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UN general assembly votes to back Palestinian bid for membership
Assembly votes 143 to nine, with 25 abstentions, signalling Israel’s growing isolation on the world stageThe...
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Number of Palestinians fleeing Rafah rises above 150,000 amid Israeli strikes
People who have already been repeatedly displaced by war describe their plight as they seek safety...
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Israel’s isolation grows over war in Gaza and rise in settler violence
Actions of Netanyahu’s government have sparked international anger and made a long-threatened ‘diplomatic tsunami’ realIsrael is...
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Unrwa Jerusalem HQ closed after ‘Israeli extremist’ arson attack
Agency chief says compound has suffered a number of attacks with the lives of UN staff...
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More than 100,000 flee Rafah as Israel steps up strikes, says UN
Deep concern displaced people will return to rubble of former homes without ‘basic essentials necessary for...
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Rafah hospitals in danger of being overwhelmed, say Gaza doctors
Patients said to have been moved on donkey carts from evacuated hospital, in situation described as...
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US will stop supplying some weapons to Israel if it invades Rafah, Biden warns
US president publicly warns that his administration will not provide the weapons for an offensive on...
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Biden seeks to pull rank in US-Israel relationship – a trial of strength beckons
The decision to place a weapons shipment on hold sends a message to Netanyahu that the...
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Israeli forces say they have operational control of Palestinian side of Rafah crossing in Gaza
Gaza border authority confirms presence of Israel’s tanks at crossing, sole gateway between Egypt and Gaza...
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Israel under huge pressure to accept three-stage ceasefire agreed by Hamas
Benjamin Netanyahu faces chorus of diplomatic pressure not to go ahead with full-scale offensive on RafahIsrael-Gaza...
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Israeli airstrikes on Rafah begin despite mounting ceasefire pressure
Palestinians in Gaza thrown into confusion by Hamas’s acceptance of a deal, followed by Israel’s sceptical...
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Israel tells Hamas to accept ceasefire terms or risk new onslaught ‘in near future’
Netanyahu refuses demands of permanent ceasefire and also moves to shut down Al Jazeera networkSenior Israeli...
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Middle East crisis live: Hamas sends delegation to Cairo for Gaza ceasefire talks
Hamas and US CIA officials will meet Egyptian mediators on Saturday, according to an Egyptian security...
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Turkey stops all trade with Israel over ‘humanitarian tragedy’ in Gaza
Israeli foreign minister strongly criticises decision by President Erdoğan, accusing him of acting like a ‘dictator’Turkey...
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Israel under pressure to let more aid into Gaza as hostage talks continue
Antony Blinken holds two-hour meeting with Netanyahu while Hamas considers ceasefire proposalIsrael’s leaders were under renewed...
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Colombian president says government will sever Israel ties over Gaza ‘genocide’
Gustavo Petro tells May Day rally ‘if Palestine dies, humanity dies’, as Israeli foreign minister accuses...
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Saudis push for ‘plan B’ that excludes Israel from key deal with US
Riyadh seeks more modest agreement with Washington in absence of Gaza ceasefire and Netanyahu resistance to...
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Middle East crisis live: Hamas ‘seeking more clarity on terms of ceasefire deal’
Egyptian official says group wants clear terms allowing displaced people to return to the north of...
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US finds Israeli units committed human rights abuses before Gaza war
State department says five units mostly from IDF but including at least one police unit responsible...
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Antony Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia to try to restart Gaza ceasefire talks
US secretary of state to discuss avoiding regional conflictAntony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia to...
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‘We are showing the world what people do’: grim relics of Hamas attack go on display in New York
Tents, debris and personal items from the Nova festival, where 364 people died on 7 October,...
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‘Everyone knows something’s going to happen’: fears of a new war on Israel’s border with Lebanon
As hostilities ramp up, Israelis evacuated from the country’s north say Hezbollah must be pushed back...
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Israel thought to be preparing to send troops into Rafah
Two reservists brigades mobilised for Gaza missions while rows of tents put up in Khan YounisIsrael...
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UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals
Spokesperson says some bodies allegedly had their hands tied while others were bound and strippedThe UN...