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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Top US diplomat Antony Blinken urged Hamas to accept a truce in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to send troops into its far southern city of Rafah.Washington has heightened pressure on all sides to reach a ceasefire — a message pushed by Blinken, who was on his seventh regional tour since the Gaza war

Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday to launch ground offensive on the Gaza Strips far-southern city of Rafah

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken urged Hamas to accept a truce in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to send troops into its far southern city of Rafah.

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken urged Hamas to accept a truce in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to send troops into its far southern city of Rafah. Washington has heightened pressure on all sides to reach a ceasefire -- a message pushed by Blinken, who was on his seventh regional tour since the Gaza war broke out in October. "Even in these very difficult times we are determined to get a ceasefire that brings the hostages home -- and to get ...

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken urged Hamas Wednesday to accept a truce in the Gaza Strip, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to send...

Hamas, whose envoys returned from Cairo talks to their base in Qatar, would “discuss the ideas and the proposal”, said a Hamas source, adding that “we are keen to respond as quickly as possible”.

Bibi vows Rafah offensive ‘with or without’ truce - World - GAZA: Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday to launch a ground offensive on the Gaza Strip’s far-southern city of Rafah “with or witho...

Calev Ben-Dor argues four changes have transformed the Israel Right: Benjamin Netanyahu’s need for political survival overpowering his more statesmanly strategic side, Likud’s increasingly nationa...

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The Guardian publishes an opinion piece by a Palestinian, who writes: “Death tolls and cliched phrases in an ill-informed, biased or unquestioning ...