GAZA STRIP: Saleh al-Aruri, the top Hamas official killed in a suspected Israeli strike in Lebanon, played a key role in building up the Palestinian group’s military capabilities and its links with regional allies. Aruri, 57, was one of the founders of the Izz-el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, the armed part of Hamas, in the early 1990s. …
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Mauritania recalled former Ligue 1 midfielder El Hadji Ba and gave a first call-up to teenager Oumar Ngom as coach Amir Abdou unveiled his 27-man squad for next month’s African Cup of Nations finals in the Ivory Coast. The 30-year-old Ba, formerly with Racing Lens and Sunderland, last played for the country 18 months ago …
CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM, Dec 25 (Reuters) – At a funeral in Gaza on Monday a line of Palestinians touched white shrouds holding the bodies of at least 70 people who Palestinian health officials said were killed by an Israeli airstrike targeting Maghazi in the centre of the besieged strip. It came after one of the enclave’s deadliest …
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