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House Republican demands Garland appoint special counsel to investigate Biden over stalled Israel aid

Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., on Tuesday demanded in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland that he appoint a special counsel to investigate President Biden for stalling military aid to Israel. The letter comes as reports Tuesday claimed the Biden administration has told key lawmakers it would send more than $1 billion in additional arms and ammunition to Israel. It …

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IDF claims photos show Hamas combatants inside UN compound in Rafah

Israeli leaders claim photos and video show Hamas terrorists inside the United Nations Relief & Works Agency. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) released on Tuesday drone footage and photos captured above the UNRWA compound in the Gaza city of Rafah. “Today, we revealed unusual footage of armed terrorists next to UN vehicles, which we located a few days ago, and …

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Israel releases new Gaza civilian death toll, says Hamas’ numbers are ‘fake and fabricated’

Israel for the first time has released its estimated civilian death toll in Gaza, saying that 16,000 have been killed in the war that began on Oct. 7 instead of the approximately 35,000 that the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas’ Ministry of Health is claiming. Israel government spokesperson Avi Hyman tells Fox News that for 221 days, his country has been”condemned …

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Syrian refugees return home as anti-refugee sentiment intensifies in Lebanon

More than 300 Syrian refugees headed back home to Syria in a convoy on Tuesday, leaving two remote northeastern towns in crisis-stricken Lebanon where anti-refugee sentiment has been surging in recent months. Lebanese officials have long urged the international community to either resettle the refugees in other countries or help them return to Syria. Over the past months, leading Lebanese …

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76M people were displaced within their countries in 2023, migration tracking group says

Conflicts and natural disasters left a record nearly 76 million people displaced within their countries last year, with violence in Sudan, Congo and the Middle East driving two-thirds of new movement, a top migration monitoring group said Tuesday. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center report found that the number of internally displaced people, or IDPs, has jumped by 50% over the …

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Turkey's Erdogan defends Hamas, claims over 1K members are at his country's hospitals

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly defended Hamas on Monday, claiming that more than 1,000 members of the terrorist group from Gaza are being treated at hospitals in his NATO nation. At a joint press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Erdogan took issue with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis having categorized Hamas as a “terrorist organization.” “If you call Hamas a …

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US military constructs hulking metal pier amid Biden's $320 million gamble to get aid into Gaza

The U.S. military has completed the construction of a hulking metal pier that is expected to be jabbed into a beach in northern Gaza in the coming days, officials said. Completing the massive makeshift structure — approximately 1,500-ft long or the length of five U.S. football fields — is the first step in the Biden administration’s two-month-long, $320 million gamble …

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White House protests GOP-led bill that would compel Israel support

The White House is speaking out against a Republican-led bill that would force President Biden to stop withholding military shipments to Israel. Republicans in the House of Representatives introduced the Israel Security Assistance Support Act over the weekend, which would “[compel] the expeditious delivery of approved defense articles and services to Israel, including third-party deliveries.” White House Press Secretary Karine …

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State Dept stresses no conclusion on Israel's possible international law violations after critical report

State Department spokesman Vedant Patel stressed on Monday that no conclusions have been reached by the U.S. on whether Israel possibly violated international law in Gaza after a critical report on Friday. “The report makes clear that this is a very complex and complicated battlefield. It is a very dense and urban setting. We are also dealing with the belligerent, …

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Palestinian band escapes horrors of war but members' futures remain uncertain

They stroll Doha’s waterfront promenade and sing softly about children who are now “birds in heaven,” flying free of the pain of the war in Gaza. For the Palestinian group Sol Band, it seems surreal that weeks ago they were hiding from Israeli shelling. ISRAEL BOMBS RAFAH, PREPARES FOR GROUND INVASION AFTER CEASEFIRE TALKS WITH HAMAS FALL APART “I just …

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