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Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages ended on March 5 without a breakthrough, Egyptian officials said, less than a week before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the informal deadline for a deal. The United States, Qatar and Egypt have spent…
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Mediators in Cairo made a renewed push for a Gaza ceasefire, but differences remained as fighting raged on in the Palestinian territory gripped by desperate food shortages. U.S., Qatari and Hamas envoys travelled to Cairo for the latest effort towards a six-week truce, stepped-up aid deliveries and the exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners. But…
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“Right now, the ball is in the camp of Hamas,” US Official said. Washington: Israel has broadly accepted a deal for a six-week Gaza ceasefire and it is now up to Hamas to agree to release the most vulnerable hostages for the deal to take effect, a senior US official said Saturday. “There’s a framework…
Biden said he was “hoping” for agreement on a ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas conflict by Ramadan. Washington: US President Joe Biden said Friday he was “hoping” for a ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas conflict by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan but agreement was still not sealed. “I’m hoping so, we’re still working…
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Palestinians gather on a beach in the hope of getting aid air-dropped over Gaza, amid the ongoing the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip on February 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel and Hamas are inching toward a new deal that would free some of the roughly 130 hostages held…
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File picture of U.S. President Joe Biden, who said Israel could agree to ceasefire during Ramadan | Photo Credit: AP United States President Joe Biden said Israel would be willing to halt its war on Hamas in Gaza during the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to release some of…
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A Palestinian man walks past shuttered shops during a general strike in Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on October 18, 2023, a day after a rocket hit a Gaza hospital killing hundreds. | Photo Credit: ZAIN JAAFAR Two Data Points published last week explored the impoverished nature of the Palestinian territories, especially Gaza, and…
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More than 7,000 people have been killed in Israeli bumbardment in GAza since war began Washington: The United States does not support current calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, the White House said Monday, adding that “pauses” to get aid into Gaza should be considered instead. “We do not believe that a ceasefire…
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Depleted resources: A Palestinian man gestures at a closed petrol station in the aftermath of Israeli strikes on the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: SAID KHATIB The Data point published on October 23, 2023, titled ‘Five wars in 15 years stifled Gaza’s growth’ described how…
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The massive sit-in was called by the group Jewish Voice for Peace-New York City New York: Hundreds of people were arrested Friday when police broke up a large demonstration of mostly Jewish New Yorkers who had taken over the main hall of Grand Central station in protest of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, police and organizers…
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