US President Donald Trump’s administration appeared to backtrack Wednesday after his proposal to take over Gaza sparked uproar, with the United Nations warning against “ethnic cleansing” in the Palestinian territory. Facing a wave of criticism from Palestinians, Arab governments and world leaders, Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio said any transfer of Gazans would be temporary, while the White House …
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President Donald Trump has said the US would take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and develop it economically after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere, moves that would shatter decades of US policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Reuters reports. Trump unveiled his surprise plan, without providing specifics, at a joint press conference yesterday with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump can …
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The Palestinian group Hamas has released three Israeli captives in two separate handovers in exchange for the release of 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, in the latest stage of a gradual exchange under a ceasefire deal reached after 15 months of Israeli attacks on Gaza. French-Israeli dual national Ofer Kalderon and Israeli citizen Yarden Bibas were handed over to …
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With only two days before Israel bans operations of UNRWA, the U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees, Pakistan has warned that the move would cripple humanitarian work in war-shattered Gaza and undermine the ceasefire in the enclave. “For over seven decades, UNRWA has been a beacon of hope for millions of Palestinian refugees across the region,” Ambassador Munir Akram, permanent …
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Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza are crossing the so-called Netzarim Corridor and returning home to their loved ones in the north of the Strip for the first time since Israel’s war on the enclave began. Israel’s military says Palestinians will be allowed to cross al-Rashid Street by foot starting at 7am (05:00 GMT) and Salah al-Din Street …
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Ninety Palestinians have been freed from Israeli prisons and were greeted by large crowds of jubilant relatives, friends and supporters as they returned home to the occupied West Bank in the first prisoner exchange of the Hamas-Israel ceasefire following the release of three Israeli captives in Gaza. At about 1am local time on Monday (23:00 GMT), Red Cross buses carrying …
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Hamas has named three Israeli captives to be released as part of the ceasefire deal in Gaza, a spokesperson for the group announced on Telegram. Abu Obeida, spokesman for Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, confirmed that Romi Gonen, 24, Emily Damari, 28, and Doron Shtanbar Khair, 31, will be freed. The move comes after an hours-long delay in implementing …
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At least 87 Palestinians were killed, including 21 children and 25 women, in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the announcement of a ceasefire deal that is due to start on Sunday. Israel’s cabinet is expected to convene a meeting today to approve the Gaza ceasefire agreement, according to reports. Twenty Palestinians were killed and dozens injured when the Israeli military …
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Israel intensified strikes on Gaza hours after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced, residents and authorities in the Palestinian enclave said, and mediators sought to quell fighting ahead of the truce’s start on Sunday. At least 12 people were killed and several wounded in shelling in a residential block of the northern Gaza strip, Palestinian civil defence reported …
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Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an official briefed on the deal told Reuters on Wednesday, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East. The agreement follows months of on-off negotiations brokered by Egyptian and Qatari mediators, with …
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