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The story so far: Even as Israel continues to attack Southern Gaza’s Rafah, three European nations — Norway, Spain and Ireland — announced their formal recognition of Palestine as a state on May 22. The recognition is expected to take place on May 28. All three countries have urged Israel and Hamas to agree to…
Talks are aimed at securing a truce deal between Israel and Hamas Israel’s latest strikes on a displaced people’s camp near Gaza’s southern city of Rafah could hinder talks towards a truce and hostage release deal, mediator nation Qatar said on Monday. The foreign ministry voiced “concern that the bombing will complicate ongoing mediation efforts…
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Palestinians are waiting for aid trucks to cross in central Gaza Strip on Sunday, May 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Aid trucks entered Gaza from southern Israel on Sunday through a new agreement to bypass the Rafah crossing with Egypt after Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of it earlier this month. But was…
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Rafah: Israel’s armed forces bombarded Gaza on Sunday, but officials also said diplomatic efforts were expected to resume in coming days towards a truce and hostage release deal. Air strikes and artillery shelling rained down again overnight on northern, central and southern area of Gaza in the more than seven-months-old war sparked by Hamas’s October…
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An Israeli soldier works on a tank near the Gaza border in southern Israel. | Photo Credit: AP A spokesman for Hamas’ armed wing said on Sunday its fighters had captured Israeli soldiers during fighting in Jabalia in northern Gaza on Saturday, though the Israeli military denied the claim. The Hamas armed wing spokesman did…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | Photo Credit: AP The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s request for an arrest warrant against Israel’s Prime Minister is “unacceptable” and could not be enforced in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Chief of Staff said on Thursday. Gergely Gulyas told a news briefing that, although Hungary ratified the Rome Statute…
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Chaim Otmazgin had tended to dozens of shot, burned or mutilated bodies before he reached the home that would put him at the center of a global clash. Working in a kibbutz that was ravaged by Hamas’ October 7 attack, Mr. Otmazgin — a volunteer commander with ZAKA, an Israeli search and rescue organisation —…
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The story so far: After seven months of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, which has killed 35,000 Palestinians, devastated the region and triggered a humanitarian crisis, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday applied for arrest warrants for Hamas and Israel leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over alleged…
Israel sought on May 21 to contain the fallout from a request by the chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, a move supported by three European countries, including key ally France. Belgium, Slovenia and France each said Monday they backed the decision by International…
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An Israeli strike killed 31 people and wounded 20 in a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp Rafah, Palestinian Territories: An Israeli strike killed 31 people in central Gaza Sunday, the Palestinian territory’s civil defence agency said, as US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan visited for talks on the conflict. Israeli troops have moved in…