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Israel plans to limit life-saving aid to Gaza
The UN and Gaza’s aid partners have said that Israel’s plan to establish new aid distribution hubs in the Gaza Strip is a “military strategy” and “contrary to fundamental humanitarian principles”. The UN and aid groups said that the hubs would not be accessible to large populations of Palestinians spread throughout Gaza. The zones would…
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Israelis are taking to the streets after strikes on Gaza
Following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended on Tuesday, Israeli Defence Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said that Israel will carry out an offensive in Gaza. “We haven’t decided on what we’ll do, but it’s clear that there’s going to be a large military operation in Gaza,” he added. Earlier, IDF chief Lieutenant General Benny Gantz…
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Population transfers Sanctioned by America will be on the table
During a press conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that the US will take over Gaza Strip and relocate its people. “I would imagine the world people living in Gaza,” Trump said. “It’s physically impossible to rebuild Gaza in five years…We have an opportunity to do something exceptional,”…
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The first group of migrants have left to go to Guantnamo
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that the US will shut down its embassy in Gaza “very soon”. “We’ll own and be responsible…for dismantling all of the dangerous bombs and other weapons on the site,” he said. Trump’s comments come days after he signed an executive order ending the US aid to Gaza, saying…
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The American-Israeli Hostage has been released
Israeli troops have handed over two Palestinian militants to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on Saturday. Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas were among five Israeli and US citizens who were handed over to the Red Cross. They were part of a group of prisoners being released as part of a deal…
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Hamas released four more hostages as a part of the truce with Israel
The Israeli military has released four women soldiers, who were abducted by Hamas militants nearly 500 days ago, at a ceremony held on Palestine Square in Gaza. “We are happy to be able to give them back to their families,” an official said. This came a day after the release of three Israeli civilians who…
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We know that Israel and Hamas are close to a truce
Israel and Hamas are close to agreeing on a deal to end the war in Gaza, an official said. “The negotiation will begin 16 days into the first phase, about further withdrawals of Israeli troops from Gaza,” the official said, adding that the agreement will not be finalised until all hostages are released. Over 1,200…
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Progress is being made in the Israeli and Hamas ceasefire and hostage release talks
Israel and Hamas are making “significant progress” on a ceasefire to end their recent conflict in the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported, citing Qatari officials. Under the proposed deal, Israel would release 33 of its soldiers and Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza. The conflict began on August 8…
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The main Gaza crossing is being stopped because it is too dangerous
The World Food Programme (WFP) has said that northern Gaza is on the brink of famine as over 400,000 people remain in the area. According to the Health Ministry in Gaza Strip, over half of the 44,000 people killed by Israel were women and children. More than half of the WFP’s aid workers are women…
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The mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas have been suspended
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip killed at least four people, including two children, on Friday, the Palestinian health ministry said. It added that at least seven people have been injured in the attacks. The airstrikes are the first in Gaza since the conflict began on October 7, according to an Israeli military statement.
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In Gaza, an Israeli airstrike killed dozens of people
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said the country is ready to work with international partners to make sure humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza continued. This comes after Israel’s parliament voted to banUNRWA, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, from operating in the country. Earlier, Israel had widened…
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What does the death of Sinwar mean?
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas’ military wing, was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Thursday, the military said. Sinwar’s death comes at a time when tensions between Israel and the Palestinians have been escalating. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz appealed for “support and assistance” to advance Israel’s goals…
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Gaza health officials say that 22 people were killed in the Israeli strike on the former school
Israel on Saturday said that it struck a school-turned-shelter in Gaza because it believed Hamas militants were using the building as a command centre. The strike killed 22 people, mostly women and children, who had sought shelter at the school, Palestinian health authorities said. The health ministry in Gaza said that the majority of the…
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The Gaza neurosurgeon faced a difficult decision
A photo of a Palestinian girl wearing pink roller skates in Gaza has gone viral, showing her body covered in a white shroud. The girl, Tala Abu Ajwa, is believed to have been killed in an airstrike on Tuesday. Her father Hussam Abu Ajwa said that the airstrike wounded several children and killed eight others,…
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Insights about the moment and conversations about it
The Israeli military has said that it rescued a member of the Bedouin minority who was abducted in the raid by Hamas on October 7. The military added that it carried out the rescue operation in Gaza under a “complex military operation”. On October 7, around 100 people, including teachers, workers and construction workers, were…
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Israel has five wars
The US has said that it does not believe that an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah is “inevitable” but that it can still be avoided. The US believes that it’s in the best interest of Israel and the Palestinians to make a cease-fire in Gaza, State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday.
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Newly undecided voters could be crucial for Harris
US Vice President Kamala Harris has said that Gaza should be a part of Israel’s “special place” as the conflict with Hamas “isn’t just a Palestinian issue”. Harris added, “I think that we need to recognise that it’s an issue of security for Israel and for the state of Palestine.” She said that Gaza should…
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Children are allowed to leave Gaza for the first time since May
Palestinian medical supplies have been banned in the new Gaza crossing with Israel, a Gazan medical worker said. The 19-person volunteer mission sponsored by the Palestinian American Medical Association brought in 300 suitcases, filled with medical supplies, but all of them were carefully screened by Israel, Townson Cocke, the medical advocacy leader for the Alliance,…
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The Russian trial of a jailed U.S. reporter begins
Nearly all of Gaza’s population is struggling with food shortages and hunger, and half a million people now face starvation, according to a new report by the International Panel of Co-ordination. According to the figures, Israel declared a siege on Gaza after attacks on October 7. The report added that “available evidence does not indicate…
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The aid trucks are going to enter Gaza under an agreement with Egypt
The UN has said that over seven lakh people have been displaced in Gaza since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict on July 8. More than 1.8 lakh have been sheltering in schools and other facilities, while another 2 lakh people have been staying at home, it added. Gaza has been under curfew since the…
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Aid trucks are entering Gaza under an agreement with Egypt
The Gaza Health Ministry said the bodies of 81 people killed by Israeli airstrikes have been brought to local hospitals over the past 24 hours. The Israeli military denied its soldiers had been kidnapped and Hamas provided no evidence to back up its claim. This comes after Israel on Sunday opened land routes to deliver…
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Israel’s offensive in Rafah is due to be ruled on Friday by the UN’s top court
The UN Security Council will decide Israel’s position on the issue of the Gaza Strip offensive, citing a Palestinian man named Abu Bakr Bashir. Before Israel’s current military offensive, an estimated 1.3 million Palestinians displaced from elsewhere in Gaza were sheltering there. The International Court of Justice said that provisional measures ordered by it earlier…
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The UN’s highest court will rule on the Israel offensive in Rafah on Friday
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel on Friday to end its offensive in Rafah in Gaza Strip, citing “immense risk” to the population of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have sought refuge in the southern Gaza city. Before Israel’s current military offensive, an estimated 1.3 million Palestinians displaced from elsewhere in…
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Aid groups struggle to prepare in Rafah, as Israel expands its evacuation orders
Israel’s military on Friday said it has transferred over five lakh gallons of fuel to international organisations in Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing into southern Gaza. The Israeli military had earlier described its actions as “precise operations” and accused Hamas of using Gaza’s residents as “human shields”. Thousands of people have been killed in the…
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Medical volunteers in the hospital say they’ve never seen a worse health crisis
The Israel military on Friday said it has transferred over 52,000 gallons of fuel to be available to international organisations in Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing into southern Gaza. The number of aid trucks entering Gaza has hit a peak since October, according to UN data. International aid and medical workers have warned that…