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Israel-Hamas ceasefire: Officials worry recent fighting in Gaza could lead to COVID-19 spike
Gaza remains highly vulnerable to an outbreak, with less than 4 percent of its population fully or partially vaccinated

Egyptian mediators hold talks to make Israel-Hamas ceasefire concrete; over 250 dead in latest war
Hours after the ceasefire took effect, thousands of Palestinians in the Al-Aqsa compound chanted against Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and his self-rule government

Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: From Gaza to Chile, exhibition asks how we will live together
After a year when public assembly has been mostly outright banned, the idea of presence is key in several exhibits.

Benjamin Netanyahu hails Israel's Gaza operation as 'exceptional success' after ceasefire comes into effect
Claiming that Israel's strikes had killed '200 terrorists', Netanyahu said that the campaign had primarily targeted Hamas, the group that controls Gaza

United Nations Rights Council to hold special session on Israel, Palestinians on 27 May
The session, planned for next Thursday, will address "the grave human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem," the council said in a statement

Gaza conflict stokes ‘identity crisis’ for young American Jews as pro-Palestine sentiments overtake activist spaces
Some young, liberal Jewish activists have found common cause with Black Lives Matter, which explicitly advocates for Palestinian liberation, concerning others who see that allegiance as anti-Semitic

Gaza conflict: India’s statement at UNSC gives tacit support to Israel and delegitimises Hamas as Palestine’s voice
India is addressing several audiences at once in a tightrope walk

Publicly supportive of Israel, President Joe Biden is said to sharpen his tone with Benjamin Netanyahu in private
Biden’s juggling act on Israel, always a challenge for a US president, is especially difficult given that Democrats are no longer solidly in Israel’s corner

Rocket from Gaza kills two, Israel topples six-storey building; 213 Palestinians killed so far
With the war showing no sign of abating, Palestinians in the region staged a general strike in a rare collective action against Israel’s policies

Benjamin Netanyahu calls Gaza high-rise that housed media offices 'perfectly legitimate target'
The Israeli prime minister gave no time frame for when Israel would be ready to halt its side of the fighting after nearly a week of Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rocket barrages

Editors Guild, other Indian journalist bodies condemn Israeli airstrike on Gaza building housing AP, Al Jazeera offices
The EGI also demanded that the Israeli government give a detailed justification of the decision-making behind this attack 'along with evidentiary proof'

After years of quiet, Israeli-Palestinian conflict exploded: Why now?
The police raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Islam, was one of several actions that led to the sudden resumption of war between Israel and Hamas

Will not be silenced, says Al-Jazeera after Israeli airstrike in Gaza destroys building with media outlets
The Associated Press, which also had its bureau in the building, termed the airstrike 'incredibly disturbing' and said that the world would know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today

Israeli military accused of using media to 'trick' Hamas, create fear about on-ground invasion
In previous rounds of fighting, ground incursions have resulted in widespread destruction in Gaza and heavy casualties on both sides

Israeli airstrike on Gaza home kills 10, mostly children; Israel, Hamas rush to claim victory
Saturday's airstrike came a day after a furious Israeli barrage early Friday killed another family of six in their house in Gaza and sent thousands fleeing to UN-run shelters

Israel-Palestine clash: India's experience in resolving long conflicts can help Benjamin Netanyahu in unequal power dynamics
‘Muscularity’ never ends insurgencies, it needs sincere engagement, compromise within the expansive contours of the constitution and the ability to look beyond domestic political considerations

'Nowhere to run': In bomb-hit Gaza, fear in citizens grows as conflict with Israel intensifies
In all, 87 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Monday including 18 children and eight women, according to Gaza’s health ministry

Israel strikes Gaza after Palestinian militants fire rockets; no casualties reported on either side
Israel and Hamas have traded fire on a number of occasions in recent weeks, and Hamas has launched a wave of incendiary balloons across the frontier that have torched wide swathes of farmland.

Palestinian militants fire rockets into Israel after air strike in Damascus leaves two members of Islamic Jihad group dead
Israeli defence minister Naftali Bennett said, 'We have eliminated six terrorists in the past 24 hours, not just in Gaza'

Israeli jets strike Islamic Jihad targets in Syria, Gaza; move comes in response to rocket fire from militant group, says Israel military
The air strike in the Adeliyah region outside Damascus targeted what the Israeli military called 'a hub of Islamic Jihad’s activity in Syria'