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  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
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    Country’s intelligence services have for decades tracked down and killed Palestinian militant group’s senior leadership

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  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
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    Abrupt killings of a shadowy Hizbollah leader and Hamas’s political chief have shaken the region

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  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
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    Academics and charities call for a national policy for providing fertility treatment on NHS

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