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UN warns food insecurity in Gaza reached ‘extremely critical state’ as death toll nears 29k

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The United Nations has warned that food insecurity in the Gaza Strip has reached an "extremely critical state", given significant restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
Middle East

UN says displaced Palestinians fleeing Rafah after intensified Israeli airstrikes

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Displaced Palestinians in Gaza’s southernmost Rafah city are reportedly fleeing towards northern Deir al Balah as Israeli air attacks intensify amid the prospect of ground operations, according to a United Nations body.
Middle East

ICJ rejects South Africa’s request for ‘urgent measures’ to save Rafah amid looming Israeli offensive

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The top United Nations court has announced that it notes the “perilous” situation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but has declined South Africa’s request for urgent measures to safeguard Palestinians being threatened by an Israeli ground assault there.
Middle East

Satellite images show Egypt building mysterious wall near Gaza: Report

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The Egyptian government has reportedly started work on a wall near the country’s border with the Gaza Strip amid fears that a planned ground offensive by the Israeli military in Rafah will push war refugees out of the Palestinian enclave.
Middle East

World media body says nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza

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Seventy-two of the 99 journalists killed worldwide in 2023 were Palestinians reporting Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, making those 12 months the deadliest for the media in almost a decade, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
Foreign Policy

Iranian and Saudi FMs call for OIC emergency ministerial meeting over Gaza

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The Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers have called for an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's council of ministers aimed at stopping Israel's war on Gaza.
Foreign Policy

Iran FM urges OIC ministerial meeting over Gaza

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Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, in a phone call with Hissein Brahim Taha, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has called for an emergency meeting of OIC foreign ministers to discuss Gaza.
Middle East

Israeli PM defies calls to halt Rafah raid as Palestinian death toll approaches 29k

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Despite international calls on Israel's prime minister to not to go ahead with the raid on the densely-populated city of Rafah in southern Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his intention to order Israel's military to go into Rafah, according to his new statement posted on X Wednesday.
Middle East

Families of Israeli captives denounce Netanyahu’s decision to stay away from Cairo negotiations

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The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza have slammed a decision by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stay away, for now, from indirect talks with Hamas in Cairo, Egypt, calling it “a death sentence".
Foreign Policy

Iran president: Gaza condition symbolic of unjust global structure

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the ongoing situation in the Gaza Strip, which is enduring a genocidal Israeli war, is a symbolic of the unjustness of the governing world structure.
Middle East

Turkey, Egypt leaders call on Israel to halt Rafah offensive

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have urged Israel to halt the looming offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza as the two leaders held bilateral talks in Cairo.
Middle East

Ireland, Spain call for review of EU-Israel agreement over Gaza war

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The prime ministers of Ireland and Spain have implored EU leaders to take action over the “deteriorating” situation in the Gaza Strip, demanding an immediate assessment of whether Israel is complying with human rights obligations that are stipulated in a trade deal with the bloc.
Middle East

Palestinian Authority president urges Hamas to quickly complete a hostage deal

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called on Hamas to strike a hostage swap agreement with Israel to avoid the displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Americas

Biden urges US Congress to approve $14bn for Israel amid Gaza war; 28k Palestinians killed in Gaza

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US President Joe Biden has called on the House of Representatives to pass a $95bn national security funding bill that includes billions in military aid to Israel. More than 28,000 Palestinians have been so far killed in Israel's onslaught against Gaza.
Middle East

Yemen Houthi leader says no Israeli-linked ships passed  during last week

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The leader of Yemen's Houthis has stated that the armed group had been able to prevent Israeli-linked ships from passing through the Gulf of Aden over the last week.
Middle East

South Africa calls on ICJ to intervene to halt Israel’s Rafah offensive

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South Africa has announced it has asked the World Court to consider whether Israel’s plan to extend its assault in the Gaza Strip into the densely populated southern city of Rafah requires additional emergency measures to protect Palestinians.
Middle East

ICC prosecutor threatens Israel with potential action over Rafah military operation

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International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan has stated he was “deeply concerned” about reports of the bombardment and potential entry of Israel into Rafah in Gaza, saying that his office may be pushed to take action against Tel Aviv.
Middle East

EU suggests US stop arming Israel amid Gaza genocide

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European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has urged allies of Israel, primarily the United States, to stop sending it weapons as “too many people” are being killed in the Gaza Strip and Israel has pledged to press on with Rafah offensive in the enclave.
Americas

Biden calls Netanyahu ‘assh*le’ over Israeli intransigence on Gaza

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US President Joe Biden has not modified his Israel policy despite mounting frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise in the Gaza Strip, which has erupted into name-calling in private, NBC has reported, citing multiple sources.
Foreign Policy

Iran FM: Israel invasion of Rafah in Gaza to have “dire consequences” for Tel Aviv

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says any Israeli move to launch a ground invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza would have "dire consequences" for Tel Aviv.
Middle East

Hamas says Israel freeing 2 captives a marketing ploy for a defeated army

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A high-ranking member of Hamas Political Bureau Osama Hamdan has labelled Israel's release of two captives as a mere "marketing ploy for a defeated army".
Middle East

UN cautions over ‘unprecedented’ levels of ‘near famine-like conditions’ in Gaza Strip

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The population of the Gaza Strip is suffering from "unprecedented" levels of "near famine-like" situation as the Israeli war on the besieged enclave drags on, the UN's agriculture agency has cautioned.
Middle East

Hamas blames US for deaths of Palestinians in Rafah

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The Palestinian movement Hamas has blamed the US and its president Joe Biden personally for the Israeli army's attacks on the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in massive casualties among Palestinins.
Middle East

UNRWA rejects Israeli implications of Hamas tunnel below Gaza HQ

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The chief of the UN’s aid agency in Gaza has stated that it had no knowledge of what was beneath its abandoned headquarters amid Israeli claims that a Hamas tunnel ran below the Gaza City site.
Middle East

Israel attacks Rafah, claims two Hamas-held captives freed

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Israel has carried out airstrikes in southern Gaza’s Rafah, killing dozens, according to health officials, as Palestinians brace for a major military onslaught on the densely-crowded city.
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