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A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to provide a state-of-the-art facility to offer life-changing experiences for young people in Newark.

An ambitious project has been launched to build a new purpose-built facility as an investment into the youth in the community.

Hamas has been unresponsive to overtures made in recent days to try to restart hostage negotiations, a source familiar with the efforts told CNN, as the US and other mediators try to resurrect talks that would see more hostages who were abducted on October 7 be released from captivity.

Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday and discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories, emphasizing the need for de-escalation and a ceasefire, the country’s state news agency said.

Israeli airstrikes hit about 200 Hamas targets in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said in an update Monday, a day after the IDF announced it was expanding its ground operations to the entire enclave. Follow for live updates.

A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the weekend.

Dozens of people are feared to be dead in northern Gaza’s Jabalya refugee camp after an apparent strike destroyed a multi-story concrete building Saturday.

The negotiations between Israel and Hamas over hostages held captive in Gaza broke down Saturday after Israel continued to insist on the release of a group of women and Hamas refused, a source familiar with the talks told CNN.

Dr. Sufyan Tayeh, the president of the Islamic University of Gaza, was killed Saturday by Israeli bombing in the northern Gaza Strip, according to a statement from the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours.