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‘Mark of disgrace’: Israel declares four hostages dead in Gaza
Monday’s announcement heightens pressure on the Israeli government to agree to a US ceasefire proposal.
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‘Not a good deal’: Netanyahu aide claims Israel has accepted Biden’s Gaza plan
Joe Biden has hailed several ceasefire proposals over the past several months, each with similar frameworks to the one he outlined on Friday, all of which collapsed.
- by Dan Williams
Biden says Hamas ‘no longer capable’ of major attack, proposes total ceasefire
The US president called the three-phase plan proposed by Israel “a road map to an enduring ceasefire and the release of all hostages”.
- by Aamer Madhani, Chris Megerian and Darlene Superville
Iran’s top leader praises pro-Palestine student protesters in the US
Writing from a country where protest is violently suppressed, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said they were standing on the right side of history.
- by Chris Zappone
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
When you force people into a ‘safe zone’ then bomb it, ‘whoops’ doesn’t quite cut it
What happens you instruct a million people to go to a tiny area, then bomb that place? Melting bodies. Netanyahu can’t call the Rafah deaths a “tragedy” of hindsight.
- by Waleed Aly
An image calling for ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ is going viral, but it seems AI-generated
More than 40 million Instagram users have shared this graphic to their stories using a user-generated template.
- by Jennifer Hassan and Sarah Dadouch
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Gaza aid pier breaks apart as Israel’s Rafah offensive expands
Defying an appeal from the International Court of Justice, Israeli tanks advanced to the heart of Rafah for the first time after a night of heavy bombardment.
- by Nidal al-Mughrabi, Waffa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
‘Out to destroy the relationship’: How Netanyahu split with Biden and the Democrats
Nothing has shattered progressives’ sympathy for Israel like Netanyahu’s rhetoric and actions, Democrats say, particularly the high civilian death toll in Gaza.
- by Yasmeen Abutaleb, Steve Hendrix and Tyler Pager
Charred bodies and screams: Witnesses describe scenes of horror at Rafah camp
Survivors described a terrifying scene of tents in flames and burn victims. A doctor said that of the killed and wounded he saw, a majority were women and children.
- by Hiba Yazbek and Abu Bakr Bashir
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Leaders react to Rafah strike with horror, Netanyahu says it was ‘tragic mistake’
An Israeli airstrike triggered a fire that killed 45 people, including women and children, in a tent camp in the Gazan city, officials said, prompting an outcry from Israel’s closest allies.
- by Tia Goldenberg
Dozens killed in Israel’s ‘precise’ strike on Rafah, Palestinians say
Earlier on Sunday, the Israeli military said eight projectiles had been launched from Rafah toward Tel Aviv – the first rocket attack in months.
- by Nidal al-Mughrabi