Author: Wafaa Shurafa
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Israel and Hamas prepare for talks in Egypt on eve of Gaza war anniversary
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli and Hamas officials are set to hold indirect talks at an Egyptian resort Monday on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary. Many uncertainties remain about the plan presented by U.S. President Donald Trump last week, including the disarmament of…
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Pressure grows on Israel to open more aid routes into Gaza by land and sea as hunger worsens
Efforts to get desperately needed humanitarian aid to war-wracked northern Gaza are gaining momentum
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Gaza cease-fire talks fail to achieve a breakthrough with Ramadan just days away, Egypt says
Egyptian officials say three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages have failed to achieve a breakthrough
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Rival of Netanyahu visits US, signaling wider cracks in Israel’s wartime leadership
An Israeli official says a top Cabinet minister’s trip to Washington has angered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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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
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US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide
A senior U.S. official says Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it
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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% had been struck by gunfire
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Israel’s defense chief says military ‘thoroughly planning’ offensive in crowded Gaza border town
Israel’s defense minister says Israel is “thoroughly planning” its promised military offensive in the southern Gaza town of Rafah
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Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, saying hostages were likely held there
Israeli forces have stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza in what the army says is a search for the remains of hostages taken by Hamas
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Gaza cease-fire and hostage release talks appear to stall as Netanyahu and Hamas trade blame
International efforts to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas have suffered a setback as Israel reportedly recalled its negotiating team