Israel won&t be involved in new Gaza aid plan, only in security, US envoy claims

A US-backed mechanism for getting aid into Gaza should take effect soon, Washington&s envoy to Israel said yesterday ahead of Donald Trump&s visit to the Middle East, without detailing how this would work with no ceasefire in place.

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Hamas engaged in ‘fierce fight& with Israeli soldiers?in Rafah

Hamas militants were engaged in &fierce fighting& with Israeli soldiers yesterday in the south of the Gaza Strip near Rafah, the Palestinian ­militant group said.

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Mother of Israeli hostage angered by Donald Trump&s claim of three hostage deaths

Ruhama Bohbot was at home watching the news when she heard US president Donald Trump say something new: Three of the 24 hostages Israel considered to be alive in Gaza had probably died.

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Israeli strikes on crowded market and school housing families kill at least 48

At least 48 people were killed yesterday in Israeli airstrikes on a school that housed families displaced by the conflict and which was located close to a crowded market and restaurant in Gaza City, local health authorities said.

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Israeli airstrikes shut down Yemen&s main airport

Israel&s military said it launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, fully disabling the country&s international airport in the capital, Sanaa, and striking several power plants.

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‘What is left to bomb?& is the question people of Gaza ask amid rubble of their homes and dwindling food supplies

Israel&s plan to expand its Gaza ­offensive, displace people within the enclave and take control of aid distribution has horrified Gazans who have already suffered multiple displacements and food shortages during 19 months of conflict.

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