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Netanyahu, Who Clashed With Biden, Prepares for a Delicate Farewell
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is unlikely to immediately change his approach to the Gaza war following President Biden’s decision to stand aside, even if he may privately welcome the president’s departure from the race, analysts said ...
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Hamas Official: ‘We’re Not Obstinate’ in Peace Talks on Gaza
Husam Badran said the militant group would give up civilian control in the territory, but would not disband its military wing.
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Many in Gaza City Ignore Israeli Military’s Calls to Evacuate
Some civilians are fatigued by their repeated displacements, while others say there is no point in going to other areas that may be just as dangerous.
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Fighting Isn’t the Only Killer of Gazans Amid the War, Researchers Say
Gazan health officials say that more than 38,000 people have been killed in nine months of fighting between Israel and Hamas, but researchers are also studying how many people have died as an indirect result of the conflict. Scientists say that this ...
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Doctors Without Borders closes its last facility in north Gaza, and other news.
Doctors Without Borders temporarily closed its last health facility in north Gaza after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order for parts of Gaza City and the area came under heavy fire, the organization said on Wednesday evening. It said the ...
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U.S. Will Allow Delivery of 500-pound Bombs to Israel, an Official Says
The United States plans to authorize part of a weapons shipment to Israel that it had withheld in the spring over concerns about civilian casualties in Gaza, a U.S. official said on Thursday. The official, who declined to be named because of the ...
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‘We Want Our Real Lives Back’: For Gazans, Egypt Is Safe, but It’s Not Home
In Gaza, they owned olive trees, flower gardens, factories, stores and homes they had built and tended for decades. They had memories bound up in family photos, in knickknacks, in embroidered shawls. They had cars to drive, classes to attend, the ...
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Cigarette Smuggling in Gaza Turns Aid Trucks Into Targets
A new problem is bedeviling humanitarian aid convoys attempting to deliver relief to hungry Gazans: attacks by organized crowds seeking not the flour and medicine that trucks are carrying, but cigarettes smuggled inside the shipments. In tightly ...
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Labour Loses Votes in Muslim Areas Over Its Gaza Policy
The Labour Party has long been a natural home for most of Britain’s Muslim voters, but it has faced pushback over the war in Gaza. As the results of the election became clear, there was evidence the party had lost votes in areas with large Muslim ...
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Repeated Evacuation Orders Take Toll on Already Weakened Gazans
An evacuation order by the Israeli military this week covering roughly a third of the Gaza Strip came as people there are less and less equipped to handle repeated forced displacements, after nearly nine months of war that have left tens of thousands ...