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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/25/2023 12:20:07 PM
Hamas was expected to swap more of its captives Saturday for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel on the second day of a cease-fire that has allowed critical humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and given civilians their first respite after seven weeks of war.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/23/2023 10:12:10 AM
An agreement for a four-day cease-fire in Gaza and the release of dozens of Hamas-held in captivity and Palestinians imprisoned by Israel appeared to have hit a last-minute snag when a senior Israeli official said it would not take effect until Friday, a day later than originally announced.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/13/2023 12:33:00 AM
Day 37 of the ongoing war on Gaza reveals a grim situation as the Israeli Prime Minister once again rejects international calls for a cease-fire. The Israeli occupation military escalates attacks on Al-Shifa hospital, a sanctuary for displaced Palestinians, now under siege. Across the globe, hundreds of thousands of people participate in protests in solidarity with the Palestinians, demanding an end to Israel's aggression.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/12/2023 6:33:44 PM
Israeli strikes pounded Gaza City overnight and into Sunday as ground forces battled Hamas militants near the territory's largest hospital, where health officials say thousands of medics, patients and displaced people are trapped with no electricity and dwindling supplies.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/4/2023 8:19:56 PM
The United States and Arab nations disagreed Saturday on the need for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip as Israeli military strikes killed multiple civilians at a U.N. shelter and a hospital in a growing aggresion on the besieged Palestinian territory.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/31/2023 11:52:23 AM
The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees told a U.N. emergency meeting Monday “An immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions,” accusing Israel of “collective punishment” of Palestinians and the forced displacement of civilians.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/29/2023 10:54:14 PM
Pope Francis repeatedly called for a cease-fire in Gaza on Sunday. "Let's continue to pray for Ukraine and for the serious situation in Palestine and Israel and for other regions with wars," Pope Francis said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/26/2023 8:03:36 PM
Foreign ministers of nine Arab nations, including Egypt, called in a joint statement on Thursday for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to “oblige all parties to an immediate and sustainable ceasefire” amid the ongoing escalation in Gaza, condemning as “violation of international law” the targeting of civilians.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/14/2023 2:40:55 PM
The U.N. children’s agency is calling for an immediate cease-fire and humanitarian access into the Gaza Strip, saying hundreds of thousands of children and their families have started fleeing northern Gaza.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/14/2023 9:18:56 AM
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations called for a "humanitarian cease-fire" in the Gaza Strip and Israel on Friday, while blaming the United States for the ongoing conflict.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/8/2023 11:55:00 PM
Israel initiated a deadly bombardment in southern Gaza, encircling Gaza City in the north, on the 32nd day of the conflict, with over 10,000 Palestinians killed. The United Nations Security Council failed to pass a resolution, due to the US's opposition to demanding a cease-fire for the delivery of essential aid and to prevent further civilian loss of life.
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World
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Africa
9/26/2023 2:45:48 PM
Researchers say they have verified 1,329 deaths from hunger in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region since a cease-fire ended a two-year conflict there in November.
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World
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Region
9/21/2023 8:10:26 PM
Israeli tanks struck two structures on Thursday inside what the army said was a demilitarized zone in Syria, claiming the buildings violated a half-century-old cease-fire agreement between the two countries, the Israeli occupation army said.
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World
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International
9/20/2023 12:51:13 PM
A cease-fire agreement with Azerbaijan was reached on Wednesday to end two days of fighting in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region, local authorities and Azerbaijani officials said.
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World
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Region
9/10/2023 7:10:20 PM
Islamist factions in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp said Sunday they will abide by a cease-fire after three days of clashes killed at least five people and left hundreds of families displaced.
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World
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Region
8/3/2023 12:05:44 PM
Heavy clashes resumed Wednesday in a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, ending a cease-fire there following a day of relative calm.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
6/3/2023 9:24:13 AM
The U.N. Security Council called Friday for an immediate cease-fire in Sudan to be followed by a permanent halt to hostilities and fresh efforts to reach a lasting democratic political settlement in the conflict-wracked country.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
5/28/2023 9:43:40 AM
The United States and Saudi Arabia called on warring sides in Sudan to extend a cease-fire due to expire Monday.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
5/21/2023 5:07:57 PM
Pope Francis called on Sudan's warring forces to lay down their arms on Sunday, expressing dismay about the ongoing fighting and worsening humanitarian situation in the African country.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Nakba remembered
5/14/2023 5:41:40 PM
A few resilient settlers heroically facing the massed forces of all the Arab countries that surrounded and threatened to swallow them. The official Israeli version of the 1948 War, carved, by now, on tablets of stone, could hardly be further from the truth. Fifty years to the day that the first UN sponsored cease-fire, mediated by Count Bernadotte -- a Swedish aristocrat subsequently assassinated by a Jewish gang -- came into effect, Mona Anis assesses the situation on the ground between the combatants after just 26 days of fighting. On paper, though, the Arab forces may well have appeared to have the upper hand. But they were overstretched. Their supplies of arms were exhausted, and they had no access to more. The Jewish forces, on the other hand, were determined and had the support to use the truce to reinforce their positions, to re-arm, recruit and train yet more soldiers for an arena in which they had never ceased to outnumber their Arab opponents by a ratio of two to one
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