Israel officially informs UN of end to relations with Palestinian relief agency UNRWA

Israel has officially notified the United Nations that it was cancelling the agreement that regulated its relations with the main U.N. relief organisation for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) since 1967, the country's foreign ministry said on Monday.

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Palestinians accuse Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing& as airstrikes kill at least 31 people in Gaza

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 31 ­people in the Gaza Strip yesterday, Palestinian medics said, with nearly half of the deaths in northern areas where the army has waged a month-long campaign it says aims to prevent Hamas regrouping.

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Israel says it carried out ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen connected to Iran

The Israeli military said Sunday it carried out a ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen involved in Iranian networks. It was the first time in the current war that Israel has announced sending troops into Syria.

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Paraic O&Brien: Bitter feuds turn West Bank olive groves to battlefields

I could see the holstered pistol glinting in the desert sun as he drove at me on his reinforced quad bike. Moshe Sharvit, an infamous settler in the Jordan Valley on the West Bank, wanted to run me over.

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Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel and US with 'a crushing response' over Israeli attack

Iran's supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the US with &a crushing response& over attacks on Iran and its allies.

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US ceasefire hopes fade as Israel bombs Beirut and kills 64 in Gaza airstrikes

Prospects of a ceasefire between Israel and its foes Hamas and Hezbollah ran aground yesterday as Israeli airstrikes killed at least 64 people in the Gaza Strip and bombed Beirut&s southern suburbs.

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