Israel-Iran war live: Iran parliament votes to shut Hormuz strait in response to US attack raising fears of oil price shock | Israel | The Guardian
US defense secretary Pete Hegseth says attacks have devastated Iran’s nuclear programme
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June 22, 2025
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Iran missiles hit Haifa in Israel, injuring at least 31 people
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Trump: Don't Drag the US Into Netanyahu's War with Iran | Sen. Bernie Sanders
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June 17, 2025
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European Dockworkers Are Refusing to Load Weapons for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza | Truthout
The labor actions are built on a decades-long tradition of internationalism, anti-militarism, and anti-imperialism.
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June 15, 2025
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Israel kills more than 70 in Gaza, including 16 in bombing family building | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
Latest deadly attack at US-backed aid hub kills eight Palestinians seeking food on second day of Eid al-Adha.
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June 07, 2025
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Netanyahu admits Israel backing ‘criminal’ groups, rivals of Hamas, in Gaza
First acknowledgement Israel using armed gangs, which aid groups have accused of stealing aid from trucks.
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June 05, 2025
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US vetoes UN Security Council demand for Gaza ceasefire
UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO/JERUSALEM, June 4 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that demanded an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza and unhindered aid access across the war-torn enclave.
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June 04, 2025
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“Death Traps”: U.S.-Israeli Aid Scheme Paused in Gaza After 100+ Palestinians Killed While Waiting for Food
Officials in Gaza say over 100 Palestinians have been killed during recent Israeli attacks on people waiting at aid sites. An additional 500 are wounded. Following the series of deadly attacks, the shadowy U.S.-Israeli humanitarian aid operation is shutting down for a day, and Israel’s military warned Palestinians that roads leading to the aid distribution centers will be considered “combat zones.” The United Nations has called for a prompt and impartial investigation into each of the attacks. The U.S.-Israeli aid system is “more about the humiliation and the control of the people” than feeding Palestinians, says Mahmoud Alsaqqa, Oxfam’s food security and livelihoods coordinator in Gaza, who joins us from Gaza City.
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June 04, 2025
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Israeli Military Opens Fire on Palestinians at Privatized Food Distribution Site
Dozens were wounded at a hub of the Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which aid groups have boycotted.
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May 28, 2025
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Trump touts 'freedom zone' plan for Gaza as ceasefire talks stall in Qatar
President Trump is visiting Qatar and the U.A.E. after inking big weapons and tech deals in Saudi Arabia. So far, his trip hasn't seemed to push forward chances for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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May 15, 2025
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Gaza Aid Flotilla Attacked by Drones in International Waters; Organizers Blame Israel
A ship carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip sent out a distress signal overnight after it was bombed by drones in international waters near Malta. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the organizer of the voyage, is blaming Israel for the attack, which set the ship on fire, punched a substantial breach in its hull and cut off communication with those aboard.
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May 02, 2025
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Trump said to ‘green-light’ renewal of Gaza strikes, as world laments truce collapse
Israel let White House know ahead of resumption of war, says it is hitting terror targets; Russia warns against ‘spiral of escalation’; Turkey denounces ‘new phase’ in genocide
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March 18, 2025
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Israeli air strikes kill over 400 Palestinians across Gaza following unilateral resumption of mass attacks
Responding to a series of Israeli strikes across the occupied Gaza Strip overnight which killed at least 414 Palestinians, including 174 children, and hospitalized over 550 more, signalling a unilateral end to the truce with Hamas, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: “Today is a desperately dark day for humanity. Israel brazenly resumed its […]
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March 18, 2025
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March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip - Wikipedia
"On the night of 17–18 March 2025, Israel launched a surprise attack[8] on the Gaza Strip, effectively ending the 2025 Gaza war ceasefire. Israel's missile and artillery attack killed more than 400 Palestinians, including 263 women and children according to the Gaza Health Ministry,[9] making it one of the deadliest in the Gaza war.[10] Codenamed Operation Might and Sword (Hebrew: מבצע עוז וחרב, Mivtza Oz VaḤerev)[11] by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), it was carried out in coordination with the United States. The next day, the Israeli military announced that it was conducting a ground offensive to retake the Netzarim Corridor, from which it had withdrawn in February."
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March 17, 2025
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Trump Reasserts U.S. as the World’s Policeman With Massive Yemen Escalation
Trump’s bid for regime change in Yemen should be anathema to both America Firsters and Democrats, but will anyone speak out?
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March 17, 2025
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Houthis say children among 32 killed after US fighter jets bomb Yemen
The US raids come after Trump warned that ‘hell will rain down’ if Houthis attacked ships in the Red Sea.
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March 15, 2025
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Israel Drops Leaflets on Gaza Threatening to “Impose Forced Displacement Upon You”
Israel’s military dropped leaflets across the Gaza Strip Thursday, openly threatening the territory’s entire population of more than 2 million people with forced displacement. The message, written in Arabic, references President Trump’s mass expulsion plan with a threat to “impose forced displacement upon you whether you accept it or not.” The message also read, “The map of the world will not change if all the people of Gaza disappear from existence, and no one will ask about you.”
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February 21, 2025
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How a year of war laid waste the Gaza Strip – visualised
Maps, charts and satellite images show damage to buildings across the Gaza Strip since the conflict with Israel began
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October 10, 2024
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IDF Published 17 Videos of Airstrikes That Killed 400+ Gaza Civilians: Investigation | Common Dreams
"This is incredible work by Airwars clearly showing how Israeli targeting practices are way below acceptable legal standards," an expert said.
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October 09, 2024
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