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The exodus of Palestinians from Gaza’s last refuge accelerated on May 12 as Israeli forces pushed deeper into the southern city of Rafah. Israel also pounded the territory’s devastated north, where some Hamas militants have regrouped in areas the military said it had cleared months ago. Rafah is considered Hamas’ last stronghold. Some 3,00,000 of…
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Ruby Chen’s son, Itay, was killed in the Hamas attack on October 7. But unlike scores of other families of soldiers killed that day, Mr. Chen doesn’t have a grave to visit because his son’s remains are held captive in Gaza. The absence of a final resting place is being felt acutely now, as Israel…
Signs and flags are pictured at a pro-Palestinian encampment on the lawn of the Stratton Student Center campus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Police dismantled a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology early Friday and moved to clear protesters…
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An Israeli soldier cleans a weapon, near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel on May 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Biden administration said on May 10 that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but wartime conditions…
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Israel’s military spokesman says the army has the weapons it needs to press ahead with its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari was asked at a news conference whether the army can conduct the operation without U.S. arms. “The army has armaments for the missions it plans, and for…
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File photo Jerusalem: Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations expressed disappointment Thursday at US President Joe Biden’s threat to stop certain arms supplies to Israel if it invades the crowded Gaza city of Rafah. “This is a difficult and very disappointing statement to hear from a president to whom we have been grateful since the…
Israel bombarded the overcrowded Gaza city of Rafah, where it has launched a ground incursion, as talks resumed on Wednesday in Cairo aimed at agreeing the terms of a truce in the seven-month war. Despite international objections, Israel sent tanks into Rafah on Tuesday and seized the nearby crossing into Egypt that is the main…
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People holding a banner attend a news conference after police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University and arrested demonstrators on May 8, 2024, in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP The police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University early on Wednesday and arrested demonstrators, hours after dozens marched to the…
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The shutdown does not apply to the Israeli-occupied West Bank or Gaza Strip. (File) Doha: Al Jazeera will look to pursue all possible legal action “until the end” to challenge Israel’s ban on its operations there, the TV network’s news director told AFP in an interview. The Qatar-based station was taken off air in Israel…
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An AFP correspondent in Rafah reported heavy bombardment throughout the night. Rafah, Palestinian Territories: Israel carried out strikes on the Gazan city of Rafah overnight as it sought to put “pressure” on Hamas ahead of talks in Egypt on Tuesday aimed at sealing a truce proposal endorsed by the Palestinian group. After having vowed for…
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