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Israel and Lebanon escalate rhetoric

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz warned that a decision on an all-out war with Hezbollah was coming soon, even as the United States tries to avert any escalation. U.S. envoy…

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Palestinian Authority at risk of collapse this summer

The Palestinian Authority could collapse in the coming months, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said, citing a lack of funding, continuing violence and the fact that half a million…

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Netanyahu disbands his inner war cabinet

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said on Monday, in a widely expected move that came after the departure from government of…

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Netanyahu denounces tactical pauses in Gaza fighting to get in aid

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized plans announced by the military on Sunday to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into Gaza to facilitate…

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Hezbollah says it attacked 9 Israeli military sites with rockets, drones

Hezbollah said it had launched rockets and weaponised drones at nine Israeli military sites in a coordinated attack on Thursday, ramping up hostilities on Lebanon's southern border for the second…

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Israeli forces thrust deeper into Rafah as diplomacy falters

Israeli tanks advanced deeper into the western area of Rafah, amid one of the worst nights of bombardment from air, ground, and sea, forcing many families to flee their homes…

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Hezbollah fires big rocket salvos at Israel after senior commander killed

Lebanon's Hezbollah fired big barrages of rockets at Israel on Wednesday in retaliation for an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander, escalating the conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli…

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‘Immense’ scale of Gaza killings amount to crime against humanity, UN inquiry says

Both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in the early stages of the Gaza war, a U.N. inquiry found on Wednesday, saying that Israel's actions also constituted crimes against humanity…

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Hamas says it creates broad prospects for a ceasefire deal in Gaza

Hamas on Wednesday said its "positive" response to a U.S. ceasefire plan for the eight-month-old war in the Gaza Strip opened a "wide pathway" to reach an agreement, but the…

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UPDATED: Hamas says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan, US cites ‘hopeful sign’

Hamas accepts a U.N. resolution backing a plan to end the war with Israel in Gaza and is ready to negotiate details, a senior official of the Palestinian militant group…

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Israeli Minister Benny Gantz Resigns from War Cabinet Over Gaza War Conflict

Israeli minister Benny Gantz announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war cabinet on Sunday. He accused Netanyahu of mishandling the war effort against Hamas. Gantz's departure marks the…

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UN Includes Israel in Global Child Rights Violations List

The United Nations has included Israel in the global list of states and armed groups that have violated the rights of children, as stated by the country's UN representative, Gilad…

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Spain requests to intervene in South Africa’s Gaza genocide case against Israel at ICJ

Spain has requested to intervene in South Africa's genocide case against Israel's actions in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Thursday.…

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Israeli strike on UN school in Gaza kills at least 20

Israel targeted a Gaza school on Thursday that it said contained an Hamas compound, killing fighters involved in the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the eight-month war, but Gaza media…

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Netanyahu says Israel prepared for strong action in the north

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured the country's northern border with Lebanon on Wednesday and said Israel was prepared for strong action in the north.Israeli towns near the border, many…

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Gaza war impact ripples through neighbours’ health systems, says WHO

Healthcare systems of neighbouring countries are feeling the strain as thousands of critical patients from the Gaza Strip are evacuated for treatment of complex injuries and ailments, a top WHO…

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UPDATED: Israel says more than a third of Gaza hostages are dead

Israel believes that more than a third of the remaining Gaza hostages are dead, a government tally showed on Tuesday, as the United States sought to advance their recovery under…

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Israeli presumed among Hamas hostages found dead near Gaza

An Israeli who went missing during the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas-led Palestinian gunmen and was presumed to have been taken hostage has been found dead in the border village…

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Several killed in Israeli attack in Syria

A number of people were killed in an Israeli air attack targeting sites in the vicinity of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, Syrian state media said citing a…

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Biden’s Gaza plan ‘not a good deal’ but Israel accepts it, Netanyahu aide says

An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israel had accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war now being advanced by U.S. President Joe Biden, though…

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Reports Israel sent messages to Tehran to avoid Iranian response to embassy attack

Israel sent messages to Tehran via Egypt that it would "compromise" in Gaza to avert an Iranian response to an attack on Iran's embassy in Syria, the Tasnim news agency…

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Israel seizes Gaza’s entire border with Egypt

Israeli forces have taken control of a buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, the country's military said, giving Israel effective authority over the Palestinian territory's…

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Algeria proposes UN action to ‘stop killing in Rafah’

Algeria proposed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that demands a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the release of all hostages held by Hamas and essentially orders Israel to "immediately…

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White House says Israel’s latest actions in Rafah do not cross US red line

The Biden administration has said recent Israeli operations and attacks in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah do not constitute a major ground operation that crosses any US red lines, and…

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Hostage seen in new video released by Palestinian Islamic Jihad

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group released a video that appeared to show Israeli hostage Alexander Trufanov, 28, who was kidnapped by militants on Oct. 7. Similar videos have been…

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Palestinian state: What does Spain, Norway and Ireland’s recognition mean?

Spain, Ireland and Norway will officially recognise a Palestinian state on Tuesday, despite an angry reaction from Israel, which has found itself increasingly isolated after seven months of conflict in…

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Tanks reach Rafah’s centre as Israel presses assault

Israeli tanks reached the centre of Rafah for the first time on Tuesday, witnesses said, three weeks into a ground operation in the southern Gaza city that has sparked global…

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Biden tells Israel to protect civilians after Rafah strike

The Biden administration told Israel to take every precaution to protect civilians after a military strike in Rafah killed dozens of Palestinians, as it faced calls from some fellow Democrats…

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Update – Women and Children amongst 45 killed in Israel’s attack on safe enclave near Rafah

Gaza officials have tragically confirmed that the death toll from Israeli air strikes on a camp sheltering displaced Palestinians near Rafah in the southern part of the strip has now…

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Italy says violence against civilians in Gaza ‘no longer justifiable’

Italy said on Monday Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians in Gaza were no longer justifiable in one of the strongest criticisms Rome has made so far against Israel's campaign. "There…

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EU considers possible Rafah border mission

Talks on deploying a European Union mission at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza are at a preliminary stage and the deployment will not happen without an end to the…

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Israeli airstrikes kill at least 35 in Rafah

Israeli air strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians and wounded dozens in an area in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah designated for the displaced, Palestinian health and civil…

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‘No one can act with impunity’: ICC arrest warrants in Israel-Hamas war are a major test for international justice

Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle The request by Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders is a significant step…

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Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza Strip Defy ICJ Ruling | Latest Updates

Israel intensified attacks on Rafah on Saturday in defiance of an International Court of Justice ruling ordering an end to the assault on the city in the south of the…

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Protests in Tel Aviv and Haifa for Hostage Release

Reports of scuffles between protesters and Israeli police in Tel Aviv as thousands demand the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Additionally, a small US military vessel and…

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Bodies of three more hostages recovered from northern Gaza by Israeli military

The bodies of three more hostages have been recovered from the northern Gaza Strip overnight, the IDF has said. Orión Hernández Radoux, 30, Hanan Yablonka, 42, and Michel Nisenbaum, 59,…

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Hamas’ Capture of Five Female Israeli Soldiers: New Video Footage Revealed

A group representing the families of hostages held in Gaza has released new video footage showing Hamas’ capture of five female Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border on Oct. 7.…

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Blinken says he’ll work with US Congress on potential ICC sanctions

The Biden administration is willing to work with Congress to potentially impose sanctions against International Criminal Court officials over the prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Israeli leaders over the…

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Israeli forces raze parts of Gaza’s Jabalia, hit Rafah with airstrikes

Israeli forces thrust deeper into Jabalia in northern Gaza on Tuesday, striking a hospital and destroying residential areas with tank and air bombardments, residents said, while Israeli airstrikes killed at…

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More than 569 tons of aid delivered across floating pier into Gaza, says US CENTCOM

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Tuesday more than 569 metric tons of humanitarian assistance has been delivered so far across a temporary floating pier to Gaza, but not…

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Biden: What’s happening in Gaza is not genocide

U.S. President Joe Biden strongly defended Israel , saying Israeli forces are not committing genocide in their military campaign against Hamas militants in Gaza in a rejection of criticism from…

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Israeli War Cabinet Tensions: Hamas, Hezbollah, and Benny Gantz’s Demands

Divisions and disagreements within the Israeli cabinet regarding the conduct and priorities of the war against Hamas have been ongoing since the crisis began. However, tensions have escalated, revealing a…

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Western nations urge Israel to comply with international law in Gaza

Israel must comply with international law in Gaza and address the devastating humanitarian crisis there, a group of western nations wrote in a letter to the Israeli government seen by…

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Suspected gunshots near Israeli embassy in Stockholm, synagogue arson averted in Rouen, France

Swedish police have detained several people and cordoned off an area in Stockholm after a patrol heard suspected gunshots, they said on Friday, with the Israeli embassy located in the…

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Yemen’s Houthis say will target all ships heading to Israel

All ships heading to Israeli ports will be targeted by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis and not just in the Red Sea region, the group's leaded Abdulmalik al-Houthi said in a televised…

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US House votes to force weapons shipments to Israel, rebuking Biden

The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would force President Joe Biden to send weapons to Israel, seeking to rebuke the Democrat for delaying bomb shipments as…

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Israeli tanks push into Gaza’s Rafah

Israeli tanks forged deeper into eastern Rafah on Tuesday, reaching some residential districts of the southern border city where more than a million people had been sheltering after being displaced…

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UN denies Gaza death toll of women and children has been revised down

The World Health Organization (WHO) has voiced full confidence in the death toll figures from Gaza’s ministry of health after Israel questioned a change in the numbers. Gaza’s health ministry…

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‘Us or them,’ Netanyahu says of conflict with Hamas militants as Israel marks Memorial Day

Memorial sirens for generations of Israeli war dead sounded on Monday while air raid sirens warned of incoming shells from the conflict triggered by the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Traffic…

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Could Biden stop Netanyahu’s plans? A national security expert looks at Israel’s attack on Rafah

Gregory F. Treverton, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Israel entered Rafah, a city that marks Gaza’s southern border crossing with Egypt, on May 7, 2024, launching a…

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Why Palestinians can count on American students but not Arab allies to protest

Palestinians may be gratified to see American university campuses erupt in outrage over Israel's offensive in Gaza, but some in the embattled enclave are also wondering why no similar protests…

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Israel’s use of American weapons in Gaza likely breached international law – USA

The United States said in a report that it was “reasonable to assess” that Israel has used weapons in ways inconsistent with international humanitarian law during the seven-month war. But…

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UNGA backs Palestinian bid to become full UN member

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has backed a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognising it as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council…

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Who are Israel’s main weapons suppliers and who has halted exports?

The United States has suspended a shipment of weapons to Israel, including heavy, bunker-busting bombs Israeli forces have used in their war against Hamas militants in Gaza that has killed…

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Israel strikes eastern Rafah as ceasefire talks end with no deal

Israeli forces bombarded areas of Rafah on Thursday, Palestinian residents said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed U.S. President Joe Biden's threat to withhold weapons from Israel if it assaults…

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Biden says US will stop some weapons shipments to Israel if it invades Rafah

President Joe Biden has warned Israel in his toughest public comments so far that the US would stop supplying it with some weapons if Israel invades the southern Gaza city…

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Qatar calls for ‘urgent international action’ over Rafah

Qatar called on the international community on Wednesday to prevent a “genocide” in Rafah after Israel’s seizure of the Gaza city’s crossing with Egypt and threats of a wider assault,…

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