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Israel announces ‘tactical suspension’ of military operations in three parts of Gaza

A so-called “tactical and localized suspension of military operations” announced by Israel became effective on Sunday morning in select areas of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military has announced.

Hamas didn’t steal UN aid in Gaza: Israeli officers

Two senior Israeli army officers have told The New York Times there is no evidence that Hamas looted United Nations humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, undermining a central Israeli justification for severely restricting food deliveries to over two million people and driving the population towards famine.

Israeli military claims it allowed limited aid airdrop into Gaza amid genocide

The Israeli army claimed Saturday that it allowed a limited aid airdrop into the war-torn Gaza Strip.

Israel’s Gaza aid drops are ‘a smokescreen’: UN

Israel airdropping food will do little to help starving Gazans, Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), has announced.

Syria, Israel hold talks over conflict in Suwayda

Syrian and Israeli officials have held negotiations in Paris mediated by the United States, according to a Syrian official, in the wake of an eruption of sectarian violence compounded by Israeli military intervention in southern Syria.

Israel to start humanitarian pause in Gaza early Sunday: Report

Tel Aviv will implement a humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip beginning early Sunday until the evening, Israeli media reported late Saturday.

Hamas dismisses Trump remarks on Gaza talks breakdown

Hamas officials have expressed surprise at US President Donald Trump's accusation that the Palestinian group "didn't really want" a ceasefire for the Gaza Strip.

Trump says may fast-track sanctions on Russia over Ukraine war

New sanctions against Russia and its trade partners could come before a previously declared deadline for settling the Ukraine war, US President Donald Trump suggested on Friday.

US military claims killed senior Daesh leader in Syria

The U.S. military carried out a raid in northwestern Syria on Friday, killing a senior Daesh leader and two of his sons in the Aleppo area, according to the United States Central Command (Centcom).

Dozens of UK MPs urge PM to recognize Palestine

One third of the UK House of Commons has called on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to officially recognize Palestine, as pressure mounts on Israel to allow food and medical supplies into the Gaza Strip.

European countries urge end to Gaza ‘humanitarian catastrophe’

Britain, France and Germany on Friday called for an end to Gaza's "humanitarian catastrophe" as the UN food agency warned almost a third of people in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory were not eating for days.

Ayatollah Sistani urges Islamic world to act against humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has called on the Islamic world and the international community to break their silence and act urgently to end the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Hamas will be ‘hunted down’ as Gaza ceasefire negotiations wane: Trump

United States President Donald Trump has suggested that Hamas is refusing to agree to a Gaza truce because it fears what comes after all the Israeli hostages are released.

Putin-Zelensky meeting ‘is going to happen’: Trump

US President Donald Trump has stated a face-to-face meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky “is going to happen”. The Kremlin insists such a summit should only be held to seal a final peace agreement.

Almost a third of Gazans ‘not eating for days’: UN

Almost a third of people in the Gaza Strip are "not eating for days", the United Nations food aid agency told AFP on Friday, adding the crisis has reached "new and astonishing levels of desperation".

Macron says France to recognize Palestine

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that Paris will recognize Palestine as a state in pursuit of what he called a “historic commitment to a just and lasting peace” in the region.

More Gazans die of starvation as famine worsens: Health Ministry

Two more Palestinians have died of starvation and malnutrition in the besieged Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry in the enclave announced on Thursday.

Iran’s senior cleric urges Pope to speak out against Gaza crimes

In a letter addressed to the Pope, senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani called on the leader of the world’s Catholics to take a firm moral stance against the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Taliban committing ‘rights violations’ against Afghan returnees: UN

The United Nations has announced that Taliban authorities are committing human rights violations, including torture and arbitrary detention, against Afghans forced to return by Iran and Pakistan.

Passenger aircraft with 49 people on board crashes in Russia

A passenger plane operated by Angara Airlines has crashed in Russia’s Far East, killing all 49 people on board, emergency services confirmed on Thursday.

Bombing Iran nuclear facilities ‘wrong’, will bear ‘unpredictable’ consequences: Ex-US envoy

The former US special representative for Iran has censured the administration of President Donald Trump for choosing the “wrong option” of attacking nuclear sites inside the Islamic Republic, which he said would have “unpredictable” consequences.

ISL may be responsible for atrocities against Druze, not Syrian forces: US envoy

US envoy Tom Barrack has suggested that Syrian government forces were not responsible for atrocities committed against the Druze community in southern Syria, and that the armed fighters who carried out the attacks may have been Islamic State militants disguised in government uniforms.

OIC calls on UN Security Council to act on Gaza

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which is currently chaired by Turkey, called Wednesday on the UN Security Council to immediately act to end the suffering in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas says submitted response to Gaza ceasefire proposal to mediators

Hamas announced early Thursday that it submitted its response to a Gaza ceasefire proposal.

Iran slams US, Israel’s role in ‘collapse’ of intl. legal order, ‘erosion’ of UN Charter

A senior Iranian diplomat has denounced the United States and Israel’s role in the ongoing "collapse" of the international legal order and "erosion" of the United Nations Charter.

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