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Palestinians wait to be allowed to return to their homes in northern Gaza with vehicles through Salahudeen road after they were displaced to the south at Israel’s order during the war, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, on January 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel on Monday (January…
Trucks carrying Egyptian humanitarian aid wait to start moving to the Rafah border crossing to enter Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Cairo, Egypt, January 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Qatar announced early Monday (January 27, 2025) that an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow…
A Palestinian man was killed and seven people were wounded by Israeli fire overnight, local health officials said Sunday (January 26, 2025), as thousands gathered in hopes of returning to the northern Gaza Strip under a fragile week-old ceasefire aimed at winding down the war. In a separate development, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Saturday…
Palestinian Territories: A fragile truce aimed at ending the war in Gaza entered its second week on Sunday, after four Israeli hostages and around 200 Palestinian prisoners were released to joyful scenes. While Israel and Hamas completed on Saturday their second hostage-prisoner swap under the ceasefire deal, a last-minute dispute blocked the expected return of…
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President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One. File. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump has ended his predecessor’s hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, lifting a pressure point that had been meant to reduce civilian casualties during the U.S. ally’s war with Hamas in Gaza that is now halted by…
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Palestinians stand during an Israeli raid, in Jenin camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on January 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Palestinian official said hundreds of people began leaving their homes in a flashpoint area of the occupied West Bank on Thursday (January 23, 2025) as Israeli forces pressed a deadly operation. The…
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The Israel-Hamas ceasefire entered a third day on Tuesday (January 21, 2025), while U.S. President Donald Trump said he doubted the fragile deal would hold. Desperately needed humanitarian aid has begun to flow into war-battered Gaza after Israel and Hamas conducted the first exchange of hostages for prisoners agreed under the terms of the ceasefire….
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After nearly 480 days of intense fighting and bombardment, resulting in the deaths of over 46,000 Palestinian civilians in Gaza, a ceasefire deal has finally been reached. Though long in the making, previous efforts repeatedly fell short of achieving finality. This agreement, however, remains fragile, with no guarantees that it will be implemented fully in…
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A satellite image shows a closer view of aid trucks waiting at the Rafah-Egypt border, January 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gaza has received a major influx of aid and goods, with 915 trucks crossing into the territory on the second day of the ceasefire, the United Nations said. UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq…
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Palestinians walk past the rubble of houses and buildings destroyed during the war, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Palestinian Emergency Services said on Monday (January 20, 2025) that a search is underway for thousands of Palestinians believed buried…