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Seven Irish EPP delegates refuse to call for Hamas hostage release

Resolution calling for release of hostages snatched during Hamas' October 2023 attacks on Israel was among several emergency motions passed at Valencia congress, but seven delegates declined to support it.

Gaza

At least 35 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza

The United Nations warn that the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza could get exponentially worse as it expects to distribute its final batch of supplies and critical aid to Gaza’s population, exhausted by a weeks-long blanket blockade.

World News

Guterres warns two-state solution is 'near a point of no return'

The United Nations says the promise of a two-state solution is at risk of disappearing as Israel-Hamas war continues in Gaza, with Israel intensifying its ground and aerial operations across the enclave in a bid to eradicate Hamas.

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UK counter-terror police investigating two Kneecap videos

In a video of the Irish group from 2023, one member is alleged to have said: "The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP." This follows another video from last year that allegedly shows a Kneecap member shouting: "Up Hamas, up Hezbollah".

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Gaza

At least 50 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza

At least 50 Palestinians, mostly women and children were killed and dozens more were injured on Thursday as Israel ramps up its offensives across the enclave.

World News

Israeli strike kills at least 23 as mediators seek lasting Gaza truce

The Gaza Civil Defence, a first responders' body that operates under the Hamas-run government, also said it recovered another four bodies from strikes on two homes in the same area.

World News

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 14 and destroy donated bulldozers

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the strikes. The military says it only targets militants and blames civilian deaths on Hamas because the group operates in densely populated areas.

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Palestinians line up to receive food aid in central Gaza

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has said stocks that were able to enter Gaza during the two-month ceasefire have now nearly run out.

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Palestinians wait in line for food at Gaza charity kitchen

With aid supplies in the Strip dwindling, some displaced people said that on top of having no income, there are no vegetables, flour or bread.

Israel

IDF says it will fire air force reservists who condemn Gaza war

While the soldiers who signed the letter didn’t refuse to keep serving, it's part of a growing wave of Israeli service personnel speaking out against the 18-month conflict.

Europe News

Macron calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza during visit to Egypt

Egypt, along with the United States and Qatar, were the major negotiators of the previous ceasefire between Israel and the militant group Hamas which came into force on 19 January.

Gaza

At least 32 Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes across Gaza

At least 32 Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump about the war.

Gaza

Hamas suspected of manipulating Gaza death toll, research shows

Some 3,400 names were removed from the most recent death reports from the Strip, raising concerns of inflated figures by Hamas.

Israel

Netanyahu says Israel establishing new security corridor in Gaza

Last month, the Israeli military retook control of the Netzarim Corridor, which splits Gaza in two in the north, as part of the 19 January ceasefire deal.

Gaza

Israel expands ground operations in Gaza as ceasefire efforts continue

The IDF says it has expanded its ground offensive in the southern Gaza Strip, with troops advancing deeper into Rafah as they look to expand a buffer zone along the borders of the enclave.

Israel

Palestinians in Gaza stage rare public protest against Hamas

Rights groups accuse Hamas of violently suppressing dissent, quashing protests in the areas they control, while also jailing and torturing their critics.

Gaza

At least 50,000 killed in Israel-Hamas war, Gaza authorities claim

Israel's strikes in Gaza killed at least 26, including a senior Hamas leader, amid ongoing ground operations and evacuation orders in Rafah.

World News

At least 85 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, health authorities say

Israel resumed heavy strikes across Gaza on Tuesday, shattering a fragile truce that had been in place since 19 January.

Gaza

More than 400 Palestinians killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Israel said it carried out the strikes after Hamas refused to release hostages held in Gaza and rejected a truce deal proposed by US special envoy Steve Witkoff.

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Gaza truce in limbo as mediators seek to break Israel-Hamas deadlock

Indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Qatar revolve around how to progress beyond the first stage of the three-phase ceasefire.