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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/13/2023 7:57:45 PM
The Nakba, evoked by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas amid Gaza's war, is Arabic for "catastrophe", referring to the mass displacement of Palestinians from their homes during the 1948 creation of Israel.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/13/2023 5:52:32 PM
Thousands of Palestinians fled to southern Gaza in search of refuge Friday after Israel warned them to evacuate before an expected ground offensive against Hamas in retaliation for the deadliest attack in Israel's history.
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World
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Region
10/13/2023 5:20:27 PM
Thousands gathered in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Friday for a demonstration in support of Palestinians as the Israeli army carried out deadly round-the-clock bombardment on Gaza in reprisal for a Hamas attack on Saturday.
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World
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Region
10/13/2023 4:51:26 PM
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived Friday in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv to meet with senior government leaders and see firsthand some of the U.S. weapons and security assistance that Washington rapidly delivered to Israel in the first week of its war with the militant Hamas group.
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World
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Region
10/13/2023 4:50:59 PM
The United Nations announced Friday its agency for Palestinian refugees is moving operations and foreign staff to southern Gaza, following an Israel army evacuation order condemned by the global body.
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World
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Region
10/13/2023 3:31:00 PM
Israel's military admitted Friday it would take time for Palestinians to follow its orders to evacuate north Gaza, but did not confirm a UN report that it had set a 24-hour deadline.
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World
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Region
10/13/2023 3:23:44 PM
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Friday warned against a "second Nakba" catastrophe facing Palestinians after the Israeli army ordered more than one million people to evacuate north Gaza.
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World
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Region
10/13/2023 12:55:37 PM
Thousands of Iraqis poured onto the streets of Baghdad Friday in support of Palestinians, state television reported, as unprecedented Israeli air strikes rocked Gaza killing hundreds of civilians in reprisal for a weekend incursion by Palestinian militants.
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World
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Region
10/13/2023 11:13:41 AM
Hamas called on Palestinians to stay in their homes Friday after Israel issued sweeping evacuation orders in Gaza.
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World
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Region
10/13/2023 9:18:54 AM
The United Nations urged Israel to rescind its call for 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza to relocate to the south of the territory within 24 hours, amid massive bombardments in a grisly retaliation for Hamas' unprecedented attack on Saturday.
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World
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Region
10/13/2023 9:17:41 AM
Israel’s military delivered sweeping evacuation orders for almost half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people Friday ahead of a feared ground invasion, U.N. officials said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/12/2023 3:06:01 PM
Egypt, the US, and Israel are working to create a safe passage for the evacuation of foreign nationals from the Gaza Strip, read an Axios report on Thursday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
8/29/2023 12:45:00 PM
The thunder of mortar fire echoes in the distance as 5-year old David approaches his mother with an innocent request: Can he play with the baseball bat a relative gave him as a gift?
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World
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International
8/27/2023 2:12:49 PM
More than 600 firefighters, including reinforcements from several European countries, backed by a fleet of water-dropping planes and helicopters were battling three persistent major wildfires in Greece Sunday, two of which have been raging for days.
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World
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Region
8/24/2023 2:29:12 PM
The Palestinian hamlet of al-Qabun in the central occupied West Bank was silent this week — the grazing fields for sheep deserted, the empty schoolhouse locked, the makeshift homes left as steel carcasses.
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World
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International
8/22/2023 3:59:00 PM
Hundreds of firefighters struggled Tuesday to control major wildfires burning out of control for days in northeastern Greece and on Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands, with strong winds fanning the flames and prompting evacuations of villages and a city hospital in Greece.
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World
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International
8/20/2023 11:22:39 AM
Officials in western Canada's British Columbia implored tens of thousands of residents to heed evacuation orders Saturday as "rapidly evolving" wildfires threatened large parts of the scenic Okanagan Valley, including the city of Kelowna.
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World
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International
8/19/2023 7:31:49 PM
Firefighters battling wildfires in British Columbia on Saturday sought to stop flames that swept through West Kelowna suburbs and forced the evacuation of the University of British Columbia campus in Kelowna.
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World
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International
8/19/2023 6:42:42 PM
Greek authorities on Saturday ordered seven villages evacuated near the northeastern border with Turkey due to a large summer wildfire burning out of control and whipped on by high winds.
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World
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International
8/12/2023 7:42:28 PM
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France's most emblematic symbol, was evacuated for several hours on Saturday after a bomb alert.
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