Israel’s military announced on Sunday that it would pause fighting throughout daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries.
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Some animals from a Gaza zoo are now displaced along with their owner
The Rafah zoo owner drove caged animals with him as he fled the city. He left three lions behind.
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The U.N. Security Council endorses U.S. cease-fire plan to end the war in Gaza
The council voted 14-0 to support President Biden’s step-by-step plan for a cease-fire, an exchange of hostages and prisoners and an end to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
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Gaza pier for aid deliveries reconnected after repairs, U.S. Central Command says
A section of the U.S.-built pier designed to carry badly needed aid into Gaza broke apart in storms and rough seas. Food and other supplies will begin to flow soon, U.S. Central Command said Friday.
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Israel used a U.S.-made bomb in a deadly U.N. school strike in Gaza
Israel dropped a bomb on a U.N.-run school it said was being used by Hamas. The blast killed dozens, including women and children, medics and witnesses say. The bomb was U.S.-made, NPR has discovered.
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A family fled Rafah as the war closed in. Now they’re living in a bombed-out school
A classroom in a bombed-out school has become a shelter for an extended family of 20 Palestinians. They fled Rafah after Israel’s latest offensive in the southern Gaza city.
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Israel pushes deeper into Rafah after deadly strike at camp for displaced Gazans
The moves comes despite an order from the top U.N. court for Israel to halt its offensive in southern Gaza.
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An Israeli airstrike killed 45 Palestinians in an encampment for displaced people
The Israeli military said it killed two Hamas militant leaders in the strike but Palestinian health officials say dozens of civilians who had sought shelter in an encampment were killed and injured.
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Aid trucks begin entering Gaza under agreement with Egypt to bypass Rafah
Aid trucks entered Gaza from southern Israel on Sunday through a new agreement to bypass the Rafah crossing with Egypt after Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of it earlier this month.
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In Georgia, Biden’s coalition has frayed since his narrow win in 2020
President Biden eked out a win in Georgia last time, a victory that helped take him over the top in the Electoral College. But there are some warning signs it could be hard to do it again in 2024.
