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John Kerry heads to Egypt to negotiate truce between Hamas and Israel

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US Secretary for State John Kerry is headed to the Middle East on Tuesday to try and bring a diplomatic end to the devastating conflict between Israel and Hamas. The punishing Israeli air campaign has taken the lives of 177 Palestinians so far, and shows no sign of stopping. Most Arab nations have demanded an immediate end to the campaign, …

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Hamas has framework for truce, but admits deal won’t be done without Israeli concessions

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On Monday, Palestinian movement Hamas said that no serious effort for a truce deal had been made, and that it will not agree a truce deal without concessions made by Israel. “Talk of a ceasefire requires real and serious efforts, which we haven’t seen so far”, Hamas legislative member Mushir al-Masri said. He added that Hamas will only negotiate if …

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Gaza: Israel’s brutal offensive enters day 7, 177 Palestinians killed and counting

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The ongoing Israeli air campaign against Gaza has till Monday caused the deaths of 177 Palestinians so far; a UN official reported that over a quarter of the deceased were children. The victims of the latest round of strikes included a 37-year-old man in the city of Khan Yunis; according to Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for emergency services, a missile had …

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Arab League calls on international community to protect Gaza

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On Monday, the Arab League, ahead of a meeting of foreign minister of various countries, called on global leaders to end Israel’s air campaign on Gaza and protect Palestinians. It called on the international community for an end to the campaign in a report which will be submitted at the ministerial meeting, as the Israeli air campaign entered its seventh …

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Gaza: Death toll now at 103 as Hamas and Israel trade rocket fire; truce still nowhere in sight

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The Israeli air bombardment of Gaza entered its fourth day on Friday, and has now claimed a total of 103 lives, as Hamas and Israel exchanged rocket fire and Washington offering to help broker peace. 11 Palestinians, including a seven-year-old and a woman, were killed in separate Israeli strikes on Gaza on Friday, taking the death toll for the past …

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US prepared to leverage Middle East contacts in exchange for Gaza ceasefire

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On Friday, the United States said that it was willing to leverage its ties with several countries in the Middle East to bring about a truce between Hamas and Israel. A day earlier, US President Barack Obama called Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, to offer to mediate for ceasefire talks which can bring an end to the rocket fire. …

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UN: Europe needs to do more for Syrian refugees

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The UN’s refugee agency on Friday said that Europe has hosted only a “miniscule” number of Syrian refugees, and needs to do more the help Syria’s neighbors shoulder the refugee burden. “We’re calling on European countries to strengthen their response to the Syrian crisis.We’re urging states to ensure access to their territory, we’re urging states to ensure fair and efficient …

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Hamas jabs at Israel, puts up Hebrew version of popular battle song

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Hamas on its YouTube channel posted a Hebrew version of its popular battle song “Shake Israel’s Security”, taunting Israel in an act of psychological warfare to go with the physical conflict in Israel.  The Arabic version of the song has for long been an anthem of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the group’s military wing. The Hebrew translation posted on the …

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Gaza: List of Palestinian victims of Israeli air strikes

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The Gaza Health Ministry has so far confirmed the deaths of 82 Palestinians in Gaza due to Israeli air strikes which started on Tuesday. The deadliest strikes happened on Tuesday and on Thursday, both causing eight deaths – Tuesday’s strike tore down a house in southern Gaza, while Thursday’s strike took out a home in Khan Younis. Of the 82 …

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Syria: Death toll due to civil war tops 170,000, a third of them civilians

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UK-based human rights group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Thursday reported that the death toll due to the Syrian civil war is now more than 170,000 people, and that over a third of them are civilians. The conflict in the war-torn nation has also forced nearly half of its population to flee to neighboring countries. “Ever since the first …

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