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Israel has halted engagement with the UN Secretary-General's office after reports linked Israeli entities to a conflict sexual violence list. |
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Israel has halted engagement with the UN Secretary-General's office after reports linked Israeli entities to a conflict sexual violence list. |
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The Israeli Prime Minister said Israel is "tightening" its grip on Hamas and is currently controlling around 60 per cent of Gaza. |
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Under a ceasefire arrangement reportedly reached in October 2025 between Israel and Hamas, Israeli forces had withdrawn to a demarcation known as the 'yellow line,' leaving them in control of about 53 per cent of Gaza. |
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Tel Aviv effectively controls an estimated 64% of the tiny coastal Strip, bombarded to ruins by Israel's two-year military assault that followed the 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel |
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he ordered the military to expand its control over the Gaza Strip to 70 per cent of the territory, signalling a further escalation despite the fragile ceasefire that came into effect in October 2025. |
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Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces were steadily increasing their hold over the Palestinian enclave and would continue expanding operations against Hamas. |
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The fighting is part of a wider conflagration across the Middle East sparked by the Hamas-led attacks on Israel of October 7, 2023; Israel aims to drive back its sworn enemies - Iran and its proxy forces, including Hezbollah and Hamas - with a stated strategy to create 'buffer zones' along its borders with Gaza, Syria and now Lebanon to safeguard its citizens |
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Hamas has confirmed its new military chief, Mohammed Odeh, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza alongside his family, just 11 days after he assumed leadership. |
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Israel is eliminating Hamas leaders, including those behind the October 7 attacks. This strategy aims to weaken enemies but experts say it does not solve core issues. Past killings of leaders in groups like Hezbollah and Hamas show these organisations can endure. Such actions can also lead to more extreme successors. Effective change requires political strategy alongside military action. |
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Donald Trump's Board of Peace fund for Gaza is empty, donations bypassed the World Bank to a JPMorgan account, projects stalled and legal status questioned |