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What's the deal? Hard bargaining over hostages and Gaza truce

It's been one month and one day since Hamas last released hostages. Many a hope has been raised and dashed since. And until a deal is done, Israel continues its pounding of the Gaza Strip, where an estimated half of the buildings in the north are either damaged or destroyed.…

France 24

Hamas says truce deal with Israel 'is in sight'

Hopes are mounting that dozens of hostages seized by Hamas could be released from the Gaza Strip, after the group's leader and key mediator Qatar both said a truce agreement with Israel was within reach.

Radio France Internationale

Gaza's next tragedy: Disease risk spreads amid overcrowded shelters, dirty water and breakdown of basic sanitation

After more than a month of being subjected to sustained bombing, the besieged people of the Gaza Strip are now confronted with another threat to life: disease.

The Conversation

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Bahraini Crown Prince Condemns Hamas, Calls To Free Hostages

Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa called on Hamas to release the estimated 240 hostages held in the Gaza Strip.

Zenger

Israeli Border On High Alert: Sirens Pierce Monday Morning Air Amid Escalating Tensions With Hamas

Israeli forces intensify efforts in the Gaza Strip, air strikes aimed at targeting terrorist infrastructure and military equipment

Zenger

With the world's eyes on Gaza, attacks are on the rise in the West Bank, which faces its own war

When Israeli warplanes swooped over the Gaza Strip following Hamas militants’ brutal attack on southern Israel, Palestinians say a different kind of war took hold in the occupied West Bank

The Independent UK

First planeload of wounded Palestinian children from Israel-Hamas arrives in United Arab Emirates

The first planeload of Palestinian children wounded in the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Gaza Strip has reached the United Arab Emirates, part of a pledged relief effort by the country to aid 1,000 children

The Independent UK

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Gaza’s food is running out amid Israel’s ‘war of starvation’

Closure of crossings to the Gaza Strip, displacement of thousands and bombing of bakeries have worsened the food crisis.

Al Jazeera

Gaza communications blackout ends, giving rise to hope for the resumption of critical aid deliveries

Internet and phone service has been partially restored to the Gaza Strip, ending a telecommunications blackout that forced the United Nations to shut down critical humanitarian aid deliveries because it was unable to coordinate its convoys

The Independent UK

Jordan's foreign minister offers blistering criticism of Israel as its war on Hamas rages on

Jordan’s foreign minister has offered blistering criticism of Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, describing it as “blatant aggression” against Palestinian civilians that threaten to engulf the wider Middle East

The Independent UK

Israel told Palestinians to evacuate to southern Gaza — and stepped up attacks there

Satellite imagery shows a steady increase in the number of buildings destroyed in middle and southern Gaza. Most damage appeared after Oct. 13, when Israel's military urged evacuation from the north.

WEKU

Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinians, including 3 militants, as West Bank violence surges

Israeli forces have killed five Palestinians, including three militants, across the West Bank, deepening a surge of violence in the occupied territory that has accompanied Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

Starvation fears as aid to Gaza halted on second day of communications blackout

COMMUNICATIONS systems in the Gaza Strip are down for a second day, causing aid agencies to halt cross-border deliveries of humanitarian supplies…

The National (Scotland)

Aid to Gaza halted with communications down for a second day, as food and water supplies dwindle

Communications systems in the Gaza Strip were down for a second day with no fuel to power the internet and phone networks, causing aid agencies to halt cross-border deliveries of humanitarian supplies even as they warned people may soon face starvation

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Israeli forces ‘determined to advance’, says military – as it happened

Daniel Hagari’s comments come amid mounting concerns about Israeli plans to expand military operations where people have sought refuge from fighting

The Guardian - US

UN security council backs resolution calling for humanitarian pause in Gaza

Resolution calls for release of hostages held by Hamas and for humanitarian corridors across the Gaza Strip

The Conversation

What exactly is a ceasefire, and why is it so difficult to agree on one in Gaza?

Barely a week after Hamas’ attack on Israeli soldiers and civilians on October 7 and the subsequent airstrikes by the Israeli Defence Force on the Gaza Strip, talk of a ceasefire had already begun.

The Independent UK

U.N. Security Council schedules a vote on a resolution urging humanitarian pauses, corridors in Gaza

After four failed attempts, the U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution which would call for “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip” in the Israel-Hamas war

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Zenger

Israel, Hamas Reportedly Mulling Hostages-for-truce Deal

Israel and Hamas are considering release of the women and children being held hostage by the Palestinian terror group.

Al Jazeera

Gaza telecom companies warn of coming blackout amid Israeli attacks

Paltel and Jawwal say data centres and switches in besieged Gaza gradually shutting down amid fuel shortages.

The Independent UK

Live updates | Israeli tanks enter Gaza's Shifa Hospital compound

Two and a half weeks after sending tanks and ground troops into northern Gaza, Israeli forces entered a hospital early Wednesday that they claim Hamas operates out of

France 24

🔴 Live: UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Wednesday calling for urgent 'humanitarian pauses' in the Israel-Hamas war after four previous failures. The vote came after the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza denied Israeli claims that its troops had found weapons, combat gear and technological equipment in the Al Shifa Hospital.…

France 24

'The scene is apocalyptic': FRANCE 24 reports from Gaza with Israeli army

After over a month of the Israel-Hamas war, journalists have had little, if any, access to the Gaza Strip. As the Israeli ground offensive deepens, army troops are taking reporters on tours of the besieged enclave. Our correspondent Claire Duhamel spent three hours embedded with them in northern Gaza. Here…

Zenger

IDF Soldiers Fly Israeli Flags Across Gaza

Online picture shows IDF Golani Brigade soldiers displaying the Israeli flag inside Hamas’s police headquarters in the Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

Satellite photos analyzed by the AP show Israeli forces pushed further into Gaza late last week

Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press show that Israeli tanks and armored vehicles pushed further into the Gaza Strip late last week as part of an offensive squeezing Gaza City as fighting raged between its forces and Hamas militants

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