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At least 40 killed in Gaza’s Rafah after Israel hit refugees camp

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and many more injured after Israeli missiles struck a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip which was designated as a safe zone.

Hamas says killed, captured Israeli soldiers in Gaza

A spokesman for Hamas' armed wing said on Sunday its fighters had killed, wounded or captured Israeli soldiers during fighting in Jabalia in northern Gaza Strip on Saturday.

Hamas rejects talk of new negotiations with Israel over Gaza war

Hamas official Osama Hamdan has stated that there is no need for new negotiations with Tel Aviv, amid Israeli media reports that there is an intention to renew Gaza truce talks.

Yemen’s Houthis say targeted three Israeli-linked ships

Yemen’s Houthi fighters have announced carrying out three pro-Palestinian operations, striking two Israeli ships and one headed towards the occupied territories.

Rights groups urge Biden to halt Israel arms transfers after ICJ ruling

Rights groups have renewed calls for US President Joe Biden to halt weapons transfers to Israel, after the United Nations’ top court ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its ground offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and allow aid into the area.

US preparing for ‘prominent’ role in post-war Gaza: Report

The United States wants a “prominent” role in the Gaza Strip after Israel’s military operation in the Palestinian enclave ends, Politico has reported. Washington expects a joint Palestinian-Arab force of several thousand troops to take charge of security in the blockaded territory after the current conflict.

ICJ orders Israel to halt military operation against Gaza’s Rafah

Judges at the top United Nations court have ordered Israel to halt its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and withdraw from the besieged enclave, in a case brought by South Africa accusing Tel Aviv of genocide, citing “immense risk” to the Palestinian population.

Rights organizations call on Biden to respect ICC independence

A total of 121 human rights and civil society groups have urged US President Joe Biden to respect and support the independence of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to reject sanctions threatened against the court’s officials.

EU staff express concerns over union’s handling of Gaza war

More than 200 staff members of EU institutions and agencies have signed a letter expressing “growing concern” over the union’s response to the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. They have argued that it runs contrary to its core values and the aim of promoting peace.

Israel has killed just 30-35 percent of Hamas fighters in 7 months of Gaza war: US sources

Only 30 to 35 percent of Hamas fighters have been killed after more than seven months of Israel's military operations against the Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip, US intelligence sources told Politico.

US says concerned by Israel’s growing diplomatic isolation

A top White House aide has acknowledged concern about Israel’s potentially growing diplomatic isolation amid its latest spat with several European countries after they moved to recognize a Palestinian state.

British MPs grill ministers over weapons exports to Israel amid Gaza war

The British government continues to assess that Israel has the intent to follow international humanitarian law even as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled Gaza's Rafah, but several MPs pressed UK ministers to explain how London could have come to its conclusions.

UN says halted food shipments to Gaza’s Rafah as supplies run out

The United Nations (UN) warns it has run out of food supplies in Rafah, the city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip at the center of a possible new Israeli military push.

EU’s Borrell says member states have to nab Netanyahu if ICC issues arrest warrent

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stated that if the International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for top Israeli officials over their alleged war crimes in Gaza, all EU member states will be legally forced to oblige.

More than 900k displaced in Gaza over past two weeks

Over 900,000 people, approximately 40% of Gaza's population, have been displaced in the past two weeks as Israeli bombardment continues across much of the blockaded enclave, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has stated.

Biden’s approval over Gaza war gets lowest mark yet in new poll

The approval rating for US President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has dropped to its lowest point in a new survey, as the fighting continues in the besieged enclave.

Iran Leader: Gaza genocide laid bare Western human rights to awakened consciences

The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Zionist regime’s Western-backed brutal genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since October last year has openly revealed the true nature of the Western human rights.

Hamas denounces ICC request for arrest warrants against three of group’s leaders

Palestinian group Hamas has censured a decision by the International Criminal Court, seeking arrest warrants for three of its leaders over the October 7 attacks on southern Israel.

US claims there is no genocide in Gaza

US President Joe Biden has dismissed arguments that Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip can be described as genocide, reiterating Washington’s support for Tel Aviv as he hosted an event for Jewish American Heritage month at the White House.

ICC seeking arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Sinwar

The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity" over the October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent Israeli war in the Gaza Strip, the court’s prosecutor Karim Khan told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Monday.

Hamas says Netanyahu prefers own interests to Israeli soldiers’ lives

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has announced Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prefers his own interests to the lives of the regime’s soldiers.

Israeli military says recovered another captive slain in Gaza

The Israeli army confirmed its soldiers have retrieved the body of Ron Benjamin in Gaza. He was captured during the 7 October attack by Hamas on Israel.

UN says 800k ‘forced to flee’ Gaza’s Rafah

The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees announced that 800,000 people had been "forced to flee" Gaza's far-southern city of Rafah since Israel intensified bombing the city this month.

US officials say Washington focused on hunting down Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

The United States is focused on tracking down Hamas chief, Yahya Sinwar, amid a new push by the White House to help Israel declare "total victory" so it can bring an end to the war on the Gaza Strip, American officials have told Middle East Eye.

Sixteen Democrats join Republicans to override White House’s halt on bomb transfers to Israel amid Gaza war

Sixteen Democratic lawmakers have joined Republicans to pass a bill that would force the administration of President Joe Biden to expedite all approved arms shipments to Israel, including those that the White House has delayed over concerns about its attack on Rafah in the Southern Gaza Strip.

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