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BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 26: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken answers questions during a press conference at the US Embassy in China on April 26, 2024 in Beijing, China. At the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China from April 24 to April 26. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

April 29, 2024 7:10 PM

Blinken to Hamas: Accept Israel’s ‘extraordinarily generous’ Gaza truce proposal

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, urged Hamas on Monday to swiftly accept Israel's latest and "extraordinarily generous" proposal for a Gaza truce to secure a release of hostages, amid a diplomatic drive to end the war between Israel and Hamas. Hamas negotiators were expected to meet Qatari and Egyptian mediators in Cairo on Monday to deliver a response to the phased truce proposal Israel presented at the weekend, ahead of a threatened Israeli assault on the southern border city of Rafah. ...

April 24, 2024 4:52 PM

Israel gears up for Rafah civilian evacuation ahead of promised assault

Israel has procured tens of thousands of tents for Palestinian civilians it intends to evacuate from Rafah in the coming weeks ahead a promised assault on the city it sees as the last bastion of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources said on Wednesday. Abutting the Egyptian border, Rafah's population has been swollen by more than a million Palestinians who fled the half-year-old Israeli offensive through the rest of Gaza. Their fate worries Western powers as well as Cairo, which has ruled ou...

April 2, 2024 10:33 AM

Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 32,800:ministry

The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip had risen to 32,845, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Monday. The Israeli army killed at least 63 Palestinians during the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 32,845 and injuries to 75,392 since the Palestine-Israel conflict broke out on Oct 7, 2023, according to the ministry. On Monday, the Israeli military released a statement saying that in the past two weeks, its troops conducted targeted military operations ...

March 28, 2024 5:11 PM

32,552 Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, health ministry says

At least 32,552 Palestinians have been killed and 74,980 injured in Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said on Thursday. There have been 62 Palestinians killed and 91 injured in the past 24 hours, the ministry statement added. The Gaza-based health ministry said that Israeli tanks and armored vehicles were gathering around the Nasser Medical Complex, but had not entered the hospital yet. Israeli military on Wednesday raided se...