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Syria's General Intelligence Service has arrested Ali Kayali, also known as Mihrac Ural, the main suspect in the 2013 Baniyas massacre, as he attempted to flee across the border, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The agency did not specify where he was arrested or which country he was attempting to enter. Syrian sources say he had been spotted crossing the border into Lebanon several times.
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No commercial goods are entering the Gaza Strip, Israeli authorities said, attributing the suspension to local vendors they said are fed up with Hamas raising taxes on them. The Israeli military body overseeing humanitarian affairs in Gaza said on Thursday that local vendors in Gaza asked them to stop coordinating imports because they were fed up with Hamas raising taxes on them. The head of Gaza’s private truckers union disputed that account, saying Israel had made the decision. The move stands to immediately reduce Gaza’s supplies, because the closed-off territory is completely reliant on whatever goods Israel allows in through border crossings.
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As of Thursday, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 74,396 due to ongoing Israeli military operations, with 175,449 injured since the campaign began on October 7, 2023. Following a US-mediated ceasefire, 1,505 people were killed and 5,332 injured, while thousands remain trapped under rubble. The situation has sparked allegations of war crimes against Israel at international courts.
