4 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel Must Step In to Save UNRWA Lifeline in Gaza

International pressure mounts on Israel to allow UNRWA to continue its operations in Gaza. The UN has expressed grave concerns over the proposed Israeli legislation that could restrict UNRWA's activities, which has been a lifeline for war-torn Gaza during the ongoing conflict. The agency provides essential humanitarian aid and medical assistance to over 2 million Palestinians in the region, including those trapped in the besieged enclave of Gaza. Israel's restrictions on UNRWA could have devastating consequences for the Palestinian people, potentially leading to a humanitarian crisis. The international community is urging Israel to reconsider its decision and allow UNRWA to continue its vital work.

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

UNRWA chief warns of ‘deepening hunger’ in Gaza as Israel blocks all food

Al Jazeera

With Israel’s complete blockade on Gaza approaching 10 days, Philippe Lazzarini says aid is being ‘weaponised’. Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has warned that the situation in Gaza is “deteriorating very, very quickly”, more than a week after Israel again halted all supplies from entering the Gaza Strip. “Whatever the intent is, …

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Israel’s Gaza aid blockade could breach humanitarian law: European nations

Al Jazeera

The blockade of aid to the Gaza Strip announced by Israel last week would risk violating international humanitarian law, three European foreign ministers have said in a statement. “A halt on goods and supplies entering Gaza, such as that announced by the Government of Israel would risk violating International Humanitarian Law,” the three ministers said. Separately, on Wednesday, five European …

1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate implementation of UNRWA law

Live Mint

Tel Aviv : On Tuesday, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the immediate enforcement of the UNRWA law, which the Knesset passed with broad support. Sharing a post on X, Israel's PMO said, "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed that the UNRWA law, which the Knesset passed with broad support, be enforced immediately." Notably, earlier in October 2024, the Israeli …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Future looks dire for UN Palestinian refugee agency, says UNRWA chief

Associated Press

BEIRUT — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday that while an Israeli ban has not yet forced the agency to cease operations, it faces an “existential threat” in the long run. It’s ethnic cleansing.” Trump announced Tuesday that Washington will not resume funding for UNRWA — which had already been halted since January 2024 when …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel follows US lead, withdraws from UN Human Rights body citing ‘blatant anti-Semitism’ – What this means for Gaza?

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Israel has withdrawn from the UN Human Rights Council, following a similar move by the United States. Israel’s UN envoy Danny Danon has said his country will “stand with” the US and “not participate” in the “biased” UN Human Rights Council a day after Trump also quit the Geneva-based body. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar published his letter to UNHRC …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘Strictly prohibited’: UN officials denounce Trump’s Gaza plan as unlawful

Al Jazeera

United Nations officials have condemned the idea of deporting people from Gaza, noting it’s strictly prohibited under international law, after President Donald Trump announced the US will seize the Palestinian territory and resettle its war-weary population. ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ In the Tuesday news conference, the president said the US should “take over” Gaza and launch major redevelopment to …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

It is time to move the UN and international law out of the West

Al Jazeera

The exceptional immunity that Israel has enjoyed for decades has placed international law and its institutions at a knife’s edge. For example, prominent Chilean legal scholar Alejandro Alvarez proposed a “new international law” some 70 years ago. In a series of dissenting opinions in cases he deliberated on, Alvarez called for a “new international law” which accommodated the particular historical …

Trump to withdraw US from UN Rights Council, extend UNRWA funds ban: Report

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump to withdraw US from UN Rights Council, extend UNRWA funds ban: Report

Al Jazeera

The US president is expected to sign the orders cutting ties and funds to the UN agencies as Netanyahu visits the White House. United States President Donald Trump is planning to cut off US engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council and extend a funding ban on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, an unnamed White House official …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israeli family says Hamas used UNRWA buildings in Gaza to hide hostage

ABC

The head of the United Nations's Palestinian aid agency has described allegations Israeli hostages were held in his agency's buildings in Gaza as "deeply disturbing and shocking". No plan B for almost 6 million Palestinians as UNRWA ban begins Photo shows An Arab woman wearing a black hijab looking concerned, holding a baby toddler wearing a pink hoodie Israeli laws …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Gaza ‘ceasefire at risk’ if UNRWA forced to stop operations

Al Jazeera

UK, France and Germany reiterate ‘grave concern’ over Israeli law forbidding contact between its officials and UN agency. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini has described the organisation as “a lifeline” for nearly six million Palestinian refugees under its charge in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres, earlier insisted that despite the ban, “UNRWA …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

International staff of UN Palestinian agency forced to leave as Israel ban comes in

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, and the body’s …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Israel’s ban on UN’s Palestinian aid agency has come into effect. Here’s what that looks like

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash, a move that humanitarian officials warn could have a disastrous impact on aid delivery and jeopardize regional stability in the long term. “There are multiple alternative organizations to UNRWA — including U.N. agencies, international NGOs, …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Israel to formally ban UN Palestinian agency today, accuses it of sheltering terrorists

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Israel has banned the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East over allegations that the agency shelters terrorists Israeli soldiers take position as they enter the UNRWA headquarter where the military discovered tunnels underneath of the UN agency that the military says Hamas used to attack its forces during a ground operation in Gaza, February …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Israel’s ban on UNRWA comes into effect despite backlash

Al Jazeera

The United Nations has said UNRWA will continue working in all Palestinian territories The UN’s agency for Palestinians is now banned in Gaza. Late on Thursday, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres said: “UNRWA clinics across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are open. Ahead of the ban coming into effect, Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Israeli ban on UNRWA begins as aid agencies argue they do not have capacity to fill the void

ABC

In a health centre in the Shu'fat refugee camp in East Jerusalem, Sufaa Ayad is clutching her nine-month-old daughter. "This is an absolutely desperate situation," UNRWA Jerusalem spokesperson Jonathan Fowler told the ABC. UNRWA Jerusalem spokesperson Jonathan Fowler says the Israeli ban on the UN agency creates a "desperate situation". "UNRWA has been infested with terror," Israeli politician Dan Illouz …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force

CNN

CNN — Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that she will now be “thrown out to the streets” with her three children. On Sunday, Israel ordered UNRWA to “vacate all premises in occupied East Jerusalem and cease its operations in them by 30 January 2025,” the …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

What Israel’s UNRWA ban means for millions of Palestinians: By the numbers

Al Jazeera

Israel orders the UN Relief and Works Agency, the backbone of Palestinian humanitarian aid, to cease operations by Thursday. UNRWA operates 58 refugee camps including: West Bank: 19 camps housing 912,879 registered refugees 19 camps housing 912,879 registered refugees Gaza: eight camps housing 1.6 million people eight camps housing 1.6 million people Jordan: 10 camps with 2.39 million people 10 …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

‘We will suffocate’: Palestinian refugees in Gaza fear UNRWA ban

Al Jazeera

Israel’s new ban on the UN agency leaves many in Gaza worried about who will help them now. My children and grandchildren went to UNRWA’s schools, we were treated in UNRWA hospitals, and it helped us put roofs over our heads.” In October 2024, the Israeli Knesset passed two laws: one designating UNRWA as a so-called “terrorist” organisation and the …

2 months ago

Israel defies UN and vows to cut ties with UNRWA, with US blessing

New Indian Express

UNITED NATIONS: Israel will cease all contact with the UN's Palestinian relief agency UNRWA and any other body acting on its behalf, its UN envoy said Tuesday, after repeatedly accusing the organization of undermining its security. "The legislation forbids UNRWA from operating within the sovereign territory of the State of Israel, and forbids any contact between Israeli officials and UNWRA," …

2 months ago

UNRWA chief says Israel’s ban will be disastrous

Al Jazeera

The head of the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees has warned that an impending Israeli ban on the organisation would cripple humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip and undermine the Israel-Hamas ceasefire there. Dorothy Shae, Washington’s envoy to the Security Council meeting, said the agency delivering aid to millions is “exaggerating” the potential impact of the Israeli ban – …

2 months, 1 week ago

UN says it’s ready to ramp up delivery of desperately needed aid to Gaza

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations said Wednesday that it’s ready to ramp up the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza following a ceasefire agreement and urged the removal of major security and political obstacles so supplies can reach all Palestinians in need. “From our side, we will do whatever is humanly possible, aware of the serious challenges …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

UNRWA to shutter offices in West Bank and Gaza amid Israeli restrictions: Report

Firstpost

The UN says that UNRWA cannot be replaced by any other agency once the new laws come into effect. In October last year, the Knesset overwhelmingly voted for the suspension of UNRWA’s work in the West Bank and Gaza A Palestinian carries an aid box distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

What the end of UNRWA would mean for Palestinians

Live Mint

BALATA CAMP, West Bank—Saeed Hashash, a father of four, was connected to a dialysis machine when he learned that Israel had passed laws that would halt the operations of the agency that pays for his kidney treatment. In October, Israel’s Parliament passed laws that will effectively prevent Unrwa from operating in the West Bank or Gaza Strip beyond the end …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Gaza’s 2024: A year of war and misery

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera takes a closer look at events in Gaza over 2024, as Israel continued and escalated its brutal war. Israel’s war on the enclave continued into 2024, killing 23,842 people and wounding 51,925 during this year alone, driving the grisly official death toll to 46,376, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. These tactics violate international law and are creating …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel must face consequences over Gaza campaign: UN experts

Hindustan Times

United Nations rights experts on Monday said Israel must face the consequences of "inflicting maximum suffering" on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, alleging Israel was defying international law and being sheltered by its allies. Israel must face consequences over Gaza campaign: UN experts "International humanitarian law comprises a set of universal and binding rules to protect civilian objects and persons who …

3 months, 1 week ago

U.N. General Assembly asks court to say what Israel needs to provide in Gaza

The Hindu

The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution on Thursday asking the U.N.'s highest court to State what Israel's obligations are in Gaza and the West Bank to provide humanitarian assistance essential for the survival of Palestinian civilians. In a non-binding opinion in July, the court said Israel's presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and called on Israel to …

3 months, 1 week ago

UN General Assembly asks court to say what Israel needs to provide in Gaza

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Thursday asking the U.N.’s highest court to state what Israel’s obligations are in Gaza and the West Bank to provide humanitarian assistance essential for the survival of Palestinian civilians. In a nonbinding opinion in July, the court said Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and called on …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

UN General Assembly demands ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Gaza, supports UNRWA

Al Jazeera

UN members voted overwhelmingly to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and in support of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and expressed support for the work of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees. “Gaza doesn’t exist any more,” Slovenia’s UN Ambassador Samuel Zbogar …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

UN General Assembly demands ceasefire in Gaza and backs UN agency helping Palestinian refugees

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and backing the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to ban. Ambassador Riyad Mansour expressed gratitude for the overwhelming support for both resolutions Wednesday, saying the votes “reflect the resolve and the determination of the international community.” “We will keep …

UN blames Israel for Gaza chaos as aid deliveries halted after threat of armed gangs, looting

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN blames Israel for Gaza chaos as aid deliveries halted after threat of armed gangs, looting

Firstpost

The U.N. agency’s decision could worsen Gaza’s humanitarian crisis as a second cold, rainy winter sets in, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in squalid tent camps and reliant on international aid A displaced boy covers his head with a pan as he runs from the rain past building rubble at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

UNRWA pauses aid delivery via key Gaza-Israel crossing

New Indian Express

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has halted the delivery of aid through the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza because of security concerns, its chief said Sunday. He called on Israel to ensure aid flowed to Gaza and said the country "must refrain from attacks on humanitarian workers". The United Nations said last month that 333 aid workers …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

UNRWA pauses aid through key Gaza crossing as hunger stalks Palestinians

Al Jazeera

Suspension of humanitarian aid into Gaza comes as Israeli attacks kill almost 100 Palestinians in the last 24 hours. He called on Israel to ensure aid flowed to Gaza and said the country “must refrain from attacks on humanitarian workers”. On Thursday, the UN agency said “out of the 91 attempts the agency has made to deliver aid to besieged …

4 months ago

Israel’s UNRWA ban is a spectacular own goal

Al Jazeera

By banning UNRWA, the Israeli government has unwittingly elevated Palestinians and their right of return to a higher level of global protection. That is because it will elevate the two and a half million Palestine refugees in Gaza and the West Bank to a new level of international protection under the mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees …

4 months ago

History will condemn veto on ceasefire

China Daily

Smoke rises over Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Israel in this file photo. Editor's Note: The following are excerpts of remarks by Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Fu Cong on the UN Security Council draft resolution on a Gaza ceasefire on Wednesday. When the US cast its first veto on October 18 …

4 months, 1 week ago

Gunmen loot more than 100 aid trucks in Gaza, according to the United Nations

ABC

More than 100 aid trucks carrying desperately needed supplies in Gaza have been "violently looted", according to the United Nations' Palestinian aid agency. "The vast majority of the trucks, 97 in total, were lost and drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload aid," UNRWA said in a statement on social media. "The Israeli authorities continue to disregard their legal obligations …

4 months, 1 week ago

UN Security Council calls for urgent aid to address Gaza’s worsening crisis

Firstpost

President Joe Biden’s administration concluded this month that Israel was not currently impeding assistance to Gaza and therefore not violating U.S. law, even as Washington acknowledged the humanitarian situation remained dire in the Palestinian enclave. This assessment comes on the heels of a warning issued by the U.S. in an October 13 letter, which outlined 15 steps Israel needed to …

4 months, 1 week ago

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

CNN

CNN — Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders …

4 months, 1 week ago

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

CNN

4 months, 2 weeks ago

It is time for Israel to be removed from the United Nations

Al Jazeera

There is a growing civil society movement in Palestine and around the world demanding Israel’s expulsion from the United Nations or suspension from its current session over its apartheid regime in the occupied Palestinian territory, ongoing war crimes in Gaza and other persistent violations of the UN Charter. Several special UN rapporteurs and many leading international NGOs, including Amnesty and …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza ‘consistent with genocide’: UN committee

Al Jazeera

Report says Israel ‘using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population’. Gaza aid supply goes from ‘bad to worse’ after Israel misses US deadline Israel’s warfare in the Gaza Strip is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a United Nations committee has said, accusing the country of “using starvation as a method of …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel’s UNRWA ban is another declaration of genocidal intent

Al Jazeera

Israel doesn’t attack UNRWA only for its memorialisation of the right of return, but because it helps to nourish, to educate, and to administer care to Palestinians. This strategy long pre-dated October 2023 – almost the entire population of Gaza was forced to depend on humanitarian aid under Israel’s siege and occupation, with an average of 500 aid trucks entering …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Entire generation in Gaza would lose education if UNRWA collapses, UN says

Al Jazeera

An entire generation of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip would “be denied the right to education” if the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees collapses in the enclave under new Israeli legislation, the head of the agency has warned. “Glaringly absent from discussions about Gaza without UNRWA, is education,” Lazzarini told a UN General Assembly committee on …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

UN agency aiding millions of Palestinians is in jeopardy—and there’s no plan B

Live Mint

On a typical day in Gaza, the U.N. agency that looks after Palestinian refugees provides food to around 2,000 families and healthcare to thousands more. The U.N. fired several employees and investigated others, but its efforts haven’t satisfied Israeli concerns about militants’ presence in Unrwa’s ranks, made up mostly of Palestinians. That could effectively block Unrwa activity in the Palestinian …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

New law allows Israel to deport the relatives of attackers, sparking criticism from human rights advocates

ABC

Israel's parliament has passed legislation that could see relatives of people accused of "terror" attacks expelled from the country, possibly to the war-torn Gaza Strip. Adalah — an advocacy group for Arab minority rights in Israel — called the new law "a dangerous escalation in Israel's legislative crackdown on Palestinian rights, framed under the guise of counterterrorism". The law, brought …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

UN agency for Palestinian refugees urges world to save it from Israeli ban

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees urged the world Wednesday to save it from an Israeli ban that would have “disastrous consequences” for millions of people caught up in the war in Gaza. Assembly President Philemon Yang told members at Wednesday’s informal meeting that Israel’s legislation “constitutes an intolerable affront to the authority of …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

WHO raises alarm over UNRWA ban

China Daily

By JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-11-06 09:16 A Palestinian man rests in front of the ruins of his house, which was destroyed in an Israeli military offensive, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Monday. The remarks came after Jacob Blitshtein, director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, notified Guterres that Israel was withdrawing …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

WHO raises alarm over UNRWA ban

China Daily

A Palestinian man rests in front of the ruins of his house, which was destroyed in an Israeli military offensive, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Monday. The remarks came after Jacob Blitshtein, director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, notified Guterres that Israel was withdrawing from the agreement regulating UNRWA operations in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, citing …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

WHO raises alarm over UNRWA ban

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UN agency for Palestinians facing its ‘darkest hour’, UNRWA chief says

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

UN agency for Palestinians facing its ‘darkest hour’, UNRWA chief says

Al Jazeera

Philippe Lazzarini calls on the United Nations to prevent the ban on UNRWA in Israel and the occupied territories. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees is facing its “darkest hour” and requires ongoing support from UN members after Israel’s decision to ban the organisation, its chief has said. “Without intervention by member states, UNRWA will collapse, …

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UN's World Food Porgramme says Gaza has only 'two weeks' worth of food left

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The agency said that due to the deteriorating security situation and rapid displacement of people, it will “distribute as much food as possible, as quickly as possible” A Palestinian woman gestures as people inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a tent camp housing displaced people, in Al-Mawasi area, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters The …

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Israel orders more evacuations and Palestinians stage rare anti-Hamas protests

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1 day, 21 hours ago

Israel orders more evacuations and Palestinians stage rare anti-Hamas protests

Deccan Chronicle

The Israeli military on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of parts of Gaza City as it steps up its renewed offensive against Hamas after breaking the ceasefire last week. Israel’s bombardments and ground operations have caused vast destruction and at their height displaced some 90% of Gaza’s population.Thousands of Palestinians marched in heavily destroyed northern Gaza on Wednesday in the second …

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1 day, 23 hours ago

Palestinians face struggle to survive in Gaza or being forced out by Israel

Al Jazeera

Israel’s call for Palestinians to leave Gaza has been called ethnic cleansing. Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, Palestine – Listening to the radio a few days ago outside the tent he now has to call home, 77-year-old Mohammed al-Nabahin heard about an Israeli plan to establish a “voluntary” migration office for Palestinians in Gaza. When Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began …

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Benjamin Netanyahu warns of Gaza territory seizure if Hamas fails to free hostages

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2 days, 12 hours ago

Benjamin Netanyahu warns of Gaza territory seizure if Hamas fails to free hostages

Hindustan Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated threats on Wednesday to seize territory in the Gaza Strip if Hamas failed to release the remaining hostages it still holds. Israel's President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend the ceremony marking Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day for the six million Jews killed during World War II, at the Yad Vashem Holocaust …

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Over 140,000 displaced in a week in Gaza amid renewed Israeli attacks: UN

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2 days, 23 hours ago

Over 140,000 displaced in a week in Gaza amid renewed Israeli attacks: UN

Al Jazeera

At least 39 killed in 24 hours as bombardment continues across the Strip since Israel reneged on ceasefire agreement. Israel’s renewed attacks on the Gaza Strip have continued for a ninth straight day, killing dozens of Palestinians, as the United Nations says more than 140,000 people have been displaced since last week. The UN’s humanitarian agency, OCHA, said 142,000 Palestinians …

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'Voluntary departure' for Gazans slammed

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2 days, 23 hours ago

'Voluntary departure' for Gazans slammed

China Daily

Mourners gather at the funeral of Hussam Shabat in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on Monday. BASHAR TALEB/AFP Israel's decision to set up an agency to oversee the so-called voluntary departure of Palestinians from Gaza and the approval of 13 settlement outposts in the West Bank have been condemned for defying international laws and undermining cease-fire restoration efforts. Israel's Defense …

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'Stop war': Gaza streets filled with Palestinians demanding ouster of Hamas

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2 days, 23 hours ago

'Stop war': Gaza streets filled with Palestinians demanding ouster of Hamas

India Today

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in northern Gaza's Beit Lahia, staging the largest protest against Hamas since the October 7 attacks. Photos and videos circulating on social media showed large crowds, mostly men, shouting "Hamas out" and "Hamas terrorists". "I took part to send a message on behalf of the people: enough with the war," one protester told news agency AFP, …

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'Voluntary departure' for Gazans slammed

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Israeli legislators pass budget in a move that shores up Netanyahu’s government

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3 days, 11 hours ago

Israeli legislators pass budget in a move that shores up Netanyahu’s government

Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s parliament on Tuesday passed a state budget, a move that shores up Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition even as the embattled leader faces mounting public pressure over the war in Gaza and the hostage crisis. “The greatest theft in the country’s history officially begins,” opposition leader Yair Lapid said Monday, ahead of an hours-long, …

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3 days, 13 hours ago

No decision yet on military rule in Gaza, says Israel's foreign minister

Firstpost

Amid indications that Israel is preparing to annex the Gaza Strip, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has said that no formal decision has yet been made Israeli military patrols near the Al Shifa Hospital compound in Gaza City amid the ongoing ground operation against Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip on November 22, 2023. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has said …

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3 days, 19 hours ago

Egypt Condemns Israeli Announcement Of Establishing 'Agency' To Displace Gaza Population

ABP News

Cairo, March 25 Egypt strongly condemned Israel's establishment of an agency aimed at displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, and its approval of 13 new settlements in the West Bank. In a statement released by the Foreign Ministry, Egypt said on Monday that the so-called "voluntary departure," which Israel claims this agency targets, lacks any basis, Xinhua news agency reported. …

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UN to pull out one-third of international staff from Gaza amid escalating violence

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3 days, 21 hours ago

UN to pull out one-third of international staff from Gaza amid escalating violence

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U.N. Secretary-General spokesman Stéphane Dujarric pointed to the increased danger after Israel relaunched its military campaign last week with bombardment that has since killed hundreds of Palestinians. Israel has also cut off all food, medicine, aid and other supplies to Gaza’s population for the past three weeks The impact of a projectile is visible on the wall of the U.N. …

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3 days, 23 hours ago

A timeline of Israel’s weaponisation of aid to Gaza

Al Jazeera

Israel is again starving Palestinians in Gaza as its renewed bombardment kills hundreds, many of them children. Israel has repeatedly used food and international humanitarian aid as a tool of collective pressure against Palestinians over 17 months of its devastating war on the Gaza Strip. March 2025 March 2: For the second time since the start of the war, Israel …

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3 days, 23 hours ago

UN to downsize international staff in Gaza due to Israeli attacks

Al Jazeera

The United Nations has announced that it will be reducing the size of its international team on the ground in Gaza after renewed attacks on the Palestinian territory by Israeli forces killed hundreds of civilians, including UN personnel. UN spokesperson Stephan Dujarric said in a news briefing on Monday that approximately 30 of the UN’s 100 or so international staff …

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The Take: How Netanyahu’s political fate is tied to the war on Gaza

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3 days, 23 hours ago

The Take: How Netanyahu’s political fate is tied to the war on Gaza

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Protesters say Netanyahu broke Israel’s ceasefire just to stay in power. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to remove senior government officials, including the head of the Shin Bet internal intelligence agency as well as the attorney general. Intense protests have erupted once again in Israel, as critics accuse the prime minister’s actions of being politically motivated and of …

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UN blames ‘Israeli tank’ for deadly strike on its buildings in Gaza

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4 days, 4 hours ago

UN blames ‘Israeli tank’ for deadly strike on its buildings in Gaza

Hindustan Times

The United Nations said Monday a strike on its buildings in Gaza last week that killed one employee and injured several others was caused "by an Israeli tank," a claim disputed by the country's government. "Based on the information currently available, the strikes hitting a UN compound in Deir Al Balah on 19 March were caused by an Israeli tank," …

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4 days, 9 hours ago

Gaza’s Turbulent History: From Ancient Crossroads to Modern Humanitarian Crisis

The Hindu

Published : Mar 24, 2025 19:54 IST - 7 MINS READ The French scholar Jean-Pierre Filiu wrote this comprehensive and definitive work on Gaza in 2012. Arena of big-power competitions Filiu recalls Gaza’s early history when, due to its abundant groundwater and bracing climate, it was known for “the fecundity of its vegetation and the diversity of its agriculture”. In …

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US alleges Columbia student covered up his work for UNRWA

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4 days, 20 hours ago

US alleges Columbia student covered up his work for UNRWA

Hindustan Times

By Daniel Trotta US alleges Columbia student covered up his work for UNRWA - The U.S. government has alleged that Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil withheld that he worked for a United Nations Palestinian relief agency in his visa application, saying that should be grounds for deportation. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on March 8 …

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4 days, 23 hours ago

EU’s foreign policy chief condemns Gaza bloodshed, calls for peace and humanitarian aid access

Firstpost

Israel on Tuesday resumed intense air strikes in the Gaza Strip, followed by ground operations, after negotiations with Hamas militants stalled over the next stage in the ceasefire This handout picture released by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty receiving the European's High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja …

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Egyptian, EU top diplomats urge for resumption of Gaza ceasefire talks

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4 days, 23 hours ago

Egyptian, EU top diplomats urge for resumption of Gaza ceasefire talks

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2025-03-24 09:36 CAIRO - Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Kaja Kallas, the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, on Sunday called for the resumption of Gaza ceasefire negotiations. Addressing a joint press conference after a meeting with the EU top diplomat in Cairo, Abdelatty said, "The only way to release all detainees …

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US accuses Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil of hiding UNRWA ties on visa application

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4 days, 23 hours ago

US accuses Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil of hiding UNRWA ties on visa application

India Today

The U.S. government has alleged that Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil withheld that he worked for a United Nations Palestinian relief agency in his visa application, saying that should be grounds for deportation. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on March 8 detained Khalil, a prominent figure in the pro-Palestinian protests that rocked Columbia's New York …

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Israel building agency to steer Palestinian ‘voluntary departure’ from Gaza

Al Jazeera

Under the proposal, the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza will be under the control of the Defence Ministry. Israel is set to establish a government agency that would oversee the “voluntary departure” of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. The spokeswoman confirmed that an authority tasked with “preparing the voluntary departure of residents of the Gaza Strip to third countries in …

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5 days, 23 hours ago

Palestinian deaths in Gaza rise above 50,000 as Israel expands its military campaign

NPR

Palestinian deaths in Gaza rise above 50,000 as Israel expands its military campaign toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP TEL AVIV, Israel, and GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of Israel's war with Hamas has surpassed 50,000, according to health officials in Gaza. Gaza's Health Ministry said Sunday the Palestinian death …

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6 days, 19 hours ago

France, Germany, & UK Call For ‘Immediate Return’ To Gaza Ceasefire Amid Renewed Offensive By Israel

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The foreign ministers of France, Germany and Britain called for an "immediate return" to a Gaza ceasefire and also called on Israel to restore humanitarian access as Israel's military pressed its renewed offensive in the Palestinian territory. The ministers were appalled at the civilian casualties and called on Palestinian Hamas militants to release the Israeli hostages "We call on Israel …

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6 days, 23 hours ago

Israel resumes deadly airstrikes in Gaza, killing 600 since Tuesday

NPR

Israel resumes deadly airstrikes in Gaza, killing 600 since Tuesday Israel says this week's deadly blitz was just the beginning if Hamas does not release hostages. SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the resumption of the war in Gaza this week after a relatively quiet 42 days during a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. AL-SHALCHI: Well, …

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1 week ago

Israel will annex Gaza territories if Hamas refuses to free hostages, says defence minister

Firstpost

“The more Hamas persists in its refusal to release the hostages, the more territory it will lose, which will be annexed to Israel,” said Katz Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Friday warned that the army will permanently seize and annex territory in Gaza if hostages are not released. According to a Middle East Eye report, Katz also announced plans …

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1 week ago

Most Palestinians will leave Gaza if given chance, finds survey

Firstpost

At a time when US President Donald Trump’s plan to annex the Gaza Strip and expel Palestinians has outraged the world, a Gallup survey has found that most Palestinians would leave the enclave if given a chance Most of the Palestinians would leave the Gaza Strip if given a chance, according to a Gallup survey conducted this month. The survey …

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1 week ago

Israel expands Gaza offensive, orders army to annex more territory: Report

India Today

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Friday ordered the Army to seize more territory in Gaza if the Palestinian militant group Hamas refused to free more Israeli hostages, news agency AFP reported. "If the Hamas terror organisation continues to refuse to release the hostages, I instructed the IDF to capture additional areas, evacuate the population, and expand the security zone …

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1 week ago

Israeli hostage freed after 491 days asks: Where was the United Nations, the Red Cross, the world?

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — Freed Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi, who was beaten, chained and starved while held for 491 days by Hamas, expressed his anger during an appearance at the U.N. Security Council on Thursday for having to suffer for so long and worry every day about being killed. Britain’s deputy ambassador James Kariuki called Sharabi’s suffering “beyond the imagination” and …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Why is there no Palestine state?

The Hindu

The King David Hotel of Jerusalem is one of the landmark buildings of the contested city. In 1967, during the Six-Day War, Israel captured the entire Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip from Egypt; the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem from Jordan; and the Golan Heights from Syria. The UN Partition plan promised 55% of historical Palestine to the Jewish state; …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Concerned at situation in Gaza: India

Hindustan Times

India on Wednesday expressed concern over the situation in Gaza following Israel resuming its bombardment of the region and called for the release of all hostages and sustained supply of humanitarian aid. India on Wednesday expressed concern over the situation in Gaza following Israel resuming its bombardment of the region and called for the release of all hostages and sustained …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Israel retakes Netzarim Corridor, splitting Gaza in half again as ground operations expand

Hindustan Times

After breaking the ceasefire with Hamas on Tuesday, Israel launched heavy airstrikes that continued into Wednesday at a lower intensity, while its military regained control of a key corridor separating northern Gaza from the south, deepening its offensive. Israel's defence minister warned on Wednesday that attacks on Gaza would intensify “with an intensity that you have not known” unless Hamas …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Israel launches a ground operation to retake part of a key corridor in northern Gaza

The Hindu

Israel said Wednesday it launched a “limited ground operation” in northern Gaza to retake part of a corridor that bisects the territory, and the country's Defense Minister warned that the army plans to step up the attacks that shattered a two-month ceasefire "with an intensity that you have not seen.” The military said it had retaken part of the Netzarim …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Palestinian families evacuate the eastern sector of Gaza strip after Israeli strikes I Photos

Hindustan Times

Palestinian families evacuate the eastern sector of Gaza strip after Israeli strikes I Photos The Israel Defence Forces declared early Tuesday that they had conducted extensive strikes on terror targets belonging to Hamas in the Gaza Strip.. 1 / 8 View Photos in a new improved layout Palestinian families leave the eastern sector of the Gaza Strip, following Israeli airstrikes …

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India Concerned Over Situation In Gaza, Calls For Supply Of Humanitarian Assistance

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1 week, 2 days ago

India Concerned Over Situation In Gaza, Calls For Supply Of Humanitarian Assistance

ABP News

The Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday said it is concerned over the situation in Gaza and called for supply of humanitarian assistance to people in the conflict-hit Palestinian territory. The MEA's comment came as Israel resumed air strikes in Gaza on Tuesday triggering uncertainty over the fragile ceasefire that it sealed with Hamas in January. Our statement on the …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Gaza ceasefire: Hamas has ‘not closed the door’ on talks, official says

The Hindu

Hamas has not shut the door on negotiations, an official from the Palestinian Islamist group said Wednesday, after Israel launched its most intense bombardment of Gaza since a January 19 ceasefire. “Hamas has not closed the door on negotiations but we insist there is no need for new agreements,” Taher al-Nunu told AFP on the phone from Cairo, also calling …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Middle East latest: Israeli forces are recapturing a key corridor that cuts Gaza in half

Associated Press

The Israeli military is retaking control of a key corridor that cuts off northern Gaza from the south, Israel’s military said, deepening its renewed offensive in Gaza. Echoing Trump, Israel’s Netanyahu slams ‘deep state’ efforts to undermine him In a nod to his ally U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said their two administrations stand strong together …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Israel’s Netanyahu ‘backed down on signed agreement’, Hamas official says

Al Jazeera

A Hamas official has said Israel must face pressure to comply with a Gaza ceasefire agreement it has reneged on, insisting there is no need for new deals when a signed one already exists. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said he ordered attacks claiming Hamas had rejected proposals to secure a ceasefire extension in Gaza. “Why do we have …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Is US support for Israel complicating efforts to reach peace in Gaza?

Al Jazeera

Emboldened by Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu is intensifying the war. There’s been widespread international condemnation of Israel’s renewed bombing of Gaza, including from the United Nations. Emboldened by US President Donald Trump’s support, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says negotiations with Hamas will only continue “under fire”. After Israel resumed its bombardment of Gaza, Itamar Ben-Gvir was reappointed as Israel’s …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Israel’s Netanyahu warns deadly Gaza strikes ‘only the beginning’

Al Jazeera

Israeli leader says future ceasefire negotiations will ‘only take place under fire’. In a televised address on Tuesday evening, Netanyahu said that Israeli forces would strike Hamas with “increasing force” and future ceasefire negotiations would “only take place under fire”. “We will continue to fight to achieve all our goals of the war – the release of all our hostages, …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Israel has launched a new ground invasion into Gaza after breaking ceasefire

NPR

Israel has launched a new ground invasion into Gaza after breaking ceasefire toggle caption Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military says it has launched a new ground offensive in Gaza, sending troops back into areas they had retreated from during a nearly two-month ceasefire. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said it launched …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Israel Launches Attacks on Hamas in Gaza Ending Ceasefire : State of the World from NPR : NPR

NPR

Israel Launches Attacks on Hamas in Gaza Ending Ceasefire : State of the World from NPR The two month ceasefire in Gaza has come to an end with Israel conducting airstrikes, killing five Hamas officials along with over 400 others, including many children. The Israeli military has also restarted ground operations in Gaza, sending troops back to areas they had …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Genocide in Gaza Resumes

China Daily

“We all know that Netanyahu never had the intention to enter phase two of the ceasefire because he never had the intention of ending the war in Gaza”, said Gershon Baskin, the former Israeli hostage negotiator on Tuesday. “We are shocked, angry, and terrified by the deliberate dismantling of the process to return our loved ones from the terrible captivity …

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1 week, 3 days ago

UN chief 'shocked' by deadly Israel airstrikes in Gaza

The Hindu

UN chief Antonio Guterres voiced shock on Tuesday after hundreds were killed in the most intense Israeli airstrikes in Gaza since a fragile ceasefire took effect in January. "Awful scenes of civilians killed, among them children, following waves of heavy bombardment from Israeli forces overnight," the UNRWA chief said on X. "This nightmare must end immediately," Mr. Turk said, adding …

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1 week, 3 days ago

US, Israel looking to relocate Gazans to Syria to implement Trump’s Gaza plan: Report

Firstpost

According to estimates by the United Nations, nearly 450,000 Palestinian refugees already reside in Syria. Israel currently occupies a buffer zone along the border in Syria and regularly conducts strikes across the country Israel and the US are quietly working on a plan to permanently resettle Gaza’s two million residents in Syria, CBS News has reported, citing “three sources familiar …

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1 week, 3 days ago

What happens to Israel-Gaza ceasefire as Tel Aviv launches fresh airstrikes claiming 200 lives? Hamas says…

Live Mint

Hamas warned that Israel's airstrikes early Tuesday violated their ceasefire agreement and jeopardized the fate of hostages. Israel's fresh airstrikes Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, saying it was striking Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in the territory since a ceasefire took effect in January. “This comes after Hamas repeatedly refused to release …

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Israel ‘unilaterally ending ceasefire’ with deadly strikes on Gaza, says Hamas

Top News

1 week, 3 days ago

Israel ‘unilaterally ending ceasefire’ with deadly strikes on Gaza, says Hamas

Hindustan Times

A senior Hamas official said Israel is unilaterally ending the Gaza ceasefire agreement after a series of Israeli strikes that killed dozens of Palestinians, according to medics cited in reports. A boy stands near the body of a Palestinian man who was killed in an Israeli drone strike east of the Bureij camp, at the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir …

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1 week, 3 days ago

"Like Armageddon": Israel resumes its war on Gaza, killing hundreds of Palestinians

Salon

Israel resumed heavy airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, reportedly killing over 400 Palestinians and shattering a tenuous ceasefire agreement that was signed in January. But less than two days before the first phase was due to expire, Israel, which has continued to launch attacks on Gaza, backed a U.S. proposal to extend the first phase for another two …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Israel strikes Gaza, breaking ceasefire: Live tracker

Al Jazeera

At least 436 people have been killed, including many children, as Israel resumes attacks on Gaza. Israeli attacks targeted various areas across the Gaza Strip, from north to south, including Jabalia, Beit Hanoon, Gaza City, Nuseirat, Deir el-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah. Israeli military issues forced displacement order In a statement on X, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Statements of condemnation won’t stop the genocide in Gaza

Al Jazeera

It was only a matter of time before Israel decided to definitively annihilate its ceasefire agreement with Hamas and resume all-out genocide in the Gaza Strip. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, for example, declared that the Israeli attacks “will add tragedy onto tragedy”, and that “Israel’s resort to yet more military force will only heap further …

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