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       Israel Balks at Hamas’ ‘Far-Reaching’ Ceasefire Proposal as Rafah Invasion Looms

       ReutersHatem KhaledHamas said it agreed to a ceasefire deal proposed by Egypt and Qatar on Monday, just as Israel prepares to launch a controversial military operation in Rafah—a city in the ...

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       Israel-Gaza - live: Hamas accepts Gaza ceasefire as IDF orders 100,000 to evacuate Rafah

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       Hamas accepts ceasefire deal as Israel orders Rafah evacuation

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       Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks have stalled. Here’s why neither side may want a deal

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       Israel Warns Gazans to Evacuate Rafah Neighborhoods Ahead of Planned Offensive

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   • Israel marks first Holocaust remembrance day since hostages seized in Oct. 7 Hamas attack

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     Israelis in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Monday marked Yom Hashoah, the day Israel observes as a memorial for the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its allies in the Holocaust. In Hostages Square, a table was laid out to remember the hostages taken by the Hamas militants during the attack. Meanwhile, in Jerusalem Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid a wreath at the nation's Holocaust memorial, calling the event "incomprehensible", while also referencing the October 7th attacks.

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     Israel marks first Holocaust remembrance day since hostages seized in Oct. 7 Hamas attack

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     Israelis in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Monday marked Yom Hashoah, the day Israel observes as a memorial for the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its allies in the Holocaust. In Hostages Square, a table was laid out to remember the hostages taken by the Hamas militants during the attack. Meanwhile, in Jerusalem Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid a wreath at the nation's Holocaust memorial, calling the event "incomprehensible", while also referencing the October 7th attacks.

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     Eye Opener: Storms bring flooding to Texas, tornadoes in the forecast

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     Severe storms bring deadly flooding to Texas, with dangerous tornadoes in the forecast tofday. Also, Israel warns civilians to get out of Rafah after a setback in cease-fire and hostage talks with Hamas. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener.

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     Gaza civil defense says Israel airstrikes hit Rafah homes

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     STORY: Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah on Monday in what appeared to be preparation for a long-threatened assault on Hamas holdouts in the southern Gaza Strip city where more than a million war-displaced people have been sheltering. Instructed by Arabic text messages, telephone calls, and flyers to move to what the Israeli military called an "expanded humanitarian zone" 20 km (7 miles) away, some Palestinian families lumbered out under chilly spring rain, witnesses said. Witnesses said the areas in and around Rafah to which Israel wants to move people are already crowded and there is almost no room for more tents to be added.

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     Palestinians flee east Rafah as Israel 'encourages' evacuation

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     STORY: Israel's military said on Monday it had begun encouraging residents of Rafah to evacuate the southern Gazan city as part of a 'limited scope' operation, but did not immediately confirm media reports this was part of preparation for a ground assault. Seven months into its offensive against Hamas, Israel has said Rafah harbors thousands of the Palestinian Islamist group’s fighters and that victory is impossible without taking the city. But with more than a million displaced Palestinians sheltering there, the prospect of a high-casualty operation worries Western powers and neighboring Egypt.

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     Latest cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas end with no agreement

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     Israeli military officials are urging Palestinians to evacuate Rafah in Gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive.

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     Hamas attacks border crossing as cease-fire talks stall

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     Hamas on Sunday attacked a border crossing with Israel as cease-fire talks appeared to be on the verge of collapse. Ramy Inocencio reports.

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     Campus protests continue as graduation ceremonies get underway

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     Protests over the Israel-Hamas war continued on college campuses over the weekend, with some demonstrations spilling over into commencement ceremonies. Shanelle Kaul reports.

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     'Never again is now,' says Netanyahu on Holocaust Rememberance Day

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     STORY: "Eighty years ago, in the Holocaust, the Jewish people were totally defenseless against those who sought our destruction," Netanyahu said in English remarks that linked the World War Two atrocities to the current conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. "We will defeat our genocidal enemies," he said. "'Never again' is now." Netanyahu made the speech during Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem. This year's ceremony takes place as the war in Gaza rages on, and recently triggering pro-Palestinian protests in several U.S. campuses. The war began after Hamas stunned Israel with a cross-border raid on Oct. 7 in which 1,200 people were killed and 252 hostages taken, according to Israeli tallies. More than 34,600 Palestinians have been killed, 29 of them in the past 24 hours, and more than 77,000 have been wounded in Israel's assault, according to Gaza's health ministry. The bombardment has devastated much of the coastal enclave and caused a humanitarian crisis. Prospects for a ceasefire appeared slim on Sunday as Hamas reiterated its demand for an end to the war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, and Netanyahu flatly ruled that out. The annual Holocaust commemorations remember the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during the Second World War. On Monday (May 6) Israel will come to a standstill as a two-minute siren will be heard across the country.

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     Israeli defence minister on 'worrisome signals' from cease-fire talks with Hamas during Gaza visit

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     Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant warned of an "operation in Rafah and in the entire Gaza Strip in the very near future,” speaking during a visit to the war-torn territory. It came as Israel closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza on Sunday after Hamas militants attacked it.

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     Tensions escalate in Gaza as hopes for cease-fire fade

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     Israel's defense minister signaled an operation in Rafah will begin soon. The Israeli military says projectiles were fired by Hamas at the area near Rafah where aid was being allowed to enter Gaza.

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     Gaza truce hopes slim as Israel, Hamas trade blame

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     STORY: Video obtained by Reuters shows the rubble following what Palestinians said was an Israeli airstrike in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. And it comes amid what seem to be dwindling prospects for ceasefire talks in Cairo. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday flat-out rejected what he said were Hamas's demands for a potential truce. Netanyahu said the Palestinian Islamist group wanted the removal of all Israeli forces from Gaza, and a permanent end to the fighting, which would leave Hamas in power. He said, "the State of Israel cannot accept that." Hamas meanwhile, blamed Israel for the impasse. In a statement, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh accused Netanyahu of "sabotaging efforts made through the mediators." A Palestinian official close to the mediation effort told Reuters on Sunday: "If Netanyahu doesn't change his mind, there will be no reason to stay." And the fighting continues: Israel soldiers at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Gaza and Israel inspected armored vehicles after Hamas claimed it had attacked the position on Sunday. Earlier in the day trucks carrying desperately-needed humanitarian aid passed through the crossing. But following the attack, Israel said the crossing had been closed. The war began after Hamas stunned Israel with a cross-border raid on Oct. 7 in which Israel says 1,200 people were killed and over 250 hostages taken. More than 34,600 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's subsequent assault, according to Gaza's health ministry. The bombardment has devastated much of the coastal enclave and caused a humanitarian crisis. Israel has been warning for months it plans to send troops into Rafah, the southern city bordering Egypt where more than a million displaced Gaza residents have taken refuge. Israel believes thousands of Hamas fighters are holed up in the city, along with potentially dozens of hostages. The United Nations on Friday warned such an operation would potentially put thousands more lives at risk. The Israeli military on Sunday released video of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meeting commanders in Gaza. Gallant said there were signs Hamas did not intend to reach an agreement. He said, "this means strong military action in Rafah will begin in the very near future, and in the rest of the Strip. But the deadlock in Cairo continues to turn up the heat on Netanyahu. Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday, demanding the prime minister accept a ceasefire agreement with Hamas that would see the remaining hostages brought home.

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     Hamas killing spree haunts Holocaust survivors

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     STORY: 86-year-old Bellha Haim fled with her family as child from Poland during World War Two. And on October 7 last year, her grandson Yotam, like her a resident of a village near the Gaza border, was taken hostage by Hamas. He managed to escape, only to be accidentally shot dead by Israeli soldiers. The trauma drove Haim to return to Poland, where she will on Monday (May 6) take part in the "March of the Living" at the site of the Auschwitz death camp. The annual ceremony is timed to coincide with Israel's Holocaust memorial day. Holocaust commemorations this year have a searing significance for her and six other elderly survivors now deeply scarred by the Hamas attack that sparked the ongoing Gaza war. “What happened here on October 7th, it's impossible to believe. I see the huge picture mounted in the new library in Jerusalem with all those who were killed and murdered, it's impossible. To this day I cannot fathom. I'm running away from it.” A veteran campaigner for peace with the Palestinians, Haim said she would no longer pursue that activism. "Now what interests me is only my people," she added. Among those joining her will be 90-year-old Daniel Louz. His hometown Kibbutz Beeri lost a tenth of its residents to the Palestinian attackers. In some ways, he said, that ordeal was worse for him than the European war, when he escaped Nazi round-ups in his native France although half his family perished in Poland. “In France, as a child I suffered all kinds of post-traumas that I’ve learned to cope with, but in Be’eri, it was the first time that I felt the fear of death.” On October 7 last year, he woke up to the sound of Arabic yelling and gunfire. A neighboring house was riddled with bullets. Louz's was untouched. He says he imagined the souls of the six million Holocaust victims steering Hamas away from him.

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     Rockets from Lebanon hit northern Israel

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     STORY: Firefighters were working to put out the fire in several sites in Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli town bordering Lebanon that has evacuated most of its residents after October 7th. Hamas attack on southern Israel. In a statement, Hezbollah said it fired "tens" of Katyusha rockets at the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, a northern town close to the Lebanese border, in retaliation. An Israeli airstrike later on Sunday killed four members of a family in a house in a border village in southern Lebanon, civil defense and security sources said. Airstrikes and shelling have taken place sporadically but both sides have pulled back from all-out war.

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     AP explains Israel's decision to bar Al Jazeera

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     AP journalist Jon Gambrell explains the situation surrounding Israel's order to bar Al Jazeera from working in the country amid the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

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     Netanyahu's Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel following rising tensions

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     Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his government has voted unanimously to shut down the local offices of Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera, escalating Israel’s long-running feud with the channel at a time when cease-fire negotiations with Hamas — mediated by Qatar — are gaining steam.

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     Pro-Palestinian protests disrupt University of Michigan graduation

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     STORY: Eyewitness videos showed dozens of students wearing the traditional keffiyeh scarves and graduation caps, waving Palestinian flags among cheers and boos from a crowd of thousands at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. The ceremony continued and campus police escorted the protesters toward the back of the stadium, but no arrests were made, according to a university spokesperson. The University of Michigan is one of the many universities that altered their security protocols for graduation ceremonies. The school told Reuters last week that it trained staff volunteers in mitigating disruptions, a change from the usual duties of guiding guests around campus and showing them to their seats. Students across the U.S. have rallied or set up tents at dozens of universities to protest the months-long war in Gaza and call on President Joe Biden, who has supported Israel, to do more to stop the bloodshed in Gaza. They also demand their schools divest from companies that support Israel's government, such as arms suppliers. Police have so far arrested over 2,000 protesters at colleges around the country. The anti-war protests have been staged in response to Israel's offensive in Gaza, which it launched after a Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that Israel says killed 1,200 people. Israel has killed over 34,000 people in retaliation, according to Gaza health authorities, and flattened the Palestinian territory.

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     Netanyahu defiant as Hamas delegation in Cairo for Gaza cease-fire talks

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     The Israeli prime minister said Sunday that the if Israel agrees to Hamas’ “extreme positions”, then the “next 7th of October is only a matter of time.” Netanyahu’s comments came as a Hamas delegation was in Cairo for cease-fire talks. But Israel hasn’t sent a delegation and a senior Israeli official downplayed prospects for a full end to the war.

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     Thousands of Israelis take to streets of Tel Aviv to demand cease-fire and PM's resignation

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     Protesters are demanding the government reach a deal to bring the hostages back from Gaza, for new elections and the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The demonstration took place as a delegation of the Palestinian militant group Hamas was in Cairo for cease-fire talks with Israel. (AP video by Shlomo Mor)

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     CIA director in Cairo as hostage, cease-fire talks reach critical point

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     Negotiation talks in Egypt intensify as Hamas insists that any cease-fire or hostage deal must include a commitment from Israel for a long-term cease-fire and an end to the war.

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     CIA Director Bill Burns in Egypt for Gaza cease-fire talks

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     While CIA Director William Burns and Hamas representatives were in Cairo Saturday for cease-fire talks in the Israel-Hamas war, Israel said it is not sending a delegation until the militant group replies to Israel's latest proposal. Ramy Inocencio has the latest from Tel Aviv.

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     White House pushes for cease-fire, hostage deal in Israel-Hamas war

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     The Biden administration has been focused intensely all week on pushing for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Israel-Hamas war. This comes as pressure grows politically, within the president's own party, over Israel's direction in the war. Natalie Brand reports from Washington.

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     Israeli forces kill Hamas gunmen in West Bank raid

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     STORY: Israeli forces killed five Palestinians in an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank, including four fighters from the militant group Hamas. That’s according to Israeli and Palestinian officials on Saturday. Hamas confirmed that four of the men killed during the raid near the city of Tulkarm were from its al-Qassam armed wing. The Palestinian health ministry said their bodies had been taken by the Israeli military. There was no information about the fifth man, whose body was too disfigured for immediate identification. During the raid, the Israeli army leveled a two-story house with a bulldozer in an operation that lasted more than 12 hours. According to Palestinian Health Ministry records, nearly 500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or Jewish settlers in the West Bank or East Jerusalem since Oct. 7. That’s when Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and abducting 252 others, according to Israeli tallies. Health authorities in the Hamas-ruled enclave say more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's seven-month-old assault on the Gaza Strip.  Palestinians want the West Bank and Gaza, which Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war, as the core of an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital. U.S.-backed talks to reach an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians have been stalled for the past decade but the Gaza war has raised pressure for a revival of efforts to reach a two-state solution.

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     Talks continue for cease-fire agreement to end war in Gaza

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     Negotiators in Cairo are hoping to push forward a cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel to end the monthslong war and hasten the return of Israeli hostages.

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     Israeli forces conduct raid near West Bank's Tulkarm

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     STORY: Continuous exchange of fire could be heard in the area during the operation which started overnight and continued through the morning. Violence in the West Bank had already been on the rise before the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began in October. It has risen further with frequent Israeli raids, Palestinian street attacks and rampages by Jewish settlers in Palestinian villages. The West Bank and Gaza are among the territories which the Palestinians seek for an independent state. U.S.-brokered peace talks broke down a decade ago.

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     Victims mourned in Gaza after overnight strikes on building in Rafah and Nuseirat refugee camp

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     In Rafah, Civil Defense members evacuated injured victims from the building hit by the strike, and also carried away the bodies of those killed. Meanwhile, at Al Aqsa hospital in Deir Al Balah, mourners prayed over the bodies of those killed in the strike on Nuseirat camp. The overnight strikes came as a delegation from Hamas was scheduled to visit Egypt Saturday for further talks on a possible cease-fire and an exchange with Israel. (AP video shot by: Ismael Abu Dayyah and Abdal Kareem Hana / Production by: Wafaa Shurafa)

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   Background. Israel has become a regional economic and military powerhouse, leveraging its prosperous high-tech sector, large defense industry, and concerns about Iran to foster partnerships around the world. The State of Israel was established in 1948. The UN General Assembly proposed in 1947 partitioning the British Mandate for Palestine into an Arab and Jewish state.

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   The State of Israel was declared in 1948, after Britain withdrew from its mandate of Palestine. Israel joined the UN in 1949 and saw rapid population growth, primarily due to migration from Europe and the Middle East. The Israeli economy has undergone a dramatic transformation in the last 25 years, led by cutting-edge high-tech sectors.

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    Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.