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At least 50 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza

At least 50 Palestinians, mostly women and children were killed and dozens more were injured on Thursday as Israel ramps up its offensives across the enclave. Israeli strikes across the…

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Israel says no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza, will keep Gaza buffer zone

Israel said it would keep blocking humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, where a relentless military offensive has turned the Palestinian territory into a “mass grave,” a medical charity reported.Air and…

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Trump opposed a planned Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear sites

U.S. President Donald Trump blocked a planned Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear sites in favor of negotiating a deal with Iran to limit its nuclear program, the New York Times…

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EU pledges €1.6 billion for Palestinians

The European Union has announced a three-year financial support package for the Palestinians worth up to €1.6 billion ($1.8 billion). "We are stepping up our support to the Palestinian people.…

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No breakthrough in Gaza talks

The latest round of talks in Cairo to restore the defunct Gaza ceasefire and free Israeli hostages ended with no apparent breakthrough, Palestinian and Egyptian sources said on Monday. The…

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Hezbollah ready to discuss weapons if Israel withdraws

As calls for Lebanon's Hezbollah to disarm gain momentum, a senior Hezbollah official told Reuters the group is ready to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if…

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At least 100 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza

At least 100 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday, including 27, or more sheltering at a school in the north of the strip, according to Palestinian…

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Israel and Hamas threaten each other over fate of hostages

Palestinian militant group Hamas warned on Wednesday that hostages may be killed if Israel attempts to retrieve them by force and air strikes continue in the Gaza Strip. The group…

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Israeli airstrike kills Hamas official as Gaza death toll passes 50,000

An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza killed a Hamas political leader, Salah al-Bardaweel, on Sunday, the militant group said, as Palestinian officials put the death toll from nearly 18 months…

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Israel hits Gaza with new airstrikes, at least 300 killed

Gaza Strip: Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, saying it was striking dozens of Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in the territory since…

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US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians uprooted from Gaza

The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for resettling Palestinians uprooted from the Gaza Strip…

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Arab states adopt Egyptian alternative to Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’

A $53bn (£41.4 billion) reconstruction plan to rival President Donald Trump's idea for the US to "take over Gaza" and move out more than two million Palestinians has been approved…

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Israel criticised after it bars the flow of all aid and goods into Gaza

Trucks carrying aid were sent back to Egypt on Sunday after Israel decided to stop the entry of all goods and supplies into Gaza. Israel has faced sharp criticism after…

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Hamas Returns 4 Hostage Bodies as Israel Releases Palestinian Prisoners

Hamas handed over four deceased hostages to the Red Cross in exchange for Israel's release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, just days before the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire…

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Israeli Bulldozers Level Jenin as West Bank Operation Expands

Israeli bulldozers have flattened vast sections of the nearly deserted Jenin refugee camp, cutting wide roadways through its labyrinth of alleyways. The move echoes tactics employed in Gaza, signaling an…

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Over half a million children left without education across Gaza and the West Bank

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) warned that vital aid for children in in the West Bank is being scuppered by increasing violence in the region. Over 200 children have died…

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UPDATED: Netanyahu says Hamas will pay for not returning Shiri Bibas

Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has condemned Hamas after the Israeli military said one of the bodies released by the militant group did not belong to Shiri Bibas or any…

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UPDATED: Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages taken from Israel

Hamas handed over the bodies on Thursday of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack…

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Hamas says it will return bodies of four Israelis on Thursday and release six living hostages on Saturday

Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya said the “Bibas family” would be included in the handover of four bodies on Thursday, without elaborating. Yarden Bibas, 34, his wife, Shiri, 33, and children…

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European Parliament President Metsola visits Gaza, underlines support

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola visited Gaza on Thursday, marking the first visit by a member of the EU leadership to the coastal strip in more than a decade, according…

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Israeli military calls up reservists as concern over Gaza ceasefire mounts

Israel's military has called up reservists in preparation for a possible resumption of fighting in Gaza if Hamas fails to meet a Saturday deadline to release more Israeli hostages and…

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Israel says ceasefire will end if hostages not returned

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warns ceasefire will end if hostages not returned on Saturday Trump doubles down on controversial Gaza plan at meeting with Jordanian king in Washington The visit…

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Trump to Hamas: Free all hostages by midday Saturday or ‘let hell break out’

U.S. President Donald Trump said that Hamas should release all hostages held by the militant group in Gaza by midday Saturday or he would propose canceling the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and…

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The Kremlin awaits details on Trump’s controversial plan to buy the Gaza Strip

The Kremlin said on Monday it was waiting for more details on USpresident Donald Trump’s plan to buy the Gaza Strip, an idea which has sparked condemnation from many countries.Trump…

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Trump’s controversial Gaza proposal faces global backlash, amid concerns of ethnic cleansing

U.S. President Donald Trump's top aides staunchly defended his push to transfer Palestinians out of Gaza and have the U.S. take over the war-ruined enclave, but they also backed away…

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UPDATED: Israel hostages released from Gaza amid chaotic scenes as release of110 Palestinian prisoners delayed

The seven hostages released in Khan Younis, Gaza have arrived in Israel on Thursday, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), meaning all eight hostages released Thursday are now in…

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Gaza ceasefire deal reached by Israel and Hamas

Hamas and Israel reached a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza that mediators said would take effect on Sunday and include a release of hostages held there during 15 months…

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A look at the terms — and tensions — in the Israel-Hamas draft ceasefire deal

If the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal goes according to the current draft, then fighting will stop in Gaza for 42 days, and dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners…

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Final draft of Gaza truce deal presented after ‘breakthrough’

Mediators gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of a deal on Monday to end the war in Gaza, an official briefed on the negotiations said, after a midnight "breakthrough"…

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UAE in talks with US, Israel about provisional government for post-war Gaza

The United Arab Emirates has discussed with Israel and the United States participating in a provisional administration of post-war Gaza until a reformed Palestinian Authority is able to take charge,…

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Gaza’s Islamic Jihad says Israeli hostage tried to take own life

An Israeli hostage held by Gaza's Islamic Jihad militant group has tried to take his own life, the spokesperson for the movement's armed wing said in a video posted on…

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Little hope in Gaza that arrest warrants will cool Israeli onslaught

Gazans saw little hope on Friday that International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli leaders would slow down the onslaught on the Palestinian territory, where medics said at least 21…

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Hamas: No hostages-for-prisoners swap deal with Israel unless Gaza war ends

Hamas' acting Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya said in remarks broadcast on Wednesday that there would be no hostages-for-prisoners swap deal with Israel unless the war in the Palestinian enclave ended.…

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Lebanon, Hezbollah accept US ceasefire proposal

An Israeli airstrike killed five people in central Beirut on Monday, Lebanon's health ministry said, the second day in a row Israel has hit a target within the capital as…

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Nearly 70% of verified Gaza war dead women and children, UN rights office says

The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a…

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Israeli authorities probe suspected Gaza intelligence leak by Netanyahu aide

A suspected leak of classified Gaza documents involving an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has jolted Israeli politics and outraged the families of hostages held by Hamas who have…

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Israel hits Beirut’s southern suburbs; At least 46 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes

Israel carried out air strikes early on Friday on Beirut's southern suburbs, Reuters witnesses said, the first strikes there in nearly a week. At least 46 Palestinians were killed in…

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Lebanon, Israel could agree to ceasefire within days, Lebanese prime minister says

Lebanon's prime minister expressed hope that a ceasefire deal with Israel would be announced within days as Israel's public broadcaster published what it said was a draft agreement providing for…

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US calls deadly Israeli air strike ‘horrifying’

At least 93 Palestinians were killed or missing and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya on Tuesday, the…

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Egypt proposes short Gaza truce with small hostage-prisoner exchange

Egypt has proposed an initial two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israeli hostages of Hamas for some Palestinian prisoners, Egypt's president said as Israeli military strikes killed 45 Palestinians…

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Israeli strike kills three journalists in south Lebanon

An Israeli strike early on Friday morning killed at least three journalists and wounded several others as they slept in guesthouses used by media in Hasbaya in southern Lebanon, Lebanon's…

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Israel strikes Damascus, military site near Homs, Syrian defence says

Israel launched strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus and a military site near the western city of Homs on Thursday, the Syrian defence ministry said, as U.S. Secretary of State…

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War knocked human development in Gaza back to 1955, UNDP says

The war in Gaza has devastated the Palestinian economy, which is now 35% smaller than it was at the start of Israel's invasion a year ago, while development levels in…

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Hezbollah says it will escalate war with Israel after Hamas leader killed

Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said on Friday it was moving to a new and escalating phase in its war against Israel while Iran said "the spirit of resistance will be…

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Israeli strike targets Syria’s Mediterranean port city of Latakia

An Israeli strike targeting Syria's Mediterranean port city of Latakia early on Thursday resulted in fires breaking out there, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. Firefighters were working on extinguishing…

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Israel Must Boost Gaza Aid: US Issues 30-Day Ultimatum

The US has written to Israel, giving it 30 days to boost humanitarian aid access in Gaza or risk having some US military assistance cut off. The letter, sent on…

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Israel strikes north Lebanon town, UN expresses concern about peacekeepers

Israel expanded its targets in its war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, killing at least 21 people in an airstrike in the north, health officials said, while millions of Israelis…

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UNIFIL Peacekeepers Continue To Be Threatened by Israeli Actions

The United Nations said Israeli tanks had burst through the gates of a base of its peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, the latest accusation of Israeli violations and attacks denounced…

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Hezbollah targets Israeli troops on Lebanese border, sirens in Beirut

Hezbollah militants targeted Israeli soldiers near the Lebanese border village of Labbouneh with artillery shells and rockets on Wednesday, the group said in a statement, a day after Israel said…

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Israel-Hezbollah fighting intensifies, Hamas vows to rise again

Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel's third-largest city of Haifa and Hamas vowed to rise again as Israel looked poised to expand its offensive into Lebanon, a year after the devastating…

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Remembering October 7: A Year of Conflict and Mourning

People around the world were holding vigils, ceremonies and protests to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza, as fighting raged…

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In one year of war, Israel strikes 40,000 Hamas targets in Gaza

In the past year in the Gaza Strip, Israel has bombed more than 40,000 targets, found 4,700 tunnel shafts and destroyed 1,000 rocket launcher sites, the military said on Monday's…

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Israel bombs Lebanon, Gaza ahead of one-year anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks

Israel bombed targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip on Sunday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks that sparked its war, as Israel's defence minister declared…

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Iran says any Lebanon ceasefire should be simultaneous with Gaza

Tehran backs efforts for a ceasefire in Lebanon on the condition it would be backed by Hezbollah and simultaneous with a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Iran's foreign minister Abbas…

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Yazidi woman freed from Gaza in US-led operation after decade in captivity

A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq a decade ago was freed from Gaza this week in a secret operation months in the making that involved Israel,…

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Israel begins Lebanon ground invasion

Israel's widely expected ground invasion of Lebanon appeared to be getting underway early on Tuesday as its military said troops had begun "limited" raids against Hezbollah targets in the border…

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Israel strikes Yemen port, keeps up Lebanon assault

Israel said it bombed Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday and mounted further airstrikes in Lebanon, expanding its confrontation with Iran's allies in the region two days after killing the…

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