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Blinken hopes for progress on Gaza at UN Security Council
Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced guarded hope Wednesday that the United States would be able to support a new…
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Israel pounds shattered Gaza as Houthis vow more Red Sea attacks
Israel kept pounding the shattered Gaza Strip on Tuesday while Yemen’s pro-Palestinian Houthi movement vowed to defy a US-led naval mission and…
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Islamic Jihad releases video of two Israeli hostages pleading for release
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, released a video of two male Israeli…
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Hamas chief to hold crucial talks in Egypt for Gaza ceasefire, prisoner exchange
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh is set to visit Egypt Wednesday for talks on a ceasefire in Gaza and a prisoner exchange with Israel, a…
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Qatar prime minister, Mossad, CIA chiefs discuss steps to free Hamas hostages
A meeting of Qatar’s premier and the heads of the Israeli Mossad spy agency and US Central Intelligence Agency on…
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Houthis warn ‘any country’ that acts against them will be hit in Red Sea
A top Houthi official on Tuesday warned that any country that acts against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia will have its…
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UK foreign minister urges Israel to take more ‘surgical’ approach to Hamas
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Tuesday urged Israel to take a “much more surgical, clinical and targeted approach” in dealing with Hamas.…
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Israeli army says investigating deaths of Gaza detainees
The Israeli army said Tuesday it is investigating the deaths of detainees who were arrested in military operations across the Gaza…
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Gaza crisis is ‘moral failure’: ICRC chief
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Tuesday deplored the conflict in Gaza as a “moral…
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Israel signals readiness for new temporary truce in Gaza as pressure mounts
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has said his country is willing to agree a new temporary truce with Hamas in Gaza…
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