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People walk through a gate to enter the Rafah border crossing to Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on November 01, 2023. Scores of foreign passport holders trapped in Gaza started leaving the war-torn Palestinian territory on November 01, 2023, when the Rafah crossing to Egypt was opened up for the first time since the…
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Palestinians inspect the damage of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, October 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP The United Nations said Friday it was concerned that war crimes were being committed on both sides in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The U.N. human rights office cited forcible transfer, collective punishment and…
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U.S. President Joe Biden. | Photo Credit: AP Dozens of Hollywood actors and artists, including comedian Jon Stewart and Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix, wrote on Friday to U.S. President Joe Biden, urging him to press for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza. Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, killing 1,400 people and…
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Palestinians lined up outside bakeries and grocery stores in Gaza on Thursday after spending the night surrounded by the ruins of pulverized neighborhoods darkened by a near-total power outage. Israel launched new airstrikes and said it was preparing for a possible ground invasion. International aid groups warned that the death toll in Gaza could mount…
Geneva: Israel’s total siege of the Gaza Strip is banned under international law, the United Nations human rights chief said Tuesday. “The imposition of sieges that endanger the lives of civilians by depriving them of goods essential for their survival is prohibited under international humanitarian law,” Volker Turk said in a statement. (This story has…
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