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Israel Hamas War 2023

Rafah offensive continues despite ICJ ruling

Dissenting judge says court shouldn’t ‘micromanage’ Israel’s response

By Joshua Marks

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Rafah offensive continues despite ICJ ruling

President Joe Biden joins 17 other world leaders in calling for the 'immediate release' of the hostages from Hamas captivity in a joint statement issued on 25 April, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Biden administration confirms blocking arms shipment to Israel over Rafah

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Smoke billows over buildings following Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 27, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)

IDF tells Gazans to evacuate eastern Rafah

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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) in Jeddah on March 20, 2024. Secretary of State Blinken, who landed in Jeddah earlier on March 20 on the first leg of a regional tour that was extended to include Israel, met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan before holding talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP) (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Saudis say Iran instigated October 7 to sabotage Israel normalisation

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April 1, 2024 08:52

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Israeli jets kill terrorists who carried out Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak atrocities

Two Hamas platoon commanders and a squad commander in the Nukhba special forces unit were also killed

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March 6, 2024 16:31

Israeli soldiers during operational activity in the Gaza Strip, 5 March, 2024 (Credit: IDF)

IDF captures terror suspects ‘hiding’ among civilians

The IDF announced on Sunday night that it had completed a two-week-long clearance operation in the southern Gaza City district of Zeitoun

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March 4, 2024 10:03

IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip, March 3, 2024. Credit: IDF.

IDF presents War Cabinet with Rafah evacuation plan

Israel is readying a major military offensive in the last Hamas stronghold in southern Gaza

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February 26, 2024 09:46

Smoke billows following Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 25, 2024, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Herzog holds secret hostage talks with Qatari PM

The Israeli president called the Friday encounter at the Munich Security Conference a "good discussion.

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February 18, 2024 09:46

Israeli president Isaac Herzog (Photo Flash90)

IDF rescues two hostages in daring Rafah operation

Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70—both from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak—are in good condition, according to the IDF

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February 12, 2024 09:50

Freed Israeli hostages Fernando Simon Marman, 60, left, and Louis Har, 70, from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak. Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, Feb. 12, 2024. (Photo: X)

Saudis says normalisation deal with Israel hinges on Palestinian state and Gaza withdrawal

Polling shows that a majority of Israelis are against the establishment of a Palestinian state in exchange for Saudi ties

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February 7, 2024 11:06

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Photo by SERGEI SAVOSTYANOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas trying to re-establish control in areas of northern Gaza

IDF has responded with airstrikes on areas where terror operatives have been spotted

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February 4, 2024 10:30

An Israeli soldier in front of a destroyed building in Khan Yunis (Photo by NICOLAS GARCIA/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas releases ominous video of three hostages promising to ‘inform of their fate’

The propaganda video showed captives Noa Argamani, 26, Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itai Svirsky, 38

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January 15, 2024 09:49

Noa Argamani, Itay Svirski and Yossi Sharabi

IDF kills dozens of terrorists in Gaza as Israel to begin pulling back troops

Israeli soldiers also killed four Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank

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January 2, 2024 10:46

Israeli forces conducting ground operations in the Gaza Strip on January 1 (Photo: IDF)

IDF expand ground offensive into Gaza’s central urban camps

Three more soldiers have also been killed in action in the Gaza Strip

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December 27, 2023 10:19

Israeli troops operating in the Gaza Strip on December 27 (Photo: IDF)

Hamas fighters filmed fleeing hospital and surrendering to the IDF

The Israeli army said they’re closing in on terrorist strongholds in northern Gaza

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December 14, 2023 11:59

Hamas fighters filmed fleeing hospital and surrendering to the IDF