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Syrian defence minister rejects Kurdish-led SDF’s proposal for own military bloc

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Syria’s new defence minister Murhaf Abu Qasra has stated it would not be right for US-backed Kurdish fighters based in the country’s northeast to retain their own bloc within the broader integrated Syrian armed forces.
Middle East

UN relief chief cautions “no time to lose”, as hundreds of aid trucks enter Gaza

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Hundreds of trucks carrying aid entered the Gaza Strip on the first day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, according to the United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.
Middle East

WHO welcomes Gaza ceasefire but warns of immense health challenges ahead

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The United Nations health agency has welcomed the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but warned that the besieged enclave’s “health challenges ahead are immense” as residents of the war-torn territory face rising disease and malnutrition.
Middle East

90 Palestinian freed from Israeli jails

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Ninety Palestinians have been freed from Israeli prisons and were greeted by large crowds of jubilant relatives, friends and supporters as they returned home to the occupied West Bank in the first prisoner exchange of the ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Hamas following the release of three Israeli captives in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Al-Aqsa Storm final nail in Israel’s coffin: Hamas

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The Palestinian movement of Hamas has extended its gratitude towards Iran, Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthis, and the Iraqi Resistance for their support for the Gaza Strip, saying Operation al-Aqsa Strom hammered the final nail in the Zionist regime’s coffin.
Middle East

First three Israeli captives in Gaza freed

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Israeli authorities have confirmed that Hamas handed over the first three captives as the Gaza ceasefire  took effect.
Middle East

Gaza ceasefire begins after hours-long delay

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Guns fell silent in the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday for the first time in around 15 months after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into force.
Middle East

President Aoun: Israel should withdraw from Lebanon by deadline

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Lebanon’s new president has demanded that Israel withdraw from southern Lebanon by the January 26 deadline set in last year’s Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, during his meeting with the United Nations chief, who is visiting the country partly devastated by war.
Middle East

Far-right finance minister ‘assured’ Israel would continue war and capture Gaza

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Bezalel Smotrich, Israel's far-right finance minister, has stated that he was given assurances that the war on Gaza would continue and Israel would launch a "gradual takeover of the entire Strip".
Middle East

Israeli police: Several wounded in Tel Aviv stabbing attack

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Several people were injured in a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, Israeli police have announced.
Middle East

Israeli far-right party to leave government in protest of Gaza ceasefire

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Israeli far-right party, Jewish Power, announced that it would leave the Israeli coalition government led by Benjamin Netanyahu and that its leader, Itamar Ben Gvir, would step down as national security minister in protest of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Over 70% of Israelis support Gaza ceasefire: Poll

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More than 70 percent of Israelis support the ceasefire accord with the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, brokered through international mediation, according to a survey.
Middle East

Israel’s attacks in Gaza kill over 120 Palestinians since ceasefire announcement

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The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in the Gaza Strip since the announcement of the ceasefire rose to 123, according to the Gaza Civil Defense Directorate on Saturday.
Middle East

UNICEF says Gaza ceasefire ‘critical and so overdue’ as 35 children killed daily

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The UNICEF spokesperson on Friday said the Gaza ceasefire deal is "critical and so overdue" as around 35 children have been killed daily in the enclave over the past 14 months.
Europe

Poland told Israeli PM should be detained if he attends Auschwitz event: Report

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Poland’s government is facing possible legal action after it announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not be arrested if he attends a Holocaust anniversary event at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Middle East

France calls on Israel to accelerate troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon

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French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Israel to accelerate its troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon as a deadline for the pullout nears under the terms of a ceasefire that ended a war with Hezbollah last year.
Middle East

Israeli cabinet approves ceasefire agreement with Hamas

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet has approved a deal with Palestinian group Hamas for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip after more than 460 days of war in which Israeli forces have killed more than 46,788 Palestinians and wounded 110,453.
Middle East

Biden showing ‘double standard’ on human rights amid Gaza war: HRW

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US President Joe Biden has demonstrated “a double standard” on human rights, providing “arms without restriction” to Israel despite its war crimes in the Gaza Strip while condemning Russia for “similar violations” in Ukraine, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
Middle East

Israel’s PM says cabinet will not meet to approve Gaza ceasefire agreement

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated his cabinet will not meet as scheduled to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal, blaming Hamas for causing a “last-minute crisis”.
Middle East

EU announces €120 million humanitarian aid package for Gaza

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The European Union has announced a new €120 million (approximately $123.4 million) humanitarian package for Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Israeli attacks kill dozens in Gaza after ceasefire deal announced

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Israel's military has killed at least 82 people in Gaza, medical sources told Al Jazeera, including at least 30 people in Gaza City in the hours since Hamas and Israel announced they had reached a ceasefire agreement.
Middle East

Iran Leader praises Gaza ceasefire as ‘victory for Palestinian patience, resistance’

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Following the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza, the official social media accounts of KHAMENEI.IR shared a message from the Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in multiple languages on Thursday.
Middle East

Hamas says Gaza ceasefire deal result of steadfastness, resistance over 15 months

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Hamas has hailed announcement of a ceasefire in Israel's war against the Gaza Strip, calling the agreement the result of steadfastness and resistance in the besieged enclave for over 15 months.
Security

IRGC hails Gaza ceasefire as victory for Palestinian resistance

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Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has issued a statement welcoming the ceasefire in Gaza, following 16 months of intense conflict.
Middle East

Turkey offers military assistance to Syria for counterterrorism

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Turkey has offered military aid and capacity-building support to the new Damascys military to combat “terrorist groups”, during a visit by a high-level Syrian delegation led by the new Syrian foreign minister to Ankara on Wednesday.
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