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Hezbollah says fires at Israel after east Lebanon strike

Lebanese official media said an Israeli strike Monday wounded three people in the country's east, with Hezbollah saying it launched "dozens of Katyusha rockets" at an Israeli base in retaliation. Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah have exchanged regular cross-border fire since

Israel orders evacuation from Rafah area in south Gaza

Israel's military on Monday called for the evacuation of Palestinians from eastern Rafah, ahead of a long-threatened ground invasion of the southern Gaza city, the prospect of which has triggered widespread global alarm. The evacuation announcement followed intensified

Aid groups issue urgent appeal for Yemen funds

Nearly 200 aid groups appealed on Monday for funds to bridge a $2.3 billion shortfall in assistance for war-torn Yemen, warning of potentially "catastrophic consequences" for the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country. A joint statement from 188 humanitarian organisations,

Israel silences 'incitement channel' Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera went off-air in Israel Sunday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government decided to shut it down following a long-running feud, a move the Qatar-based channel decried as "criminal". Netanyahu declared on X that the government had "unanimously decided: the