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SAMY MAGDY

SAMY MAGDY

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Israeli official says talks continuing, hostage release won't take place before Friday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security adviser says a planned hostage-for-prisoner swap with Hamas has been delayed until at least Friday

Israeli official says talks continuing, hostage release won't take place before Friday
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Israel and Hamas complete 2nd day of swaps after tense delay, as Gaza cease-fire holds

Hamas militants released 17 hostages, including 13 Israelis, from captivity in the Gaza Strip, while Israel freed 39 Palestinian prisoners in the latest stage of a four-day cease-fire that has delivered a brief respite from a devastating war between the two enemies

Israel and Hamas complete 2nd day of swaps after tense delay, as Gaza cease-fire holds
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Hamas releases a third group of hostages as part of truce, and says it will seek to extend the deal

The fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas is back on track as the militant group freed 17 more hostages

Hamas releases a third group of hostages as part of truce, and says it will seek to extend the deal
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A watchdog urges UN Security Council to consider all options to protect Sudan's Darfur civilians

An international watchdog is urging the United Nations Security Council to consider all options to protect civilians in Sudan’s Darfur region

A watchdog urges UN Security Council to consider all options to protect Sudan's Darfur civilians
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Israel and Hamas agree to extend truce for two more days, and to free more hostages and prisoners

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days past Monday

Israel and Hamas agree to extend truce for two more days, and to free more hostages and prisoners
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Israel orders evacuations as it widens offensive, but Palestinians are running out of places to go

Israel’s military has renewed calls for mass evacuations from the southern town of Khan Younis, as it widened its ground offensive and bombarded targets across the Gaza Strip

Israel orders evacuations as it widens offensive, but Palestinians are running out of places to go
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Israel moves into Gaza's second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the war

Israel says its troops have entered Gaza’s second-largest city as intensified bombardment sends streams of ambulances and cars racing to hospitals with wounded and dead Palestinians

Israel moves into Gaza's second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the war
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Israel and US are at odds over conflicting visions for postwar Gaza

The United States strongly supports Israel in its war against Hamas, but is increasingly at odds with its Middle East ally over what will happen to the Gaza Strip once the war winds down

Israel and US are at odds over conflicting visions for postwar Gaza
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Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it's willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas

Battles are raging across Gaza as Israel indicates it is prepared to fight for months or longer to defeat the territory’s Hamas rulers

Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it's willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas
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Israel and US show sharp divisions over mounting casualties and future of war against Hamas

Israel and the United States showed their sharpest public disagreement yet over the conduct and future of the war on Hamas as the two allies became increasingly isolated by global calls for a cease-fire

Israel and US show sharp divisions over mounting casualties and future of war against Hamas
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Netanyahu says Israel is as 'committed as ever' to war after soldiers mistakenly killed 3 hostages

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the mistaken killing of three Israeli hostages in Gaza by Israeli soldiers “broke my heart,” but there would be no change in Israel’s military approach

Netanyahu says Israel is as 'committed as ever' to war after soldiers mistakenly killed 3 hostages
Africa|Crime|MidEast|News|World

Over 60 people have drowned in the capsizing of a migrant vessel off Libya, the UN says

The U.N. migration agency says a boat carrying dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving more than 60 people dead, including women and children

Over 60 people have drowned in the capsizing of a migrant vessel off Libya, the UN says
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Israel faces new calls for truce after killing of hostages raises alarm about its conduct in Gaza

Israel’s government is facing calls for a cease-fire from some of its closest European allies

Israel faces new calls for truce after killing of hostages raises alarm about its conduct in Gaza
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US envoys work for a new hostage release deal and a scale-down of the Israel-Hamas war

United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin discussed with Israeli leaders ways to scale back major combat operations in Gaza

US envoys work for a new hostage release deal and a scale-down of the Israel-Hamas war
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Israeli airstrikes kill dozens more Palestinians across the Gaza Strip

Israel bombarded towns across southern Gaza with airstrikes, killing at least 45 Palestinians and pressing ahead with its offensive against Hamas militants with renewed backing from the United States

Israeli airstrikes kill dozens more Palestinians across the Gaza Strip
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A Palestinian baby girl, born 17 days ago during Gaza war, is killed with brother in Israeli strike

She was born amid war, in a hospital with no electricity in a southern Gaza city that has been bombarded daily

A Palestinian baby girl, born 17 days ago during Gaza war, is killed with brother in Israeli strike
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Israel uncovers major Hamas command center in Gaza City as cease-fire talks gain momentum

The Israeli military says it has uncovered a major Hamas command center in the heart of Gaza City, inflicting what it described as a serious blow to the Islamic militant group

Israel uncovers major Hamas command center in Gaza City as cease-fire talks gain momentum
Africa|News|World

UN says up to 300,000 Sudanese fled their homes after a notorious group seized their safe haven

The U.N. says fighting between Sudan's military and a notorious paramilitary group forced up to 300,000 people to flee their homes in a province that had been a safe haven for families displaced by the country's devastating conflict

UN says up to 300,000 Sudanese fled their homes after a notorious group seized their safe haven
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Israel strikes 2 homes, killing more than 90 Palestinians. Biden says he didn't request a cease-fire

Rescuers and hospital officials say Israeli strikes flattened two Gaza homes, killing more than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family

Israel strikes 2 homes, killing more than 90 Palestinians. Biden says he didn't request a cease-fire
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At least 68 killed in central Gaza in airstrike, adding to weekend's bloodshed

At least 68 people, including a baby, have been killed in Gaza

At least 68 killed in central Gaza in airstrike, adding to weekend's bloodshed
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Egypt floats plan to end Israel-Hamas war. The proposal gets a cool reception

Israel and Hamas have given cool public receptions to an Egyptian proposal to end their bitter war

Egypt floats plan to end Israel-Hamas war. The proposal gets a cool reception
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Israeli military says Gaza ground offensive has expanded into urban refugee camps

The Israeli military says it has expanded its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip to the densely populated urban refugee camps in the central part of the territory

Israeli military says Gaza ground offensive has expanded into urban refugee camps
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On foot and by donkey cart, thousands flee widening Israeli assault in central Gaza

Thousands of Palestinian families are fleeing from the brunt of Israel’s expanding ground offensive into Gaza’s few remaining, overcrowded refuges

On foot and by donkey cart, thousands flee widening Israeli assault in central Gaza
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Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians, even in largely emptied north

Israeli forces are bombarding cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza, killing dozens of people

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians, even in largely emptied north
MidEast|News|World

Palestinians stream into a southern Gaza town as Israel expands its offensive in the center

The United Nations says tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into an already crowded town at the southernmost end of Gaza in recent days

Palestinians stream into a southern Gaza town as Israel expands its offensive in the center

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