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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 48 as fears mount over humanitarian crisis and West Bank violence

Gaza health officials say Israeli strikes killed at least 48 people in southern and central areas of the besieged territory overnight as alarm rose over the worsening humanitarian crisis

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 48 as fears mount over humanitarian crisis and West Bank violence
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Netanyahu seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in Gaza in new postwar plan

Israel seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in the Gaza Strip, according to a long-awaited postwar plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in Gaza in new postwar plan
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Brazil's president accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, doubling down after earlier uproar

Brazil’s president has alleged that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians

Brazil's president accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, doubling down after earlier uproar
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Israeli media report progress on reaching a temporary truce in Gaza and a hostage-prisoner exchange

Israeli media are reporting that mediators are making progress on an agreement for a weekslong cease-fire between Israel and Hamas and the release of dozens of hostages held in Gaza as well as Palestinians imprisoned by Israel

Israeli media report progress on reaching a temporary truce in Gaza and a hostage-prisoner exchange
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Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of blocking aid to Gazans in violation of a UN court order

Human Rights Watch says Israel is not complying with an order issued by the United Nations’ top court because it is failing to provide urgently needed aid to desperate people in the Gaza Strip

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of blocking aid to Gazans in violation of a UN court order
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Food aid reaches north Gaza for first time in weeks. Israeli hostages' families push for release

Aid convoys carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, Israeli officials said

Food aid reaches north Gaza for first time in weeks. Israeli hostages' families push for release
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Strike on Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza kills and wounds dozens

Hospital officials say an apparent Israeli strike on a crowd of Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza City has killed and wounded dozens

Strike on Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza kills and wounds dozens
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Gaza doctor says gunfire accounted for 80% of the wounds at his hospital from aid convoy bloodshed

The head of a Gaza hospital where some of the wounded from bloodshed surrounding an aid convoy were taken says more than 80% percent had been struck by gunfire, suggesting heavy shooting by Israeli troops

Gaza doctor says gunfire accounted for 80% of the wounds at his hospital from aid convoy bloodshed
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Deadly chaos at Gaza aid convoy is a symbol of the desperation enveloping the territory

The chaos punctuated by heavy Israeli fire that killed 115 people trying to get bags of flour from an aid convoy is a sign of the desperation of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians struggling to survive in northern Gaza

Deadly chaos at Gaza aid convoy is a symbol of the desperation enveloping the territory
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Israel's wartime Cabinet is rattled by a dispute between Netanyahu and his top political rival

An Israeli official says a top Israeli Cabinet minister's trip to Washington has angered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel's wartime Cabinet is rattled by a dispute between Netanyahu and his top political rival
Health|Lifestyle

After 10 years of trying, a Palestinian woman had twins. An Israeli strike killed them both

It took 10 years and three rounds of in vitro fertilization for Rania Abu Anza to become pregnant, and only seconds for her to lose her five-month-old twins, a boy and a girl

After 10 years of trying, a Palestinian woman had twins. An Israeli strike killed them both
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The latest talks on Gaza have ended with no breakthrough, officials say. Ramadan is days away

Egyptian officials say three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages have ended without a breakthrough

The latest talks on Gaza have ended with no breakthrough, officials say. Ramadan is days away
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Pressure grows on Israel to open more aid routes into Gaza by land and sea as hunger spreads

Efforts to get desperately needed humanitarian aid to war-wracked northern Gaza are gaining momentum

Pressure grows on Israel to open more aid routes into Gaza by land and sea as hunger spreads
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A US ship with equipment for building a pier is on its way to Gaza, part of a plan to ramp up aid

A U.S. Army vessel carrying equipment for building a temporary pier in Gaza is on its way to the Mediterranean

A US ship with equipment for building a pier is on its way to Gaza, part of a plan to ramp up aid
World

Palestinians in Gaza begin Ramadan with hunger worsening and no end in sight to the Israel-Hamas war

Palestinians have begun fasting for Ramadan

Palestinians in Gaza begin Ramadan with hunger worsening and no end in sight to the Israel-Hamas war
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Israel launches another raid on Gaza's main hospital, charging that Hamas has regrouped there

Israeli forces have launched another raid on the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital

Israel launches another raid on Gaza's main hospital, charging that Hamas has regrouped there
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Heavy fighting rages around Gaza's biggest hospital as Israel raids it for a second day

Heavy fighting is raging around the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital and surrounding neighborhoods during the second day of the Israeli military's raid on the facility

Heavy fighting rages around Gaza's biggest hospital as Israel raids it for a second day
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Palestinians describe heavy destruction, forced marches in ongoing Israeli raid around Gaza hospital

Palestinians who fled during an ongoing Israeli raid in and around the Gaza Strip’s main hospital describe days of heavy fighting, mass arrests and forced marches past dead bodies and flattened buildings

Palestinians describe heavy destruction, forced marches in ongoing Israeli raid around Gaza hospital
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Israel and Hamas dig in as international pressure builds for a cease-fire in Gaza

Hamas has rejected the latest proposal put forward by international mediators for a cease-fire and hostage release

Israel and Hamas dig in as international pressure builds for a cease-fire in Gaza
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Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

An international team of doctors was prepared for the worst before visiting a hospital in central Gaza

Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children
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An Israeli airstrike on a hospital tent camp in Gaza kills 2 Palestinians

An Israeli airstrike has hit a tent camp inside a hospital in central Gaza, killing two Palestinians and wounding another 15

An Israeli airstrike on a hospital tent camp in Gaza kills 2 Palestinians
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Palestinians say Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza's main hospital after 2-week raid

Palestinian residents say the Israeli military has withdrawn from Gaza’s main hospital after a two-week raid, leaving behind a vast swath of destruction

Palestinians say Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza's main hospital after 2-week raid
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These Palestinian mothers in Gaza gave birth Oct. 7. Their babies have known only war

Amal Al-Taweel and Rola Sager gave birth in a Gaza hospital on Oct. 7 — the day Hamas militants streamed across the border in a deadly attack that kicked off the war with Israel

These Palestinian mothers in Gaza gave birth Oct. 7. Their babies have known only war
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Palestinians returning to Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal find an unrecognizable city

Streams of Palestinians have filed into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis to salvage what they could from the vast destruction left in the wake of Israel’s offensive

Palestinians returning to Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal find an unrecognizable city
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Biden says Netanyahu's approach to the war is a mistake, deepening a rift between the two allies

U.S. President Joe Biden has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza a mistake

Biden says Netanyahu's approach to the war is a mistake, deepening a rift between the two allies

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