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Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Nov 4, 2023 - Israel battled into the fifth week Saturday of its war to crush Hamas, showing no signs of letting up even as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced a rising tide of anger in meetings with Arab foreign ministers.

The U.S. is trying to persuade Israel to take a humanitarian pause from airstrikes on Gaza, where Palestinians reported on Saturday that there were multiple fatalities across the besieged enclave. …

Israel has relentlessly pounded Gaza in its battle to destroy Hamas, levelling entire city blocks

In a rare display of a public split, Arab foreign ministers at a press conference pushed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to persuade Israel to agree to a ceasefire. The top U.S. diplomat, however, dismissed the idea, saying such a halt would only benefit Hamas, allowing the militant Islamist Palestinian group to regroup and attack again.

Israeli minister backtracks after suggestion of dropping nuclear bomb on besieged enclave; intense bombing reported as Gaza Strip suffers third internet blackout.

Israel said Sunday it was pounding Gaza with "significant" strikes after cutting it in two, as Americas top diplomat pressed a Middle East tour focused on humanitarian aid for the Palestinians.

GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – Israel said Sunday it was pounding Gaza with “significant” strikes after cutting it in two, as America’s top diplomat pressed a Middle East tour focused on humanitarian aid for the Palestinians. Israel forces “have encircled Gaza City… Now there exists a south Gaza and a north Gaza”, an army […]

Israel's military said its forces reached on Sunday the coast of Gaza City and encircled Hamas in the city, as the Palestinian death toll in the enclave rose to 9,770 amid Israel's relentless bombardm

CAIRO, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Sunday that the logistic difficulties imposed by Israel and its repeated bombing of the Rafah border crossing delayed the delivery of aid to the besieged Gaza Strip and placed additional burdens on Egypt.

The Queen called opposition to ceasefire morally reprehensible and said that Israel does not seek to protect the Gaza civilians - Click the link for more.