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Hamas says Israeli hostages have suffered many losses

CAIRO, (Reuters) - Hamas' armed wing said that Israelis taken hostage by the militants on Oct. 7 had suffered many losses and that those that were alive were living in…

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Israel stages airstrikes across Gaza, makes arrests at hospital

Israeli PM Netanyahu says advance on Rafah needs to be 'orderly' There is room to evacuate civilians in Rafah, Netanyahu says Israeli Saturday airstrikes kill at least 38, Hamas media…

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Why do Israelis and the rest of the world view the Gaza conflict so differently? And can this disconnect be overcome?

Hamas’ vicious attack on southern Israel on October 7 and Israel’s ruthless response have sparked a global campaign for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to Palestine’s occupation. Once…

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Israel bombards Gaza, with biggest functioning hospital under siege

Nasser Hospital in focus as war rages Five die in intensive care as power, oxygen cut Palestinians fear Rafah offensive By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Gaza's largest…

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UNHCR chief Grandi says Palestinian spillover into Egypt’s Sinai would be disaster

MUNICH, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The U.N.'s High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday that a spillover of refugees from Gaza's Rafah into Egypt's Sinai would be a disaster and…

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Egypt setting up area at Gaza border which could be used to shelter Palestinians-sources

Egypt setting up area as contingency measure - sources Cairo has repeatedly rejected any transfer of Palestinians Egypt denies making any such contingency preparations Israel plans to attack Rafah, where…

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Israel vows action against Hamas in Rafah amid global calls for restraint

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell Israel will press ahead with an offensive against Hamas in Rafah, the last refuge for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, after allowing civilians to…

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Gazans fearing Israeli assault on Rafah look to Cairo truce talks for hope

U.S., Egyptian, Israeli and Qatari officials were expected to meet in Cairo on Tuesday to seek a truce in Gaza as more than a million civilians crammed into a southern…

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WHO head concerned at attacks on Gaza’s Rafah

DUBAI, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and expressed particular concern at Israeli attacks on…

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UPDATED: Israel frees two hostages, Gaza officials say airstrikes kill 67

Gaza health authorities say 28,340 Palestinians killed, 67,984 wounded Netanyahu says rescue of hostages shows war should continue Reuters footage shows overnight damage, displaced Gazan says children were killed far…

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Egypt steps up security on border as Israeli offensive in Gaza nears

By Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Aidan Lewis CAIRO, (Reuters) - Egypt has sent about 40 tanks and armoured personnel carriers to northeastern Sinai within the past two weeks as part…

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Palestinians brace for Rafah evacuation, Israeli assault plan

Palestinians in Rafah await Israeli evacuation, assault plan Aid groups fear large-scale civilian casualties By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose DOHA/JERUSALEM, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Trapped in and around Rafah,…

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UPDATED: Hamas proposal calls for 135-day ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal, talks to end war

Hamas proposal sees three-stage ceasefire over 135 days Proposal calls for complete Israeli withdrawal during second phase No guarantee at outset of permanent end to war, but talks must be…

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UN’s top court puts Israel on notice over its war in Gaza. Here’s what its judgement could mean

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has issued an unprecedented set of preliminary orders in the case brought against Israel by South Africa alleging it is committing…

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UN agency probes staff suspected of role in Oct 7 attacks on Israel

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said it had opened an investigation into several employees suspected of involvement in the…

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ICJ ruling: Key takeaways from the court decision in Israel genocide case

THE HAGUE, (Reuters) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel on Friday to take action to prevent acts of genocide as it wages war against Hamas militants in…

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Plan for one-month Gaza truce makes progress as Israel hits Khan Younis

Israel and Hamas have moved closer to agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Gaza when Israeli hostages and Palestinians prisoners would be released, sources told Reuters, as Israel pressed ahead…

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Israeli forces storm Khan Younis hospital in bloodiest fighting of 2024

Israeli forces storm Al-Khair hospital in western Khan Younis, Palestinians say Relatives of Israeli hostages burst into parliamentary session demanding more efforts to free them By Bassam Masoud, Nidal al-Mughrabi…

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Battles rage as Palestinians say Gaza toll passes 25,000

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ibraheem Abu Mustafa DOHA/GAZA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Israeli attacks and street battles raged across the Gaza Strip on Sunday as Palestinian health officials said the…

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Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza passes 25,000, Gaza health officials say

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ibraheem Abu Mustafa DOHA/GAZA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The toll of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7 has passed 25,000, health officials…

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Israeli soldiers uncover Gaza tunnel that once held hostages, army says

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - At the end of a kilometer-long, booby-trapped tunnel in the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers discovered cramped cells where the military said Hamas kept about 20 hostages. They…

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Netanyahu publicly rejects US push for Palestinian state

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has told the United States that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state once the conflict in Gaza comes to an end.…

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Mexico, Chile refer Israel-Hamas conflict to ICC over potential crimes

Mexico and Chile expressed "growing worry" over "an escalation of violence" after several months of war between Israel and Hamas in a referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over…

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Israel presses southern Gaza assault; Trucks carrying aid enter Gaza

GAZA/ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER/DOHA, (Reuters) - Israel pressed its assault on Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Wednesday, sending tanks westwards while Jordan decried shelling that badly damaged its field hospital in…

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UPDATED: Blinken tells Davos meeting that Gaza scenes are ‘gutwrenching’

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday described the conflict in Gaza as "gutwrenching" and said what was needed was a Palestinian state…

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Jordan says Israel is placing ‘big impediments’ to aid for Palestinians

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Tuesday Israel was placing many obstacles to the entry of aid into Gaza, worsening the plight of Palestinians there. Safadi, speaking at a…

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UPDATED: Israel pounds targets across Gaza, awaits Hamas word on three hostages

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Fadi Shana and Dan Williams DOHA/GAZA/JERUSALEM, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Israeli forces bombarded targets in the south, north and centre of Gaza on Monday ahead of an…

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UPDATED: Israel faces genocide charges at World Court; Some developing states back South Africa

By Mohammed Salem, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Anthony Deutsch GAZA/THE HAGUE, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Israel faced down accusations at the World Court on Thursday of genocide in its war in…

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Hamas says: “There are no differences between Israel and the Americans”; Blinken urges Israel to make hard choices

By Arafat Barbakh, Simon Lewis and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/TEL AVIV/CAIRO, (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel to make "hard choices" to normalize relations with more of…

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Three months in, deaths mount and diplomats vie to stop Gaza war’s spread

By Maayan Lubell and Simon Lewis JERUSALEM/AMMAN, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Top international diplomats discussed strategies for keeping the Gaza war from spreading beyond Israel and the Palestinian territories on…

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Israel in talks with Congo and other countries on Gaza ‘voluntary migration’ plan

The “voluntary” resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza is slowly becoming a key official policy of the government, with a senior official saying that Israel has held talks with several countries…

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Killing of Hamas deputy leader in Beirut raises risk of Gaza war spreading

By Laila Bassam, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Arafat Barbakh BEIRUT/CAIRO/GAZA, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday,…

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Gaza in 2024: Signs of more devastation, open-ended occupation

By Samia Nakhoul (Reuters) - The war aims of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gaza's Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar look unattainable in 2024, and their fight may consign the…

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Fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas rages after nearly 200 killed in Gaza

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Arafat Barbakh CAIRO/GAZA, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Fierce Israeli tank fire and aerial bombing struck Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, residents said,…

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South Africa files genocide case against Israel at World Court

By Wendell Roelf and Toby Sterling South Africa asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an urgent order declaring that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the…

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What is Egypt’s proposal for Gaza?

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Dan Williams and And Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Egypt has held talks between Hamas and its allied Islamic Jihad to try and broker a permanent ceasefire in Israel's…

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Displaced Gazans flee again as Israel launches fresh tank, air assaults

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Arafat Barbakh CAIRO/GAZA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of newly displaced Gazans huddled under tarpaulins on Friday in the centre of the enclave after…

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Israeli tanks, missiles strike Gaza in offensive against Hamas

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Bassam Masoud CAIRO/GAZA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Israeli forces attacked areas of the central and southern Gaza Strip where residents have been expecting a renewed ground…

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Gaza war to last months, Israel says, as fears of conflict spread rise

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Israel's war on Hamas will last months, Israel's military chief said, as a string of incidents outside the Gaza Strip highlighted the risk of the…

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Israel bombs northern Gaza; Palestinians say 166 killed in 24 hours

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Israel bombed areas of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip overnight, with fighting throughout Sunday morning, residents and Palestinian…

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Fighting rages in northern Gaza; Biden speaks with Netanyahu

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose CAIRO/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - Israel battled Hamas militants on Saturday in pursuit of its elusive goal of full control of northern Gaza after the U.N.…

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UN Security Council delays vote on Gaza aid until Friday

By Bassam Masoud, Michelle Nichols and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - U.N. Security Council diplomats delayed until Friday a vote on a resolution to increase humanitarian aid…

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Gaza children dizzy from hunger as war impedes food deliveries

By Fadi Shana and Ibraheem Abu Mustafa RAFAH, Gaza Strip, (Reuters) - The children displaced to south Gaza were craving chicken, but all their mother had left to feed the…

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Sirens, interceptions in Tel Aviv as Hamas fires rockets from Gaza

TEL AVIV, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and a Reuters camera crew witnessed rocket interceptions on Thursday as Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip said they…

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Hamas leader visits Egypt amid intensive talks on new ceasefire

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Bassam Masoud and Dan Williams CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM, Dec 20 (Reuters) - The leader of Hamas made his first visit to Egypt for more than a month on Wednesday,…

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Israel battles Hamas on streets of Gaza city as UN delays vote again

Heavy street fighting in southern city of Khan Younis UN vote on aid delayed by another day as diplomats try to resolve U.S. concerns Islamic Jihad releases video showing two…

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UPDATED: Israeli hostages killed mistakenly in Gaza were holding white flag

JERUSALEM, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Three Israeli hostages killed mistakenly in Gaza by Israeli forces had been holding up a white flag, according to an initial inquiry into the incident,…

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Hamas turns Gaza streets into deadly maze for Israeli troops

Bid to destroy Hamas sends Israel deeper into Gaza Munitions made in Gaza give Hamas bigger stockpile Tunnel network remains a challenge, says expert Israel's Netanyahu vows war until 'absolute…

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Gaza war hits neighboring Arab economies, could cut GDP 2.3% – UN study

The economic cost of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on Arab neighbours Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan could rise to at least $10 billion this year and push more than 230,000…

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Israeli strikes the length of Gaza as U.S. calls for more accurate targeting

Families collect dead in Rafah after homes destroyed In north, residents say ferocious bombing shows troops seeking revenge for ambush Israel rejects U.S. characterisation of strikes as 'indiscriminate' By Nidal…

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Despite rising casualties, Israeli citizens continue to support offensive against Hamas in Gaza

By Ilan Rosenberg and Frank Jack Daniel Israeli citizens said the army should not back off its unrelenting offensive to crush Hamas, despite the U.N. General Assembly's ceasefire call, the…

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Gaza faces ‘perfect storm’ of deadly diseases

By Bassam Masoud and Saleh Salem GAZA, Dec 14 (Reuters) - For the besieged residents of Gaza who have so far survived Israel's bombs and bullets, a silent, invisible killer…

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UPDATED: Israel faces growing isolation, Biden criticism, as Gaza deaths mount

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Bassam Masoud CAIRO/GAZA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Israel faced growing diplomatic isolation in its war in Gaza as the United Nations demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire…

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UN General Assembly likely to vote Tuesday on Gaza ceasefire demand – diplomats

(Reuters) - The 193-member United Nations General Assembly is likely to vote Tuesday on a draft resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants…

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UPDATED: Gazans say hunger is growing, fuelling fears of exodus into Egypt

Gazans describe widespread hunger, chaos Germany urges Israel to change tactics to protect civilians Hamas armed wing says it hit Israeli tanks, forces in Khan Younis By Bassam Masoud and…

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UPDATED: Peace not possible if Hamas can continue to attack from Gaza – Berlin

BERLIN, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Ensuring lasting peace in the Middle East will not be possible as long as Hamas can continue its attacks from the Gaza Strip, a spokesperson…

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Gaza has gone ‘far beyond’ a humanitarian crisis – medical charity MSF

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber The head of medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said that Gaza faces a catastrophe extending far beyond a humanitarian crisis, describing the situation in the densely…

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