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Israeli officials admit campaign to kill UNRWA funding has failed: Report

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Haaretz newspaper reports that the Israeli government has admitted defeat in its efforts to keep international funding away from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
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Israel violating international and humanitarian law with US arms: Report

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An independent American task force has informed the administration of President Joe Biden there is “compelling and credible evidence” that Israel’s use of American weapons violates a US national security memorandum demanding US arms be used in accordance with humanitarian law.
Americas

Over %50 of Americans unhappy with congress voting $61bn to Ukraine

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A total of 51% of Americans disapprove of the decision by the US House of Representatives to support President Joe Biden's $61 billion aid package for Ukraine, while only 39% think otherwise, the Daily Express US has reported, citing a poll conducted by the Washington-based Democracy Institute.
Middle East

Amnesty says Israel committing war crimes in Gaza ‘using US-made munitions’

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The executive director of Amnesty International in the US has stated their research reveals that Israeli soldiers are committing war crimes against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip "using US-made munitions".
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75 percent of Gaza’s population has been displaced: UNRWA

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The majority of those displaced in the Gaza Strip– about 1.7 million people – have been forced to flee “multiple times”, the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has reported.
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Hezbollah launches deepest attack inside Israel since outbreak of Gaza war

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The Lebanese group Hezbollah says it has launched drone attacks on Israeli bases north of the city of Acre in retaliation for the killing of one of its fighters, marking the deepest attack into Israeli-occupied territories since the Gaza war began.
Asia

High-profile North Korean delegation makes rare public visit to Iran

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North Korean officials are making a rare visit to Iran, the state-run KCNA news agency has reported. The last time officials from Pyongyang made a publicly announced trip to Tehran was in 2019.
Middle East

WFP warns half of Gaza’s population ‘starving’, food relief a ‘drop in the ocean’ of need

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The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has warned half of Gaza’s population – estimated to be some 2.3 million people – are starving as Israel keeps pounding the encircled enclave.
Middle East

ICRC expresses concern over West Bank violence

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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has drawn attention to the “recent escalation of violence in multiple areas” of the occupied West Bank, with hundreds of Palestinians having been killed.
Middle East

UN urges investigation into mass graves found at Gaza hospitals

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United Nations leaders have demanded a “clear, transparent and credible” investigation after mass graves containing the bodies of hundreds of men and women were discovered on the grounds of two major hospitals in the Gaza Strip that were previously under assault by the Israeli military.
Middle East

Hamas military spokesperson calls for continued attacks on Israel in first video message in weeks

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Abu Obaida, the spokesperson of Hamas’ military wing Al Qassam Brigades, has urged continued attacks on the Zionist regime in his first video message in nearly 2 months, marking 200 days of the Israel war on Gaza.
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Qatar rules out shutting Hamas office “as long as mediation channels continue”

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Doha is yet to decide whether it will shut Hamas’ office in Qatar's capital, as it questions both the Palestinian group and Israel’s commitment to reach a hostage-ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, the foreign ministry spokesperson has stated.
Americas

US Senate passes Ukraine, Israel funding after months-long stalemate

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The US Senate on Tuesday passed a package to provide billions in aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law after a rocky six months of political battles.
Middle East

Satellite images show Israeli soldiers gathered for Gaza escalation

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Israel looks ready to escalate its devastating war on the Gaza Strip after stationing troops and vehicles at nearby army bases and outposts just outside the enclave, according to satellite imagery obtained and assessed by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification unit.
Middle East

More bodies found in mass grave at hospital in Gaza

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Emergency workers have recovered at least 35 more bodies from a mass grave within the Nasser medical complex in southern Gaza after the Israeli army withdrew from the neighborhood earlier this month.
Middle East

At least 350 healthcare workers killed in Gaza since start of war: UN Special Rapporteur

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At least 350 healthcare workers have been killed and 520 others injured in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, when the Israel-Hamas conflict escalated, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health Tlaleng Mofokeng has stated.
Americas

US says looking into alleged Israeli human rights abuses in Gaza

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated Washington is looking into allegations of human rights abuses by Israel in its war on the besieged Gaza Strip. More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed during Israel's carnage in Gaza over the past seven months.
Middle East

Israel gave no evidence UNRWA staff linked to Hamas: Report

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Tel Aviv has not provided "any supporting evidence" to back up allegations that the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees employees are members of the armed groups that attacked Israel on 7 October, a review led by the former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna has revealed.
Middle East

US forced Israel to abandon larger-scale attack on Iran: Report

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Israeli leaders planned a “much more extensive counterstrike on Iran” after Tehran launched a drone and missile barrage on Israel last weekend, but were pressured to pare down the operation by the US and its allies, the New York Times has claimed in a report.
Middle East

Israeli opposition leader calls on Netanyahu to resign over failures to predict Hamas attack

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Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down, following the resignation of the military intelligence chief over failures to predict the Hamas military operation on October 7, 2023.
Middle East

Turkey’s president in Iraq to push for reset of bilateral ties, cooperation against PKK

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan began a rare visit to Iraq on Monday aiming to reset rocky bilateral relations with a raft of deals covering energy, trade and security cooperation against Kurdish PKK militants.
Middle East

About 85 percent of Israelis have little or no trust in government: Poll

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The public opinion poll by Israel’s Yediot Ahronoth media outlet and the Institute for Freedom and Responsibility of Reichman University suggests 85 percent of Israelis have little or no trust in their government.
Americas

Global military expenditure reaches all-time high of $2,443bn in 2023: Report

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World military expenditure increased by 6.8% in 2023 year-over-year and reached a new record high of $2,443 billion, with the three largest spenders being the US, China and Russia, according to new data published on Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Middle East

UNICEF urges halt to killing of Palestinian children

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The killing of Palestinian children “needs to stop”, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stressed.
Middle East

Majority of Israelis don’t believe victory in Gaza war imminent: survey

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A poll conducted for Israel’s Channel 13 shows 68 percent of respondents say that they do not believe in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement that Israel was “one step away from victory” in Gaza.
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