Tag: ceasefire
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Ceasefire agreement in Gaza coming close at hand?
The UN Security Council gave a green signal to a US-proposed ceasefire plan on Monday aimed at ending the Israeli attacks in Gaza. The proposition consists of a three-stage ceasefire and captive-release proposal laid out on May 31 by President Biden, prompting the “parties to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition”.As per…
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Japan’s Nagasaki holds off inviting Israel to peace ceremony
The Israeli ambassador to Japan has not yet been invited to Nagasaki’s annual peace ceremony, said city officials who instead sent the embassy a letter calling for a Gaza ceasefire. The city in southern Japan this week invited dozens of countries and territories to the August 9 event on the anniversary of the US nuclear…
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Israel’s Netanyahu approves new Gaza ceasefire talks
Palestinian Territories – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the go-ahead Friday for a new round of talks on a Gaza ceasefire, a day after the world’s top court ordered Israel to ensure aid reaches desperate civilians. But despite a binding UN Security Council resolution earlier this week demanding an “immediate ceasefire”, fighting raged on…
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Israel furious at US abstention on Security Council ceasefire vote
Israel reacted angrily on Monday to the first UN Security Council vote to demand an “immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza war, after its closest ally the United States abstained, while fighting raged in the Palestinian territory. Immediately after the resolution passed, Israel cancelled the visit of a delegation to Washington, which the United States had…
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Countries call for swift implementation of UN ceasefire vote
The UN Security Council on Monday called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza five months into the grinding war, despite Israel’s ally the United States abstaining. Here are some reactions to the resolution to halt fighting over the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with an aim for a “lasting” truce, which drew rare applause at…
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UN expert accuses Israel of several acts of genocide in Gaza
A UN rights expert on Monday said there were “reasonable grounds” to determine that Israel has committed several acts of “genocide” in its war in Gaza, also warning of “ethnic cleansing”. Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the rights situation in the Palestinian territories, said there were clear indications that Israel had violated three…
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Hamas welcomes China, Russia veto of US-backed Gaza resolution
Hamas has reportedly shown “appreciation” as Russia and China vetoed a US-led draft resolution on a Gaza ‘ceasefire’ at the UN Security Council on Friday. The United States proposed a resolution endorsing “the urgent need for an immediate and enduring ceasefire” and, notably, condemning the October 7 attack carried out by Hamas for the first…
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Israel broadly agrees Gaza truce, US official says, ahead of talks
Palestinian Territories – Israel has “more or less accepted” a proposal for a ceasefire in its attacks in the Gaza Strip, a US official said Saturday as Palestinian negotiators were expected in Cairo. Mediators have been scrambling to lock in a truce before Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month which begins on March 10 or 11,…
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Alarm over fate of major Gaza hospital after Israeli raid
Palestinian Territories – There was growing concern Friday over a key Gaza hospital a day after a raid by the Israeli army, with the health ministry saying several patients had died there due to a lack of oxygen. The health ministry said the power was cut off and the generators stopped after the raid at…
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Pressure mounts on Israel for Gaza ceasefire
Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Israel faced growing international pressure to agree to a ceasefire, as it planned an incursion into the southern Gaza city Rafah where more than a million Palestinians are trapped. CIA Director William Burns was due in Cairo on Tuesday for a new round of talks on a Qatari-mediated ceasefire that…