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US urges Qatar to pressure Hamas with expulsion from Doha as Gaza ceasefire negotiations stalled

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a stern message to Qatar earlier this month: Tell Palestinian group Hamas that they must deliver on a hostage and ceasefire deal that would halt the war in the Gaza Strip or risk getting kicked out of Doha where senior members of the group are based, two US officials told CNN.
Middle East

UN: Satellite images show 35% of Gaza’s buildings destroyed or damaged

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The United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) has compared high-resolution satellite images of Gaza collected on February 29 with images taken before and after the start of the latest conflict.
Middle East

685 medical workers killed in Gaza by Israel: WHO

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Since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip, 685 healthcare workers have been killed by the Israeli military, and 902 have been injured, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Americas

Donors warn Biden’s Gaza policy ‘increasing chances’ of Trump victory

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A group of more than 100 donors for the US Democratic Party sent a letter to President Joe Biden, warning him that his "unconditional support" for Israel's war on the besieged Gaza Strip is increasing his odds of losing the upcoming presidential election.
Middle East

Hamas: Israel intensifying civilian attacks to get concessions in truce talks

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Hamas official Osama Hamdan has cautioned Israel continues to target civilian areas in the Gaza Strip to strengthen its hand in truce talks
Middle East

Over half of Gaza’s population on brink of famine: World Bank

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The World Bank has warned that more than half the population of Gaza is on the brink of famine, including children and the elderly as Israel keeps blocking humanitarian aid to the enclave.
Middle East

Rights groups urge EU to suspend trade agreement with Israel over Gaza war

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More than 200 civil society organizations called on the European Union to suspend the EU-Israel trade agreement without delay due to Israel’s bloody war on the Gaza Strip and the violation of basic human rights.
Foreign Policy

Axis of Resistance has foiled US schemes in West Asia: Iran Leader

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised the anti-Israel military operations by resistance factions in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq. He stressed that the Axis of Resistance has demonstrated its potential and effectively disrupted the US strategic calculations in West Asia
Middle East

Hamas leader: Israel sabotaging truce negotiations

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Tel Aviv is seeking to sabotage ceasefire talks underway in Qatar by targeting police officers and government agencies in the Gaza Strip, the chief of Hamas's political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh has stated.
Middle East

Growing number of Gaza infants on the verge of death due to lack of food: WHO

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The World Health Organization has issued another stark warning about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip as a WHO spokesperson warned a growing number of infants there are on the “brink of death” from acute hunger.
Middle East

Canada to stop arms sales to Israel

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The Canadian government will halt future arms exports to Israel, even though the motion approved by the House of Commons, is not legally binding, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has stated.
Foreign Policy

Iran president urges action to stop Gaza genocide by Israel

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has called for serious practical steps to cease Israel’s raids on the Gaza Strip in his New Year message to Asian countries celebrating Nowruz.
Middle East

UN human rights chief warns Israel may use starvation as ‘method of war’ in Gaza

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Israel could use starvation as a "method of war" in the besieged Gaza Strip by obstructing the entry of humanitarian assistance to the enclave, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tuerk has stated.
Middle East

Israeli PM defies Biden on military operation in Gaza’s Rafah

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to call off a major ground offensive against the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, shrugging off a US warning that the operation will kill more civilians and worsen a humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave.
Americas

Blinken warns 100% of Gaza at “severe levels of acute food insecurity”

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has confirmed that Gaza's entire population is "at severe levels of acute food insecurity".
Middle East

Yemen denounces UNSC condemnation of its maritime operations in the Red Sea

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Yemen has slammed the United Nations Security Council for condemning its pro-Palestine maritime operations in the Red Sea, saying that the world body is “dangerously” serving US interests and supporting the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
Middle East

Malnutrition-related death of Gaza children just ‘tip of iceberg’: UNICEF

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The “painful and slow death" of 23 children in the north of Gaza due to malnutrition and dehydration "would be the tip of the iceberg" as only those who reached hospitals are reported, UNICEF’s deputy executive director Ted Chaiban has warned.
Americas

US daily Reveals Biden knew Israel was bombing Gaza indiscriminately

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The White House knew since late October that Israel was regularly bombing civilian targets in Gaza, but President Joe Biden continued to publicly defend the Israeli military’s conduct, the Washington Post has reported.
Middle East

Report on food insecurity in Gaza an appalling indictment: UN chief

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has labeled the latest report on food insecurity in Gaza as an "appalling indictment" of the conditions faced by civilians in the region.
Middle East

US says Israel killed ‘Hamas number 3’ Marwan Issa

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US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has become the first government official outside Israel to confirm reports that Tel Aviv has killed Marwan Issa, the third-highest-ranking military commander of Hamas.
Middle East

UN warns famine imminent in north Gaza

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Half of the population in the Gaza Strip are experiencing "catastrophic" hunger, with famine projected to hit the north of the territory by May unless there is urgent intervention, a United Nations-backed food security assessment warned.
Middle East

World labor body says over half a million Palestinian jobs lost due to war

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The International Labour Organization (ILO) has reported the Palestinian unemployment rate is set to soar to a staggering 57 percent in the first quarter of 2024, citing 507,000 job losses due to the Gaza war.
Foreign Policy

Iran condemns Israel attack on Gaza hospital, warns of crimes

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned as “barbaric” Israel’s new attack on and the occupation of Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, and the “crimes of the Israeli forces” against the medical staff, patients and the wounded at the hospital.
Middle East

Israeli soldiers storm Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital, killing and injuring several

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Israel’s military forces have stormed al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza City with tanks and heavy gunfire, leaving several deaths and injuries, Palestinian officials have confirmed.
Middle East

Gaza “graveyard” for most important principles of humanitarian law: EU top diplomat

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The Gaza Strip has become a "graveyard" for the most important principles of humanitarian law, the EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has stated.
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