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Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up a camp outside an historic graduation hall have left the area, saying the University of Cambridge has “agreed to negotiate”. The Cambridge for Palestine group set up tents last week outside King’s College and later moved to the lawn outside Senate House. The group, protesting against the war in Gaza, left Senate House Thursday….
US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser is holding talks in Israel as part of a new push to secure a ceasefire deal in Gaza. Jake Sullivan met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday afternoon. His visit comes as Israeli forces continue military operations in Gaza, including in the southernmost city of Rafah….
More than 80,000 people have fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah since Monday, the UN says, as Israeli tanks reportedly mass close to built-up areas amid constant bombardment. Palestinian armed groups said they were targeting Israeli troops to the east. Israel’s military has said its ground forces are conducting “targeted activity” in eastern Rafah….
Hundreds of students protesting the war in Gaza have marched through Oxford to deliver a list of demands. Protest camps, described as “liberated zones”, have been set up near Oxford University campuses. On Wednesday, protesters hung a list of demands up at the gates of the Sheldonian Theatre for the vice chancellor. The university has…
Even without a full-scale Israeli ground invasion, Rafah’s medical facilities have been overwhelmed. Medics say more than a million people sheltering in the southern Gaza city are at risk of being deprived of healthcare after the Israeli military began a “limited” operation against Hamas on its eastern outskirts on Monday. The largest of the city’s…
The US says Israel may have used American-supplied weapons in breach of international humanitarian law in some instances during the war in Gaza. It is “reasonable to assess” that those arms have been used in ways “inconsistent” with Israel’s obligations, says the state department. But it added that the US did not have complete information…
Many Palestinians are fleeing eastern parts of Rafah, after the Israeli military ordered their evacuation before starting an operation in the southern Gaza city. On Monday the military told the tens of thousands of people affected to begin heading towards an “expanded humanitarian area” to the north, where it said they would find field hospitals,…
The Israeli military says its troops have taken “operational control” of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. Rafah has been a key entry point for aid and the only exit for people able to flee since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in October. A tank…
After months of stalemate, the search for peace in Gaza has reached a critical stage. UN chief Antonio Guterres says it is a “decisive moment for the Palestinian and Israeli people and for the fate of the entire region”. There seems to be common ground between most sides about the principles: a ceasefire should take…
President Joe Biden has warned Israel that the US will stop supplying some weapons if it launches a major ground operation in the Gaza city of Rafah. “If they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah,” he said during an interview with CNN. He added…
