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Israel amassed enough troops to launch incursion into Gaza’s Rafah: US

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The US has assessed that Israel has amassed enough soldiers on the edge of the southern Gaza city of Rafah for a large-scale military offensive in the coming days, CNN has reported.
Americas

Vast majority of US campus pro-Palestine demonstrations peaceful, police bias towards Israel: Study

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The NGO Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) has examined 553 campus protests in the US focused on the war in Gaza and found that the vast majority of them - 97% - did not include violence or property damage.
Middle East

UN worker killed in Israeli attack on Gaza’s Rafah

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The Israeli Army killed an Indian staff member working with the UN and wounded another in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
Middle East

President: Over 1,000 Hamas members under treatment in Turkey

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated he does not see Hamas as a "terrorist organization" but as a "resistance organization" and that "more than 1,000 Hamas members are currently under treatment" in Turkish hospitals.
Foreign Policy

Iran: Nakba Day reminder of bloody era of genocide, massacre, displacement, occupation against Palestinians

IFP Editorial Staff -
The Iranian Foreign Ministry, in a statement on the anniversary of the Nakba Day or the Day of Catastrophe when Israel came to existence, said the fake Zionist regime, which is the clear symbol of official organized terrorism in the world, adds a new disgraceful page to its thick ledger of international crimes every time.
Middle East

US top diplomat believes Israel’s ‘total victory’ over Hamas not ‘likely or possible

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A top Biden Administration official has stated the United States does not believe Israel’s “total victory” over the Palestinian group Hamas is “likely or possible".
Americas

US army officer resigns, protesting support for Israel’s Gaza ‘ethnic cleansing’

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A US army officer has publicly resigned from the Department of Defence in protest against the Joe Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip which has so far killed more than 35,000 people.
Middle East

Hezbollah chief: 1,500 Israeli soldiers killed since start of Gaza war

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Secretary General of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah says some 1,500 Israeli soldiers have been killed since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Israel’s security head admits failure to prevent Hamas attack

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The chief of Israel’s Shin Bet domestic security agency, Ronen Bar, has admitted failure to prevent the Oct. 7 Hamas military operation inside the occupied territories.
Middle East

360,000 Palestinians left Gaza’s Rafah due to Israeli attacks: UN

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The number of Palestinians who were forced to leave Rafah in southern Gaza Strip due to strikes by Israeli soldiers rose to 360,000, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees reported on Monday.
Americas

US senator calls on Israel to bomb Gaza like Hiroshima

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Israel must do whatever needs to be done to win its “existential” war with Hamas, just like the US was “justified” to drop nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has stated.
Middle East

Hamas criticizes Biden for linking Gaza cease-fire to captive swap

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Hamas slammed US President Joe Biden for linking a Gaza cease-fire to the release of Israelis held hostages by the Palestinian group.
Middle East

Egypt says to support South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel

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Egypt will intervene to support South Africa's genocide case filed against Israel before the International Court of Justice for the Gaza carnage, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday.
Americas

US says no ‘red lines’ for Israel but warns against Rafah invasion

IFP Media Wire -
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated there are no "red lines" that would prompt Washington to cease backing Tel Aviv in its war with Hamas but warned the Israeli army against launching a full-scale ground offensive against the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Middle East

UN estimates about 300k people fled Gaza’s Rafah

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has reported it estimated that about 300,000 people have fled Rafah in the Gaza Strip ahead of a potential full-scale Israeli invasion.
Europe

UK says opposes Rafah invasion but won’t halt arms sales to Israel

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UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has stated he does not support Israel's plan for a full-scale offensive in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, but also opposes the idea of ending weapons sales to Tel Aviv.
Middle East

Gaza death toll surges past 35,000 amid Israeli onslaught

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The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip has surged since last October to 35,034 people, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave reported on Sunday.
Americas

Majority of US college students back pro-Palestine campus demonstrations: Survey

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A new opinion poll has shown that the majority of US college students support pro-Palestine protests on campuses across the country as Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip continues to rage for over seven months.
Middle East

Netanyahu would make Hitler jealous with his ‘genocidal methods’: Erdogan

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached a level with the genocidal methods he has put forward that would even make Hitler jealous.
Middle East

10,000 bodies trapped under rubble in Gaza Strip: Report

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There are an estimated 10,000 bodies trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israel's seven-month bombing campaign on the besieged enclave, the spokesman for the Civil Defense in Gaza told CNN on Saturday.
Middle East

Israelis take to streets demanding captive swap deal, Netanyahu resignation; several detained

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Thousands of people protested in several cities across the occupied Palestinian territories on Saturday, demanding a hostage swap agreement with Palestinian group Hamas and early elections.
Middle East

Hamas says a captive died of wounds sustained in Israeli raid

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Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, has claimed British-Israeli captive Nadav Popplewell died of wounds sustained in an Israeli air strike a month ago.
Middle East

Israel orders Palestinians to evacuate more areas in Gaza Strip

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The Israeli military issued on Saturday more evacuation orders for various areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, where it has waged a war since last October.
Middle East

More bodies recovered from Gaza mass graves

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The bodies of 80 Palestinians have been unearthed from three mass graves at Gaza's al-Shifa hospital, with dozens more discovered in the medical facility itself, the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry reported Saturday.
Americas

US report shows possible Israeli violations of intl. law in Gaza war

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A report from the administration of US President Joe Biden has found that Israeli soldiers likely used US-supplied arms in a manner “inconsistent” with international law, but it stopped short of identifying violations that would put an end to the ongoing military aid.
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