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A cease-fire deal would only ‘somewhat’ delay Israel’s assault on Rafah, Netanyahu says

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

An Israeli military offensive in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah could be “delayed somewhat” if a deal is reached for a weekslong cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, and claimed that total victory in the territory would come…

Israeli officials to consider pause in Gaza while Cabinet is set to approve Rafah action plan

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Israeli officials will meet Saturday night on the next steps after the latest talks with the United States, Egypt and Qatar in search of a deal on pausing the fighting in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Israel plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes in occupied West Bank in response to a fatal shooting

By Julia Frankel, Associated Press

The move, announced late Thursday, drew an angry reaction from the U.S. as relations between the allies are already frayed over the course of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.

Israel seeks open-ended control over security and civilians in Gaza in new postwar plan

By Wafaa Shurafa, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

Netanyahu presented the two-page document to his security Cabinet late Thursday for approval. Separately, cease-fire efforts appeared to gain traction, with mediators to present a new proposal at an expected high-level meeting this weekend in Paris.

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 48 as fears mount over humanitarian crisis and West Bank violence

By Wafaa Shurafa, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on morning traffic at a highway checkpoint, killing one Israel and wounding five others, police said.

Overnight Israeli strikes kill at least 67 Palestinians, including in civilian refuge areas

By Associated Press

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah says it received 44 bodies after multiple strikes in central Gaza.

Israel orders new evacuations in northern Gaza, where UN says 1 in 6 children are malnourished

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Israel has vowed to expand the offensive to the Gaza Strip's southernmost city of Rafah, where more than half of the territory's population of 2.3 million has sought refuge from fighting elsewhere.

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…

News Wrap: Russia cements substantial battlefield win in eastern Ukraine

In our news wrap Monday, Moscow says its forces cleared Ukrainian defenders from a battered Donetsk city, 26 EU members called for an immediate humanitarian pause in Gaza as the death toll passes 29,000, the UN's top court kicked off…

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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.