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Rafah is a dusty, rubble-strewn ghost town 2 months after Israel invaded to root out Hamas
Two months ago, before Israeli troops invaded Rafah, the city sheltered most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people. Today it is a dust-covered ghost town.
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Hamas clears the way for a possible cease-fire after dropping key demand, officials say
A Hamas official and an Egyptian official say Hamas has given initial approval for a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire deal in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel give an up-front commitment for a complete end to the war.
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Gaza soccer stadium is now a shelter for thousands of displaced Palestinians
Hundreds of thousands of people have remained in northern Gaza, even as Israeli troops have surrounded and largely isolated it
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Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements
It’s the latest effort by Israel’s hard-line government to beef up the settlements as part of a strategy to cement Israel’s control over the West Bank and prevent a future Palestinian state.
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Mother of Israeli hostage Noa Argamani dies weeks after daughter's rescue
The mother of Noa Argamani has died of brain cancer just over three weeks after her daughter was rescued from Gaza. Argamani became a symbol of Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7.
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Israel releases director of hospital it says was used as a Hamas base. He alleges abuse in custody
Israel has released the director of Gaza’s main hospital after holding him for seven months without charge or trial over allegations the facility had been used as a Hamas command center.
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Protests turn violent in Jerusalem as Ultra-Orthodox resist order to enlist in Israeli military
Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men have clashed with Israeli police in central Jerusalem during a protest against a Supreme Court order for them to begin enlisting for military service.
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Israelis' lawsuit says UN agency helps Hamas by paying Gaza staff in dollars
Israel invaded Gaza after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, in which militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted about 250.
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Parents of Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin say why they wanted video of abduction released
Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg spoke to NBC News hours before a new video was released showing Hamas abducting their son from a music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7.
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Netanyahu says he won't agree to a deal that ends the war in Gaza, testing the latest truce proposal
Netanyahu says Israel is still committed to destroying Hamas’ military and governing capabilities, and ensuring it can never again carry out an Oct. 7-style assault.
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Person with spiked post arrested in clash outside Los Angeles synagogue
A person carrying a spiked post was arrested Sunday when groups of Palestinian and Israeli supporters groups clashed at a protest outside a Los Angeles synagogue.
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US military leader warns Israel of military offensive in Lebanon, saying it could trigger broader war
The top U.S. military officer says that an Israeli military offensive into Lebanon will risk an Iranian response in defense of Hezbollah, triggering a broader war that could put U.S. forces in danger.
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Democrats wrestle with whether to attend Netanyahu's address to Congress as many plan to boycott
The last time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress, nearly 60 Democrats skipped his speech nine years ago. To them, it was a slap in the face to then-President Barack Obama as he negotiated a nuclear deal with Iran. With Netanyahu scheduled to address U.S. lawmakers on July 24, the number of absences is likely to be...
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At least 39 people killed in Israeli strikes across northern Gaza, officials say
The deaths come a day after at least 25 people were killed in strikes on tent camps and 50 wounded near the southern city of Rafah.
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Israeli strikes on tent camps near Rafah kill at least 25 and wound 50, officials say
Israeli forces shelled tent camps for displaced Palestinians outside Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding another 50, according to the territory’s health officials and emergency workers.
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Netanyahu dissolves influential war Cabinet after key partner bolted from government
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the influential war Cabinet that has overseen the fighting in Gaza.
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Israeli military announces ‘tactical pause' in Rafah area to allow increased human aid deliveries
The Israeli military has announced a “tactical pause” in its offensive in the southern Gaza Strip to allow the deliveries of increased quantities of humanitarian aid.
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UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
The U.N. Security Council has approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
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Australia PM urges activists to ‘turn the heat down' after US Consulate vandalized over Gaza war
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged activists on both sides of the Israel-Palestinian debate to “turn the heat down” after the U.S. Consulate in Sydney was vandalized.
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UN food agency pauses aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns after 2 warehouses ‘rocketed'
The director of the U.N. World Food Program says the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza out of concern for the safety of its workers. WFP head Cindy McCain spoke a day after a successful Israeli military raid to free four hostages left at least 274 Palestinians and one Israeli commando dead....