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Israeli strikes in Rafah: Medics say at least 16 dead, residents report heavy fighting

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Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents destroyed by Israel’s bombardment, adjunct to an UNRWA facility west of Rafah city, Gaza Strip, on May 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli strikes on Rafah have killed at least 16 Palestinians, first responders said May 28, as residents reported an escalation of fighting in the southern Gaza city….

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Israel PM Netanyahu acknowledges ‘tragic mistake’ after Rafah strike kills dozens of Palestinians

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Children light candles during a march against Israel and in solidarity with Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, on the Mediterranean Sea corniche in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 27, 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged Monday that a “tragic mistake” had been made after an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city…

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Palestine’s quest for statehood: A look at its tussle with Israel, countries’ recognition and India’s stance

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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…

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Sirens sound in Tel Aviv for the first time in months as Hamas says it fired rockets from Gaza

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Rocket sirens sounded across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, for the first time in months on May 26, as Hamas claimed to have fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza. The militants have continued to fire projectiles at communities around Gaza more than seven months into the war but have not fired longer-range rockets…

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Aid trucks begin entering Gaza under agreement with Egypt to bypass Rafah

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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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Israel Army recovers bodies of three more hostages in Gaza

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This combo from photos provided by Hostages Families Forum Headquarters shows from left, Michel Nisenbaum, 59, Hanan Yablonka, 42, and Oryon Hernandez Radoux, 30. The bodies of three more hostages killed on Oct 7. were recovered overnight from Gaza, Israel’s army said Friday May 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The bodies of three more…

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The ‘Oslo trap’, a number of wars and other challenges in the Israel-Palestine conflict

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People walk in an alley of the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila in Beirut’s southern suburb on May 22, 2024 It was a wet, grey, and extremely windy February morning in 2012, Nathan Thrall writes in A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy. On that fateful day, a trailer…

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Egypt says it may withdraw as Gaza ceasefire mediator

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A Palestinian woman walks past a house destroyed by an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, on May 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Egypt threatened on May 22 to withdraw as a mediator in Gaza ceasefire negotiations after CNN reported that Egyptian intelligence changed…

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Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in Washington to mark a painful present and past

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Protesters chant pro-Palestine slogans on the National Mall on the 76th anniversary of the ‘Nakba’ on May 18, 2024, on the National Mall near the Capitol in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP Hundreds of protesters rallying within sight of the Capitol chanted pro-Palestinian slogans and voiced criticism of the Israeli and American governments as they…

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Israeli leaders split over post-war Gaza governance

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Palestinians carry the body of a person killed in an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, May 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS New divisions have emerged among Israel’s leaders over post-war Gaza’s governance, with…

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