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Modi, Starmer call for a ‘two-state solution’ to Israel-Palestine conflict

October 9, 2025 admin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his U.K. counterpart Keir Starmer on Thursday (October 9, 2025) gave a joint call for a “two-state solution” to end the Israel-Palestine conflict and expressed support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. Mr. Modi also spoke with Mr. Trump over the phone on Thursday (October 9) evening and…

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‘He deserves it’: Israeli PM Netanyahu says Trump should get Nobel Peace Prize

October 9, 2025 admin

“Give @realDonaldTrump the Nobel Peace Prize — he deserves it!” said a post on the official X account of the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel. (X/@IsraeliPM) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (October 9, 2025) said Donald Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, hours after the U.S. president announced a…

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Hamas says ‘optimism prevails’ in Gaza talks with Israel

October 8, 2025 admin

Hamas said Wednesday (October 8, 2025) that “optimism” was prevailing in indirect talks with Israel aimed at ending the Gaza war, with the militant group submitting a list of prisoners it wants released in exchange for freeing Israeli hostages under a deal. The talks aim to thrash out a plan to implement a 20-point peace…

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Gaza babies forced to share oxygen masks as Israel blocks equipment: UNICEF

October 7, 2025 admin

A nurse looks after a baby in an incubator at the maternity ward of Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel has repeatedly denied permission to transfer incubators from an evacuated hospital in North Gaza, a U.N. children’s agency official said on Tuesday (October 7, 2025),…

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Israel deports 29 more Gaza aid flotilla activists

October 5, 2025 admin

A man lights a flare as people gather outside the Tunis-Carthage International Airport on October 5, 2025, to welcome back some of the Tunisians who were sailing with the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF). | Photo Credit: AFP Israel has deported a further 29 activists detained by the navy last week for taking part in a…

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‘They have also agreed, in principle’: U.S. Secretary of State Rubio says Gaza war not yet over, priority is to get Israeli hostages out

October 5, 2025 admin

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would know “very quickly” whether Hamas was serious or not during the current technical talks. | Photo Credit: AP The war in Gaza has “not yet” ended, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday, describing the release of the hostages held by Hamas…

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Hamas calls for swift prisoner release as talks with Israel set to begin in Egypt

October 5, 2025 admin

Hamas on Sunday (October 5, 2025) called for a swift start to a hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel as negotiators from the two warring sides meet in Egypt for crucial talks aimed at ending the nearly two-year war. Foreign ministers of several countries, including Egypt, said the talks were a “real opportunity” to achieve a comprehensive…

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Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to announce release of all hostages from Gaza ‘in coming days’

October 5, 2025 admin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days,” as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on Monday (October 6, 2025) on a new U.S. plan to end the war. In a brief statement late Saturday (October 4, 2025), Mr….

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Israel troops still operating in Gaza after Trump, hostage family appeals

October 4, 2025 admin

Israel said Saturday (October 4, 2025) its troops were still operating in Gaza and warned residents not to return, despite calls from the families of Israeli hostages and U.S. President Donald Trump for an immediate halt to the fighting. Mr. Trump issued the appeal to the key U.S. ally after Palestinian militant group Hamas said…

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Women in Gaza say they were promised food, money or work in exchange for sexual interactions

October 4, 2025 admin

After weeks of scraping by to feed her six children in Gaza, the 38-year-old woman thought she’d found a lifeline. At a shelter, a friend told her about a man who could help with food, aid, maybe even a job. The woman — separated from her husband, and forced to shutter the business that once…

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