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Satellite view of Gaza’s ruins reveals the savagery of bombardment

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Satellite view of Gaza’s ruins reveals the savagery of bombardment

Palestinians inspect the destruction following overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 6, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. | Photo Credit: AFP As well as killing more than 34,000 people and causing catastrophic levels of hunger and injury, the seven-month war between Israel…

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Israeli army tells Palestinians to temporarily evacuate parts of Rafah ahead of an expected assault

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Israeli army tells Palestinians to temporarily evacuate parts of Rafah ahead of an expected assault

Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s armed forces have begun evacuating Palestinian civilians from Rafah ahead of a…

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet votes to permanently close Al Jazeera offices in Israel

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet votes to permanently close Al Jazeera offices in Israel

The Al Jazeera Media Network logo is seen on its headquarters building in Doha. Israel Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet votes to permanently close Al Jazeera offices in Israel. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on May 5 that his government has voted unanimously to shut down the local offices of Qatar-owned broadcaster…

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Hamas sends delegation to Egypt for further ceasefire talks with Israel

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Hamas sends delegation to Egypt for further ceasefire talks with Israel

A view of New Rafah in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, where local residents displaced during security operations in recent years will be housed, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the nearby Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt | Photo Credit: Reuters Hamas said on May 2 that it was sending a…

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Turkey halts trade with Israel over Gaza humanitarian crisis

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Turkey halts trade with Israel over Gaza humanitarian crisis

File picture of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan | Photo Credit: AP Turkey has halted all exports and imports to and from Israel, citing the escalating humanitarian situation in Gaza, announced the Turkish Ministry of Trade, Al Jazeera reported. “Export and import transactions related to Israel have been stopped, covering all products,” the Ministry said…

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Colombia breaks diplomatic ties with Israel but its military relies on key Israeli-built equipment

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Colombia breaks diplomatic ties with Israel but its military relies on key Israeli-built equipment

Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks at the International Workers’ Day march in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Petro on Wednesday described Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide” and announced his government would end diplomatic relations with Israel effective Thursday. | Photo Credit: AP Colombia has become the latest Latin American country to announce it…

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’ as ceasefire talks with Hamas continue

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’ as ceasefire talks with Hamas continue

File photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on April 30 to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the 7-month-long war. Mr. Netanyahu said Israel would enter Rafah to destroy Hamas’ battalions…

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Ahead of visit to Israel, U.S.’ Antony Blinken presses Hamas to accept new proposal for Gaza cease-fire

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Ahead of visit to Israel, U.S.’ Antony Blinken presses Hamas to accept new proposal for Gaza cease-fire

The United States stepped up pressure on April 29 for a cease-fire deal in Gaza as the Secretary of State said a new proposal had been put to Hamas, whose officials were in Cairo talking to Egyptian mediators. Israeli airstrikes killed 26 people in Gaza’s southernmost town of Rafah, according to hospital records. U.S. Secretary…

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India set to sign trade deal with Oman to expand its Middle East ties

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India set to sign trade deal with Oman to expand its Middle East ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sultan of Oman Haitham Bin Tarik hold bilateral talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI India and Oman will sign a trade deal in the coming months, two Indian government officials said, as New Delhi seeks to expand its ties in the Middle East, where rising…

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French police break up pro-Palestinian university protest

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French police break up pro-Palestinian university protest

French police broke up a pro-Palestinian protest by dozens of university students in Paris, officials said on Thursday, as Israel’s bombardment of Gaza sparks a wave of anger across college campuses in the United States. The police intervened as dozens of students gathered on a central Paris campus of the prestigious Sciences Po university on…

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