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The court also issued a warrant for the arrest of Hamas’s military chief, Muhammad Deif, accusing him, too, of crimes against humanity, including murder, hostage taking and sexual violence. Israel has said that it killed Mr. Deif in an airstrike, but the court said it could not determine whether he was dead. Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Gallant are unlikely to find themselves in a courtroom standing trial on the charges anytime soon. The court has no police force to make arrests and neither Israel nor its chief ally, the United States, is among its member nations. But the order carries significant moral weight, it is likely to restrict the leaders’ travel around the world, and it further isolates Israel as it prosecutes wars in Gaza and Lebanon.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Yoav Gallant, Muhammad Deif, Deif, Netanyahu, Gallant, Gallant “ Locations: Gaza, Israel, United States, Lebanon

This resolution abandoned that necessity, and for that reason, the United States could not support it. Fourteen Security Council members voted for the resolution, while only the United States voted against it. “It is a sad day for the Security Council, for the United Nations and for the international community,” said Algeria’s ambassador, Amar Bendjama. Although Security Council resolutions are considered to be international law, the Council has no means of enforcing resolutions. That month, the United States abstained from voting on a resolution that called for a temporary halt to the fighting for the month of Ramadan.

Persons: ”, Robert A ., Amar Bendjama, Carolyn Rodrigues, Birkett Organizations: United Nations Security, United, Council, Hamas, United Nations, UNRWA, Security Council, Security, Israel Locations: States, Israel, Gaza, United States, United, Washington, American, Algeria, Ecuador, Guyana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, “, ”, Ukraine, Britain, France, Russia, China

Israel’s Knesset opened its winter session on Monday against a backdrop of war in Gaza and Lebanon and after an Israeli strike on Iran on Saturday. UNRWAThe Knesset was set to debate on Monday bills that would make it illegal for Israeli officials to cooperate with UNRWA, the main U.N. agency that aids Palestinians. The bills would effectively shut down the agency’s work in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem within 90 days. According to the Jerusalem Post, the first bill states that UNRWA could no longer operate in Israel, while the second would abrogate the treaty that underpins the relationship between UNRWA and Israel. The Knesset has already voted in favor of advancing the bill and it is being prepared for a second and third reading.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Netanyahu’s, Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, Yuli Edelstein, Kan, Mr, Edelstein, Israel’s, Matthew Miller, UNWRA, Adalah Organizations: Likud, Division, Lawmakers, UNRWA, West Bank, United Nations, Department, Police Locations: Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Israel, East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, United States

☆ Why Did Israel Attack Iran?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | More About Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Israel carried out a series of airstrikes against Iran on Saturday, the Israeli military said. The strikes, which residents in the capital, Tehran, reported hearing, came weeks after Iran fired a wave of ballistic missiles at Israel, forcing millions of Israelis to take cover in bomb shelters. Iran said it fired the missiles at Israel in response to Israel’s killing an Iranian commander and several leaders of Iranian-backed groups in the region. The recent exchanges between Israel and Iran have bucked both countries’ longstanding practice of avoiding direct military clashes. But here’s a look at everything we know about the Israeli military action against Iran and the events that brought the countries to this point.

Persons: Israel Locations: Iran, Tehran, Israel, Iranian

Hezbollah fighters at the funeral of a commander in August, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. By 2000, Israel had withdrawn from Lebanon, making Hezbollah a hero to many Lebanese. In that war, Israel rained bombs on southern Lebanon and Beirut, the capital; the fighting killed more than 1,000 Lebanese. Even some of Hezbollah’s traditionally loyal Shiite Muslim constituents in southern Lebanon are questioning the price of the current fighting. Estimates vary about just how many missiles Hezbollah has and just how sophisticated its systems are.

Persons: Israel hasn’t, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Nasrallah, Diego Ibarra Sánchez, Bashar al, Assad, Euan Ward Organizations: Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestine Liberation Organization, Credit, The New York Times, Central Intelligence Locations: Beirut, Lebanon, Gaza, Israel, Iran, Lebanese, United States, Syria

Nearly two weeks have passed and no large-scale response has materialized, leaving Israel and the wider Middle East on edge. But Mr. Haniyeh’s killing was seen as the greater blow to Tehran because it took place on Iranian soil. “Israel has checkmated Iran in this situation because Iran is left with no good options,” said Mr. Vaez. What could an Iranian response look like? U.S. and Israeli diplomats and security officials had some advanced knowledge of its scope and intensity of Iran’s attack in April, which facilitated defensive preparations.

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Nearly two weeks have passed and no large-scale response has materialized, leaving Israel and the wider Middle East on edge. Iran, which backs Hamas, blamed Israel for the assassination, but Israeli leaders have not said their forces were responsible. What could an Iranian response look like? U.S. and Israeli diplomats and security officials had some advanced knowledge of its scope and intensity of Iran’s attack in April, which facilitated defensive preparations. The foreign minister of Jordan, an ally of the United States, has traveled to Tehran in recent days for meetings.

Persons: Ismail Haniyeh, Masoud, Israel, Fuad Shukr, Haniyeh’s, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Nasser Kanaan, Sanam Vakil, Pezeshkian, Vakil, Ms, Ali Vaez, Vaez, “ Israel, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Jordan, Mr, Haniyeh, Lloyd J, Austin III, Biden Organizations: Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Chatham House, Crisis, Diplomats, of Islamic Cooperation, United, Hamas Locations: Iran, Tehran, Israel, Masoud Pezeshkian, Beirut, Lebanon, Golan, East, London, Yemen, Iranian, United States, Gaza, Saudi Arabia

☆ Why Iran Has Waited to Retaliate Against Israel for Hamas Leader’s Killing
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Iran vowed revenge at the end of last month after a top Hamas leader was killed in Tehran, leading many in Israel to fear an imminent attack. Nearly two weeks have passed and no large-scale response has materialized, leaving Israel and the wider Middle East on edge. Here’s a look at the crisis and the factors that could determine what happens next:Why has Iran vowed revenge? Iran and Hamas officials have promised to avenge the death of Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader, who was killed in Tehran on July 31 after he attended the inauguration of Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian. Iran, which backs Hamas, blamed Israel for the assassination.

Persons: Ismail Haniyeh, Masoud, Israel, Fuad Shukr Locations: Iran, Tehran, Israel, Masoud Pezeshkian, Beirut, Lebanon, Golan

☆ Israeli Strikes on Schools Pose a Life-or-Death Choice for Civilians
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | Rawan Sheikh Ahmad | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A deadly Israeli strike on a school turned shelter in northern Gaza on Saturday exposed an agonizing dilemma for civilians in Gaza seeking safety after 10 months of war. They could stay at the schools turned shelters, hoping for a modicum of security in the desperate conditions of Gaza. Or they can flee, knowing that the shelters themselves can become targets. Conditions are atrocious, residents have said, but the schools, which offer walls and access to limited plumbing, are attractive for the simple reason that the alternatives are worse. And diseases are spreading fast in squalid, crowded camps and the ruins of former homes.

Persons: Ahmed Tahseen Abd Shabat Organizations: New York Times, Hamas Locations: Gaza, schoolyards, Gaza City, Israel

☆ Though Critical on Gaza, Trump Cites Good Relations With Netanyahu
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Michael Gold | Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump, who for months has urged Israel to end the war in the Gaza Strip as quickly as possible, said that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel remained on good terms after the two met on Friday, and that he would be a stronger ally of Israel than Vice President Kamala Harris. Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Trump, who met in Palm Beach, Fla., were close allies during Mr. Trump’s presidency, but their ties became strained after the 2020 election. Even so, Mr. Netanyahu faces growing international criticism and pressure over Israel’s war effort, and his trip to shore up support fought against strong headwinds. Mr. Trump, in a Fox News interview on Thursday, said of the war in Gaza: “It can’t continue to go on like this. It’s too much.” Ms. Harris and President Biden met with Mr. Netanyahu on Thursday, and pressed, as they have for months, for a cease-fire that would provide for the release of hostages held by Hamas.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Kamala Harris, Mr, Netanyahu, Trump’s, we’ve, ”, Harris, Ms, Biden Organizations: Mr, Fox Locations: Israel, Gaza, Palm Beach, Fla

☆ Hepatitis A and Other Diseases Surge Among Gaza’s Displaced, U.N. Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Adam Sella | Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But living in a former minimart, sharing a toilet with 20 others and washing dishes with dirty seawater, no amount of hand sanitizer could help. One by one her girls fell sick with what doctors diagnosed as hepatitis A, a viral liver infection that is transmitted through person-to-person contact or contaminated food or water, and can spread quickly in unsanitary conditions. More than 100,000 people in Gaza have contracted acute jaundice syndrome, or suspected hepatitis A, since the war between Hamas and Israel began on Oct. 7, the World Health Organization said last week. There are also nearly one million cases of acute respiratory infections, half a million cases of diarrhea and 100,000 cases of lice and scabies, the W.H.O. On Friday, the agency’s chief, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that even polio, a disease that has been eradicated in much of the world, was present in Gaza.

Persons: Sally Thabet, Deir al, “ Amoon, ”, Israel, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, poliovirus Organizations: World Health Organization Locations: Gaza City, Deir, Deir al Balah, Kandi, Gaza

☆ Israel Presses On in Khan Younis, A Day After Deadly Strikes: Latest Updates
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The military, which is seeking to dismantle Hamas, invaded Khan Younis in December, and by spring it said that it had defeated the armed group’s forces in the city. The Israeli military had ordered residents to evacuate parts of Khan Younis on Monday, and video and photos showed terrified people, many on foot, running for safety. Image Palestinians fleeing the eastern part of Khan Younis on Tuesday. Image An injured person at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Credit... Haitham Imad/EPA, via Shutterstock The situation was particularly dire at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

Persons: Khan Younis, Alwaleed, Hatem Khaled, Al Mawasi, ”, Juliette Touma, Haitham Imad, Javid Abdelmoneim Organizations: Hamas, ., Reuters, Nasser Hospital Locations: Gaza, Khan, Israel, Maghazi, Nuseirat, ”, Reuters Israel, Al, People, Khan Younis

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

☆ Israel Orders New Evacuation in Gaza as Aid Workers Say Bombing Kills Dozens
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | Iyad Abuheweila | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The military said it was moving further into Khan Younis because Hamas was trying to regroup there and had used part of what was designated a humanitarian zone to fire rockets toward Israel. The military also noted that it had warned civilians earlier on Monday, before it began its operations, to leave the “specific areas of Khan Younis,” shrinking the zone it had identified for people displaced from their homes by the war. The Gazan health ministry said 70 bodies were brought to Nasser Hospital, and at least 200 other people had been wounded, figures that could not be confirmed independently, adding that others were almost certainly buried under rubble. The Palestine Red Crescent said its teams in the area had dealt with at least 12 people who had been killed and 50 wounded. Mohammed Saqer, the director general of nursing at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, said hundreds of injured men, women, children and older people had been brought to the hospital, which lacked mattresses, blankets, syringes and other essentials.

Persons: Khan Younis, Crescent, Mohammed Saqer Organizations: Nasser Hospital Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Khan

☆ Israel Intercepts Missile Fired From Yemen as Conflict With Houthis Continues
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Gabsobelman | Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Israel’s military said on Sunday that it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, suggesting that the Yemen-based Houthi militia would keep trying to strike Israel, despite the bombing by Israeli fighter jets of a port in Yemen on Saturday. The Houthis, which are backed by Iran, said in a post on the Telegram messaging app that they had launched the missile at Eilat, Israel’s southernmost city on the coast of the Red Sea, “in response to the American, British and Israeli aggression against our country.”The conflict between Israel and the Houthis is escalating at a time when the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also fighting Hamas in Gaza and trading aerial attacks with Hezbollah, a militia also backed by Iran, across its northern border with Lebanon. Israeli air defenses intercepted a missile that “approached Israeli territory from Yemen” following an air raid siren in the Eilat area, according to a statement by the Israel Defense Forces. The area is a popular beach resort, and mid-July is high season for Israeli vacationers.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, “ Organizations: Israel Defense Forces Locations: Yemen, Israel, Iran, Eilat, Israel’s, Gaza, Lebanon

The Iran-backed Houthi militia claimed responsibility for a drone attack in central Tel Aviv that crashed into a building near the U.S. consulate early Friday, killing at least one person. No alarms were activated in the attack, the Israeli military said earlier in a statement. The Israeli military official said it was possible that the country’s defense systems had registered the drone but misidentified it. Ron Huldai, the mayor of Tel Aviv, said the city was on heightened alert. The man was found in his apartment and had shrapnel injuries, the Tel Aviv police said in a statement.

Persons: Yahya Sarea, Ron Huldai, ”, Zaki Heller, Roee Klein, Witnesses, Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Aaron Boxerman, Ronen Bergman Organizations: Tel, Hamas, Tel Aviv police Locations: Iran, Tel Aviv, U.S, Yemen, Israel, Red, Lebanon, Gaza

☆ Israel-Hamas War and Gaza Fighting: Latest Updates
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Ephrat Livni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Settlers are governed by Israeli civil law while their Palestinian neighbors are subject to Israeli military law. “Settler soldiers are actually an armed militia.”Image Israeli army reservists near the settlement of Tekoa in the West Bank in October. From the perspective of some in the Israeli military, settler violence is a threat to Israel’s security. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Israeli forces have killed more than 530 West Bank Palestinians since the war in Gaza began, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which tracks West Bank violence on a weekly basis.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Hagit, ’, ” Ms, Ofran, Tamir Kalifa, Bezalel Smotrich, Smotrich, Yehuda Fox, “, ” Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Sheikh Ahmad Organizations: West Bank, The European Union, European Council, United, State Department, “, The New York Times, Mr, Israel’s, Command, Palestinian, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs Locations: United States, Peace, Israel, Jordan, Gaza, West, Palestinian, ”, Tekoa, Al Bireh, Ramin, Deir Abu Mash’al, Ramallah

☆ Israel’s Daily Combat Pause in Part of Gaza: How Is It Working?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Israel has said that the partial daily suspension of its military activity in a part of southern Gaza, which began over the weekend, is aimed at making it safer for humanitarian groups to deliver aid in the territory. Here’s a look at how the pause works and whether aid workers believe it is likely to alleviate civilian suffering that the United Nations says borders on famine. The military said on Sunday it had paused operations during daylight hours in parts of southern Gaza. The policy applies to a seven-mile-long strip of southeastern Gaza surrounding a major stretch of road. It does not include coastal areas where Palestinians have fled since Israel began an invasion of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza in early May.

Persons: Israel Locations: Gaza, United Nations, Israel, Rafah

☆ What to Know About the G7 Summit, and Why It Matters
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Every year, as the leaders of the world’s wealthiest large democracies gather for a summit, the same questions arise: What exactly is the summit for, and why does the group matter? The leaders, along with representatives of the European Union and selected guests, meet to discuss economic issues and major international policies. This year the summit’s host, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, has also invited other figures including Pope Francis and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. Whatever the leaders’ disagreements on the issues, one feature of the summits tends to be a shared overall outlook. They also share broadly similar views on trade, security and human rights, giving them enormous influence when they act in concert.

Persons: United States —, Giorgia Meloni, Pope Francis, Narendra Modi Organizations: United, European Union, India Locations: Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United States, Puglia, Italian, Ukraine, Gaza

A day after the United Nations Security Council endorsed a U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal for the Gaza Strip, the focus shifted on Tuesday to the willingness of Israel and Hamas, under growing international pressure to end the war, to make a deal. Each side made positive but vague statements about the cease-fire plan and blamed the other for prolonging a war that has devastated Gaza. But neither said it would formally embrace the proposal, which was outlined last month in a speech by President Biden and was the basis of the 14-0 vote in the Security Council on Monday. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, touring the region for the eighth time since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 assault on Israel, said on Tuesday that the fate of the cease-fire proposal rested with Hamas’s top leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. Husam Badran, a senior Hamas official, countered that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was “the sole obstacle to reaching an agreement that would end the war.”

Persons: Biden, Antony J, Yahya Sinwar, Husam, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, ” Organizations: United Nations Security, Security, Hamas Locations: U.S, Gaza, Israel

☆ Here’s a Look at the U.N.-Backed Plan to Stop the War in Gaza.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The U.N. Security Council on Monday endorsed a cease-fire plan for the Gaza Strip that is backed by the United States, adding weight to an international effort to end the eight-month war. Neither Israel nor Hamas has publicly accepted the plan, but Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Tuesday held talks in the region to press for its adoption. Here’s a look at how the cease-fire would work, and at some of the areas of dispute between the warring parties. Israeli forces would withdraw from populated areas of Gaza, and more humanitarian aid would be distributed in the enclave. Civilians, most of whom have been displaced, would be free to return to their homes, including in northern Gaza, an area devastated by Israeli airstrikes and fighting.

Persons: Antony J, Blinken Organizations: . Security, Gaza, Hamas Locations: United States, Israel, Gaza

☆ Hezbollah Says Commander Was Killed in an Israeli Strike in Southern Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Ephrat Livni | More About Ephrat Livni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Hezbollah said on Tuesday that Israeli forces killed one of its commanders in a strike in southern Lebanon, stoking concerns about escalating the conflict on another Israeli front. But the group has not referred to a dead fighter as a “commander” since January, when Wissam Hassan al-Tawil, a commander in the group’s Radwan unit, was killed in a strike. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the strike. On Tuesday, the Israeli military said that Hezbollah had fired about 50 rockets into Israel from southern Lebanon. Answering calls by Hamas to open a second front a day after its deadly assault on Israel, Hezbollah launched attacks into Israel on Oct. 8.

Persons: Taleb Abdallah, Abu Taleb, ”, Wissam Hassan, Abdallah’s, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hassan Nasrallah, Euan Ward, Matthew Mpoke Bigg Organizations: Tuesday, Israel, The United Nations Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Gaza, Iran, ”

☆ New Gaza Cease-Fire Proposal Puts Spotlight on Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Rejecting the deal, Mr. Blinken said, would put Mr. Sinwar’s political interests ahead of those of civilians. Hamas could be “looking after one guy,” Mr. Blinken said, referring to Mr. Sinwar. Mr. Sinwar was an architect of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, in which around 1,200 people were killed and around 240 taken hostage. Mr. Blinken said on Tuesday that Mr. Netanyahu had “reaffirmed” his commitment to the plan in private talks in Jerusalem. Hamas has constructed a network of tunnels beneath Gaza to shield the group from Israeli surveillance and attack.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, Antony J, Blinken, Sinwar, Mr, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Netanyahu, “, Khan Younis Organizations: . Security, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Tel Aviv, United States, Israel, Jerusalem . U.S, Khan

☆ Netanyahu Threatened ‘Very Intense Action’ at the Lebanon Border. What Is Happening There?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Euan Ward | Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire across the Lebanese border since the start of the war in Gaza, with more than 150,000 people on both sides of the boundary forced to flee their homes. But the intensity of the attacks has increased in recent days, leading to fears of a full-scale war on another front. This week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel threatened further military action to ensure the return of civilians to communities in northern Israel. Here are some key questions about the conflict and where it might be heading:Why are the two sides fighting? Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has said that his group is trying to pin Israel’s troops along the border and limit its capacity to attack Hamas in Gaza.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah Locations: Israel, Lebanese, Gaza, Iran, Lebanon

☆ Here’s a Closer Look at the Hurdles to a Cease-Fire Deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Here’s a look at what is known about the cease-fire deal, which key points still must be negotiated, and the hurdles still ahead:What’s in the plan? Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire in November that lasted for a week. But the proposal now on the table — as laid out by Mr. Biden, a senior U.S. administration official and Israeli officials — is more ambitious. Major issues remain unresolved, including whether Hamas would remain in control of the Gaza Strip. During that time, talks over a permanent cease-fire would continue, and if successful, the deal would enter phase two, with the full withdrawal of Israel’s military from the enclave.

Persons: Biden, ”, Israel, — Organizations: Hamas Locations: Israel, U.S, Gaza, United States

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