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Middle East crisis live: Palestinian death toll passes 33,000



Gaza health ministry says that 33,037 people have been killed in Israeli military offensive, including 62 in the last 24 hoursSee all of our Israel-Gaza war coverageReuters has spoken with Israelis who have been displaced from their communities in the far north of the country, close to the UN-drawn blue line that has separated Israel from Lebanon since 2000.Israel evacuated a number of communities, totalling about 60,000 people, almost immediately after the 7 October attack in southern Israel. There has been an almost constant exchange of fire between Israel’s military and Hezbollah and other anti-Israeli forces inside Lebanon.What we saw in the south on 7 October was basically Hamas “stealing the thunder” from Hezbollah. If anything, Hezbollah is more of a border threat than Hamas was. Continue reading…



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Author : Martin Belam

Publish date : 2024-04-04 13:33:37

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