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 Hamas says pause in Gaza fighting to begin at 10am on Thursday What we know about the hostages in Gaza By Emma Pengelly and Jamie Ryan, BBC Verify Neither Israel nor Hamas has provided an official list of those hostages being held in Gaza. The Israeli authorities have notified some of the relatives of those being …

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Premature babies evacuated from besieged Gaza hospital arrive in Egypt Israeli military: ‘Terrorists opened fire from within Indonesian Hospital’ Earlier we reported that the director of the Indonesia Hospital in northern Gaza had told the BBC 10 people had been killed in an Israeli air strike there. The BBC has verified footage showing tanks close to the …

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Inside West Bank district under harsh Israeli lockdown since Hamas attack By Joel Gunter Reporting from Hebron Fawaz Qafisha cracked his front door open a few inches, stuck his head through the gap and squinted against the sun. The street outside was almost completely dead, save for an Israeli soldier who was sitting on a …

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  Civilians flee main Gaza hospital on foot What the footage from al-Fakhoura school shows BBCCopyright: BBC Footage has emerged online claiming to show the aftermath of a strike on the UNRWA-run al-Fakhoura School in Jabalia – which has been used a shelter for displaced people. BBC Verify has geolocated the footage to the school. …

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  Russia seeks extremist label for ‘LGBT movement’ By Robert Greenall BBC News Russia’s justice ministry has filed a motion with the country’s Supreme Court to ban the activities of what it calls the “international LGBT public movement” as extremist. It is unclear whether the ministry’s statement refers to the LGBT community as a whole or …

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  Israel-Hamas war live: Al-Shifa Hospital head says situation ‘catastrophic’ By Edna Mohamed, Farah Najjar and Joseph Stepansky Published On 16 Nov 202316 Nov 2023 ‘People will die,’ al-Shifa director warns as hospital besieged   Muhammad Abu Salmiya, the director of Gaza’s largest health facility, said “no one can reach or leave the besieged hospital”. “People inside will die …

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Journalist in hospital says younger men interrogated as situation remains tense Rushdi Abu Alouf Reporting from Khan Younis The Israeli operation inside Al-Shifa hospital is still going on some 15 hours after tanks and soldiers were sent in. I spoke to a contact inside in the hospital who said Israeli troops were investigating and talking to …

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Why this war in Gaza is different to the others   Jeremy Bowen International Editor If this Gaza war was like all the others, a ceasefire would probably have been in force by now. But now the fault lines that divide the Middle East are rumbling. For at least two decades, the most serious rift in …

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  Heavy fighting in northern Gaza as concern grows over babies at key hospital What’s been happening? Concerns are growing about the situation in Gaza’s largest hospital Al Shifa, where doctors warn more than 30 premature babies could die without fuel to power incubators The Israeli military says Hamas rejected fuel it offered to support the …

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Gaza’s main hospital uncontactable as second hospital says it is out of fuel   Jews on French march say last month has left them anxious and scared Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris   Tens of thousands of people have marched through central Paris in a demonstration against antisemitism. A massive crowd filled the Invalides esplanade then …

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