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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians on Saturday, one of the highest tolls since an October agreement aimed at stopping the fighting.The strikes hit locations in northern and southern Gaza, including an apartment building in Gaza City and a tent in Khan Younis, officials at hospitals which received the bodies said. The casualties included two women and six children from two families.The strikes came a day before a border crossing is expected to open in Gaza’s southern most city, a reminder that the death toll is still rising even as a…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel totaling $6.67 billion and to Saudi Arabia worth $9 billion. The State Department announced the sales to America’s allies in the Middle East late Friday as tensions rise in the region over the possibility of U.S. military strikes on Iran. They were made public after the department notified Congress of its approval of the sales earlier Friday. The sales also come as President Donald Trump pushes ahead with his ceasefire plan for Gaza that is intended to end the…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The IDF announced the capture of one of Hamas’s top remaining commanders during Friday’s operation in Rafah, where eight terrorists were identified by troops coming up from below the ground, and were then struck by the Israeli air force, successfully killing three of them.After the strikes, the IDF performed searches in the area and apprehended one of the fleeing terrorists. He was later identified as a key commander in Hamas’ Eastern Rafah Battalion.”IDF troops, together with the ISA, continue searches and additional activities in the area in order to locate and eliminate the additional terrorists,” the…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed IDF conducted strikes on eight terrorists emerging from underground in eastern Rafah early Friday morning, the IDF announced.The eight terrorists were identified by troops coming up from below the ground, and were then struck by the Israeli air force, successfully killing three of them.Later in the morning, additional strikes were made against the areas to which the remaining terrorists attempted to escape. The results from these strikes are currently under review, and the IDF said they are continuing to search the area for the remaining terrorists.Later in the day, an IDF spokesperson announced that, in response…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Israel’s military has accepted the death toll compiled by health authorities in Gaza is broadly accurate, marking a U-turn after years of official attacks on the data.A senior security official briefed Israeli journalists, saying about 70,000 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli attacks on the territory since October 2023, excluding those missing.It is the first time Israel has publicly estimated the toll from the war in Gaza. Previously the government and military had only provided figures for militants Israel claimed to have killed.Gaza health authorities said the direct toll from Israeli attacks had exceeded 71,660 people,…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as ‘Doctors Without Borders’, announced on Friday that it will not provide the staff lists requested by Israel to maintain access to Gaza and the West Bank. The organization cited an inability to secure assurances about the safety of its teams as the reason for its decision. This announcement comes just one week after MSF had agreed to share staff lists with Israeli authorities.”After many months of unsuccessful engagement with Israeli authorities and without securing guarantees for the safety of our staff or the independent management of our operations, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The vital link for humanitarian supplies has been shut for two years.Israel plans to reopen the Rafah border crossing on Sunday, after nearly two years of closure.However, the crossing that links Gaza with Egypt will only be opened to allow a “limited movement of people,” the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), an Israeli defence ministry body overseeing civil affairs in the Palestinian territories, said in a statement on Friday.The opening of the crossing – a key entry point for desperately needed humanitarian supplies for Gaza’s two million or so displaced people lacking food,…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he planned to speak with Iran, even as the US dispatched another warship to the Middle East and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said the military would be ready to carry out whatever the president decided.Speaking to reporters, Trump did not elaborate on the nature or timing of any dialogue or say who from Washington would lead the negotiations.”I am planning on it, yeah,” Trump said when asked about possible discussions with Tehran. “We have a lot of very big, very powerful ships sailing to Iran right now, and it…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed One million people, including about 880,000 children, live below the poverty line in Israel. This emerges from the National Insurance Institute’s poverty report for 2024. This represents about 20% of the total population and 28.0% of children. In international comparison, child poverty in Israel is extremely severe: Israel leads among developed countries (OECD) and is second only to Costa Rica. In Tel Aviv and the central region, poverty rates are much lower than the national average (14-15%), while in the south and north, poverty rates are much higher (21%-22%). In the Jerusalem district, poverty rates climb…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Freed Israeli hostage Sasha Troufanov revealed Thursday that he was sexually harassed while being held captive in Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. In an interview with the BBC, Troufanov — who was released in February 2025 after almost 500 days in captivity — said that during a six-week period that he was held above ground, a guard tried to encourage him to perform a sexual act on himself. Troufanov also told the British TV network that during his weekly allowed shower, he noticed a hidden camera. “I noticed it and I took the shower trying to…