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4 hours ago · The U.S. declaration concerns a single Israeli unit and its actions against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank before Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza began in October. While the unit is not identified in Blinken’s letter, it is believed to be the Netzah Yehuda, which has historically been based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
20 hours ago · Tess Ingram, a U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokeswoman, said during an April 16 press conference in Geneva that one child is “killed or injured every 10 minutes” in Gaza. Ingram cited “the most recent data from the Palestinian Ministry of Health,” a Ramallah-based arm of the Palestinian Authority’s ruling Fatah party, which has no ...
6 hours ago · In the case of the third military unit — the Netzah Yehuda battalion, which has been investigated in Israel for crimes in the West Bank predating the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks that set off the ...
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1 hour ago · China will host Palestinian unity talks between Islamist militant group Hamas and its rivals Fatah, the two groups and a Beijing-based diplomat said on Friday, a notable Chinese foray into Palestinian diplomacy amid the war in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, which controls Gaza, is the group whose fighters stormed into Israeli towns on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and capturing 253 hostages.
20 hours ago · A senior Hamas official told AFP on Thursday that Israel would fail to meet its stated goals of defeating the Palestinian militant group and freeing hostages by invading the southern Gaza city Rafah.
20 hours ago · In a new Egyptian proposal under review by the Israeli War Cabinet and opposed by several ministers, Cairo aims to postpone the Rafah operation and pave the way for steps toward establishing a Palestinian state within a year. The proposal's terms will be discussed by an Egyptian delegation led by the head of intelligence, Abbas Kamel, who ...
20 hours ago · Bloomberg dutifully notes that no Hamas delegation is invited either. Yet, whereas Hamas is despised at Riyadh, Prince Mohammed is deeply involved in the American push for a deal with Israel, which reportedly was close to completion before the terrorist attacks of October 7.
