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Friday, october 31, 2025
Gaza schools and universities gradually reopen after three weeks of ceasefire
• 2:08 PM
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Three weeks into the ceasefire, daily life in Gaza is slowly resuming. Some schools and universities have reopened, a small sign of recovery after years of conflict. For many, going back to lectures gives hope to resume a normal life. Camille Knight take
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‘Civilians can’t go home’: Gaza faces Israel’s new ‘yellow line’
• 2:00 PM
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The Israeli army has started to mark the so-called “yellow line” behind which it must withdraw as part of the ceasefire deal it signed with Hamas. However, an Israeli NGO has been speaking out about the confusion around an “undistinct boundary", which ha
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Israel returns remains of 30 Palestinians to Gaza as part of exchange deal
• 10:29 AM
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Israel has handed over the remains of another 30 Palestinians to Gaza as part of an exchange deal, a hospital official said Friday. The bodies belong to Palestinians who died while imprisoned by Israel, but it was not clear how they died.
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UN accuses Iran of widespread arrests, abuses after 12-day war with Israel
• 2:53 AM
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United Nations fact finders condemned Iran for intensifying repression since its 12-day war with Israel in June, reporting more than 21,000 arrests and widespread mistreatment of minorities and journalists.
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Israel’s ultra-Orthodox rally in ‘March of the Million’ against army service
• 1:32 AM
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Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men packed the entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday, protesting government plans to draft them into the military. Chanting and waving signs saying they would rather go to jail, demonstrators highlighted a growing rift ove
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Thursday, october 30, 2025
'Better to go to prison': Israeli ultra-Orthodox rally against army service
• 8:34 PM
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Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men rallied in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against military conscription in their community, an issue that has caused a major strain in Israel's right-wing ruling coalition. The vast crowd were demonstratin
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Israel receives remains of two deceased hostages from Red Cross
• 1:24 PM
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Hamas on Thursday handed over the remains of two more hostages to Israel under the terms of the US-brokered ceasefire deal. Israel late Thursday confirmed the identities of the two bodies, taking the total number hostages that Hamas has transferred to 17
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Lebanese president orders army to 'confront any Israeli incursion' after raid kills worker
• 9:49 AM
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The Lebanese army has been ordered to confront any Israeli incursion on the country’s southern border, President Joseph Aoun announced on Thursday. The ramped-up rhetoric comes after an overnight attack in which Israeli soldiers crossed the border and en
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Wednesday, october 29, 2025
'Any kind of solution has to be rooted in Palestinian self-determination and Israeli security'
• 8:49 PM
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FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Yael Berda, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Co-Chair of "A Land For All", about the war in Gaza. She says that even amid the fragile ceasefire 'we h
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3,000 Gaza survivors living in the Emirates Humanitarian City hope to rebuild lives there
• 4:04 PM
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Since the start of the war on October 7th 2023, the UAE has evacuated 3,000 Gazans; mostly families with injured or seriously ill children. Many are trying to rebuild a normal life. While some hope to return to their homeland, others now see their future
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Israel says ceasefire is back into effect after deadly strikes in Gaza
• 3:05 PM
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Israel's military said on October 29 that the ceasefire is back on in Gaza following heavy Israeli airstrikes overnight. More than 100 people were killed across the Palestinian territory, including dozens of children, according to local health officials.
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Israel launches deadly strikes on Gaza amid truce
• 11:06 AM
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Israel's military said Wednesday that the ceasefire was back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials.
The strikes —
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Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza in the most serious challenge yet to the truce
• 10:19 AM
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Israeli strikes killed at least 60 people in Gaza overnight, including many children. It's the most serious violation of the ceasefire so far, but US President Donald Trump has said he is confident the peace plan he helped broker will hold.
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Israel says resuming ceasefire after new strikes on Gaza kill more than 100
• 6:36 AM
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Israel on Wednesday said it had resumed the Gaza ceasefire after having carried out a series of overnight air strikes that killed more than 100 people, including scores of children. Israel said the strikes were aimed at Hamas targets in retaliation for t
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Tuesday, october 28, 2025
Truce talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan collapse in Istanbul
• 11:15 PM
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Peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan ended in Istanbul without a deal, Pakistan’s information minister said on Wednesday, blaming Kabul’s delegation for obstructing progress. The failure of the negotiations casts doubt on efforts to stabilise rel
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Israeli planes strike Gaza City after Netanyahu orders 'powerful attacks'
• 7:20 PM
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Israeli planes launched strikes on Gaza City on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory and ordered the military to carry out "powerful attacks". The Israeli s
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Israel launches air strikes on Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire
• 4:17 PM
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Israeli air strikes killed at least eleven people and wounded four in Gaza City on Tuesday. This comes as Tel Aviv accused Hamas of ceasefire violations by carrying out an attack against Israeli forces. Hamas said in a statement that it remained committe
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Hamas returns partial hostage remains, Israel slams breach of truce
• 2:25 PM
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The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused Hamas of a "clear violation of the agreement" after the remains returned on Monday were found to have belonged to a hostage who had already been recovered two years ago, instead o
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Excavations in Gaza underway to recover Israeli hostage bodies
• 11:29 AM
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Excavations are underway in #Gaza to recover the remaining bodies of #Israeli hostages. Egypt sent in heavy machinery and personnel to help with the search, alongside the Red Cross. The excavations come as #hostage families increase pressure to suspend t
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Monday, october 27, 2025
United Nations, France condemn Israel for attack on UN peacekeeping troops in Lebanon
• 8:58 PM
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The United Nations and France on Monday condemned Israel for an attack on peacekeeping troops in southern Lebanon, after they neutralised an Israeli drone that reportedly flew over their patrol in an "aggressive manner" on Sunday. According to a French
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Israel receives remains of 16th hostage from Red Cross, Netanyahu's office says
• 6:21 PM
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The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that Israel had received the body of the 16th hostage from the Red Cross after Hamas handed it over earlier on Monday. The announcement came after an Israeli group campaigning for the return
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Sunday, october 26, 2025
Red Cross, Egyptian teams join search for dead hostages in Gaza
• 5:36 PM
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Teams from the Red Cross and Egypt have joined the search for the remains of hostages still buried in the rubble of the devastated Gaza Strip, an Israeli spokesperson said Sunday. Hamas said it has widened its search for the dead hostages, whose return i
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Trump discusses future of Gaza with Qatari leaders
• 1:35 PM
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President Donald Trump met Qatar’s leaders on Sunday to discuss the future of the Gaza ceasefire he helped broker. Following the talks, he said a coalition of peacekeeping forces would soon be deployed. Meanwhile Israeli PM Netanyahu said Israel would de
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Saturday, october 25, 2025
Israel launches air strike in Gaza allegedly targeting Islamic Jihad militant
• 6:16 PM
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Israel's military on Saturday said it had launched an air strike in the Gaza Strip despite the ongoing US-brokered ceasefire, saying it was targeting a "terrorist" allegedly belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group.
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Many Gazans still unable to return home despite ceasefire
• 3:20 PM
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His house in Gaza was destroyed by the war, but Hani Abu Omar still dreams of returning now that a ceasefire has taken hold. However, like thousands of others, the 42-year-old Palestinian remains stuck in a tent with his family because it is too dangerou
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Friday, october 24, 2025
Inside post-ceasefire Gaza: Israel-backed militias, clan wars and Hamas’s fight to survive
• 7:38 PM
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The October 10 ceasefire between Hamas and Israel halted open war but not the violence in Gaza. Around seven armed factions and clans now battle Hamas for control while gunfights and public executions persist in the enclave, and some groups are even susp
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Rubio urges quick deployment of international 'stabilisation' force in Gaza
• 1:07 PM
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday said it was critical for the ceasefire deal in Gaza that an international stabilisation force be deployed "as soon as it possibly can", with Israel potentially able to veto participants. Rubio is the latest hig
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Israeli-Palestinian peace activist seeks to bring measure of 'sanity to her people and her country'
• 11:11 AM
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US President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Israel over annexing the West Bank in an interview published Thursday, as visiting Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced confidence that a US-backed ceasefire in Gaza would hold. All the while, Israeli
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Vance and Rubio criticise Israeli parliament's vote on West Bank annexation
• 11:04 AM
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel on Thursday and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as US President Donald Trump said Israel would lose US support if it went ahead with possible plans to annex the West Bank. Rubio is th
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US pressures Israel on West Bank as Rubio begins visit
• 8:48 AM
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel on Thursday and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as US President Donald Trump said Israel would lose US support if it went ahead with possible plans to annex the West Bank. Rubio is th
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Thursday, october 23, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu 'has been put in his place quite publicly by the American visitors'
• 6:27 PM
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US President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Israel over annexing the West Bank in an interview published Thursday, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in the country to bolster his Gaza truce. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerus
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JD Vance rejects any West Bank annexation by Israel
• 4:23 PM
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During a two-day trip to #Israel, US Vice President JD #Vance rejected any idea of an Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank.
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Israel calls ICJ Decision 'Shameful'
• 3:21 PM
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Israel is rejecting a ruling by the International Court of Justice that orders it to ease the passage of aid into Gaza. The UN aid agency has been effectively barred from operating in the enclave since January. The decision comes as humanitarian organiza
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France issues new arrest warrant against Syria's ex-leader Assad for chemical attacks
• 2:42 PM
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French authorities have issued a new arrest warrant for Syrian ex-president Bashar al- Assad over the suspected Syrian government chemical attacks on Adra and Douma outside Damascus and in Eastern Ghouta in August 2013. Nearly 1,500 people were killed or
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Syrian forces negotiate truce with French-led jihadist group holed up in camp
• 11:56 AM
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Syrian authorities on Thursday negotiated a ceasefire with a group of foreign jihadists led by Frenchman Oumar Diaby in northwestern Syria, according to sources.
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Life after al-Hol camp: Women of IS group try to reintegrate into Syrian society
• 11:05 AM
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When the Islamic State group was defeated in 2019, more than 40,000 men, women, and children were held in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria. Alongside civilians fleeing the fighting, families of Islamic State group members were also detained. Faced w
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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 pressures Israel on West Bank as Rubio begins visit
• 9:13 AM
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel on Thursday and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as US President Donald Trump said Israel would lose US support if it went ahead with possible plans to annex the West Bank. Rubio is th
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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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Vance slams Israel’s West Bank annexation vote as ‘insult’ and ‘stupid political stunt’
• 8:11 AM
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Wrapping up his visit to Israel Thursday, US Vice President JD Vance criticised the Knesset's vote advancing an Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank as a "very stupid political stunt" and a personal "insult". His remarks came as US Secretary of S
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Israel's West Bank annexation vote ‘potentially threatening’ Gaza truce, Rubio warns
• 12:49 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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Wednesday, october 22, 2025
Looking for Assad: is Syria's ousted President hiding out as a mechanic or under a hijab?
• 9:03 PM
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The Assad family ruled Syria for more than five decades. However, since last December, Bashar al-Assad has vanished after a lightning rebel offensive toppled his regime. Online, memes and fake news now claim to have spotted the ousted president in the mo
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Israel 'not a protectorate' of the US, Netanyahu says ahead of meeting with Vance
• 6:42 PM
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Israel's prime minister toughened his stance Wednesday by declaring that his country is in charge of its own security and isn't an American protectorate as he prepared to discuss progress on Gaza’s fragile ceasefire agreement with U.S. Vice President JD
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Styria: The collective that wants to make Syria laugh
• 2:59 PM
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“If we can laugh together, we can live together.” The phrase serves as the leitmotif of the Styria Comedy Club stand-up collective. With the fall of the Assad regime last December, Styria comedians are enjoying newfound freedoms, touring the country to p
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Top UN court rules Israel must provide Palestinians with 'basic needs'
• 1:50 PM
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The UN's top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Wednesday ruled that Israel must ensure the basic needs of Palestinians living in Gaza and allow UN aid agencies to enter the enclave. Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations
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No pillar of stability: 'Every single child in Gaza is suffering from severe, deep & intense trauma'
• 11:54 AM
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The United Nations' top legal body, the International Court of Justice, is issuing an advisory opinion on what Israel's obligations are to the UN and other aid organisations trying to work in Gaza and the West Bank. Could this have an impact on humanitar
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Tensions rise amidst already fragile ceasefire deal and US vice-president visit
• 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
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Two more Israeli hostage bodies returned and identified
• 9:25 AM
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Two more hostage bodies have been returned by Hamas and identified by Israel, bringing up to 15 the number of bodies brought back by the group, out of 28. This comes amidst concerns that the already fragile US-brokered ceasefire is faltering, with Israel
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Syria launches operation against foreign jihadists in push to capture French fighters
• 9:23 AM
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Syrian forces on Wednesday launched an operation against jihadists in a camp in the northwest region near the Turkish border in a bid to capture French fighters wanted by French authorities. Foreign jihadists who travelled to Syria to fight with Islamist
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Gazans face increased risk of unexploded ordnance during ceasefire, NGO warns
• 7:45 AM
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Unexploded ordnance in Gaza poses "enormous" risks for displaced people returning home during a US-led ceasefire, the NGO Handicap International has warned as it calls for the entry of demining equipment into the Palestinian enclave.The UN Mine Action Pr
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After VP Vance's visit, Rubio due in Israel as US tries to shore up Gaza ceasefire
• 2:44 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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Tuesday, october 21, 2025
MBS 'surfing a wave of popularity' that will need economic growth to endure: ex-ambassador
• 9:18 PM
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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, former UK ambassador to Saudi Arabia John Jenkins says that, under the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country is on a drive to normalise relations not only with Israel, but also with Iran and
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MBS 'surfing a wave of popularity' that will need economic growth in order to endure: fmr ambassador
• 9:14 PM
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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, former UK ambassador to Saudi Arabia John Jenkins says that, under the leadership of Mohammed bin Salman, the country is on a drive to normalise relations not only with Israel, but also with Iran and work towards
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What to take away from JD Vance's press conference on the Gaza ceasefire
• 4:57 PM
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US Vice President JD Vance tried to soothe fears that the ceasefire signed by Israel and Hamas was under strain, telling a press conference in southern Israel Tuesday that the truce was going better than he had anticipated. Here are some of the main poin
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Gaza tries to rebuild amid fragile ceasefire
• 2:12 PM
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With the fragile ceasefire still holding, Gazans try to rebuild after two years of continuous bombing. At the same time, concern grows regarding the fragile US-brokered peace deal, following a flare f tension between Israel and Hamas. Said concerns have
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Vice President JD Vance's visit to Israel is a US sign of 'concern' regarding fragile ceasefire
• 1:19 PM
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US President JD Vance is visiting Israel today as tensions flare up with Hamas, weakening an already fragile US-brokered ceasefire. The visit takes place as negotiations regarding phase two of the ceasefire stall. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells u
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Slain Nepali hostage's body repatriated after release by Hamas
• 9:29 AM
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The body of Nepali student Bipin Joshi, one of the hostages taken by Hamas who died in captivity, was returned to his home country October 20, 2025. Joshi was among 17 Nepali students studying agriculture in southern Israel during the October 7 attack th
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