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Middle East crisis live: Egypt ‘setting up contingency area’ in case of Rafah exodus
Country denied move but has warned that Israel’s offensive could push Palestinians into SinaiSee all of...
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Pressure builds on Israel to ditch Rafah offensive as ministers gather in Munich
US secretary of state and foreign ministers from UK, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar and Jordan join...
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Israeli troops launch raid on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza
Staff say one person killed and eight injured in attack as UN aid chief warns Rafah...
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Middle East crisis: MSF says ‘medical staff have had to flee’ Gaza’s Nasser hospital following Israeli military intervention – as it happened
Médecins Sans Frontières says staff forced to evacuate, ‘leaving patients behind’ after special forces entered the...
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Middle East crisis, Ukraine and far right combine to disrupt Berlin film festival
Jury president Lupita Nyong’o and colleagues were involved in a heated press conference opening a film...
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Middle East crisis live: Hamas delegation heads to Cairo after Israeli negotiators leave amid inconclusive ceasefire talks
Talks aimed at agreeing Gaza truce with Hamas come as calls grow for Israel to call...
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Israel in breach of international law if it denies Gaza food and water, says UK foreign secretary
David Cameron issues stark warning and implies UK will not back a Rafah offensiveMiddle East crisis...
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Officials say progress being made on Gaza ceasefire talks
US national security spokesperson says talks in Cairo ‘constructive and moving in right direction’ Middle East...
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Houthis strike Iran-bound grain ship in first Red Sea attack in six days
Militants fired missiles at Greek-owned ship, says US military, in strike that raises questions over who...
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Middle East crisis live: ‘key elements’ of Gaza ceasefire deal on the table, says Biden, amid push to prevent Rafah offensive
US president says ‘gaps remain’ in truce agreement and that planned Israeli operation in Rafah should...
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Biden joins international calls for Israel to halt planned Rafah offensive
Politicians say Palestinians sheltering in the southern city in Gaza have nowhere else to goSee all...
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Open letter criticising PEN America’s stance on Israel-Gaza war reaches 500 signatories
Writers including Roxane Gay have called on the organisation to ‘wake up from its silent, tepid,...
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Thin, pale, but happy: freed Israeli hostages reunited with family
Fernando Simon Marman and Louis Har’s family say they did not know about rescue before being...
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Middle East crisis live: EU foreign policy chief ‘extraordinarily concerned’ about Israel’s planned Rafah offensive
Josep Borrell says he is happy two hostages are free but expresses concern over new military...
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Two Israeli hostages freed in Rafah, says IDF, as Palestinians report dozens of deaths
Israel’s defence forces say hostages were freed during a special raid in Rafah as residents say...
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Australia warns Israel’s plans for Rafah ground offensive could have ‘devastating consequences’
Failure to ensure special care for more than 1 million civilians in the area would ‘cause...
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Netanyahu reiterates intent to press on with ground offensive on Rafah
Israeli PM brushes aside warnings that assault on Gaza’s southernmost town would be a ‘human catastrophe’...
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Biden warns Netanyahu against Rafah operation without ‘credible’ safety plan
UN officials and Biden have said an offensive in city, where about 1.3 million Palestinians are...
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Cousin of Hind Rajab, 6, haunted by her last call after family car shot at in Gaza
Mohammed Hamada says he is devastated by death of Palestinian girl and relatives, whose bodies have...
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Middle East crisis live: International warnings mount ahead of planned Rafah offensive
Netanyahu promises ‘safe passage’ to displaced civilians amid increasing alarm over the fate of more than...
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‘Hamas have held my son hostage for nine years’: father of detained Israeli Bedouin speaks out
Sha’ban al-Sayed, whose mentally ill civilian son entered Gaza in 2015, says he has found allyship...
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‘I’m so scared, please come’: Hind Rajab, six, found dead in Gaza 12 days after cry for help
Girl who pleaded with Red Crescent to rescue her found dead along with several relatives and...
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Dozens killed in Rafah airstrikes as full-scale Israeli ground offensive looms
More than a million civilians sheltering in Gaza’s last place of relative safety brace for all-out...
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Biden urged to include politicians in sanctions on violent Israeli settlers
Human rights groups also want to see executive order used to stop US groups from donating...