Israel's military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate zoned three-day pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for the first round of vaccination of 640,000 children against polio, a senior WHO official said on Friday. The vaccination campaign is due to start on Sunday, with the pauses
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Diplomatic push for Israel-Hamas ceasefire intensifies
International mediators were with Hamas negotiators in Cairo Tuesday for talks on a truce to pause nearly five months of fighting in Gaza before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins early next week. Envoys from the Palestinian militant group and the United States were expected to meet with Qatari
Arms suppliers to Israel & Hamas should face war crime charges
The killings of thousands of civilians in the ongoing Middle East conflict are largely the result of an uneven battle—a nuclear-armed Israel, equipped with some of the most sophisticated American weapons systems, fighting a rag-tag militant group, Hamas. Against this backdrop, a leading human rights organization, is appealing to Israel’s key
Where do we go once the Israel-Hamas war ends? – PART II
There are five measures the Israeli government, along with the US and Saudi Arabia, should put in place to move the peace process forward. First, Israel must limit its ground invasion to northern Gaza, as a large-scale war will inevitably inflict massive destruction and thousands of casualties on both sides, especially
Latest developments in Israel-Hamas war
Fighting has raged for more than two weeks in the Gaza Strip after Hamas gunmen stormed into Israel on October 7, killing at least 1,400 people, according to Israeli officials. More than 5,000 Palestinians, mainly civilians, have been killed across Gaza in relentless Israeli bombardments in retaliation for the attacks, the