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More Than 100 NGOs Warn 'Mass Starvation' Spreading Across Gaza

This is Beirut, 23/07 16:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

More than 100 aid organizations and human rights groups warned on Wednesday that "mass starvation" was spreading in Gaza, as the United States said its top envoy was heading to Europe for talks on a possible ceasefire and aid corridor. Israel is facing mounting international pressure over the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, where ...

Israeli Far Right Discusses Gaza 'Riviera' Plans

This is Beirut, 22/07 20:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Some Israeli far-right leaders held a public meeting on Tuesday to discuss redeveloping the Gaza Strip into a tourist-friendly "riviera", as Palestinians face a worsening humanitarian crisis in the devastated territory. The meeting, titled "The Riviera in Gaza: From Vision to Reality", was held in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, under the ...

France's Top Diplomat Calls for Foreign Press Access to Gaza

This is Beirut, 22/07 18:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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France's foreign minister urged Israel on Tuesday to allow international journalists into the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza to "bear witness" to the situation after 21 months of war. The United Nations and human rights groups say Gaza and its population of more than two million people face famine-like conditions, with near-daily deaths ...

Gaza: UN, EU Denounce Killing Civilians seeking Food Aid

This is Beirut, 22/07 16:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The United Nations and the European Union expressed outrage at the Israeli army’s daily targeting of civilians seeking food aid in Gaza, condemning the act as 'indefensible.' The UN on Tuesday said Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 Palestinians trying to get food aid in Gaza since the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation ...

WHO says Gaza Facilities Attacked as Israel Expands Operations

This is Beirut, 22/07 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The World Health Organization said Monday its facilities in Gaza had come under Israeli attack, echoing calls from Western countries for an immediate ceasefire as Israel expanded military operations to the central city of Deir el-Balah. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Israeli military had entered the UN agency's staff residence, ...

Gaza Civil Defense, Witnesses Report Israeli Shelling in Deir el-Balah

This is Beirut, 21/07 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defence agency and eyewitnesses reported Israeli shelling in the central city of Deir el-Balah on Monday, after the military warned of imminent action in an area where it had not previously operated. The Israeli military on Sunday ordered those in the central Gaza area to leave immediately as it was expanding operations, ...

Gaza Civil Defense Says Israeli Fire Kills 73 Aid Seekers

This is Beirut, 20/07 19:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians waiting to collect humanitarian aid in the territory's north on Sunday, killing 73 people and wounding dozens more. Further to the south, the Israeli military ordered Palestinians to leave Deir el-Balah, in the center of the Strip, before launching ...

Israel Orders Civilians Out of Central Gaza Ahead of New Campaign

This is Beirut, 20/07 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli military on Sunday issued an evacuation order for Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip, warning of imminent action against Hamas militants in an area "where it has not operated before". The military's Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X that residents and displaced Palestinians sheltering in ...

Gaza Civil Defense Says Israeli Attacks Kill 26 Near Two Aid Centers

This is Beirut, 19/07 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency on Saturday said Israeli attacks killed 26 people and wounded more than 100 near two aid centers in the south of the Palestinian territory. Agency spokesman Mahmud Basal told AFP that 22 were killed near a site southwest of Khan Yunis and four near another center northwest of Rafah, blaming "Israeli ...

Hamas Armed Wing Says Israel Blocking Ceasefire and Hostage Release Talks

This is Beirut, 18/07 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday accused Israel of blocking a deal in talks for a temporary ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza. Negotiators from both sides have been in indirect talks in Qatar since July 6 to try to agree on a 60-day truce in the conflict, which would see 10 captives freed. But after ...

Top Holy Land Clerics Visit Gaza after Deadly Church Strike

This is Beirut, 18/07 19:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Two of the most senior Christian leaders in Jerusalem made a rare visit to Gaza on Friday, a day after Israeli fire killed three at the Palestinian territory's only Catholic church, provoking international condemnation. The Roman Catholic Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Theophilos III, ...

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Says 20 Dead at Aid Point

This is Beirut, 16/07 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said 20 people died at an aid point in Khan Yunis, in the south of the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, blaming armed "agitators" in the crowd. "Our current understanding is that 19 of the victims were trampled and one was stabbed amid a chaotic and dangerous surge," the US- and Israel-backed organisation said ...

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