The resolution sponsored by Brazil had wide support and would have condemned all violence against civilians, including ‘the heinous terrorist attacks by Hamas’ against Israel.
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Israel will let Egypt deliver aid to Gaza, as doctors struggle to treat hospital blast victims
The Israeli military held a briefing Wednesday morning laying out its case for why it was not responsible for the explosion at the al-Ahli Hospital, which Hamas says was caused by an Israeli strike.
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Biden wraps up his visit to wartime Israel with a warning against being ‘consumed’ by rage
Biden’s mission was to display resolve for Israel and to diminish the likelihood of a wider war while providing assurances that he was not overlooking the increasingly dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
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Biden will be plunging into Middle East turmoil on his visit to Israel
President Biden is arriving in Israel for a lightning round of diplomatic efforts as outrage sweeps through the Middle East over an explosion that killed hundreds in a Gaza Strip hospital.
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Illinois boy killed in alleged hate crime remembered as kind, playful as suspect appears in court
During funeral services, family and friends remembered the 6-year-old Palestinian American boy as a kind child who loved playing games.
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War between Israel and Hamas raises fears about rising U.S. hostility
While it’s too soon to say with certainty whether anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish crimes have increased during the war, hate crimes overall increased in the U.S. last year.
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Summit with Arab leaders called off as Biden heads to Israel
The postponement of the Amman summit comes after the Palestinian leader withdrew from the meetings in protest of an attack on a Gaza hospital, which Hamas blamed on an Israeli airstrike and which Israel blamed on a misfired Palestinian rocket.
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Blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital; Hamas and Israel trade blame, as Biden heads to Mideast
Jordan cancels a planned summit of regional leaders and President Biden, saying that the war between Israel and Hamas was ‘pushing the region to the brink.’
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Israeli bombings in Gaza kill dozens as efforts persist to get aid to millions in besieged enclave
Israeli strikes have killed at least 2,778 people and wounded 9,700 others in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry. Nearly two-thirds of the dead were children.
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Maine Voices: Years of inhumanity to Palestinians have inhuman consequences
Hamas’ slaughter of Israeli civilians follows 75 years of the killing of Palestinian civilians and nearly two decades of an embargo that keeps Palestinians from getting food and medication.