Tensions rise amidst already fragile ceasefire deal and US vice-president visit
• Oct 22, 2025, 10:20 AM
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Israeli protesters are asking for the US to make sure the Gaza peace deal, which plans for the return of all hostage bodies detained by Hamas, is honoured. The call comes as tensions over said return rose between the group and Israeli authorities, and an increase in Israeli settler violence in the West Bank against Palestinian oliver harvesters and activists.
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Gaza: 54 unidentified Palestinian bodies returned for mass burial
• 9:28 AM
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A collective funeral was held on Wednesday in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, for 54 unidentified Palestinians whose bodies were returned from Israel, the Palestinian Civil Defense (PCD) said. The PCD noted that many of the bodies could not be identified by
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US Secretary of State Rubio to visit Israel as US tries to shore up Gaza ceasefire
• 8:33 AM
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Chief US diplomat Marco Rubio was due in Israel on Thursday, the latest Washington official to visit as President Donald Trump's administration kept up efforts to cement the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. His visit comes after the Intern
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Israel's West Bank annexation vote ‘potentially threatening’ Gaza truce, Rubio warns
• 8:11 AM
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Shortly before leaving for Israel, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the Knesset's vote on Wednesday advancing an Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank "potentially" threatens the Gaza ceasefire deal. Rubio is the latest US official to
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Iran announces 'conditional release' for citizen in France linked to prisoner swap
• 12:09 AM
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Iranian citizen Mahdieh Esfandiari, detained in France since February on charges of promoting terrorism online, was conditionally released Wednesday, Iran's foreign ministry said, as Tehran pushes for her return in a potential prisoner swap for two Frenc
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