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Thousands Flee in Gaza as Israel Orders More Evacuations
The Israeli military says its campaign will soon become less intense, but Palestinians were once again racing to escape the fighting in southern Gaza, including Khan Younis.
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Release of Al-Shifa Hospital’s Director Sets Off Uproar Across Israel
The release on Monday of the director of Gaza’s largest hospital, who was held in Israeli detention for more than seven months without charges, was welcomed by Palestinian and rights groups but set off an uproar across the Israeli political spectrum ...
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They Returned to Northern Gaza, Only to Be Ordered to Evacuate Again
Early in the war against Hamas, as Israeli forces made their way from the north of the Gaza Strip toward the south, a neighborhood in Gaza City called Shajaiye loomed large in the battle. In December, nine soldiers were killed there on what Israel’s ...
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Critically Ill Children Allowed to Leave Gaza for First Time Since May
Israel and Egypt agreed to allow at least 19 sick children, most of them cancer patients, to leave Gaza for medical treatment on Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said, in the first major evacuation of critically ill Gazans since the Rafah ...
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‘Now There’s Barely Anything’: Gazans Describe Life on the Verge of Famine
A panel of global hunger experts warned this week that the Gaza Strip was on the brink of famine, but to many Gazans, it feels as if it is already here. “I swear our stomachs are decaying,” said Eman Abu Jaljum, 23, whose family in northern Gaza has ...
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La ONU presiona a Israel para que proteja a los trabajadores humanitarios en Gaza
Un funcionario de la ONU pidió a Israel colaborar con más protección para los trabajadores de los grupos de ayuda, mientras expertos advierten de que Gaza corre un alto riesgo de hambruna.
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A U.N. official called on Israel to offer more protection for aid workers, as hunger experts warned that Gaza was at high risk of famine.
United Nations aid agencies have been demanding that the Israeli authorities do more to protect aid workers in the Gaza Strip and ensure that assistance reaches those who need it, Stéphane Dujarric, a U.N. spokesman, said on Tuesday. The agencies are ...
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Strike Kills Sister of Hamas’s Political Leader
A strike in the northern Gaza Strip killed a sister of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, and her family on Tuesday, the armed group and a Gazan rescue official said. Hamas confirmed the death of Mr. Haniyeh’s sister, Zaher Haniyeh, in a ...
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4 Scenarios for Next Phase in Gaza War, With ‘Intense’ Fighting Set to End
Israel’s prime minister says the war in the Gaza Strip will soon enter a new phase. “The intense stage of the war with Hamas is about to end,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a television interview on Sunday. “This does not mean that the ...
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Hamas Skimmed $1 Billion in U.N. Aid for Weapons and Tunnels, Suit Says
About 100 Israelis sued the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, saying it pays local employees in dollars that buoy the terrorist group. But the case faces high legal hurdles.