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As Gaza teeters on the brink of famine, these Israeli girls are trying to block aid trucks at the border
9 months, 2 weeks ago

As Gaza teeters on the brink of famine, these Israeli girls are trying to block aid trucks at the border

ABC  

While Palestinians inside Gaza face starvation, some Israelis are trying to stop supplies from getting into the besieged territory. Founder Shlomi Sarid, an army reservist who fought in Gaza earlier in the war, said he wanted to set up a "special forces" type of group to stop aid because it could be used as a bargaining chip with Hamas. "The …

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'A sort of Egyptian nightmare': UN aid chief warns of possible spillover of Gazans into Egypt
10 months, 1 week ago

'A sort of Egyptian nightmare': UN aid chief warns of possible spillover of Gazans into Egypt

Firstpost  

The UN aid chief Martin Griffiths cautioned that if Israel initiates a military operation in the border town of Rafah, there’s a risk of Palestinians overflowing into Egypt. While the Israeli military aims to root out Islamist militants and release hostages held since the Hamas attack in Israel on 7 October, they haven’t disclosed plans for civilian evacuation. “The possibility …

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Truce talks open in Cairo as Gazans brace for Israeli assault on Rafah
10 months, 1 week ago

Truce talks open in Cairo as Gazans brace for Israeli assault on Rafah

The Hindu  

Officials from the U.S., Egypt, Israel and Qatar were meeting in Cairo on Tuesday to try to agree a truce in Gaza as international calls grew for Israel to hold back on its planned assault on the Palestinian enclave's southern city of Rafah. Israel says it wants to flush out Hamas militants from hideouts in Rafah and free Israeli hostages …

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Rage in Gaza isn’t directed only at Israel. Some are angry with Hamas too
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Rage in Gaza isn’t directed only at Israel. Some are angry with Hamas too

LA Times  

By the 100-day mark of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, Abu Ahmad Al-Gharabli and his 13 family members had been displaced four times before settling in Rafah, at the besieged enclave’s southern end. “Before they launched Oct. 7, they should have secured food, drink and money so that we wouldn’t suffer like this,” Al-Gharabli said of the militant group’s assault on …

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Israel orders more evacuations as Gazans wonder where there is left to go
1 year ago

Israel orders more evacuations as Gazans wonder where there is left to go

LA Times  

Israeli warplanes heavily bombarded an area around Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on Monday as the military ordered mass evacuations from the town in the face of a widening ground war that is pushing Palestinians into progressively tinier slivers of the besieged territory. Residents said Monday that they heard airstrikes and explosions in and around Khan Yunis overnight after the …

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Gazans fleeing the Israel-Gaza war say even with a visa to Australia, it's a struggle to cross the Rafah border
1 year ago

Gazans fleeing the Israel-Gaza war say even with a visa to Australia, it's a struggle to cross the Rafah border

ABC  

Mahmoud Idrees is on the brink. "Until now didn't put our name on the Gaza checking point, the Rafah crossing." Now in the south of Gaza, Mahmoud said he had been checking regularly whether his family's names have been put on "the list", and he is growing impatient. 'Unimaginable' conditions As Mahmoud and his family wait anxiously in southern Gaza …

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Egypt to receive wounded Gazans via Rafah crossing today: Report
1 year, 1 month ago

Egypt to receive wounded Gazans via Rafah crossing today: Report

Hindustan Times  

Egypt is preparing to receive wounded Palestinians from the heavily bombarded Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing for medical treatment, medical and security sources said on Tuesday. Palestinians conduct search and rescue works at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip It comes amid unrelenting Israeli bombardment of the Hamas-run …

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Water and first aid reach besieged Gazans as Rafah border crossing briefly opens
1 year, 2 months ago

Water and first aid reach besieged Gazans as Rafah border crossing briefly opens

The Telegraph  

Israel has vowed to wipe out Hamas in the Strip and said it had continued to carry out a large number of strikes on Hamas targets overnight. She said: “We need many, many, many more trucks and a continual flow of aid.” Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, has said the aid is “the difference between life and death” for many …

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October 17, 2023 - Israel-Hamas war
1 year, 2 months ago

October 17, 2023 - Israel-Hamas war

CNN  

Palestinians wait at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza on Monday, October 16. A border crossing with Egypt in the south, located in Egypt’s north Sinai, has been touted as the last hope for Gazans to escape, and many Palestinians have begun moving in its direction in anticipation. While Israel has no direct control over the crossing, Egypt’s closures often …

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Streets ‘reek of blood:’ Gazans run out of time after Israel’s evacuation deadline
1 year, 2 months ago

Streets ‘reek of blood:’ Gazans run out of time after Israel’s evacuation deadline

CNN  

CNN — Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been fleeing south through the battered streets of Gaza after the Israeli military told them to leave northern areas of the densely populated strip. Jordan’s foreign minister described it as a “war crime.” The UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, which was forced to move its central operations from Gaza …

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As Israel Bombards Gaza, Fears of Humanitarian Disaster Mount
1 year, 2 months ago

As Israel Bombards Gaza, Fears of Humanitarian Disaster Mount

Live Mint  

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip—More than a quarter-million Gazans fled their homes and some tried to escape the strip for Egypt as Israeli forces launched new rounds of airstrikes in the enclave and exchanged fire with militants in Lebanon. The bombardments following Saturday’s devastating attack by Hamas—which killed more than 1,200 Israelis, mostly civilians—raised concerns about an escalating humanitarian crisis in …

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Common victimhood is a tool, common brotherhood is a lie: The Muslim world unites only against the 'common enemy'
1 year, 2 months ago

Common victimhood is a tool, common brotherhood is a lie: The Muslim world unites only against the 'common enemy'

Op India  

Since Israel declared war following the Hamas terrorist attacks and ground invasion, the majority of the Arab world has rallied in support of Palestine. Arab world’s support for Palestine is to fight the ‘Zionist’ country, not for Muslim citizens of Palestine Israel-Palestine neighbours Syria, Egypt, and Jordan among others have fought wars citing the cause of Palestinians, however, they all …

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Palestinian president, Israeli defence minister hold rare talks amid violent clashes along Gaza border
3 years, 3 months ago

Palestinian president, Israeli defence minister hold rare talks amid violent clashes along Gaza border

Firstpost  

Defence Minister Benny Gantz met Abbas in Ramallah late Sunday for what were reportedly the first direct talks between an Israeli cabinet member and the 86-year-old Palestinian leader in several years Israel’s defence minister has met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas for a rare high-level meeting, but a source close to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett insisted his government had no plans …

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