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The Israeli security cabinet on Friday approved the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal announced in Qatar on Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. The 11 voting members of the security cabinet approved the deal with a simple majority vote. The full, 33-member Israeli cabinet still needs to approve the agreement. That meeting…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his security cabinet on Friday that he received “guarantees” from negotiators about American backing of Israel returning to war if future talks with Hamas break down, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. “There are guarantees from the Americans that if Hamas sabotages a certain stage of the deal, Israel…
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A deal reached between Israel and Hamas that will see some hostages freed and pause the war in Gaza, President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday. “We have a deal for the hostages in the Middle East,” Trump wrote in all caps on Truth Social at 12:01 p.m. ET. “They will be released shortly. Thank you!” Israel and Hamas…
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Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, mediators announced Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies. The deal, coming after weeks of painstaking negotiations in the Qatari capital, promises the release of dozens of…
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Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Both pilots were recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries.…
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President-elect Donald Trump said there would be “hell to pay” in the Middle East if hostages held in the Gaza Strip were not released before his Jan. 20 inauguration. “Everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire World, in the Middle East –…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday (Nov 5) citing a “crisis of trust” and replaced him with Israel Katz, previously the foreign minister. Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli forces issued new evacuation orders in the north of the Gaza Strip and carried out military strikes which Palestinian medics and media…
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At least seven more people have been arrested during protests in Tel Aviv, according to police. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Israel’s major cities in uproar over the deaths of six more hostages inside Gaza. On the second day of demonstrations in Tel Aviv, police confirmed that seven people…
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The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to nearly 40,000, the Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Wednesday. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 36 people and wounded 54 others, bringing the total death toll to 39,965 and injuries to 92,294 since the…
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Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday highlighted the necessity of effective measures to stop the ongoing Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip and ensure the entry of humanitarian aid into the enclave. In a phone call, Iranian Caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al…
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Aid agencies are warning any escalation in Rafah risks exacerbating the already deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Officials from UNICEF, Doctors without Borders, and the Palestine Red Crescent Society all voiced concerns that hostilities were increasing at the same time as a squeeze on the entry of aid into the enclave. The Palestine Red…
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The UN rapporteur on Palestine said Monday that US must stop Israel’s attacks rather than airdropping food packages in the Gaza Strip. Sharing a photo of 10-year-old Palestinian child, Yazan al-Kafarna who died of severe hunger in Gaza, Francesca Albanese said that he is one of the many Palestinian children who are starving to death…
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The Brazilian president and his Egyptian counterpart have called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi also reiterated their support for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state during a press conference in Cairo. “We agreed on the importance of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and…
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The IDF says it worked with intelligence agency Shin Bet in a joint operation to kill a fighter involved in the 7 October attacks yesterday. Ahmed al Ghoul was a leader of the Beach Brigade, a militant group affiliated with Hamas, which Israel believes helped coordinate the incursion. “In a joint activity by the IDF…
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US President Joe Biden extended deportation protections Wednesday to “most” Palestinians already in the US due to the humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged Gaza Strip. “Following the horrific October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas against Israel and Israel’s ensuing military response, humanitarian conditions in Gaza have significantly deteriorated,” Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security advisor, said…
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said the US veto of a UN Security Council resolution demanding a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza makes it complicit in what he described as war crimes against Palestinians. He also said he held the US responsible for the bloodshed of Palestinian children, women and the elderly in the Gaza…
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