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The Israeli military said Tuesday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that started the war in Gaza, as U.S. and Arab mediators tried to advance an agreement to halt the fighting and release scores of other militant-held captives. The military said its forces recovered the bodies in an…
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Some hostages were killed during Israel’s rescue operation, the armed wing of Hamas has claimed. In a post on Telegram, al Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Ubaida said: “The enemy was able, by committing horrific massacres, to free some of its prisoners, but at the same time it killed some of them during the operation.” He…
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Qatar said on Tuesday it delivered an Israeli proposal to Hamas that reflected the positions stated by U.S. President Joe Biden, adding that the paper was now much closer to the positions of both sides. Qatar, which has been mediating on Gaza between Israel and Hamas, also stressed that there should be a clear position…
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Hamas cannot agree to any deal unless Israel makes a “clear” commitment to a permanent ceasefire and a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, a senior official from the Palestinian militant group said on Tuesday. Qatar, which alongside the United States and Egypt has been mediating talks between Hamas and Israel, has also urged Israel…
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Tuesday called on the U.S. administration and the international community to put pressure on Israel to stop the storming of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Hamas said in a statement the attack is “a dangerous escalation against a civilian facility protected by international law, aiming to exacerbate the…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Jordan on Tuesday on the second leg of a regional tour for talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Blinken is expected to meet with King Abdullah II and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi during his visit, according to an Anadolu reporter. The chief diplomat…
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The Palestinian Civil Defense service on Tuesday said more than 10,000 people are still missing under the rubble across the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli onslaught against Gaza on Oct. 7. “We estimate that there are over 10,000 missing people under the rubble of hundreds of destroyed homes since the start of…
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US officials are continuing their silence on the apparent Israeli attack on Iran overnight. In a news conference just now, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked whether this is part of a strategy to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East. She said she has “nothing to share” and was “not going to speculate…
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The US Secretary of State has accused Hamas of blocking a ceasefire in Gaza and being more interested in a regional conflict than in helping the Palestinian people. Antony Blinken said in Capri: “The only thing standing between the Gazan people and a ceasefire is Hamas.” He added: “It’s rejected generous proposals from Israel. “It…
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Leaders of G7 nations on Sunday condemned Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel and called for “restraint” from all sides. “We unanimously condemned Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel”, European Council President Charles Michel wrote on X, formerly Twitter, following video talks. “We will continue all our efforts to work towards de-escalation. Ending the crisis in Gaza…
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Iran’s attack on Israel was a “declaration of war”, Israel’s president has told Sky News. Isaac Herzog said it was “about time the world faces this empire of evil in Tehran”. World leaders need to “make it clear” to the Iranian regime that its behaviour is “unacceptable”, Mr Herzog added. “We should be looking lucidly…
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The Israel Defence Forces has confirmed it killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s three sons. “Earlier today, air force aircraft attacked three military operatives of the terrorist organisation Hamas on their way to carry out terrorist activities in the central area of the Gaza Strip,” a spokesman said. “The three activists who were attacked are Amir…
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As a prominent member of the movement that became Hamas in the late 1980s, Ismail Haniyeh is widely considered the group’s overall leader. He was imprisoned in 1989 as part of the Israeli response to the first Palestinian uprising and then spent time in the “no man’s land” between Israel and Lebanon in 1992. Once…
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Joe Biden disagrees with Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza and has called it a “mistake”. “I think what he’s doing is a mistake. I don’t agree with his approach,” the US president told Univision, a US Spanish-language TV network, in an interview filmed last Wednesday. It’s not the first time Mr Biden…
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World Central Kitchen (WCK) founder José Andrés has accused Israeli forces in Gaza of targeting his aid workers “systematically, car by car”. Monday’s strike which killed seven members of his staff was not a mistake, he said, repeating that Israeli forces had been told of their movements. WCK workers from Australia, Canada, Poland, the UK…
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Israel has recalled its negotiators from Doha after deeming mediated talks on a Gaza truce “at a dead end” due to demands by Hamas, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday. The official, who is close to the Mossad spymaster heading up the talks, accused Hamas’ Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar of sabotaging the diplomacy “as…
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