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Israel wants administrators ‘without Hamas or PA links’ to run Gaza

Israeli officials have said they want to use local administrators without links to either Hamas or the Palestinian Authority to run Gaza, and will set up small scale trials of the scheme as soon as “the right people step up to the plate”.

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US asks world court not to call for Israeli pullout from Palestinian territories

The US has urged the international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague not to issue a ruling calling for Israel’s immediate withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories, arguing that Israeli security had to be taken into account in any solution to the conflict.

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New trial in Rome of four Egyptians accused over Giulio Regeni killing

Defendants are being tried in absentia over kidnapping and murder of Italian student in 2016

Four Egyptian security officials have gone back on trial in absentia in Rome on charges related to the kidnap and murder of an Italian student in Cairo.

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US urges Israel to drop plans for Rafah ground offensive

The US has proposed a UN security council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire and for Israel not to go ahead with a planned offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza.

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Gaza’s largest functioning hospital ‘completely out of service’, say health officials

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Middle East crisis live: Egypt ‘setting up contingency area’ in case of Rafah exodus

Egypt is preparing an area at the Gaza border which could accommodate Palestinians in case an Israeli offensive into Rafah prompts an exodus across the frontier, four sources told news agency Reuters, in what they described as a contingency move by Cairo.

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Middle East crisis live: Israeli military says it has ‘credible intelligence’ that Hamas held hostages in Nasser hospital

The Israeli military said it had “credible intelligence” that Hamas had held hostages at the hospital and that the remains of hostages might still be inside, reports AP.

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Middle East crisis live: ‘Military operations in Rafah could lead to slaughter in Gaza,’ says UN

Martin Griffiths, el subsecretario general de la ONU para Asuntos Humanitarios y Coordinador de Socorro de Emergencia, dijo que el escenario "que hemos temido durante mucho tiempo se está desenrollando a una velocidad alarmante".

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Two-state solution ‘not rewarding Hamas’, Cameron tells Lords – UK politics live

Cameron: I have personally challenged the Israel government over incidents in Gaza

Speaking in the House of Lords, foreign secretary has said that he has personally challenged the Israeli government over individual incidents in Gaza.

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Middle East crisis live: UK government ‘deeply concerned’ about planned offensive in Rafah

The official spokesperson for Rishi Sunak, the UK’s prime minister, said they were “deeply concerned” about the prospect of a military offensive in Rafah.