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Aid for Gaza will soon flow from pier project just finished by US military, Pentagon says
The Pentagon says that humanitarian aid will soon begin flowing onto the Gaza shore through the new pier that was anchored to the beach overnight and will reach those in need almost immediately.
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Texas doctor trapped in Gaza urges ceasefire: ‘The children are dying'
A North Texas physician is stuck in Gaza along with at least 20 other American healthcare workers after Israel seized the Rafah crossing — the only remaining way in and out of the Gaza Strip, through its border with Egypt.
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Blinken delivers some of the strongest US public criticism of Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza.
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Israel pushes deeper into Rafah and battles a regrouping Hamas in northern Gaza
Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants across Gaza, including in parts of the devastated north that the military said it cleared months ago.
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Israel orders new evacuations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as it prepares to expand operations
Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Saturday as it prepared to expand its operation, saying it was also moving into an area in northern Gaza where Hamas has regrouped.
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Biden administration says Israel is not violating US weapons terms
The Biden administration said Friday that it was “reasonable to assess” that Israel has violated international law in Gaza, but that the country hasn’t violated terms of U.S. weapons agreements.
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Biden says US won't supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally
President Joe Biden says he will not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza.
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US pauses arms shipment to Israel over Rafah assault
The United States halted a shipment of offensive weapons to Israel last week in a sign of its growing concern over a possible military offensive on Rafah.
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US pauses Israel arms shipment over Rafah assault fears as Biden pushes for a cease-fire
The United States halted a large shipment of offensive weapons to Israel last week in a sign of its growing concern over a possible military offensive on Rafah, senior administration officials told NBC News.
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Israel seizes Gaza's vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn't the full invasion many fear
Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city as talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge.
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Hamas accepts Gaza cease-fire; Israel says it will continue talks but presses on with Rafah attacks
Israel began striking targets in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, its leaders said Monday, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal. Still, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would send negotiators to continue talks on the deal.
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Israel closes Gaza crossing after Hamas attack and vows military operation ‘in the very near future'
Israel has closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza after Hamas militants attacked it. The defense minister claims Hamas isn’t serious about a cease-fire deal, and he warns of “a powerful operation in the very near future in Rafah and other places across all of Gaza.” The events strike blows to cease-fire efforts in...
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Officers clear tents from protest encampment on USC campus
Law enforcement officers in protective gear arrived on the campus of USC before dawn Sunday to clear out an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at Alumni Park.
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No arrests at opposing rallies that closed Mass. Ave. on MIT campus
A pair of opposing protests took place Friday on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, amid continued turmoil over the ongoing war in Gaza. A rally in support of Israeli and Jewish MIT students was set up across the street from an anti-war encampment that’s been up for over a week, and which the university’s president has sought to...
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US college protests: More than 2,000 arrested in pro-Palestinian demonstrations nationwide
Weeks of pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses nationwide have resulted in nearly 2,200 arrests. Police have sometimes used riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang devices to clear tent encampments and occupied buildings.
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Tensions remain high on college campuses as protesters dig in over Israel-Hamas war
Tensions are boiling over on college campuses across the country as students call on universities to divest resources from Israel. In Massachusetts over 100 demonstrators were arrested at Emerson, and a hundred more at Northeastern. Another estimated 100 were arrested between protests at the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth. Protesters remain dug in at Tufts and MIT. President Joe…
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At least 2,000 people arrested in pro-Palestinian protests across US campuses
Police have arrested more than 2,000 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, according to data reviews by the Associated Press and NBC News Thursday.
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Biden defends students' right to protests but condemns campus violence as schools crack down on encampments
President Joe Biden has defended the right to free speech but says “order must prevail” on college campuses.
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House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war
The House has passed legislation that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws.
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Violence, chaos erupts on campuses as protesters and counter-protesters clash over the war in Gaza
Police have swept through campuses across the U.S. over the last two weeks in response to protests calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies that support the war in Gaza