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International media protest over journalist deaths in Gaza

More than 250 media outlets in over 70 countries staged a front page protest Monday highlighting the deaths of scores of journalists in Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, the Reporters Without Borders media freedom group said.

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Hamas rejects reported plan for US takeover of Gaza

Hamas denounced on Monday a plan reportedly being considered by US president Donald Trump for the United States to take control of the devastated Gaza Strip and for its population to be relocated.

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Israel kills spokesman for Hamas armed wing

Israel said Sunday its forces had killed the spokesman of Hamas’s armed wing in a strike on Gaza a day earlier, the latest fatality in the group’s senior ranks in the nearly two-year war.

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Aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg set to sail for Gaza

A flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, prepared Sunday to leave from Barcelona to try to ‘break the illegal siege of Gaza’, organisers said.

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Huthis PM killed in Israeli strike

The prime minister of Yemen’s Huthis was killed in an Israeli airstrike along with other officials earlier this week, the Iran-backed rebels announced on Saturday.

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Red Cross warns against Gaza evacuation

The Red Cross warned on Saturday that any Israeli efforts to evacuate Gaza City would put residents at risk, as Israel’s military tightened its siege on the area ahead of a major planned offensive.

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US should not deny Palestinians access to UNGA: France

French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Saturday there should be no restrictions on access to next month’s UN General Assembly, after the United States said it would deny visas to members of the Palestinian authority.

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Europeans offer Iran deal to avert sanctions

European powers said Friday they were ready to drop a new sanctions push on Iran if it addresses concerns on its nuclear programme over the next month, but Tehran denounced the offer as insincere.

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Israel says Gaza City dangerous combat zone

The Israeli military declared Gaza City ‘a dangerous combat zone’ on Friday ahead of a looming offensive to conquer the Palestinian territory’s largest city after almost two years of devastating war.

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Iran has executed 841 people this year: UN

At least 841 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said Friday, decrying ‘a systematic pattern of using the death penalty as a tool of state intimidation’.