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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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A Palestinian director was released by Israeli police after an incident in the West Bank
‘The Case of Ballal’, the Israeli film based on the experiences of Palestinians living under occupation, was released by the Israeli authorities after he was detained over alleged affiliation with Israeli settlers. The director of the film, Ballal, was blindfolded by the Israeli authorities while he was being held. Israeli authorities said he would be…
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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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Israel and Hamas make progress in their talks about releasing hostages
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that the country would continue to wage a war against Hamas until the Islamist group is defeated. His comments came amid negotiations with Hamas for a ceasefire to end the war. The conflict began in October last year and has killed over 2,800 Palestinians and over 60 people…
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The Gaza health ministry says that at least 87 people are dead or missing from Israeli strikes on north Gaza
Israel launched an air strike on Sunday in Lebanon following an attack on its soldiers in Syria, the country’s defence ministry said. The strike came a day after a rocket from Lebanon hit an Israeli base and killed two soldiers. This is the second air strike on Lebanon in two days. More than 42,000 Palestinians…
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Residents of one area will be assessing the damage from Israel’s fighting in the West Bank
Israeli forces carried out raids in several areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the police said. At least two people were killed and several others were injured in the raids, an Israeli military spokesperson said. More than 600 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank since October,…
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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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Dozens were killed in a tent camp in Rafah, Gazan officials say
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that the death of dozens of Palestinians in a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah was “a tragic accident” but gave no sign of curbing his country’s offensive in Gaza. He said that Israel tries to minimise civilian deaths by asking people in Gaza to leave, but added…
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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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More university leaders want police involved in pro-Palestinian protests
California’s Cal Poly University has closed its campus for the first time in almost a year after students protested against Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. The protesters had occupied two academic and administrative buildings on Saturday. Cal Poly students had set up an encampment in support of Palestinians last month, demanding an end to Israel’s…
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There is a tough summer to come with a heat wave in Gaza
Israel has announced that it will purchase 40,000 tents to house the displaced Palestinians in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. With a capacity of 12 people in each, the tents could house 480,000 Palestinians, about a third of the number of people believed to be sheltering in Rafah. Earlier, US Special Envoy…
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Is the cycle of radicalization perpetuated by Israel?
Commenting on the Israeli strikes in Gaza, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he doesn’t think it is possible to destroy Hamas. “The Palestinian Health Ministry says that 33,00 Palestinians have been killed so far,” he added. “With civilian death toll being at where it is…I reckon…Hamas will actually have a lot of people that will…
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Relief to Palestinians in Gaza is a last resort
Gaza health authorities said at least 100 people were killed on Thursday in a clash between aid trucks and Palestinians trying to get to the convoy. More than 30,000 people have died in the war between Israel and Gaza since October, according to Gaza’s health ministry. Israel allowed only a trickle of aid to enter…
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Why did the war in Gaza bring attention to the term ‘domicide’?
Amid fighting between Israel and Hamas, many Palestinians in Gaza equate the situation with ‘nakba’, Arabic for catastrophe, when the Palestinians were displaced by the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. Abdelsalam Al-Ghoul, a 30-year-old Palestinian who fled his home in Gaza, called Hamas’ attack an “honourable act” against Israeli oppression, but said Hamas “greatly misjudged the…
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The death toll in Gaza has doubled since the war began
Over 24,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7 and nearly 300 others have been injured, Gaza Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al- Qidra said. At least 178 bodies were brought to Gaza’s hospitals in 24 hours, he added. The war began with Hamas’ surprise attack into Israel on October 7 in which Palestinian…
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Israeli protesters march through Tel Aviv to demand a cease-fire in Gaza
Hundreds of people held anti-war protests in Israel against the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas government. The protests included mothers of soldiers serving in Gaza. “Let us win…war,” Rina Shamir, a mother of soldiers who is part of Israel’s anti-war movement, said. She added, “Let us win the war.” Over 3,600 Palestinians have…
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Future governance of Gaza were dropped from the latest Israel-Hamas cease-fire proposal
Hamas has said that it had received initiatives and proposals from different countries for a permanent truce. Hamas said in a statement that it had received initiatives and proposals from different countries for a permanent truce. Over 2,000 Palestinians have been killed since the conflict began on July 8 and over 20,000 others have been…
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I think that the opinion of Mahmoud Abbas must go
Amid Israel’s war with Hamas, many Palestinians in the West Bank said they don’t accept evidence that Hamas targeted and killed civilians. During over two weeks of interviews, dozens of people said they don’t accept evidence that Hamas targeted and killed civilians. “Hamas made…most important action against Israel since its existence,” a Palestinian journalist and…
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A US diplomat arrived in Israel as a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip was extended
The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that if Israel resumed the war and moved against Gaza, it must do so in “compliance with international humanitarian law” and must have “a clear plan in place” to protect civilians. Blinken added that if Israel releases the remaining Palestinians from Israeli prisons, it must…
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Incendiary rhetoric has been unleashed by the war in Israel
Amid the Israel-Gaza conflict, Palestinians in the West Bank have used phrases like “it’s time for Nakba 2” and “mass displacement” to describe Israel’s treatment of them. On October 7, 2007, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant had said that Israel was fighting “human animals” and it was acting “according to the law”. Meanwhile, Israeli officials…
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Conflict over land was emphasized by the death of a Palestinian olive farmer
Nearly 5,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict between Israel and Hamas over the past year, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The ministry said that the war in Gaza has killed over 1,850 people, including over 300 children. More than 2,300 people have been wounded, the ministry added.
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The White House says that Israel expanded its combat pauses to let civilians leave
The Palestinians are looking for a US proposal to force Israel to abide by it, the Palestinian ambassador to the US said. “The core issues that have stymied peacemakers for three decades have been the Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and the Palestinians’ status in East Jerusalem,” Ahmed al-Sheikh said.
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Thousands of people are protesting against Israel’s Retaliation in Gaza
Israeli forces on Saturday entered Gaza City, the enclave’s biggest population centre, in the first major offensive since an eight-day conflict began on November 6. This comes as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a new operation in response to an attack by Gaza’s Hamas military on its soldiers last week. At least 95 Palestinians…
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The pro-Palestinian march is in D.C
Protesters in US’ Washington and other cities took to the streets to protest against the US’ military aid to Israel. They carried signs saying, “Stop US military aid to Israel.” Over 9,480 Palestinians have been killed by Israel over the last four weeks, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Israel intensified its ground offensive in the…
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There is a window for people in northern Gaza to flee to the south
As thousands of Palestinians are stuck in the West Bank after being forced to return to Gaza amid a conflict with Israel, one of their workers said, “We’re all stuck in the West Bank.” “I’m happy that my brother is alive, but it’s difficult to watch the lives of family and friends in Gaza from…