What to know about Cairo Peace Summit that will be held Sat.
Egypt holds a summit on the Gaza crisis on Saturday amid growing fears of a wider Middle East war but the absence of a top official from Israel’s main ally…
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Israeli bombings in Gaza kill dozens, aid efforts persist
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, said Medhat Abbas, a…
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Hamas seeks Palestinian prisoners’ release to free non-Israeli captives
Khaled Meshaal, top Hamas leader said on Monday the group “has what it needs” to free all Palestinians in Israel’s jails, indicating the militant group may try to use the…
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Israeli rabbis work non-stop to count dead from Hamas attack
Rarely do rabbis spend the Sabbath counting bodies. But even on Saturday, a week after Hamas militants blew easily past Israel’s fortified security fence and gunned down hundreds of Israelis…
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Gaza aid stuck at border as Israeli siege strains hospitals, water supply
Palestinians in besieged Gaza crowded into hospitals and schools on Monday, seeking shelter and running low on food and water. More than a million people have fled their homes ahead…
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Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh: ‘Palestinians won’t migrate to Egypt’
A top official with the militant Hamas group says the people of Gaza will not migrate from the strip to Egypt. In a televised speech Saturday, Ismail Haniyeh said that…
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Huge rallies in Mideast, West to support Palestinians & Israel
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across the Middle East and in parts of Asia, Europe and the United States in support of Palestinians and condemnation of Israel as it…
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UN: Past week was the deadliest in West Bank since 2005
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance, or OCHA, confirmed to The Associated Press that this week was the deadliest in the West Bank since the U.N. started…
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Hamas says 9 hostages have been killed in Israeli airstrikes
The military wing of Hamas says nine hostages including four foreigners were killed over the past 24 hours as a result of the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The…
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Biden: Addressing humanitarian crisis in Gaza is a priority
President Joe Biden said Friday that it’s a priority of his administration to address the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. The U.N. Security Council met behind closed doors…
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Egypt calls on Security Council to stop evacuation in Gaza
In a statement Friday, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry condemned the Israeli army’s decision to tell some 1 million people in Gaza to evacuate toward the southern part of the besieged territory.…
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