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Israel’s diplomatic mission in Geneva said the use of the word genocide was “outrageous” (File) A United Nations expert told the global body’s Human Rights Council on Tuesday that she believed that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza since Oct. 7 amounted to genocide and called on countries to immediately impose sanctions and an arms embargo….
Israel-Gaza war has been going on since October 7 (File) Geneva, Switzerland: The situation in war-ravaged Gaza is so desperate that teenagers are now saying they hope to be swiftly killed to escape the “nightmare”, a spokesman for the UN children’s agency said Tuesday. “The unspeakable is regularly said in Gaza,” said James Elder, spokesman…
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“This shows that trust between the Biden administration and Netanyahu may be breaking down.” Washington: Wartime relations between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sank to a new low on Monday with the U.S. allowing passage of a Gaza ceasefire resolution at the United Nations and drawing a sharp rebuke from the Israeli…
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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:…
Hamas has sought to parlay any deal into an end to the fighting (File) Israel signalled openness on Sunday to allowing the return of Palestinians displaced from the northern Gaza Strip as part of truce talks, an apparent accommodation of a core Hamas demand. The warring sides have stepped up negotiations, mediated by Qatar and…
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Al Shifa is one of the few healthcare facilities even partially operational in north Gaza (File) Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, and Israel said it had captured 480 Hamas operatives in continued clashes at Gaza’s main Al Shifa hospital….
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Macron urged Israel to immediately open all crossing points into Gaza. (File) French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that any forced transfer of people from the southern Gaza city of Rafah would constitute “a war crime”. In a telephone call between the two leaders, Macron also “strongly condemned” Israel’s…
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The official provided no details on the US proposal. (File) The United States has made a “bridging proposal” for the number of jailed Palestinians to be released by Israel in exchange for every hostage freed by Hamas in any new Gaza truce, an Israeli official briefed on the Qatar-hosted talks said on Saturday. An Israeli…
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The Israeli army denied it had fired on the crowd. The Hamas-run government in Gaza said Israeli fire killed 19 people as they were waiting at an aid distribution point on Saturday, a charge Israel denied. The deaths if confirmed would be the latest in a series of cases of Gazan civilians being killed while…
Israel said it was sending a delegation to Qatar for a new round of negotiations Gaza: A first aid ship plying a new maritime corridor from Cyprus began unloading its cargo of desperately needed food in Gaza Friday as Hamas proposed a new six-week truce in the war. AFP footage showed the Open Arms, which…
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