Israeli turns 86 in Hamas captivity in Gaza

March 18, 2024 by  
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Israeli hostage Shlomo Mansour, the oldest of 134 captives still being held by Hamas in Gaza, turned 86 years old on Sunday. Read more

PM says Israel will not keep civilians trapped in Rafah

March 18, 2024 by  
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not leave civilians trapped in Rafah when its forces begin a long-expected assault on the southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinians have taken shelter. Read more

Australia resumes UN Gaza funding after security checks

March 15, 2024 by  
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Australia has unfrozen aid to a United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees after security advice, following accusations some staff helped attack Israel. Read more

Hamas’ strategy is working.

March 14, 2024 by  
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I was really hoping that on International Women’s Day recently, some of the good friends of our community would use the opportunity, notwithstanding their position on UNRWA, to condemn the rape and sexual mutilation of young and old, that took place on 7 October and which continues to be used as a weapon of humiliation and intimidation and dehumanisation, on those held hostage by Hamas. Read more

Israeli FM to UN Secretary-General: ‘You’ve brought world body to all-time low’

March 13, 2024 by  
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Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz sent a sharply worded letter to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday, charging him with a blatant disregard for the atrocities committed by Hamas against the Jewish people on Oct. 7. Read more

Mediators at Gaza talks push to secure truce: Israel

March 10, 2024 by  
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Efforts to secure a deal on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza are ongoing, Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad says, despite dimming hopes for a truce during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Read more

Hamas presses on with Gaza truce talks without Israel

March 5, 2024 by  
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Hamas and Egyptian mediators are pressing on with talks in Cairo on securing a ceasefire in Gaza, despite Israel’s decision not to send a delegation, as Washington pressed again for a truce, the release of hostages and a plan to alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe. Read more

Israel to revise lyrics amid Eurovision controversy over references to October 7 attacks

March 4, 2024 by  
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Amid a controversy with the organisers of the Eurovision song competition, Israel agreed to modify the lyrics of two possible songs that referred to Hamas’s October 7 massacre. Read more

Captives’ loved ones begin four-day protest march

February 29, 2024 by  
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Families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza embarked on a four-day march on Wednesday from Kibbutz Re’im near the Strip to Jerusalem’s Paris Square. Read more

New Zealand says no to Hamas and extremist Israeli settlers

February 29, 2024 by  
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In one day, New Zealand has banned entry to Israeli settlers who have committed violent attacks and have proscribed Hamas as a terrorist entity in its entirety. Read more

Israel, Hamas truce efforts pick up pace

February 26, 2024 by  
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Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen have clashed throughout the Gaza Strip over the weekend, as mediators picked up the pace of talks over a possible ceasefire to free hostages held by Hamas and bring a measure of Ramadan respite to the battered enclave. Read more

Gaza talks halted over ‘delusional’ demands: Netanyahu

February 18, 2024 by  
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Israel sent negotiators for truce talks in Cairo as requested by US President Joe Biden but they did not go back for further talks because Hamas’ demands are “delusional,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. Read more

‘I am going to The Hague to speak for those who no longer can’

February 15, 2024 by  
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One hundred representatives of families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza left for The Hague on Wednesday morning to submit a comprehensive complaint to the International Criminal Court on behalf of the victims of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist invasion. Read more

Australia keen to resume Palestine aid ‘soon’: minister

February 15, 2024 by  
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As Israel signals an intention to target the last refuges in Gaza, the Australian government says it wants to restore aid to a United Nations Palestinian relief agency as soon as possible. Read more

Blinken says truce ‘possible’ as Hamas responds to plan

February 7, 2024 by  
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The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it has delivered its response to a proposed ceasefire deal for Gaza, and the United States says it believes an agreement is possible. Read more

Palestinians pin hopes on Gaza truce before Rafah push

February 6, 2024 by  
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The top United States diplomat has met Saudi Arabia’s de-facto ruler in a visit that Palestinians hope will deliver a truce before a threatened Israeli assault on Rafah, the border city where about half of the population is sheltering. Read more

UN chief calls on countries to resume funding Gaza aid

January 28, 2024 by  
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The secretary-general of the United Nations has called on countries to continue funding the main agency providing aid in Gaza after several of its employees were accused of taking part in the Hamas attack on Israel that ignited the war four months ago. Read more

‘Down with Hamas,’ chant Gazans evacuating Khan Yunis

January 28, 2024 by  
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Hundreds of Palestinians evacuating from Khan Yunis chanted “Down with Hamas” on Saturday in a video posted on social media by Israeli authorities as cracks in the terror group’s control of the Strip continued to grow. Read more

Israel wants UNRWA replaced as countries pause funding

January 28, 2024 by  
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Six European countries have paused funding for the UN Refugee Agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) following allegations that some of its staff were involved in the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Read more

Hamas is weakening, but the campaign against it will be lengthy

January 24, 2024 by  
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While the Israel Defence Forces is gaining ground against Hamas by the day, destroying it as a military force will take time, according to former IDF officers. Read more

Knesset caucus hears testimony on Hamas’s brutal sexual violence

January 24, 2024 by  
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“There will be some difficult things to digest here, so take a deep breath.” Read more

Plan for one-month Gaza truce makes progress

January 24, 2024 by  
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Israel and Hamas have moved closer to an agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Gaza when Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners would be released, sources tell Reuters, as Israel presses ahead with its assault on southern Gaza’s main city of Khan Younis. Read more

Hamas rejects offer of two-month ceasefire for release of all hostages

January 24, 2024 by  
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Hamas rejected an Israeli proposal for a two-month ceasefire in exchange for the staged release of the 136 remaining hostages being held in the Gaza Strip, a senior Egyptian official told the Associated Press on Tuesday. Read more

Israel: Gaza goals unchanged after 24 troops killed

January 24, 2024 by  
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Twenty-four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Israel’s worst day of losses in Gaza, the military says, as its forces encircled southern Gaza’s main city, Khan Younis. Read more

The West’s lethal error in the war against Israel

January 19, 2024 by  
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In the current war in the Middle East, it’s a given that a distinction must be drawn between Hamas and the “ordinary” Palestinian Arab residents of Gaza. Read more

Hamas man wanted to sell IDF soldier’s head for $10,000

January 19, 2024 by  
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A Hamas terrorist admitted to Israeli interrogators that he tried to sell the decapitated head of an IDF soldier for $10,000. That soldier was the son of David Tahar of Jerusalem. Read more

‘My heart is split in two’: Families of hostages mark 100 days of captivity

January 15, 2024 by  
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“My heart is split in two,” says Zvika Mor, whose 23-year-old son remains captive in Gaza. Read more

Hamas to reveal hostages’ fate as China urges talks

January 15, 2024 by  
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China has called for a large-scale and authoritative peace conference on the war in Gaza, while the terrorist group Hamas has aired video of three Israeli hostages and says their fate will be disclosed soon. Read more

‘Allah will curse them’: Gaza civilians call for Israel to overthrow Hamas

January 15, 2024 by  
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Palestinian civilians living in Gaza who have been in contact with the Israeli military are piling scorn on Hamas and encouraging the Israeli military to remove the terror group from power, in audio recordings released by the Israel Defence Forces on Sunday. Read more

War in Gaza between Israel and Hamas reaches 100 days

January 14, 2024 by  
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The war in Gaza has continued for 100 days since gunmen from the terrorist group Hamas ran amok in southern Israel, prompting a fierce military campaign in which almost 24,000 Palestinians are reported to have been killed. Read more

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