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UN overwhelmingly approves resolution calling for ceasefire in Israel-Palestine war

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The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution on Friday that calls for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in the face of strident objection from Washington and Tel Aviv.
Middle East

Israel-Palestine conflict LIVE: Israel says its ground forces inside Gaza Strip

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Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 7,700 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.
Middle East

Israel says Gaza’s largest hospital a Hamas command center, Palestinians reject

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In what appears to be a significant attempt to prepare public opinion ahead of a major ground offensive inside Gaza, the Israeli army has claimed that the besieged strip’s largest hospital, Al Shifa, is the site of a major Hamas command and control center. Palestinian groups have denied the claim.
Middle East

Hamas says cannot free captives until Israel-Gaza ceasefire

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An official with the Palestinian group Hamas has stated the group that rules Gaza cannot release the Israeli hostages it is holding until a ceasefire is agreed in the continuing conflict, according to Russia’s Kommersant newspaper.
Middle East

Israel could be committing war crimes: UN agency

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Both sides in the Israel-Hamas conflict could be committing war crimes, Ravina Shamdasani, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), has warned, while referring to the ongoing conflict between the two sides in Gaza.
Foreign Policy

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman: Hamas ready to free captives 

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani says the Islamic Republic has held talks with Hamas to persuade them to free citizens of some countries that were taken captive by the resistance movement during its surprise attack on Israel on October 7.
Foreign Policy

Iranian official rejects claims Biden’s comment was directed at Ayatollah Khamenei

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A spokesman for the Iranian president has denied claims that US President Joe Biden’s latest comments about Iran were directed at leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Security

Top Iran cmdr.: Israeli troops to be swallowed in case of Gaza ground invasion

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A top Iranian military has warned the Israeli regime against conducting a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, saying, “If the Israelis fight on the ground, they will be swallowed.”
Middle East

Israel to flood Hamas tunnels with nerve gas under US navy supervision: Report

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Palestinian resistance groups expect Israel to flood Hamas tunnels with nerve gas and chemical weapons under the surveillance of US Delta Force commandos as part of a surprise attack on the Gaza Strip, a senior Arab source familiar with the group told Middle East Eye.
Middle East

Israeli forces raid Gaza strip ahead of “next stages of combat”

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Israeli troops carried out a "targeted raid" with tanks in northern Gaza on Thursday before withdrawing from the enclave, according to the Israel army. Around 7,000 people have died in Israeli relentless strikes on Gaza since October 7.
Americas

U.S. House approves resolution backing Israel in first move by new Speaker

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The U.S. House approved a resolution backing Israel and condemning Hamas on Wednesday, the first piece of legislation to clear the lower chamber in more than three weeks because of the extended Speaker stalemate.
Middle East

US asks Qatar to ‘tone down’ Al Jazeera

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked the Qatari government to change its relationship with Hamas, starting with the way the Qatari-based news network Al Jazeera reports on the Israel-Gaza conflict, Axios has reported.
Middle East

Israel delaying Gaza incursion to give US time: Report

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Israel has agreed to delay its planned invasion of Gaza, after the US asked for time to deploy air defenses to bases around the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported.
Int'l Relations

US and Russia fail to pass Gaza resolutions at UNSC

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The United States and Russia both failed to pass resolutions on the Gaza war at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday.
Int'l Relations

Iran FM: Iranian mission to UN tried hard to get US resolution vetoed

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Iran’s foreign minister says the Iranian mission to the United Nations made a lot of efforts to torpedo the United States’ proposed resolution on the issue of Palestine at the world body.
Middle East

Israel-Palestine conflict LIVE: UN says ‘Nowhere is safe in Gaza’

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Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. Nearly 6,500 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.
Foreign Policy

Iranian FM writes to UN Human Rights Chief, warns of “Gaza genocide”

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The Iranian foreign minister, in a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, condemned the Zionist regime’s gross and systematic violation of the Palestinians’ human rights, reiterating that Israel is committing genocide against Gazans.
Middle East

IMF warns of long-term consequences to Middle East economies from Gaza war

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The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the war between Israel and Hamas is already impacting Middle East economies, and could lead to long-term economic damage.
Security

Iran top commander: Israel’s military, security dignity won’t be restored

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A top Iranian military commander says the Israeli regime has lost face in its recent war with the Palestinian resistance movements amid unabated strikes on the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Hezbollah leader meets Hamas and Islamic Jihad top officials

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The leader of Hezbollah group, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, met top officials from Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad on Wednesday, according to a statement by the resistance movement.
Foreign Policy

Iran Leader: US ‘definite accomplice’ in Israeli crimes

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Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the United States is a ‘definite accomplice’ in the ongoing Israeli blitz against the Gaza Strip and its crimes against Palestinians.
Int'l Relations

Iran says US complicit in massacre of Palestinians in Gaza

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Iran's permanent ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has stated the US is aiding and abetting the Israeli regime's ongoing war on the besieged Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

US military advisers urge Israelis to avoid all-out ground assault in Gaza

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American military officials are trying to steer Israel away from the type of brutal, urban combat the US engaged in against insurgents during the Iraq War, in an effort to keep the Israelis from getting bogged down in bloody, house-by-house fighting as they prepare for a ground assault on Gaza, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Middle East

Sources say Hamas operatives used underground phone lines for over 2 years to plan Israel attack

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Intelligence shared with the United States suggests a small cell of Hamas operatives planning the surprise attack on Israel communicated via a network of hardwired phones built into the network of tunnels underneath Gaza over a period of two years, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Middle East

Israeli FM refuses to meet with UN chief in light of Gaza escalation

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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has stated that he will refuse to meet with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres from now on in the light of the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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