns American Activist Aysenur Eygi

14 September 2024 at 17:51
The father of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a dual citizen of Turkey and the United States, said that Washington had not done enough to pressure Israel over her death.

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Mehmet Suat Eygi, father of the Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, before her funeral on Saturday.

How Hamas Uses Brutality to Maintain Power

The group has abused hostages and Palestinians in its efforts to maintain control of Gaza and wage an insurgent war.

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Women mourning three children who were killed in an Israeli attack targeting Muhammed Deif, a senior Hamas commander, that killed some 70 Palestinians in July.

Why the Fight for Control Over the Philadelphi Corridor?

The increasingly bitter dispute has not just affected cease-fire talks but also destabilized a once-strong security partnership between Egypt and Israel.

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The border between Gaza and Egypt in February, as seen from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Hamas and Fatah Signed a Statement of Unity in China, but Skepticism is High

A joint statement supports the formation of a government of national consensus. But for many Palestinians, the gathering in the Chinese capital was nothing more than a performance bound for failure.
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