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Israel denies Netanyahu to address US Congress

JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Tuesday denied American media reports he will address the US Congress on June 13, amid mounting pressure...

Mediators press Israel, Hamas to agree to truce

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories —Fresh strikes were reported in the Gazan city of Rafah overnight into Monday, as mediators urged Israel and Hamas to agree...

Israel pummels Gaza as troops push deeper into central Rafah

Rafah, Palestinian Territories —Israeli forces on Friday struck targets across the Gaza Strip, with witnesses reporting air raids around the southern city of Rafah,...

Rafah battles intensify as Israel takes over Gaza-Egypt border

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories – Rafah residents reported intense artillery shelling and gunfire Thursday in Gaza’s far-southern city after Israel said it had seized a...

‘They’re coming in coffins’: Israeli hostage families mourn dead

“Hopes have since faded among the families of other hostages whose whereabouts are unknown” TEL AVIV – The sister of an Israeli hostage whose body...

Israeli strikes leave dozens killed in UN refugee center near Rafah

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories – Gaza officials said Israeli strikes on a center for displaced people killed dozens in a “massacre” near the southern city...

Israel warplanes pound Rafah

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories – Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded Rafah, after the government dismissed an order by the top UN court to halt its...

Israel, Hamas reject arrest bid by ICC

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories—Israel and Hamas, engaged in heavy fighting in the Gaza Strip, both angrily rejected moves to arrest their leaders for war crimes...

Italy, France on opposite sides on arrest issue

ROME—Italy’s foreign minister said Tuesday it was “unacceptable” and “absurd” to compare Israel and Hamas after the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor applied for arrest...

Gaza hospital says 20 killed in Israeli strike

PALESTINIAN Territories – A Gaza hospital said Sunday an Israeli air strike targeting a house at a refugee camp in the center of the...

Thousands flee Gaza’s Rafah ahead of offensive

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories – Tens of thousands of civilians fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a threatened Israeli ground offensive, as...

Biden admin plans $1-b in new arms for Israel despite threat

WSHINGTON, DC – US President Joe Biden’s administration informed Congress on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) of a $1 billion weapons package for Israel, official...

Blinken says Israel offensive on Rafah would not end Hamas, provoke ‘anarchy’

WASHINGTON, DC – An all-out Israeli offensive on the Gaza city of Rafah would provoke “anarchy” without eliminating Hamas, US Secretary of State Antony...

Israel strikes Gaza as more Rafah evacuations ordered

Israel on Saturday hit parts of Gaza including Rafah where it expanded an evacuation order, as the UN warned an outright invasion of the...
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