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Hamas agrees to new Gaza ceasefire proposal

A Hamas source said on Monday that the Palestinian militants had agreed to a new proposal from mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza, devastated by more than 22 months of war between the Islamist group and Israel...

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Israeli fire kills 36 in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli attacks killed at least 36 people on Saturday, warning that intensifying strikes on a Gaza City neighbourhood were placing its remaining residents in mortal danger...

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Syrian Druze protesters demand self determination

Hundreds demonstrated in Syria’s Sweida on Saturday, denouncing last month’s sectarian violence and calling for the right to self-determination for the Druze-majority province, an AFP correspondent reported...

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Young Gaza woman flown to Italy, dies

A young Palestinian woman with severe wasting who was flown from Gaza to Italy this week for treatment has died, the hospital said on Saturday...

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Iran cop killed in clash

Gunmen in Iran’s volatile southeast killed a police officer in a shootout with security forces, news agencies reported Saturday, with a jihadist group claiming the attack...

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1,760 killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May: UN

The UN human rights office said Friday that at least 1,760 Palestinians had been killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May, a jump of several hundred since its last published figure at the beginning of August...