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Gaza Doctors: 'Mothers Don't Have Milk to Feed Their Babies'
The United Nations says at least 20 children in Gaza have died of starvation and doctors say many more are increasingly suffering from grave physical and mental illnesses. VOA’s Heather Murdock reports from Istanbul with Nedal Hamdouna and Amjed Tantesh in Rafah, Gaza. Camera: Ihab Abu Riyash, Yan Beochat.
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Israel Targets Senior Hamas Military Leader
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'Sacred Job' Iraq Kurds Digitize Books to Save Threatened Culture
Dohuk, Iraq — Huddled in the back of a van, Rebin Pishtiwan carefully scans one yellowed page after another, as part of his mission to digitize historic Kurdish books at risk of disappearing.
Seen as the world's largest stateless people, the Kurds are an ethnic group of between 25 million and 35 million mostly spread across modern-day Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey.
In Iraq, the Kurds are a sizeable minority who have been persecuted, with thousands killed under the rule of late dictator...
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10 Jihadists Killed in Iraq Anti-IS Operation, Army Says
Al Miqdadiyah, Iraq — Iraqi forces have killed 10 jihadists during an operation against Islamic State group remnants in a vast desert area northwest of Baghdad, authorities said Sunday.
An Iraqi security source told AFP the operation was "a pre-emptive measure" to thwart attacks allegedly planned for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which starts in the coming days.
The army said in a statement that troops have killed "10 terrorists in the past 24 hours."
The...
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US Ship Deployed to Build Aid Pier Near Gaza
The United States Army deployed a massive ship from Virginia to the eastern Mediterranean. It’s loaded with gear to begin construction of a floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more.
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Muslims Spot Ramadan Crescent Moon in Saudi Arabia
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Officials saw the crescent moon Sunday night in Saudi Arabia, home to the holiest sites in Islam, marking the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan for many of the world's 1.8 billion Muslims.
The sacred month, which sees those observing abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset, marks a period of religious reflection, family get-togethers and giving across the Muslim world. Seeing the moon Sunday night means Monday is the first day of the...
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US Dispatches Ship to Start Building Gaza Pier
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US Ship With Equipment for Building a Pier Is on Its Way to Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — A U.S. Army vessel carrying equipment for building a temporary pier in Gaza was on its way to the Mediterranean on Sunday, three days after U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to ramp up aid deliveries by sea to the besieged enclave where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been going hungry.
The opening of the sea corridor, along with airdrops by the U.S., Jordan and others, showed increasing alarm over Gaza's humanitarian crisis and a new...
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Will Angry Arab American Voters Swing Michigan Away from Biden?
Michigan has the largest Arab American community in the country, and they’re furious with the president’s handling of Israel’s war in Gaza
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Israeli Strike on Lebanese House Kills 5, State Media Says
Beirut, Lebanon — At least five people were killed Saturday, four from the same family, and nine wounded in an Israeli strike on a house in southern Lebanon, the country's official National News Agency reported.
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and Israel have traded deadly cross-border fire on a near-daily basis since war broke out in October between Israel and the Gaza militant group Hamas, a Hezbollah ally.
"The attack against a house in the Khirbet Selm area...
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Thousands of Israelis Rally for Hostages’ Release, Netanyahu’s Ouster
Tel Aviv, Israel — Shouting "Elections now!" and "Bring back the hostages now!" thousands of Israeli demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand the departure of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after five months of war in Gaza.
With T-shirts and banners featuring the names and pictures of hostages seized during Hamas's October 7 attack, the crowd demanded swift action to rescue the remaining captives.
The attack on southern Israel that triggered the...
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Biden: Netanyahu 'Hurting Israel' By Not Preventing Civilian Deaths in Gaza
Wilmington, delaware — U.S. President Joe Biden said Saturday that he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "hurting Israel more than helping Israel" in how he is approaching its war against Hamas in Gaza.
Biden expressed support for Israel's right to pursue Hamas after the October 7 terror attack but said Netanyahu "must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as a consequence of the actions taken."
For months, Biden has warned that...
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UNRWA Chief 'Cautiously Optimistic' Donors Will Return
geneva — The head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency said he was cautiously optimistic some donors would start funding it again within weeks, warning it was "at risk of death" after Israel alleged some of its staff took part in the October 7 Hamas terror attack.
An independent review of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been launched under French former Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, and her final...
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On Eve of Ramadan, Jerusalem's Old City Offers Little Festivity as Gaza War Rages
JERUSALEM — On the eve of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Jerusalem's Old City bears few of its usual hallmarks of festivity.
Nearly half of the grotto-shaped gift shops are sealed behind metal shutters. The narrow streets that run toward Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third-holiest site, are eerily empty.
Absent are the fairy lights and shining lanterns that would usually dangle above hurried worshippers.
Ramadan preparations in Jerusalem, the spiritual heart of the decades-old...
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