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Hamas studying new Israeli truce proposal as mediators seek to revive talks: JERUSALEM: Hamas said it was studying on Saturday (Apr 27) the latest Israeli ...
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Hamas studying new Israeli truce proposal as mediators seek to revive ...
Quick Glance: Israeli Forces Ready to Conquer Rafah in Gaza, Awaiting Government Approval
  • The Israel Defense Forces have completed all necessary preparations to capture the southernmost city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip and can initiate an operation once they receive government authorization, as stated by a senior Israeli defense official.

  • This official informed Reuters that Israel is planning to take control of Rafah, considered the final Hamas stronghold in Gaza, evacuate Palestinian civilians from the area, and launch an assault against Hamas fighters.

  • According to a spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, Israel is progressing with a ground operation without specifying a timeline for the action.

  • Various Israeli reports indicated that top Israeli security officials traveled to Egypt on Wednesday to coordinate the planned offensive in Rafah.
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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Israel blasts Gaza as student protests grow: Student protests calling on Israel to end war on Gaza spread internationally as ground ...
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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Israel blasts Gaza as student protests grow
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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Hamas tells world ceasefire a must for any deal: Letter signed by major world powers does not address basic issues facing Palestinians ...
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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Hamas tells world ceasefire a must for any deal
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War in Gaza: 18 countries urge Hamas to free hostages: All the latest developments from the Israel Hamas war.
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War in Gaza: 18 countries urge Hamas to free hostages
Quick Glance: Hamas Official Proposes Disarming for Two-State Solution
  • Hamas is open to a five-year truce with Israel and conversion to a political party if a Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders, a significant concession by the group committed to Israel’s destruction.

  • Al-Hayya expressed Hamas' willingness to join the Palestine Liberation Organization and dissolve its military wing if a sovereign Palestinian state is formed in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Across the Western world, public opinion on Palestine is finally shifting: The brutality of Israel’s war on Gaza has opened Western eyes to the suffering of the ...
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Across the Western world, public opinion on Palestine is finally shifting
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Former hostage reveals Hamas terrorist demanded marriage, she stay in Gaza: Hamas terrorists reunited Noga Weiss with her mother so that they could ask her ...
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Former hostage reveals Hamas terrorist demanded marriage, she stay in Gaza
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Egypt takes key role in renewed diplomatic push for truce in Gaza: CAIRO: A high-level Egyptian delegation was in Israel for talks on Friday amid a new ...
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Egypt takes key role in renewed diplomatic push for truce in Gaza
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Palestinian Photographer Motaz Azaiza Makes TIME’s 100 Most Influential List:  Motaz Azaiza, a 25-year-old photographer from Gaza, has been named one of the ...
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Palestinian Photographer Motaz Azaiza Makes TIME’s 100 Most Influential ...
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Why Gaza Protests on U.S. College Campuses Have Become So Contagious: Experts say the partisan political context in Washington is a driver behind the spread of ...
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Why Gaza Protests on U.S. College Campuses Have Become So Contagious
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‘In Opposition to Gaza Policy’ – US State Department Spokesperson Resigns: The Arabic-speaking spokesperson of the US State Department resigned ...
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‘In Opposition to Gaza Policy’ – US State Department Spokesperson Resigns
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that any rulings issued by the International Criminal Court would not affect Israel’s actions but would “set a ... Show more
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Hamas Studying Latest Israeli Ceasefire Counterproposal: AFP: Hamas said it’s looking over the latest counterproposal by Israel on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip ...
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Hamas Studying Latest Israeli Ceasefire Counterproposal: AFP
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Why this campus turmoil story is so complex: The nuance and history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains difficult to capture succinctly ...
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Why this campus turmoil story is so complex
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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Hamas tells world ceasefire a must for any deal: Letter signed by major world powers does not address basic issues facing Palestinians ...
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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Hamas tells world ceasefire a must for any deal
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'We Are Alive, But We Are Not OK': Gaza Doctors Detail Horrific Toll of Israeli Assault
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'We Are Alive, But We Are Not OK': Gaza Doctors Detail Horrific Toll of ...
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How college protests against war in Gaza compare to demonstrations of the past: As protests of Israel’s war in Gaza spread to campuses across the country ...
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How college protests against war in Gaza compare to demonstrations of the ...
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UN official says it could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza: The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel’s devastating war in the ...
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UN official says it could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza
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Aviya Genut, 22: Coffee addict was ‘a ray of sunshine’: Murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7
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Aviya Genut, 22: Coffee addict was ‘a ray of sunshine’
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Egyptian delegation arrives in Israel to revive deadlocked ceasefire and hostage talks
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Egyptian delegation arrives in Israel to revive deadlocked ceasefire and ...
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UN calls to preserve forensic evidence of Gaza mass graves: The United Nations has emphasized the importance of preserving evidence on mass graves in Gaza ...
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UN calls to preserve forensic evidence of Gaza mass graves
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White House unbowed on support for Israel despite growing frustration from progressives and unrest on campuses
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White House unbowed on support for Israel despite growing frustration from ...
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Jewish students are no longer safe at Columbia University: Fellow students proudly tell me they're 'with Hamas.' A Pro-Palestinian protester near campus pinned ...
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Jewish students are no longer safe at Columbia University
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Almost 400 bodies have been found in mass grave in Gaza hospital, says Palestinian Civil Defense
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Almost 400 bodies have been found in mass grave in Gaza hospital ...
Quick Glance: UN Calls for Investigation into Mass Graves at Two Gaza Hospitals
  • The United Nations called for a thorough and transparent investigation into the mass graves at two major hospitals in Gaza that were searched by Israeli troops.

  • It was emphasized that investigators must have access to the sites, and a greater number of journalists should be able to work safely in Gaza to report on the facts.

  • Some of the bodies belonged to individuals killed during the hospital siege, while others were victims when Israeli forces raided the hospital.

  • The discovery of the graves highlights the urgency of a ceasefire, the end of the conflict, improved access for humanitarian aid, the protection of hospitals, and the release of Israeli hostages.
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Israelis feel the war is winding down. Gazans say it's still hell on earth: Most Israeli army units have left Gaza, but still there are reports of dozens of ...
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Israelis feel the war is winding down. Gazans say it's still hell on earth
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‘Demand Safe Passage’ – Gaza Freedom Flotilla Ready to Set Sail : Organizers of the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza say all technical and crewing requirements have been ...
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‘Demand Safe Passage’ – Gaza Freedom Flotilla Ready to Set Sail 
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After US, French students defy police for pro-Palestinian demo: A group of students at one of France's most prestigious universities defied police Friday to ...
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After US, French students defy police for pro-Palestinian demo
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‘Only Talk with Bombs’ – Smotrich Urges Mossad to Eliminate Hamas Leaders: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urges Mossad to “eliminate” Hamas leaders ...
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‘Only Talk with Bombs’ – Smotrich Urges Mossad to Eliminate Hamas Leaders
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Countries are reinstating funds for UNRWA — but not the United States: The United States has prohibited funding for the humanitarian organization for a year.
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Countries are reinstating funds for UNRWA — but not the United States
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State Department reviewing plans to sanction IDF unit: Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been under extensive pressure from the Israeli government ...
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State Department reviewing plans to sanction IDF unit
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Evidence of torture as nearly 400 bodies found in Gaza mass graves: Some victims found at two hospitals were ‘buried alive’ while others were ‘executed’ by the ...
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Evidence of torture as nearly 400 bodies found in Gaza mass graves
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Israeli Strikes Kill Scores of Palestinians in Gaza – Genocide Continues: Scores of Palestinians were killed and others were wounded in Israeli strikes targeting ...
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Israeli Strikes Kill Scores of Palestinians in Gaza – Genocide Continues
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Why Colleges Are Rejecting Protester Calls to Divest From Israel: A cause celebre is ringing out across Harvard Yard, Columbia’s South Lawn ...
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Why Colleges Are Rejecting Protester Calls to Divest From Israel
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Bodies Recovered at Mass Graves in Nasser Hospital Bear Signs of Torture, Mutilation & Execution
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Bodies Recovered at Mass Graves in Nasser Hospital Bear Signs of Torture ...
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Israeli assault on Rafah would bring ‘disaster’ to Middle East, aid group warns: An Israeli assault on southern Gaza’s Rafah area would spell disaster for ...
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Israeli assault on Rafah would bring ‘disaster’ to Middle East ...
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Gaza, broken promises and the need for change: What people care about ahead of the local elections
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Gaza, broken promises and the need for change: What people care about ...
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Bernie Sanders to Netanyahu: 'It Is Not Antisemitic to Hold You Accountable': "Please, do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to ...
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Bernie Sanders to Netanyahu: 'It Is Not Antisemitic to Hold You ...
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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Mass graves show evidence of torture, executions: Palestinian Civil Defence pledges to cooperate with an independent investigation ...
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Israel’s war on Gaza live: Mass graves show evidence of torture ...
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Recognition of Palestinian statehood is not the panacea it’s made out to be: A symbolic political act cannot put an end to Israeli crimes or grant Palestinians ...
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Recognition of Palestinian statehood is not the panacea it’s made out to ...
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282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in Gaza: UN report
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282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in ...
Quick Glance: Over 280 Million People Worldwide Affected by Severe Hunger
  • Nearly 282 million individuals across various countries faced acute hunger in 2023, with the war-torn Gaza Strip having the highest number of people experiencing famine.

  • The United Nations report revealed that 24 million more people were dealing with acute food shortages compared to 2022, primarily due to a significant decline in food security, especially in Gaza and Sudan.

  • Of those on the brink of famine - 577,000 individuals - over 80% were located in Gaza, while numerous others in nations like South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Somalia, and Mali were also enduring extreme hunger.

  • UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres labeled the report as 'a reckoning of human failure' and emphasized the need for an urgent response to address the root causes of acute hunger and malnutrition, as well as overhaul food supply systems.