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☆ China’s hosting Palestinian and Ukrainian delegations this week. But can it play peace broker in global conflicts?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Hong Kong CNN —China’s top diplomat Wang Yi has had a busy week in which two devastating conflicts have loomed large. Kuleba’s visit was the first time in the nearly 29 months of Russia’s war on Ukraine that a high-level Ukrainian official has visited China. Official statements from Beijing and Kyiv after Wednesday’s Wang-Kuleba talks gave no indication that the Ukrainian diplomat had swayed Beijing toward Kyiv’s vision for peace. Observers say Beijing could, at some point, play a role in any potential future talks, but is unlikely to shift its relationship with Russia. But it was met with some skepticism from observers in the region given the failure of past attempts at unity.

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The two main rival Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, signed a joint statement in Beijing on Tuesday that endorsed, in concept, a temporary government for the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in a grand show of unity brokered by China’s foreign ministry. Smaller Palestinian groups also signed the statement. For China, the agreement represents an opportunity to promote an image of Beijing as a peace broker and an important player in the Middle East. Mahmoud al-Aloul, the deputy leader of Fatah, showered praise on China for standing beside the Palestinian people. Both men posed for photos with Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, in an ornate hall in Beijing.

Persons: Fatah, Mousa Abu Marzouk, Mahmoud al, Wang Yi Organizations: Gaza, West Bank, Hamas Locations: Beijing, China

☆ Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah sign reconciliation agreement in China
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on July 23 hailed an agreement by 14 Palestinian factions to set up an "interim national reconciliation government" to govern Gaza after the war. Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agreed to end their long-standing enmity and work to form a national unity government following talks held in China, Chinese state media reported Tuesday. "On the morning of July 23, the closing ceremony of the reconciliation dialogue among Palestinian factions was held in Beijing. In the months since, Israel's retaliatory assaults on the Gaza Strip have killed nearly 39,000 Palestinians there, according to health authorities in the enclave. Fatah, formally called the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, is led by Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA).

Persons: Mahmoud al, Fatah, Wang Yi, Mussa Abu Marzuk, CGTN, Mahmoud Abbas Organizations: Central Committee, China's, Hamas, CNBC, Palestinian, West Bank, U.S, Reuters, Palestinian National Liberation Movement, Palestinian Authority, West Bank — Locations: Palestinian, Diaoyutai, Beijing, Gaza, China, Beijing ., Weibo, Fatah, Israel, Hussam

☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as outcry grows over Gaza crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | Andrew Raine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

People injured in Israeli attacks on Al-Maghazi refugee camp are brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza on November 5. CNNDozens were killed and many more injured in a blast at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip late Saturday night, according to an official at a nearby hospital. Video taken at the Al-Aqsa Martyr's hospital showed multiple bodies laid out under white tarpaulin and those of five children. A dense area: The Al-Maghazi refugee camp is located in the central part of the coastal enclave south of Wadi Gaza. The IDF has repeatedly called for civilians in Gaza to move south of Wadi Gaza as it has intensified its air and ground assault on Gaza City and Northern Gaza.

Persons: Khalil Al, Balah, Dr, Daqran, Jamal Al Aloul, ”, Samah Shaqoura Organizations: Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, CNN, Al, Aqsa Martyr’s, United Nations Relief, Works Agency, IDF Locations: Al, Aqsa, Deir Al, Balah, Gaza, Israeli, Wadi Gaza, Gaza City, Northern Gaza

An explosion overnight in a densely populated refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip destroyed several buildings and appeared to have killed and wounded many people, photos and videos from the scene on Sunday showed. The Gazan Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike had hit the Al Maghazi camp, killing at least 47 people and wounding dozens of others. It warned that the toll was expected to rise, saying that many bodies remained buried under the rubble. A spokesperson for the Israeli military said it was looking into reports of the strike. Israel hit a neighborhood with a similar refugee camp last week in a strike that Hamas, the armed group that controls Gaza, and local doctors said had killed or wounded hundreds of people.

Persons: Al Maghazi, Israel, Mohammed al Organizations: Gazan Health Ministry, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, The New York Times, Hamas, Anadolu Agency Locations: Gaza, Al, Aqsa, Israel, Turkish

CNN —Dozens were killed and many more injured in a blast at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip late Saturday night, according to an official at a nearby hospital and eyewitnesses who spoke with CNN. One resident of the camp told CNN: “We were sitting in our homes, suddenly we heard a very, very powerful sound of an explosion. People check the damage at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp on Sunday. Alaloul, who is a freelance photojournalist with the Turkish news agency Anadolu, said his home was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Al-Maghazi refugee camp. The Al-Maghazi refugee camp is located in the central part of the coastal enclave south of Wadi Gaza, the waterway that divides north from south Gaza.

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For Shalabi, a local aid worker, a working phone is one of his most vital possessions. “With regards to the humanitarian situation right now, it’s really dire,” Shalabi, senior program manager of Medical Aid for Palestinians, stressed. The first trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza from Egypt on Saturday. Aid workers say they are a fraction of what’s needed, with the World Health Organization saying Gaza requires 100 trucks a day to meet demands. The death toll cannot be independently verified, but the Ministry of Health in Gaza said more than 400 had died.

Persons: Mahmoud Shalabi, ”, CNN’s Erin Burnett, it’s, ” Shalabi, –, General Antonio Guterres, “, Dad, CNN Shalabi, It’s, Shalabi, ” Mahmoud Al, Aloul Organizations: CNN, Medical Aid, Hamas, Health, UN, CNN’s, World Health Organization, Al, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Humanitarian Affairs Locations: Gaza, Israel, Northern Gaza, Egypt, Rafah, Ahli, Gaza City

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