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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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Hamas chief says close to truce agreement with Israel

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The chief of Hamas said that the Palestinian militant group was near a truce agreement with Israel, even as the deadly assault on Gaza continued and rockets were being fired into Israel.Hamas officials are…

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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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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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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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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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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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Hezbollah, Israel trade strikes at Lebanese border in latest escalation

BEIRUT, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Hezbollah and Israel traded rocket and missile fire in areas near the Lebanese-Israeli border on Saturday, officials on both sides said, in the latest flare-up…

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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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Pope to meet relatives of Israeli hostages next week

VATICAN CITY, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Pope Francis will meet next week with relatives of Israeli hostages held by Hamas militants in Gaza, a source said on Friday. The source…

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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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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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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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Israeli military strikes house of Hamas leader Haniyeh in Gaza, Israeli president says ‘strong force’ may need to stay in Gaza

JERUSALEM, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Israeli fighter jets have struck the house of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza, the Israeli military said on Thursday. Haniyeh's house was "used as…

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Qatar seeking Israel-Hamas deal to free 50 hostages and 3-day truce

DOHA/CAIRO, (Reuters) - Qatari mediators on Wednesday sought to negotiate a deal between Hamas and Israel that included the release of around 50 civilian hostages from Gaza in exchange for…

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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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Palestinians dig mass grave inside Israeli-encircled Gaza hospital, no plan to rescue babies

Palestinians trapped inside Gaza's biggest hospital were digging a mass grave on Tuesday to bury patients who died under Israeli encirclement, and said no plan was in place to evacuate…

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Israel sharpens warning to Lebanon as cross-border hostilities spike

Israel said it was poised to impose quiet on the Lebanese front as hostilities spiked on Sunday, with Hezbollah wounding civilians in a cross-border missile attack and the Israeli air force bombing…

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Major Gaza hospitals suspend operations as Israel hunts Hamas

Two major hospitals in northern Gaza closed to new patients on Sunday, with staff saying that Israeli bombardment plus lack of fuel and medicine meant babies and others could die.Hospitals…

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Israel’s depleted workforce during war costs 2.3 billion shekels a week -cenbank

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The cost to the economy of Israel's depleted workforce, which has been significantly impacted during the war with the Islamist militant group Hamas in Gaza, is 2.3…

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Israel says Palestinian Authority in current form should not run Gaza

By Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thrown up more doubts about the future of the Gaza Strip, suggesting that the Palestinian Authority in…

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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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UAE plans to maintain ties with Israel despite Gaza outcry

UAE hopes to moderate Israel's Gaza campaign Hamas seen by Abu Dhabi as existential threat UAE has close economic, security ties with Israel By Alexander Cornwell ABU DHABI (Reuters) -…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Israel strikes Syria after drone hits southern Eilat city

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's military said an organisation in Syria launched a drone that hit a school in the southern Israeli city of Eilat on Thursday and that it struck…

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Israel helps Brazil thwart domestic attack by Hezbollah cell

By Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) - Israel's spy agency Mossad worked with Brazilian security services and other international agencies to foil an attack on…

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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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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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Fierce fighting in Gaza City; US says Palestinians must govern Gaza post-war

By Humeyra Pamuk, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maytaal Angel WASHINGTON/GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Street battles raged in Gaza City with Hamas fighters using tunnels to ambush Israeli forces, as the…

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UPDATED: Israel says kills top Hamas weapons manufacturer as it targets Gaza tunnel network

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maytaal Angel GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed a top Hamas weapons maker and several fighters, the Israeli military said…

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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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Hezbollah says Israel to ‘pay price’ after strike kills 3 children in Lebanon

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - An Israeli strike on a car in south Lebanon killed three children and their grandmother on Sunday, Lebanese authorities said, as the Israeli army said a Hezbollah…

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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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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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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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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

A picture taken with a drone shows cars driving on the winding 'Derech Ma'ale Ha'tsamaut' road (Independence Road in Hebrew) that leads to the Ramon Crater and the Israeli town…

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Israeli jets hit Lebanon as Hezbollah fires more powerful missile

BEIRUT, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah said it carried out simultaneous attacks on Israeli positions at the Lebanese border on Saturday, as residents of south Lebanon reported some of…

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UK PM Sunak warns pro-Palestinian protests on Armistice Day ‘provocative’

LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Plans by pro-Palestinian demonstrators to march in central London on Armistice Day are "provocative and disrespectful", British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said, as police said…

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Israel tells citizens to reconsider travel abroad amid hostility

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - Israel urged its citizens to reconsider trips abroad and to exercise extra caution if already out of the country, citing an increase of hostility toward Jews and…

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US, Arab leaders to meet over Gaza as Palestinian deaths mount

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Simon Lewis and Suleiman Al-Khalidi GAZA/AMMAN, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Gaza health officials said 15 people were killed in an Israeli air strike on an ambulance that…

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US making intense effort to get hostages out of Gaza, flying drones in search of hostages

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are making intense efforts to gain the release of hostages from Hamas control in Gaza but there is no guarantee of success or a timeframe,…

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Israel strikes ambulance near Gaza hospital, 15 reported killed

GAZA, (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike on an ambulance being used to evacuate the wounded from besieged northern Gaza killed 15 people and injured 60 others on Friday, the…

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Blinken seeks pauses in Gaza war as Israeli troops claim advances

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was meeting Israeli leaders on Friday to push for humanitarian pauses in the Gaza war as Israeli troops surrounded the Palestinian enclave's biggest city,…

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Israeli troops advance past Gaza City outskirts, PM Netanyahu says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israeli forces had pushed further in than the outskirts of Gaza City in their assault on Hamas militants in the northern half of the…

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Hamas says Israel’s strikes on refugee camp kill more than 195 people

More foreigners prepared to leave the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday as its Hamas-run government said at least 195 Palestinians died in Israeli attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp, strikes…

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Op-Ed: Israel’s 9/11

Tonio Galea is editor of Corporate ID Group’s www.cde.news The unprecedented terrorist attack launched by Hamas on Israel shocked not only Israel but the whole world. It was a surprise…

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Israel deploys missile boats in Red Sea as Houthis attack from Yemen

The Israeli military said it had deployed missile boats in the Red Sea on Wednesday as reinforcements, a day after the Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it had launched missile and…

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UPDATED: First evacuees leave Gaza as Israeli offensive intensifies

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 1 (Reuters) - A first group of injured evacuees from Gaza crossed into Egypt on Wednesday under a Qatari-mediated deal, Egyptian media…

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Yemen’s Houthis enter Mideast fray, hardening spillover fears

By Maha El Dahan (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis have waded into the Israel-Hamas war raging more than 1,000 miles from their seat of power in Sanaa, declaring on Tuesday they…

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Israel says nine soldiers killed in Gaza; says Hamas commander killed

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes hit a densely populated refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 50 Palestinians and a…

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

By Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Conflict between Israel and Palestinian forces since militant group Hamas' Oct. 7 assault have created a huge and…

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Israeli forces attack north Gaza’s main city from both sides

Israeli troops and tanks attacked Gaza's main northern city from both sides on Monday, three days after they began a major ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave that has drawn…

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