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Macron warns Israel over any Rafah forced population transfer

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Macron warns Israel over any Rafah forced population transfer

French President Emmanuel Macron. File | Photo Credit: Reuters 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, Mr. Macron also “strongly condemned” Israel’s announcement Friday…

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Israeli defence chief says ‘military edge’ at centre of U.S. trip

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Israeli defence chief says ‘military edge’ at centre of U.S. trip

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday his visit to Washington this week would focus on maintaining Israel’s military superiority in the Middle East, as fighting rages in Gaza. Gallant is expected to meet his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin and other senior U.S. officials, as relations between the two allies become strained over the…

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Aid To Gaza Requires Israel “Removing Obstacles”, UN Chief Antonio Guterres Calls For Ceasefire

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Aid To Gaza Requires Israel “Removing Obstacles”, UN Chief Antonio Guterres Calls For Ceasefire

The war was sparked on October 7 by Hamas’s unprecedented attack on Israel Cairo: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday in Cairo that delivering the necessary aid to famine-threatened Gaza “requires Israel removing the remaining obstacles and chokepoints to relief”. Guterres repeated his call for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” to alleviate “the plight of…

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Israel Hamas War, Hamas Says 19 Gazans Killed In Strikes While Waiting For Aid, Israel Denies

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Israel Hamas War, Hamas Says 19 Gazans Killed In Strikes While Waiting For Aid, Israel Denies

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…

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Amid War, UN Chief Antonio Guterres To Visit Gaza Border Today

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Amid War, UN Chief Antonio Guterres To Visit Gaza Border Today

Guterres will also visit a hospital in El-Arish, an Egyptian city which sits close to the Gaza border. United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit the Egypt-Gaza border city of Rafah on Saturday to reiterate his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, his spokesman said Friday. Guterres, who is currently in…

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Russia and China veto U.S. resolution in UNSC calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

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Russia and China veto U.S. resolution in UNSC calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations Amar Bendjama (L) and China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, vote against a U.S. ceasefire resolution for the Gaza war during a UN Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters on March 22, 2024 in New York City. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via…

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UN Security Council to vote on Gaza ceasefire with uncertain outcome

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UN Security Council to vote on Gaza ceasefire with uncertain outcome

United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, center, addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the war in Gaza, on U.N. headquarters. File photo | Photo Credit: AP The United States, which has repeatedly blocked calls for a truce in Gaza, will submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council Friday on the…

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UN To Vote Today On US Resolution On Gaza Ceasefire

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UN To Vote Today On US Resolution On Gaza Ceasefire

The United States will submit a draft resolution urging “an immediate ceasefire” in Gaza. United Nations: The United States, which has repeatedly blocked calls for a truce in Gaza, will submit a draft resolution urging “an immediate ceasefire” linked to the release of the hostages held by Hamas, the US representative said Thursday. The US…

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Antony Blinken Says “Gaps Are Narrowing” In Gaza Truce Talks

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Antony Blinken Says “Gaps Are Narrowing” In Gaza Truce Talks

Antony Blinken is on a tour of the Middle East to secure a deal for the ceasefire in Gaza. Cairo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that “gaps are narrowing” in ongoing talks in Qatar aimed at reaching a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages. The United States is “continuing to…

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