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Britain and the United States on Monday urged Hamas to swiftly accept an Israeli proposal for a truce in the war. Palestinians said they were hoping for a deal — but not holding their breath. CBC | World News
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Why rights groups say so many Palestinians in the West Bank are being attacked with impunity
When word came over the weekend that Israel’s closest ally, the United States, reportedly plans to hold members of an Israeli military battalion accountable for violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, rights groups saw it as progress. CBC | World News
Read More »15 Palestinians killed across West Bank in Israeli forces raid, settler violence: health officials
Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while an ambulance driver was killed as he went to pick up wounded from a separate attack by violent Jewish settlers, Palestinian authorities said. CBC | World News
Read More »Palestinians in Gaza mark sombre first Eid since outbreak of Israel-Hamas war
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Read More »Israel’s Netanyahu says date set to invade Rafah, the last refuge for displaced Palestinians
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a date was set for an invasion of Rafah, the enclave’s last refuge for displaced Palestinians, as a Hamas official said no progress had been made at talks in Cairo on a ceasefire in the Gaza war. CBC | World News
Read More »Desperate to escape the war, Palestinians pay a private company thousands to leave Gaza
In the face of war, famine and homelessness, desperate Gazans are paying a private company in Cairo exorbitant “travel co-ordination fees” to help them escape into Egypt through the Rafah border. One international affairs expert says the system is war profiteering “at its worst.” CBC | World News
Read More »Palestinians prepare for Ramadan as ceasefire talks stall
Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in a sombre mood, with heightened Israeli security measures and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli strikes kill nearly 100 Palestinians in Gaza as negotiators head to Paris for truce talks
Israel will send negotiators to truce talks in Paris on Friday, Israeli media said, as Palestinians in Gaza hoped for a ceasefire that could hold off a full-blown Israeli assault on Rafah, after it endured one of its worst bombardments of the conflict. CBC | World News
Read More »Palestinians fled to Rafah looking for safety. Now, with a ground offensive looming, they feel trapped
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Read More »Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Rafah as Netanyahu signals pending invasion
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 31 Palestinians in Rafah early Saturday, heath officials in the Gaza Strip said, after Israel’s prime minister said he asked the military to plan for a mass evacuation from the southern Gaza city ahead of an expected ground invasion. CBC | World News
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