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Dozens of bodies were buried in a mass grave in Rafah, southern Gaza, today. They had been held by Israeli forces in northern Gaza before being transferred to UN and Gaza medical workers at the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Gaza, Israel, and Egypt. Medical workers who entered the truck quickly left after opening some…
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Over the past 12 weeks we have been following the video diaries of 21-year-old Gazan Oday Basheer. US-based reporter Mark Stone first met Oday in Gaza at the end of the 11-day war in 2021. Mark and Oday stayed in touch and he has been sending over snapshots and reflections of the situation inside the territory.…
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The people in Gaza fear “the world will look the other way” from the ongoing conflict during the festive period. Reporting from Jerusalem, Nichole Johnston of Sky News says the latest airstrike in central Gaza was “very heavy” and there are some 130,000 Palestinians still in the area. “It’s been a heavy few day of…
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A 10-year-old boy fears he may never see his family again after Israeli forces arrested his father. Nassem Mohra said his father was taking him to a hospital in southern Gaza for urgent dialysis treatment when he was arrested by Israeli troops. “I am afraid to die before seeing my family and relatives, and my…
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The Israel Defence Forces have released their latest update on the crisis today. It states that IDF troops “struck a number of Hamas targets” and” directed an IAF fighter jet to eliminate a commander of Hamas”. “A number of terrorists armed with a rocket were identified near the troops, who were struck by IAF aircraft,”…
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Pope Francis has said Jesus’ message of peace was being drowned out by the “futile logic of war” in the land where he was born. Leading the world’s Roman Catholics into Christmas, the pontiff presided over a solemn Christmas Eve Mass in St Peter’s Basilica. “Tonight, our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of…
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Fourteen Israeli soldiers have been killed fighting in Gaza over the weekend, the Israeli military has said. The deaths take the number of Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) killed to 152 since its ground operation began on 20 October. Some 480 IDF personnel have died since Hamas launched its incursion on 7 October. The Hamas-run Palestinian health ministry…
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The UN Security Council has voted for a resolution to speed up aid to Gaza – but left out a call for an “urgent suspension of hostilities”. It instead includes a commitment to “create conditions for the sustainable cessation of hostilities”. Thirteen members voted in favour, while the US and Russia abstained. The vote happened…
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CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward was granted approval to visit a field hospital established by the United Arab Emirates in southern Gaza this week. This facility, a rare functioning and well-equipped place, is currently providing crucial assistance to the most serious cases among the sick and injured. Local hospitals in the area are overwhelmed,…
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Israel pressed ahead with its Gaza offensive on Sunday after a series of shootings, including of three hostages who were shirtless and waving a white flag, raised questions about its conduct in a 10-week-old war that has brought unprecedented death and destruction to the coastal enclave. Gaza remained under a communications blackout for a fourth…
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“The state of Israel is crying and mourning the deaths of our three hostages,” says Benjamin Netanyahu, who is speaking at a news conference. “It has broken my heart, it has broken the entire nation’s heart.” He says they were so close to returning home, but the distance between victory and disaster is “tiny”. The…
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Benjamin Netanyahu says his government and that of the US have differing ideas on what the end of the current war might bring in terms of the governance of Gaza. Israel enjoys US support on the international stage, but cracks are beginning to appear between the two countries on the so-called “next day”. US focus…
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The Iranian foreign minister has said Israel and the US will never be able to completely wipe out Hamas. Iran is a backer of Hamas, along with a number of other extremist militant groups in the region – including Lebanon-based Hezbollah and the Yemeni Houthis. “Israel and the United States will never be able to…
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The bodies of two hostages in Gaza have been recovered and returned to Israel, the Israel Defence Forces have said, in an operation that claimed the lives of two soldiers. “During an operation in Gaza, the bodies of the hostages Eden Zakaria and Sergeant Major Ziv Dado were recovered by IDF Special Forces and brought…
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The US president has said Israel is beginning to lose the support of the international community as the country continues its massive bombing campaign inside Gaza. At the weekend, the Israeli air force said it had carried out over 22,000 strikes in the 41km long and 10km wide enclave since the start of the conflict…
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The Palestinian foreign minister claims that Israel is weaponising food and starving Gaza deliberately – claims an Israeli official rejected as “obscene”. The UN World Food Programme has previously said half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million is starving. Israel has said it allows aid into Gaza via the Rafah crossing and announced the first…
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