Memphis Barker: How Donald Trump and his cronies came to see the Gaza Strip as prime beachfront real estate

It all seemed clear to Jared Kushner, as he discussed the future of Gaza in an interview at Harvard University in February last year. &I&m sitting in Miami Beach right now,& he said, referring to the offices of his investment firm, Affinity Partners, in the Florida city that has witnessed an eruption of skyscrapers and deluxe hotels over the last decade.

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Number of Palestinian prisoners freed in ceasefire arrive in Turkey

Fifteen Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel under the January 19 ceasefire agreement with Hamas arrived in Turkey on Tuesday after being deported first to Egypt, the Turkish foreign minister and the Hamas prisoners media office said.

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At least six injured in attack in Israel-occupied West Bank

At least six people were injured in a shooting at a checkpoint in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early on Tuesday morning, according to the Israeli military and area hospitals.

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At least 19 workers killed by car bomb in north Syrian city

A car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a city in northern Syria yesterday, killing at least 19 people and leaving more than a dozen wounded, hospital workers and emergency responders said.

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Aid is surging into Gaza under the ceasefire, but is it enough?

Two weeks after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect, aid is flooding into the Gaza Strip, bringing relief to a territory suffering from hunger, mass displacement and devastation following 15 months of war.

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Hamas using release of hostages to rebuild forces, Israelis claim

Hamas has been using hostage-release operations to rebuild its forces and map territory within Gaza, according to Israeli sources.

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