Latest Gaza Strip News
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The Latest | Hamas says 'positive response' from mediators to its cease-fire amendments
Hamas says amendments it proposed to the most recent U.S. plan for a cease-fire in Gaza “have been met with a positive response by the mediators.” However, “the official Israeli position has not yet become clear,” and no date for negotiations has been set, Hamas spokesperson Jihad Taha said...
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Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government has approved plans to build nearly 5,300 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank, a monitoring group said Thursday, the latest in a campaign to accelerate settlement expansion, aimed at cementing Israeli control over the territory and preventing...
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Israel weighs Hamas' latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's Cabinet was set to convene Thursday to discuss Hamas' latest response to a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire in Gaza, as diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the nine-month war stirred back to life after a weekslong hiatus. Fighting,...
The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has passed 38,000
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Life and death in Gaza's 'safe zone' where food is scarce and Israel strikes without warning
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike slammed into a residential building next to the main medical center in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, wounding at least seven people, hospital authorities and witnesses said Wednesday. Nasser Hospital sits in the western...
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The Latest | Israel kills a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon; group retaliates with rocket attacks
Israel killed a senior commander in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Wednesday, the second top field leader killed in less than a month, and the group said it retaliated by firing scores of rockets at Israeli military positions near the border. The Israeli military estimated...
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UW-Milwaukee chancellor will step down next year, return to teaching
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone announced Wednesday that he plans to step down next summer, a move that comes after years of grappling with the UW system's financial woes and taking criticism that he mishandled pro-Palestinian campus protests this...
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Strike kills family as Israeli evacuation order sparks panicked flight from southern Gaza city
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed a prominent Palestinian doctor and eight members of his extended family on Tuesday after they complied with military orders to evacuate their home and moved into an Israeli-designated safe zone. The Hamdan family —...
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The Latest | Palestinians flee Khan Younis as Israel says 1.9 million are crammed in central Gaza
Palestinians are streaming out of eastern Khan Younis, the second-largest city in Gaza, as an Israeli evacuation order affects roughly 250,000 people, the United Nations said Tuesday. Israel’s military estimated that around 1.9 million people — more than 80% of all Palestinians...
Hezbollah's deputy leader says fighting with Israel would stop "without any discussion" after a full Gaza cease-fire
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