06

Dec

Israel mounts fiercest attacks so far in Gaza war against Hamas

By Bassam Masoud and IbraheemAbu Mustafa GAZA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Israel's military bombarded southern Gaza's main city in what it said was the fiercest fighting since it began a…

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04

Dec

UPDATED: Israel orders more Gazans to flee, bombs areas where it sends them

By Arafat Barbakh and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Israel ordered people out of swathes of the main southern city in the Gaza Strip on Monday as it…

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02

Dec

UPDATED: Mossad team in Qatar to discuss restarting Gaza truce ordered home

Israeli media is reporting that the Mossad says that a negotiating team that had been in Qatar has been ordered home with talks on extending a truce reaching a “dead…

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02

Dec

Israel plans to create a buffer zone on Gaza’s border post-war to prevent attacks

By Samia Nakhoul, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Jonathan Saul DUBAI/CAIRO/LONDON, (Reuters) - Israel has informed several Arab states that it wants to carve out a buffer zone on the Palestinian…

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02

Dec

UPDATED: Southern Gaza under bombardment after Israel-Hamas truce collapses

Israeli air strikes and artillery bombardments hit Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip Rocket sirens sound in Israeli communities outside Gaza, but no reports of serious damage…

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01

Dec

Support among Israelis for resumption of Gaza campaign

By Nathan Frandino TEL AVIV, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Israelis interviewed on Tel Aviv's streets backed their army's resumption of fighting in the Gaza Strip on Friday, acknowledging the dangers…

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01

Dec

UPDATED: Israel resumes Gaza attacks as truce expires, heavy fighting reported

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Mohammad Salem and Humeyra Pamuk GAZA/TEL AVIV, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Heavy fighting was reported in Gaza on Friday as Israel's military said it had resumed combat…

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30

Nov

UPDATED: Israel, Hamas extend Gaza truce by one day in last-minute deal

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Mohammad Salem and Humeyra Pamuk GAZA/TEL AVIV, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire for a seventh…

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29

Nov

Israel, Hamas seek new deal to extend Gaza truce on final day

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Mohammed Salem and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas were negotiating through mediators on Wednesday over another potential extension of the Gaza truce,…

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29

Nov

Erdogan tells UN chief Israel must be tried in international courts for Gaza crimes

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday told United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres that Israel must be held accountable in international courts for what he called war crimes it committed…

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29

Nov

Israel, Hamas due to release more people amid efforts to extend truce

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Mohammemd Salem and Henriette Chacar GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Hamas and Israel were expected to release more hostages and prisoners on Wednesday, the last day of…

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27

Nov

Cyprus outlines plans for seaborne aid to Gaza

A sea corridor from Cyprus to supply humanitarian aid to Gaza is creating some formidable logistical challenges and could require innovative fixes ranging from landing craft to a large floating…

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27

Nov

UPDATED: Negotiators close to agreeing extension of Gaza truce

GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Egyptian, Qatari and U.S. negotiators closed in on an extension of a four-day truce in Gaza that expires on Monday, Egyptian security sources said, amid…

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27

Nov

Biden hopes for extension of Israel-Hamas truce as more hostages released

By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM, Nov 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said he hoped the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas can go on as long as hostages are…

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26

Nov

More Israeli hostages expected to be released on third day of truce

The truce between Israel and Hamas is in its third day and more Israeli hostages are expected to be released today. There were a few anxious hours last night when…

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26

Nov

Al Qassam Brigades says four military commanders killed in fighting

CAIRO, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas announced on Sunday the killing of four of its military commanders in the Gaza Strip, including…

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26

Nov

Thirteen Israeli and four Thai hostages back in Israel in temporary truce

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Thirteen Israelis and four Thai nationals arrived in Israel on Sunday in the second release of hostages from Hamas…

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25

Nov

What is the humanitarian situation in besieged Gaza?

GENEVA (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas started a four-day ceasefire in Gaza on Friday with aid agencies hoping to use the pause in fighting to ramp up aid deliveries into…

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24

Nov

Gaza war increases risk of Islamist attacks in Europe, security officials say

Security officials see growing risk of Islamist attacks Police resources stretched by tracking other threats Main threat is probably "lone wolves" - security officials By Andrew MacAskill, Michael Holden and…

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24

Nov

What do we know about Israeli hostages in Gaza?

The Israeli government voted on Wednesday to back a deal to release some of roughly 240 Israeli hostages, starting today, held by Hamas militants in Gaza in exchange for a…

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24

Nov

Israel–Hamas war: The hostage deal and ceasefire explained

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in fighting in Gaza to allow for the release of 50 hostages held by the militant group in exchange for 150 Palestinians…

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24

Nov

UPDATED: Gaza truce appears to hold shakily as Israel, Hamas start ceasefire

By Bassam Masoud and Janis Laizans GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas started a ceasefire in Gaza on Friday that appeared to be holding shakily with no…

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23

Nov

UPDATED: War rages on in Gaza as truce delayed until at least Friday

By Bassam Masoud and Emily Rose GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 23 (Reuters) - War raged on in Gaza on Thursday, as a proposed truce and release of hostages was delayed for at…

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22

Nov

Israel, Hamas agree 4-day truce for hostage release and aid into Gaza

Israel's government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and…

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20

Nov

Premature Gaza babies reach Egypt; deaths reported at Indonesian hospital

More than two dozen babies expected to cross into Egypt Babies placed into mobile incubators at border Indonesia says it lost contact with volunteers at hospital By Nidal al-Mughrabi and…

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20

Nov

Israel says soldier executed, foreign hostages held at Gaza’s Shifa hospital

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - Israel stepped up accusations of Hamas abuses at the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital on Sunday, saying a captive soldier had been executed and two…

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19

Nov

Forever war? Israel risks a long, bloody insurgency in Gaza

With no exit strategy, Israel risks long engagement in Gaza Israel invasion to generate more Hamas fighters, sources say Israel may face Iraq, Afghanistan insurgency playbook US, allies want "revitalized"…

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18

Nov

What war crimes laws apply to the Israel-Palestinian conflict?

By Anthony Deutsch, Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, (Reuters) - War between Israel and Palestinian militants since the cross-border attack by Gaza's ruling Islamist group Hamas on Oct. 7…

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18

Nov

US public support for Israel drops; majority backs a ceasefire, Reuters/Ipsos shows

By Jason Lange and Matt Spetalnick U.S. public support for Israel's war against Hamas militants in Gaza is eroding and most Americans think Israel should call a ceasefire to a…

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18

Nov

Only Palestinian Authority can run post-war Gaza -EU’s Borrell

MANAMA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Only the Palestinian Authority can run Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war is over, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Saturday. "Hamas cannot…

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18

Nov

Five nations seek war crimes probe in Palestinian territories

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said he had received a joint request from five countries to investigate the situation in the Palestinian territories. Prosecutor Karim Kahn said the…

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18

Nov

UPDATED: Israeli air strikes kill 32 in south Gaza amid calls for civilians to flee

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Israeli air strikes on residential blocks in south Gaza killed at least 32 Palestinians on Saturday, medics said, after…

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17

Nov

Gaza war inflicts catastrophic damage on infrastructure and economy

Nov 17 (Reuters) - Israel's land, sea and air assault on the Gaza Strip, triggered by Hamas's cross-border attack on Oct. 7, has brought upheaval and destruction to the Palestinian…

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17

Nov

WHO voices concern over spread of disease in Gaza; Warning that starvation imminent

GENEVA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Friday it was very concerned about the spread of disease of Gaza as weeks of Israeli bombardments have caused…

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17

Nov

Israeli PM says attempts to minimise civilian casualties “not successful”

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers found a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, the army said, while…

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17

Nov

Hamas tunnel found at Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, says Israel; UN aid halted

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers found a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, the army said, while…

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16

Nov

UPDATED: Israel orders residents from southern Gaza towns, Egypt says no possibility of displacement of Palestinians outside their homeland

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose CAIRO, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, asked whether Israel and the United States were pressuring Egypt to accept the displacement…

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16

Nov

UN Security Council calls for pauses in Gaza fighting for aid in Malta drafted resolution

By Michelle Nichols and Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council called for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses in fighting between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants…

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12

Nov

HonestReporting accepts news groups had no prior warning of Oct. 7 Hamas attack

The executive director of Israeli media advocacy group HonestReporting said he accepted as "adequate" statements by four media organisations that they had no previous knowledge of the Oct. 7 Hamas…

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12

Nov

Russia begins evacuating its nationals from Gaza

MOSCOW, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The evacuation of Russian nationals from the Gaza Strip has begun and more than 60 Russian passport holders have crossed into Egypt, Russia's emergencies ministry…

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12

Nov

Arab and Muslim leaders demand immediate end to Gaza war

By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Nayera Abdallah RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries called for an immediate end to military operations in Gaza, rejecting Israel's justification of…

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12

Nov

Israel offers to evacuate babies from main Gaza hospital; Reports of possible hostage

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Emily Rose and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Israel's military said it was ready to evacuate babies from Gaza's largest hospital on Sunday, where Palestinian…

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11

Nov

Mideast powers play complex politics amid raging Gaza war

The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters LONDON, (Reuters) - As Israeli troops effectively cut the Gaza Strip in two at the weekend, striking…

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10

Nov

Qatar’s emir holds talks in Egypt on ending Gaza violence

By Mohamed Wali CAIRO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The leaders of Qatar and Egypt met in Cairo on Friday, both hoping to mediate a de-escalation of violence in the Gaza…

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10

Nov

Iran warns expansion of Gaza war ‘inevitable’

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/DUBAI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Iran warned the scale of civilian suffering caused by Israel's war on Hamas would inevitably lead to an expansion of the conflict,…

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10

Nov

UPDATED: Palestinian officials say Israeli air strikes hit Gaza hospitals

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Israeli air strikes hit Gaza's biggest hospital, the Al Shifa, on Friday, killing one person and wounding others sheltering there, Palestinian officials…

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09

Nov

Warning:  Gaza conflict could spread across region like wildfire; Aid groups say there are no safe zones in Gaza

PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The conflict in Gaza is a wildfire that could spread across the region, U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday, adding that allowing the…

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09

Nov

UPDATED: Macron: there must be a humanitarian pause very quickly in Gaza

PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that there must be a humanitarian pause very quickly in Gaza and that countries must also work for…

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07

Nov

More than 60% of jobs lost in Gaza due to war -UN’s ILO

GENEVA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - More than 60% of jobs have been lost in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas conflict, the International Labour Organization said, adding to the dire economic situation…

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06

Nov

US nuclear-powered submarine joins US aircraft carriers in Middle East

A nuclear-powered Ohio-class submarine has arrived in the Middle East, US Central Command has said, in a rare announcement apparently aimed at deterring regional actors from escalating the conflict. On…

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06

Nov

UPDATED: EU increases humanitarian aid to Gaza by €25 million

As part of the EU's continued support to people in Gaza, the Commission will provide a further €25 million in humanitarian aid. This quadruples EU humanitarian assistance to over €100…

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06

Nov

UN bodies make united call for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

GENEVA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The heads of several major United Nations bodies on Monday made a united call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as Israeli strikes intensify nearly…

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06

Nov

Pressure mounts on Israel over civilian casualties as ceasefire calls rebuffed

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Having rebuffed calls for a ceasefire, Israel was set to come under sustained pressure on Monday to avoid civilian casualties during its…

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06

Nov

Jordan says air force dropped urgent medical aid to Gaza

Nov 6 (Reuters) - Jordan's air force personnel air-dropped urgent medical aid to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza early on Monday, according to a post on X from Jordan's…

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05

Nov

Open hatred of Jews surges globally, inflamed by Gaza war

By Andrew Macaskill and Estelle Shirbon  (Reuters) - In Los Angeles, a man screaming "kill Jews" attempts to break into a family's home. In London, girls in a playground are…

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04

Nov

What are the US MQ-9 Reaper drones that have been flying over Gaza?

(Reuters) - Several U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones have been orbiting over Gaza amid Israeli strikes and military activity there, U.S. officials and a source have told Reuters, and the flights…

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04

Nov

Turkey’s Erdogan says post-war Gaza must be part of sovereign Palestinian state

By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Gaza must be part of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state once the Israel-Hamas war is over, and…

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