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Hamas says studying new Israeli truce proposal, puts out new hostage video

April 28, 2024 admin

Hamas said on April 27 it was studying Israel’s latest counterproposal for a Gaza ceasefire, a day after media reports said a delegation from mediator Egypt was in Israel trying to jump-start stalled negotiations. The armed wing of Hamas also released video footage of two men held hostage in Gaza, identified by Israeli campaign group…

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Hamas Chief Arrives In Turkey For Gaza Talks Amid Middle East Tensions

April 19, 2024 admin

A statement from Hamas Friday said Erdogan and Haniyeh would discuss the conflict in Gaza. Istanbul: A leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, arrived in Istanbul Friday evening for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the death toll in Gaza passed 34,000. A statement from Hamas Friday said Erdogan and Haniyeh…

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Israel-Gaza War, One Step Away From Victory, No Ceasefire Until…: Netanyahu On Gaza War

April 7, 2024 admin

Netanyahu accused Iran of being behind several attacks against Israel “through its proxies”. (File) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel was “one step away from victory” in the Gaza war and vowed there would be no truce until Hamas frees all hostages. He was speaking in a cabinet meeting marking six months of…

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India abstains at U.N. Human Rights Council on vote calling for Gaza ceasefire, arms embargo against Israel

April 5, 2024 admin

A view of the screen showing the result of a vote on a resolution regarding the Israeli military campaign in Gaza, during the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP India on April 5 abstained on…

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Gaza ceasefire talks to resume in Cairo: Egyptian media

March 31, 2024 admin

Palestinians inspect the ruins of a residential building for the Abu Muammar family after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, March 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Talks aimed at brokering a truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will resume in Cairo on March 31, Egyptian outlet Al-Qahera reported,…

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Netanyahu approves new Gaza ceasefire talks

March 29, 2024 admin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved new talks on a Gaza ceasefire, a day after the world’s top court ordered Israel to ensure urgent humanitarian aid reaches people in the Palestinian territory. But despite a binding United Nations Security Council resolution this week demanding an “immediate ceasefire”, fighting continued Friday, including around hospitals. Also Read…

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U.N. to vote on resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza during current Muslim holy month of Ramzan

March 25, 2024 admin

The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on March 25 on a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramzan. The vote comes after Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday that would have supported “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israeli-Hamas conflict. Also read:…

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Aid To Gaza Requires Israel “Removing Obstacles”, UN Chief Antonio Guterres Calls For Ceasefire

March 24, 2024 admin

The war was sparked on October 7 by Hamas’s unprecedented attack on Israel Cairo: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday in Cairo that delivering the necessary aid to famine-threatened Gaza “requires Israel removing the remaining obstacles and chokepoints to relief”. Guterres repeated his call for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” to alleviate “the plight of…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, March 23, 2024

March 23, 2024 admin

People lay flowers and lit candles in memory of the Moscow concert gun attack victims in the center of Simferopol, Crimea, on March 22, 2024. Gunmen opened fire at a Moscow concert hall on March 22, 2024 killing at least 40 people, wounding more than 100 and sparking an inferno, authorities said, with the Islamic…

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UN Security Council to vote on Gaza ceasefire with uncertain outcome

March 22, 2024 admin

United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, center, addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the war in Gaza, on U.N. headquarters. File photo | Photo Credit: AP The United States, which has repeatedly blocked calls for a truce in Gaza, will submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council Friday on the…

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