PARIS – The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local):
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An Israeli Cabinet minister is linking a decision to ban an Islamist party to last week’s attacks in Paris.
Israel on Tuesday announced that it outlawed the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement, blaming the group for inciting Arab Israelis to violence amid a two month-long outburst of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
Israel Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan says in a statement Tuesday that “Israel must act as an example and spearhead the struggle against radical Islam whose emissaries we saw massacring innocent people in Paris,” among other places. He says the group shares an ideology with the Islamic State and the Islamic militant Hamas.
The party provides religious and educational services for Israeli Arabs. It accuses Israel of trying to take over a sensitive Jerusalem holy site, a charge Israel denies.
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Activists say a new wave of airstrikes have struck the northern Syrian city of Raqqa the de facto capital of the Islamic State group.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Raqqa-based collective called Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reported seven airstrikes on the city.
Both activist groups said the airstrikes hit targets on the southern edge of Raqqa but had no immediate word on casualties.
In France, military spokesman Col. Gilles Jaron said the strikes early Tuesday destroyed a command post and training camp.
They were the second wave of airstrikes by France against IS after attacks killed at least 129 people around Paris on Friday.
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