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Blinken urges Hamas to accept ‘extraordinarily generous’ Israeli ceasefire deal

The US secretary of state has said that “the only thing standing between the people of Gaza and a ceasefire” is Hamas, ahead of what are seen as last-chance talks to salvage a diplomatic solution before a threatened Israeli ground invasion in Rafah.

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Airstrikes on Rafah amid renewed efforts to broker Gaza ceasefire talks

At least 22 people have been killed in airstrikes on Rafah, as Hamas and Israel face pressure to engage in what are seen as last-chance ceasefire talks before a threatened Israeli ground invasion into the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip.

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Middle East crisis live: it could take 14 years to clear Gaza Strip of rubble and unexploded bombs, says UN official

The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official said on Friday.

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US Congress passes foreign military aid package with $5bn boost for Aukus agreement with Australia

A United States funding package authorising more military aid for Ukraine and Israel passed by Congress on Tuesday includes a A$5bn boost for the US domestic submarine-building industry that will directly enable the Aukus agreement.

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Germany to resume funding of Unrwa aid operations in Gaza

Germany has said it will restore cooperation and funding to Unrwa operations in the Gaza Strip after an independent review said Israel had not provided evidence to back up claims that hundreds of employees of the UN agency for Palestinians were members of terrorist organisations.

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Israel still has no proof of Unrwa terrorist claims – but damage to aid agency is done

Unsupported Israeli allegations about Unrwa links to terrorism led major donors to cut $450m in funding to the main humanitarian agency working in Gaza at a time when people there were dying in droves.

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Middle East crisis live: More than 200 bodies recovered from temporary mass graves in Nasser hospital, local authorities say

Palestinian civil defence authorities in the Gaza Strip said on Monday it had now uncovered 210 bodies from a temporary burial ground inside the main hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis.

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US vetoes Palestinian request for full UN membership

The US has vetoed a Palestinian request to the United Nations security council for full UN membership, blocking the world body’s recognition of a Palestinian state.

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Middle East crisis live: UN security council to vote on granting membership to Palestine

The UN security council is due to vote on Thursday on a Palestinian bid for full UN membership, diplomats said, a move that Israel ally the US is expected to block because it would effectively recognise a Palestinian state, reports Reuters.

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Middle East crisis live: Israel will ‘make its own decision’ on Iran after UK and Germany call for restraint

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the visiting foreign ministers of Germany and Britain for their support on Wednesday but said Israel would reach its own decisions on its security.