Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected growing international calls for a cease-fire unless it includes the release of all the nearly 240 hostages captured by Hamas in the Oct. 7 rampage.
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Netanyahu rejects growing calls for a cease-fire as Israel battles Hamas outside main Gaza hospital
Israel has portrayed the hospital as Hamas’ main command post – claims Hamas and hospital staff deny.
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‘From the river to the sea’: Why 6 words spark fury, passion over Israel-Hamas war
Like so much of the Mideast conflict, what the phrase means depends on who is telling the story – and which audience is hearing it.
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Palestinian evacuees say thousands of people sheltering at hospital have fled after strikes
The Israeli army alleges that Hamas hides in and under hospitals and that it has set up a command center under Shifa – claims the militant group and hospital staff deny.
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Israel agrees to 4-hour daily pauses in Gaza fighting to allow civilians to flee, White House says
President Biden said Thursday that there was ‘no possibility’ of a formal cease-fire at the moment.
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In growing tide, civilians flee north Gaza or shelter at hospital as Israel, Hamas battle in city
Crowds of Palestinian families stretching as far as the eye could see walked out of Gaza City and surrounding areas toward the south Thursday.
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Israel pressured by allies over plight of civilians in Gaza as thousands flee enclave’s north
More than 70% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have already left their homes.
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Israel fights Hamas deep in Gaza City and foresees control of enclave’s security after war
Israeli officials say the offensive will last for some time and acknowledge that don’t have a concrete plan for what comes after.
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Israeli forces cut off north Gaza to isolate Hamas as advance on urban center looms
The Palestinian death toll surpassed 10,000, the Health Ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said, without distinguishing between fighters and civilians. Some 1,400 Israelis have died, mostly civilians.
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Gaza loses telecom contact again as Israel strikes refugee camps and rejects a pause in fighting
Israel has rejected the idea of halting its offensive, even for brief humanitarian pauses proposed by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his current tour of the region.