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Relief for the Palestinians in Gaza was a last resort
Jordan has said it will drop aid to Gaza on Thursday in order to get food to the area’s starving population. Israel permitted a trickle of aid to enter through the country’s sole working land border but on Thursday this aid will be dropped in order to get food to Gaza’s starving population.
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Death Toll in Gaza passes 30,000
Israel has barred entry of food, water, medicine and other supplies to Gaza Strip in a bid to end the fighting with Hamas. The decision came after Israel launched an operation against Hamas on October 7. Over 3,000 people have been killed in the conflict, according to the local health ministry.
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Why Egypt won’t let vulnerable Palestinians cross its border
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said that his country will carry out an “operation in Rafah” with or without a ceasefire. This comes after Israel announced a “Day After Hamas” plan to end the war in Gaza that has killed over 29,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Egypt is mediating between Israel and…
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Netanyahu is in favor of a cease-fire for Gaza
Israel on Wednesday rejected a Hamas proposal that called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of Israeli prisoners held in Hamas-ruled Gaza. The proposal was submitted by Hamas on Monday to mediators, who are trying to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group. The war between Israel and…
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There are conversations and thoughts about the moment
Israel has allowed a limited amount of aid into the Gaza Strip since the conflict between the army and Hamas began last month. The aid is routed through the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel and the Egyptian crossing with Egypt. Aid entering Gaza is routed through that crossing and also through the Egyptian crossing with…
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The relationship between Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas was bitter
Israel and Hamas have exchanged fire for the fifth time since the militant group launched an attack in southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people and taking over 240 hostages. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed not to allow the creation of a Palestinian state. The Health Ministry in Gaza has said that…
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Netanyahu rejected Biden’s offer of Palestinian sovereignty post-war
An Israeli official has said that a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas would be the only way to secure the release of Israeli soldiers held captive by the militant group in Gaza. However, the official added that an agreement with Hamas was not possible. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu told the families of the soldiers that…
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Biden wants to work with a Palestinian state
Israel needs a secure solution after the September 11th earthquake and the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu was going to run for re- election because he was positioning himself against the American President who came to Israel after the October 7th earthquake. Netanyahu said that Israel must maintain security control over all the territory west of…
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The steps toward a Palestinian state are the key to Saudi-Israel ties
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that he was going to Israel with commitments from four Arab countries and Turkey to help in rebuilding Gaza after Israel launched the war against Hamas there. Blinken, who met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday, said that he would try to negotiate an end…
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There is a plan in Israel for a post-war Gaza
US State Secretary Antony Blinken on Tuesday said he was coming to Israel with promises from the Arab nations and Turkey to help in rebuilding Gaza after the Israeli war against Hamas. Six countries are already planning for reconstruction of Gaza following the end of the Israeli war against Hamas, according to a report by…
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An Israeli woman talks about her time in captivity
Israel’s military has said that it “failed in its mission to rescue the hostages”. Two of the three Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas were killed by an Israeli soldier on Monday, while the third was shot dead by another soldier. The military also said that it had identified signs saying “SOS” and “Help, 3 hostages”…
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The Israeli military admits to being behind 2 deadly strikes in central Gaza
The New York Times reported that Israel has routinely used 2,000-pound bombs in densely populated areas in southern Gaza. According to the UN, the area now under threat holds six shelters that house 61,000 people who’ve been displaced from northern Gaza. Israel has said it is addressing the humanitarian concerns, including those voiced by the…
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More than 50 were killed in an airstrike in central Gaza
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that his country has no choice but to “continue fighting” in Gaza. The war “exacts a very heavy price from us, but we have no choice but to continue fighting”, he added. The war has killed over 2,500 people and wounded over 3,000 others in Gaza and Israel,…
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The Hostages were shot by Israeli troops
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday mourned the deaths of three of his sons, who were abducted from a poultry farm in the Gaza Strip, and said that he “will not rest” until they are returned. Netanyahu said, “Together with the…people of Israel, I bow my head in deep sorrow and mourn the fall…
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The State Department is skirting Congress to allow Israel’s order for tank armor
The US government has approved the sale of 1.43 lakh crore worth of equipment to Israel. The State Department announced that the sale of tanks, armoured personnel carriers, helicopters and other equipment will help Israel “defend its sovereignty”. This comes amid Israel-Palestine conflict and a US-led coalition trying to bring both the sides to an…
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The first briefings include the key GOP debate and Israel’s allegations of sexual violence by Hamas
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan has said that Israel collected over 1,500 eyewitness accounts of rape or proof of sexual violence from Hamas attacks in October 2009. Erdan added that the evidence of sexual violence on October 7 is overwhelming. Israel claims it collected over 1,500 eyewitness accounts of rape or evidence of…
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According to Israel, five Hamas military leaders have been killed
Israel on Tuesday released a picture of Hamas leaders that it said were killed in an airstrike in northern Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the photo was taken when the group was hiding in a tunnel underneath a residential neighbourhood. “Hamas wanted to tear us apart; we are tearing it apart,” Netanyahu…
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A group of Palestinians are freed in the latest exchange
Hamas released a group of 10 hostages, four Thai nationals and two Israeli- Russian dual citizens in Gaza, the sixth such release of hostages since a cease-fire began on Friday. An elderly captive from Israel was flown by helicopter from Gaza to an Israeli hospital in dire need of surgery, reports said. Over 13,000 have…
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There are still hostages held by Hamas
Israel on Sunday released 10 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for five Israeli citizens who were held by Hamas since the beginning of the Gaza conflict. In exchange, Israel released 30 Palestinian prisoners that it had held since the conflict began on July 8. In return for the released hostages, Israel will free several other Palestinian…
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The first captives freed in Gaza were from Israel and Hamas
Israel has said that it won’t fly its planes over the southern part of the Gaza Strip for the duration of the cease-fire. Israel said it won’t fly over the northern part of the territory for six hours a day. Israel promised to extend the cease-fire by a day for every 10 hostages that Hamas…
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Here’s what we know about the deal
Israel is set to release 40 Palestinian prisoners from its jails during a five-day humanitarian pause in the conflict, a senior Israeli official said. The release is a part of a deal between Israel and Hamas to exchange 100 prisoners for 50 hostages held by the latter. Most of the detainees will be taken by…
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The temporary cease-fire in Gaza could be put into action on Friday
Israel’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that it has agreed to release Palestinians who have been in its custody under the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. It added that the Palestinians will be released in stages and will be taken by bus to their districts once they’re released from prisons. Over 1,200 Israelis have…
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We heard doom for Gaza and anger towards America when we visited a camp for Palestinians
A crowdfunding campaign in Hebrew and English raised over $200,000 to help an Arab shop owner in Israel rebuild after it was allegedly torched by hard-line nationalist Israeli Arab youth a few days after he donated 50 bicycles to Jewish children who survived the Hamas attack on their border communities. However, the shop was undamaged…
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The families of Israeli and Palestinian hostages and prisoners are given hope by pause in war
Israel said it is willing to extend the temporary truce with Hamas in Gaza for five more days and free an additional 150 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, if Hamas frees 50 additional Israeli hostages. Hamas will release 50 Israeli hostages, who were captured in the October 7 attack, after a deal was reached early Wednesday…
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Israel is pressed to set up safe areas during the pause in fighting
Israel said it will continue the war in order to return home all the hostages kidnapped by Hamas and complete the eradication of the Palestinian group. The Israeli government said it would continue the war as part of a deal with Hamas under which 50 hostages will be freed, reports said. Around 240 Israelis were…