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Israel’s military on Wednesday released a video that it claims shows the dismantlement of a tunnel route it accuses Hamas of excavating under Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical complex in Gaza.According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the underground tunnel route was dismantled on November 24 by special forces and soldiers from the Yahalom Unit, which specializes in engineering tasks.The IDF claims the hospital was not damaged and that humanitarian activities were able to continue while it dismantled the tunnel route, which it says spanned more than 250 meters.CNN cannot independently verify the IDF’s claims.Israel accused Hamas of developing the tunnel system beneath the…

Palestinians cross a flooded street at a makeshift camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza, on January 2. AFP/Getty ImagesMuhammad Hamouda says that the streets of the city of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, are full of pollution as beggars and displaced civilians try to survive in shelter conditions ravaged by death and disease.“Life here is very difficult,” the physical therapist, who works at Abu Youssef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah and volunteers at a nearby shelter, told CNN on Tuesday. “Hundreds of thousands cannot find shelter,” he said. “The others sleep on the sidewalk.”Hamouda and his family…

CNN  —  Here is a look at the life of the Princess of Wales, the former Catherine (Kate) Middleton. Birth date: January 9, 1982 Birth place: Reading, Berkshire, England Birth name: Catherine Elizabeth Middleton Father: Michael Middleton, former airline pilot, now mail-order business owner Mother: Carole (Goldsmith) Middleton, former flight attendant Marriage: Prince William, The Prince of Wales (April 29, 2011-present) Children: George Alexander Louis, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana and Louis Arthur Charles Education: University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, 2005, MA, Art History Is the eldest of three children of self-made millionaires. Her engagement ring belonged to Princess Diana. 2001…

The Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on September 12, 2023. Ilan Rosenberg/ReutersIsrael’s Supreme Court on Monday overturned a controversial government plan to limit the powers of the judiciary, in an unprecedented move that rekindled violent tensions in the country as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wages war against Hamas in Gaza.The court ruled, by a majority of eight votes to seven, that the government’s amendment to the so-called reasonableness law could not be accepted. The bill would have stripped the Supreme Court of the power to declare government decisions unreasonable, and was the first major part of a multi-pronged effort to…

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are stepping up their strikes on ships in the Red Sea, which they say are revenge against Israel for its military campaign in Gaza.There are fears that the attacks could escalate Israel’s war against Hamas into a wider regional conflict.The US said Sunday that it has no desire to enter a wider war, but that it will act in its own self-defense, after US Navy helicopters sank three Houthi boats that the US says fired on the aircraft in the Red Sea. The helicopters had been responding to a distress call from the latest commercial vessel to come under Houthi fire.The…

Displaced Palestinians inside Gaza described difficult living conditions, exorbitant food prices, child hunger, and poor sanitation. CNN spoke by phone with several people trying to survive in Rafah, in the south, to which tens of thousands have fled even though it is already the most densely populated part of Gaza. “The way I live is to beg here and there and take help from anyone,” said Abu Misbah, a 51-year-old construction worker trying to support a family of 10. He said that vegetables and fruits were unaffordable. His children asked for oranges, but he was unable to buy them. “We…

At least 308 people seeking shelter at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) have been killed and at least 1,095 others have been injured since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, the agency announced. He said Friday on Xformerly known as Twitter. UNRWA also indicated that “initial reports indicated on December 25 that there were two people taking shelter there.” @UNRWA Al-Maghazi Preparatory School was martyred and another was injured as a result of a direct strike.”CNN cannot independently verify these numbers.In a statement sent to CNN on Thursday, the Israeli…

Israel’s military “failed in its mission” to rescue three hostages mistakenly killed by its troops in Gaza earlier this month, its chief of the general staff said Thursday, as the military published the findings of its investigation.The findings concluded that Israeli command ranks had information that hostages were present in the area, and “even took actions to prevent strikes on locations suspected of having hostages,” the report read. But the investigation also concluded the Israeli forces in the field had “insufficient awareness” of the possibility that hostages would approach them or that the troops would encounter hostages in operations not specifically…

CNN — Here’s a look at the life of Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the former Prime Minister of Iraq. date of birth: 1947 place of birth: Karbala, Iraq marriage: Married, name not publicly available children: five education: University of Mosul, Doctor of Medicine 1974 religion: Shiite Muslim 1968 – Join the Islamic Dawa Party. The Dawa Party (officially the Islamic Dawa Party or Islamic Dawa Party), is a Shiite Islamic party with close ties to the theocratic regime in Iran. 1980 – He flees from Iraq to Iran to escape Saddam Hussein’s oppression of members of the Dawa Party. 1990-2003 – Leader…

A still from a video appears to show Palestinians detained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a stadium in northern Gaza. Yosee Gamzoo LetovaAn edited video circulating on social media appears to show Palestinian men and at least two children detained and stripped by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a stadium in northern Gaza. CNN is unable to verify when the video was shot. A CNN geolocation of the video shows it was filmed in Yarmouk Stadium in Gaza City.CNN reached out to the IDF late Tuesday night for comment on the video and the children detained but has not yet heard back. In the past,…