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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling or unable to leave their homes...
The plan proposed to Netanyahu and the Israeli parliament by a group of retired generals would escalate the pressure, giving Palestinians a week to leave the northern third of the Gaza Strip, including Gaza City, before declaring it a closed military zone...
Those who remain would be considered combatants meaning military regulations would allow troops to kill them and denied food, water, medicine and fuel, according to a copy of the plan given to international media by its chief architect, who says the plan is the only way to break Hamas in the north and pressure it to release the remaining hostages...
An Israeli strike on the central Gaza Strip killed a family of eight, Palestinian medical officials said on Sunday, as Israeli forces battled militants in the territorys north and airstrikes in pursuit of Hezbollah destroyed a century-old market in southern Lebanon...
Israeli airstrikes destroy Ottoman-era market in Lebanon Israeli airstrikes destroyed an Ottoman-era market in Lebanons southern city of Nabatiyeh overnight, killing at least one person and wounding four more..
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