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Detained pro-Palestinian activist's case moved to new US court

A judge moved the legal case of a pro-Palestinian protest leader detained and slated for deportation by US authorities to a new court Wednesday, but not the highly conservative jurisdiction sought by President Donald Trump's administration.The administration had pushed for Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil's case to be heard in Louisiana, a district sympathetic to deportation efforts, but a New York judge instead moved it to New Jersey.
Source: Al Monitor
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Hamas fires at Tel Aviv in first riposte to deadly Israel assault

Hamas said it fired rockets at Israeli commercial hub Tel Aviv on Thursday in its first military response to the growing civilian death toll from Israel's resumption of air and ground operations in Gaza.Israel said it had closed off the territory's main north-south route as troops expanded the ground operations they resumed on Wednesday.Gaza's civil defence agency said 504 people had been killed so far in the Israeli assault this week, including more than 190 children.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hamas fires at Tel Aviv in first riposte to deadly Israel assault