36 h. ago China to parade new missiles in Beijing, including ‘Guam Killer’

China to parade new missiles in Beijing, including ‘Guam Killer’  Defense News

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4 d. ago Hamas confirms death of military chief, months after Israeli said it killed him

The Palestinian militant group Hamas confirmed on Saturday the death of its Gaza military chief Mohammed Sinwar, a few months after Israel said it killed him in a strike in May. Hamas did not provide details on Sinwar’s death but published pictures of him along with other group leaders, describing them as “martyrs”. Mohammad Sinwar was the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar, the Islamist faction’s chief, who co-masterminded the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, and whom Israel had killed in combat...

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7 d. ago Russia’s largest air attack on Kyiv leaves 15 dead, including 4 children

Russia bombarded the Ukrainian capital with drones and missiles early on Thursday, including a rare strike in the city centre, killing at least 15 people and wounding 48, local authorities said. It was the first major Russian attack on Kyiv in weeks as US-led peace efforts to end the three-year war struggled to gain traction. Russia launched 598 strike drones and decoys and 31 missiles of different types across the country, according to Ukraine’s Air Force, making it one of the war’s largest air...

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9 d. ago Israel military says strikes on Gaza hospital targeted a Hamas camera

The Israeli military said Tuesday that its double strike on a Gaza hospital that killed 20 people targeted what it believed was a Hamas surveillance camera. But the first strike killed a cameraman from the Reuters news agency doing a live television shot, according to witnesses and health officials. The military released its initial findings into the strike, offering no immediate explanation for striking twice and no evidence for an assertion that six of the dead were militants, including two...

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1 week ago Israel strikes Gaza hospital, killing 15, including journalists

Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday killed at least 15 people, including four journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said. Cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, was killed in the first strike, according to the officials. Photographer Hatem Khaled, who was also a Reuters contractor, was wounded in a second strike, the officials said. The Israeli military and Prime Minister’s Office both had no immediate comment regarding the...

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1 week ago Israel strikes Gaza hospital, killing 15, including 4 journalists

Gaza’s civil defence agency said four journalists were among at least 15 people killed on Monday when Israeli strikes hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said “the death toll is 15, including four journalists and one civil defence member”, after strikes hit the hospital. According to media watchdogs, around 200 journalists have been killed in nearly two years of war between Israel and Hamas. When asked about strikes targeting a building at the medical complex, the...

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1 week ago Israel strikes Gaza hospital, killing 20, including 5 journalists

Gaza’s civil defence agency said five journalists were among at least 20 people killed on Monday when Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the south, with Reuters, the Associated Press and Al Jazeera mourning their slain contributors. Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said “the toll so far is 20 martyrs, including five journalists and one member of the civil defence”, after strikes hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis – a large medical complex in the south that has been targeted several times by Israel...

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1 week ago Israeli strikes hit Gaza hospital, killing at least 20 including 5 journalists

Gaza’s civil defence agency said five journalists were among at least 20 people killed on Monday when Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the south, with Reuters, Associated Press and Al Jazeera mourning their slain contributors. Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said “the toll so far is 20 martyrs, including five journalists and one member of the civil defence”, after strikes hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis – a large medical complex in the south that has been targeted several times by Israel...

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1 week ago 4 Palestinians killed while seeking aid near Gaza City, witnesses say

Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinian aid-seekers travelling on Sunday through a military zone south of Gaza City that is regularly used to reach a food distribution point, a hospital and witnesses said. Gaza City is in famine after 22 months of war, while Israel’s military moves ahead with a planned offensive to seize the city, perhaps within days. Israel’s defence minister has warned that the city of hundreds of thousands of people could be destroyed. Al-Awda Hospital and two witnesses...

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1 week ago Israeli strikes on Yemeni capital Sanaa kill 4, wound dozens

Israeli strikes hit the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday in retaliation for Houthi missiles fired towards Israel, with Houthi health officials saying the attack killed four people and wounded 67. The strikes are the latest in more than a year of direct attacks and counterstrikes between Israel and Houthi militants in Yemen, part of a spillover from the war in Gaza. The Israeli military said the targets included a military compound housing the presidential palace, two power plants and a fuel...

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1 week ago Israeli strikes on Yemeni capital Sanaa kill 6, wound dozens

Israeli strikes hit the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday in retaliation for Houthi missiles fired towards Israel, with Houthi health officials saying the attack killed sex people and wounded 86. The strikes are the latest in more than a year of direct attacks and counterstrikes between Israel and Houthi militants in Yemen, part of a spillover from the war in Gaza. The Israeli military said the targets included a military compound housing the presidential palace, two power plants and a fuel storage...

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3 w. ago As Indonesia plans an island refuge for wounded Gazans, is it helping Israel?

Indonesia’s plan to fly thousands of wounded Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza to a remote island hospital has drawn both praise and suspicion, with President Prabowo Subianto facing questions over whether the humanitarian mission could inadvertently aid Israel’s controversial vision for the strip’s future. Hasan Nasbi, head of the presidential communications office, announced on Thursday last week that Prabowo intends to provide medical care for up to 2,000 Gazans most severely affected by the...

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