International mediators, led by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt, have been working on a cease-fire to pause or end the war in Gaza.
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Blinken says Israeli assault on Rafah would be a ‘mistake’ and isn’t needed to defeat Hamas
Blinken heads to Israel on Friday to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet.
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Pro-Palestine demonstrators plead not guilty to charges from February protest
Some of the 11 defendants said the group rejected a deal with prosecutors that would’ve dismissed their cases after 30 hours of community service.
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Why Israel is so determined to launch an offensive in Rafah
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel can’t achieve its goal of ‘total victory’ against Hamas without an incursion.
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Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, praises ‘very valuable’ potential of Gaza’s ‘waterfront property’
‘It’s a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but I think from Israel’s perspective, I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up,’ said Kushner, a former White House adviser to President Donald Trump.
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Blinken adds Israel stop to latest Mideast tour as tensions rise over Gaza war
The visit comes amid a flurry of calls, planned trips by U.S. and Israeli officials and public airings of severe disagreements over the state of the conflict and what will happen to Gaza after the war ends.
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Heavy fighting rages around Gaza’s biggest hospital as Israel raids it for a second day
The Israeli military’s claim that dozens of Hamas fighters were killed in the hospital could not be confirmed.
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Incoming Palestinian prime minister plans for reform but faces major obstacles
The Palestinian Authority has no power in Gaza, from which Hamas drove its forces in 2007, and only limited authority in parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Netanyahu agrees to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation
The Biden-Netanyahu call also came as a new report warned that ‘famine is imminent’ in northern Gaza.
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Netanyahu agrees to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation
The White House has been skeptical of the Israeli prime minister’s plan to carry out an operation in the southern city of Rafah, where about 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering.