Gaza
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World
Biden Sharpens Criticism of Israel, Calling Gaza Response ‘Over the Top’
“There are a lot of innocent people who are in trouble and dying,” the president said in a session with reporters. “And it’s got to stop.”
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World
Biden Calls Israel’s Response in Gaza ‘Over the Top’
President Biden criticized Israel’s response in the Gaza Strip as “over the top” on Thursday, while defending U.S. efforts to broker a cease-fire and increase the amount of humanitarian aid reaching the territory. In remarks that were overshadowed by ...
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World
Netanyahu says Israeli forces will soon enter Rafah.
Israel’s prime minister said the military would soon go into to an area of Gaza near the border with Egypt where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have fled, something the United Nations has said would be catastrophic. Gazan health ...
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World
Netanyahu Spurns Hamas Offer for Gaza Cease-Fire
The Israeli prime minister said that the proposed deal would leave Israel vulnerable to attack and that its forces were preparing to expand their operations.
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News
Looming Starvation in Gaza Shows Resurgence of Civilian Sieges in Warfare
A U.N.-affiliated panel said the territory could tip into famine very soon. International laws to protect people from human-made famines offer little help.
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News
What Happens When There Is No Food: Experts Say Severe Malnutrition Could Set in Swiftly in Gaza
Nutrition experts say the progression from hunger to severe malnutrition can be rapid, especially in children.
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World
Inspections, Bottlenecks and Safety Concerns Hinder Gaza Aid
Obstacles at two border crossings are exacerbating a growing humanitarian crisis, according to two U.S. senators and officials with the U.N. and other groups.
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World
Blinken Meets With el-Sisi in Egypt to Discuss Plight of Palestinians in Gaza
Antony J. Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, met on Thursday with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt in Cairo to discuss the dire situation of Palestinian civilians in the Israel-Hamas war and what will happen in Gaza when the conflict ends ...
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World
Hamas says hostages won’t go home alive as long as Israeli forces remain in Gaza.
Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip “will not be returned alive” unless Israeli forces leave, a Hamas spokesman said on Wednesday, highlighting the predicament facing the Israeli government: It has vowed to free the hostages, and to pursue the ...
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Newyork
Hamas Turned My City Into a Ghost Town, but We Will Recover
Until the morning of Oct. 7, the town of Sderot in southern Israel was a parable of hope and success. Less than a mile from the Gaza border, it emerged a few years after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war as a haven for Jewish refugees fleeing antisemitic ...