Israel says 15 trucks carrying aid have been allowed into northern Gaza

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******* says 15 trucks carrying aid have been allowed into northern Gaza

******* says 15 trucks carrying aid have been allowed into northern Gaza, where aid groups have warned that

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The trucks entered Gaza on Wednesday with aid from the ******* ***** Emirates, said the military body handling aid deliveries into the territory, COGAT. It said the aid consisted of food and water as well as hygiene, shelter and medical supplies.

U.N. agencies did not immediately confirm the delivery of the aid.

******** forces have encircled the Gaza Strip’s northernmost areas for the past month, saying ****** militants have regrouped there. Experts say the ******** military campaign has caused a new wave of displaced civilians and warn that

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or may already be happening there.

Human Rights Watch said in a report released Thursday that ******* has committed war ******* and ******* against humanity in the Gaza Strip, including massive forced displacements that amount to ******* cleansing.

It said people have been ******* while evacuating under ******** orders and

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, where hundreds of thousands are crammed into

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******* has also been striking deeper inside Lebanon since September as it escalates the war against Hezbollah.

*******’s war against ****** in Gaza has ******* more than 43,000 people, more than half of them women and children, ************ health officials say. The officials do not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

The

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began after ************ militants

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on Oct. 7, 2023, ******** some 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and

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. Lebanon’s Hezbollah group began ******* into ******* on Oct. 8, 2023, in solidarity with ****** in Gaza. Since then,

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in Lebanon and more than 14,200 wounded, the country’s Health Ministry reported. In *******, 76 people have been *******, including 31 soldiers.

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Syrian state media report explosions near Damascus and Homs

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian state media are reporting explosions near the capital, Damascus, and the central city of Homs in what appeared to be ******** airstrikes.

State news agency SANA said the country’s air defenses were activated against a “hostile target” south of Homs on Thursday. It gave no further details.

The agency later reported an ********** near Damascus, adding that the cause of the blasts was not immediately clear.

******* has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Syria targeting members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah and officials from Iranian-backed groups.

******* says it has allowed 15 trucks carrying aid into northern Gaza

JERUSALEM — ******* says 15 trucks loaded with aid have been allowed into northern Gaza, where aid groups have warned that

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The military body handling aid deliveries into the territory, COGAT, said the 15 trucks entered Gaza on Wednesday with aid shipped in by sea by the ******* ***** Emirates. It said the aid consists of food and water, as well as hygiene, shelter and medical supplies.

U.N. agencies did not immediately confirm that the aid was delivered to its destination inside northern Gaza.

Over the past week, the U.N. says aid trucks have entered the north but have not reached their final destinations due to ******** movement restrictions and hungry crowds taking items from the trucks.

******* has scrambled to ramp up aid to Gaza after a monthlong stretch during which aid plunged to its lowest levels this year.

The U.S. Biden administration warned ******* to increase the aid last month, saying a ******** to do so could lead to a reduction in military support.

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, citing some improvements and ruling out any reduction in arms supplies, even after international aid groups said ******* had fallen far short of the ********* demands.

Human Rights Watch accuses ******* of war *******, ******* against humanity in the Gaza Strip

JERUSALEM — Human Rights Watch says ******* has committed war ******* and ******* against humanity in the Gaza Strip, including massive forced displacements that amount to ******* cleansing.

A report released by the New York-based rights group on Thursday says ******** evacuation orders have often caused “grave harm” to civilians. People have been ******* while evacuating and

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, where hundreds of thousands are crammed into

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“The ******** government cannot claim to be keeping Palestinians safe when it ****** them along escape routes, ****** so-called safe zones,

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,” said Nadia Hardman, ******** and migrant rights researcher at Human Rights Watch.

The report said the widespread, deliberate demolition of homes and civilian infrastructure in Gaza -– some of them to carve a new road bisecting the territory and establish a buffer zone along *******’s border -– was likely to “permanently displace” many Palestinians.

“Such actions of the ******** authorities amount to ******* cleansing,” Human Rights Watch said.

The ******** military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.

Human Rights Watch called on governments to stop supplying weapons to ******* and to comply with a July opinion by the International Court of Justice saying

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The group says its researchers interviewed 39 displaced Palestinians in Gaza, reviewed evacuation orders ******* has released throughout the war and analyzed satellite imagery and video of attacks along evacuation routes and in “safe zones.”

*******’s blistering campaign in Gaza has ******* over 43,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to local health officials who do not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

Around 90% of the territory’s population has fled their homes, with many displaced multiple times. The ******** offensive has also damaged or destroyed

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in Gaza, according to U.N. assessments.

******* says it does not deliberately target civilians and blames ****** for their deaths, saying the militants hide among civilians and operate in residential areas.

US military says it conducted strikes against Houthi rebels

DUBAI, ******* ***** Emirates — The U.S. military says it has conducted several days of strikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

The strikes included U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy aircraft, including the Navy’s F-35C stealth fighter jet, it said Thursday.

The military also released video showing a strike by an MQ-9 Reaper drone on a mobile missile launcher placed on the back of what appeared to be a truck. A person standing next to the launcher is seen running away after the strike.

“This targeted operation was conducted in response to the Houthi’s repeated and unlawful attacks on international commercial shipping, as well as U.S., coalition and merchant vessels in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden,” the U.S. military’s Central Command said. “It also aimed to degrade the Houthi’s ability to threaten regional partners.”

The strikes happened Saturday and Sunday.

The Houthis launched an ******* this week targeted two U.S. Navy destroyers entering the Red Sea. The Americans said they “engaged and defeated” eight *****-carrying drones, five anti-ship ballistic missiles and four cruise missiles that the Houthis used to target the vessels.

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