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3h ago
US President Joe Biden told CNN on Wednesday he would halt some shipments of American weapons to Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a major invasion of the city of Rafah ..read more
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3h ago
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said US President Joe Biden made a mistake after the US paused sending a shipment of bombs to Israel so that they would not used in an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah ..read more
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3h ago
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would fight with its "fingernails" if necessary after President Joe Biden's ultimatum that a major Israeli offensive in the Gazan city of Rafah would result in a shut-off of some US weapons. Follow for live updates ..read more
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3d ago
Israeli airstrikes killed multiple people in Rafah early Tuesday, Palestinian officials said ..read more
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3d ago
Israel's military said it has taken control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, a vital entry point for aid to Gaza on the Egyptian border. Follow for live updates ..read more
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5d ago
Hostage and truce talks have resumed in Cairo as war rages in Gaza ..read more
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2w ago
Hamas released a video of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the first proof that he survived being badly wounded during his capture on October 7. He is shown in the undated video with part of his left arm missing ..read more
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2w ago
The head of the Israeli military's intelligence branch has resigned, becoming the first senior military figure to resign over October 7 failings ..read more
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2w ago
A grave with nearly 300 bodies has been uncovered at a hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Gaza Civil Defense workers said, following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area earlier this month ..read more
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2w ago
Israel carried out a military strike on Iran early Friday, a US official told CNN, in a potentially dangerous escalation of a fast-widening Middle East conflict that Iranian officials have so far sought to play down ..read more