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WATCH: U.S. casts lone veto against UN resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

The Security Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday morning. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the U.S. will veto the resolution because it may interfere with ongoing U.S. efforts to arrange a deal between the warring parties that would bring at…

After rejecting Arab proposal, U.S. circulates rival UN resolution for temporary Gaza cease-fire

By Edith Lederer, Associated Press

The United States has circulated a rival U.N. Security Council resolution that would support a temporary cease-fire in Gaza after rejecting an Arab-backed resolution.

More than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since war’s start, health ministry says

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Gaza’s Health Ministry said 107 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours. That brings the total number of fatalities to 29,092 since the start of the war.

U.S. envoy says Israel has not shown evidence that Hamas is diverting UN aid in Gaza

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Israel has not presented specific evidence for its claim that Hamas is diverting U.N. aid, and its recent targeted killings of Gaza police commanders safeguarding truck convoys have made it “virtually impossible” to distribute the goods safely, a top U.S.

Top UN court rejects South Africa’s request for urgent measures to safeguard Rafah

By Associated Press

The International Court of Justice last month ordered Israel to do all it can to prevent death, destruction and any acts of genocide in Gaza, but stopped short of ordering an end to the military offensive that has laid waste…

Israeli forces storm main hospital in southern Gaza, seeking remains of hostages taken by Hamas

By Wafaa Shurafa, Bassem Mroue, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

Thursday's raid came a day after the army sought to evacuate thousands of displaced people who had taken shelter at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

Gaza cease-fire talks appear to stall as Netanyahu calls Hamas demands ‘delusional’

By Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused Hamas of hobbling the high-stakes negotiations by sticking to “delusional” demands.

Israel and Hamas are making progress in cease-fire and hostage release talks, officials say

By Samy Magdy, Najib Jobain, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press on until “total victory,” and has insisted that military pressure will help free the hostages.

Israeli airstrikes kill dozens of Palestinians in Rafah as military rescues 2 hostages

By Najib Jobain, Josef Federman, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

In Gaza, the operation unleashed another tragedy in a war that has killed 28,340 Palestinians in the territory, displaced over 80 percent of the population and set off a massive humanitarian crisis.

Some Israeli hostage families say priority should be destroying Hamas, rather than make release deal

By Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

They argue that the price to be paid for a deal, including the release of large numbers of Palestinian militants by Israel, would endanger Israel in the future.