Israel palestine conflict
Israel further eases Gaza restrictions despite unrest
Israel has maintained a tight blockade on the territory since 2007, the year Hamas took power.
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Israel strikes Gaza after fire balloons, border clashes
Israeli 'fighter jets struck a Hamas military compound used for manufacturing weapons and training as well as an entrance to a terror tunnel adjacent to Jabalia,' the Israeli army said.
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Palestinians forge 'grassroots' campaign against wildcat settlement
They describe it as a grassroots movement, not inspired or directed by Fatah secularists who control the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, or their rivals from the Islamist Hamas that runs the Gaza Strip.
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Israel strikes Gaza after border clashes
The Israeli military said it carried out air strikes against four weapons sites and that it had reinforced its Gaza division with additional troops.
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Ramaphosa: SA concerned about AU move to grant Israel observer status
South Africa's Department of International Relations has accused the commission chair of failing to consult with member states before granting Israel's request.
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Egypt intel chief expected in occupied Palestinian territories after truce
Kamel was set to meet with Palestinian leadership, Palestinian civil affairs minister Hussein al-Sheikh said on Twitter, following the truce on 21 May that ended 11 days of deadly exchange of fire between Israel and armed Palestinian groups.
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UN body orders probe of 'systematic' abuses in Israel, Palestinian areas
The resolution, which passed with 24 of the council's 47 members in favour, will spur an unprecedented level of scrutiny on abuses and their 'root causes' in the decades-long Middle East conflict.
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Hamas says won't touch 'cent' of aid to rebuild Gaza
Diplomatic efforts are underway to solidify a fragile Egypt-brokered truce that halted the fighting, with plans to rebuild the Gaza Strip where Israeli air strikes damaged infrastructure and levelled buildings.
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SAJBD: Duarte threat to storm Israeli embassy would violate diplomatic rules
South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) said that Duarte threatened to storm the embassy, which would be in clear violation of all international diplomatic regulations.
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US vows to reopen Jerusalem consulate, pledges aid for Gaza
The announcements signalled a clean break with US policy under former president Donald Trump who had shuttered the diplomatic mission for Palestinians in 2019 and slashed aid to the Palestinian Authority.
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'Go home' - ANC pickets outside Israeli embassy in Pretoria
The African National Congress held a picket outside the Israeli embassy in Pretoria on 25 May 2021 in solidarity with Palestine following the recent escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine. The party’s deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte requested that the embassy pack up and leave South Africa. #ANC #Israel #Palestine
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ANC's Duarte vows to step up pressure on Israel govt over Palestine
The ANC said that it stood in solidarity with the people of Palestine, demanding an end to the recent violent attacks and to give Palestinian people their land back.
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UN urges 'political process' amid Gaza reconstruction
As thousands of Gazans slowly tried to piece back together their lives, top UN staff visited the territory after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire Friday halted 11 days of mutual bombardment, where they warned of the deep psychological trauma of the violence.
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The SA Zionist Federation holds rally in support of Israel
The federation’s Bafana Modise said whilst rockets fell on Israeli cities and civilian targets - incitement and hatred against Jews around the globe saw a dramatic rise.
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Life slowly resumes in ravaged Gaza Strip after ceasefire
The Egypt-brokered truce halted Israeli airstrikes on the crowded Palestinian territory and rockets fired by Palestinian armed groups at Israel since 10 May.
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Gazans survey damage as Israel-Palestinian ceasefire holds
Palestinians in Gaza trickled out of schools where they had taken shelter, a UN official said, while rescuers said they were working with their meagre resources to remove rubble and rescue any survivors.
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Hamas claims victory in conflict with Israel after ceasefire
Israeli strikes on Gaza, since 10 May, have killed 232 Palestinians, including 65 children, as well as fighters, and have wounded another 1,900, according to the Gaza health ministry.
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At UN, Palestinian envoy, Israel accuse each other of 'genocide'
The Palestinian foreign minister and Israel's ambassador both leveled accusations of 'genocide' during a special United Nations debate Thursday as deadly crossfire between Israeli forces and Palestinian militant groups entered its 11th day.
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Attacks between Israel, Palestinian militants 'unacceptable': Guterres
The Gaza health ministry has put the toll slightly higher, at 230 Palestinians killed, 65 of them children.
