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Aid Flows to Gaza Are Rising, U.N. says, but More Is Needed
NYT > World > Middle East Apr 27, 2024 | 15:45 pmIsrael says the number of trucks entering the enclave has doubled to an average of 400 a day. The U.N. disputes that, but agrees that the pace of deliveries has quickened.
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Heat Wave in Gaza Challenges Pharmacists Ability to Store Medicine
NYT > World > Middle East Apr 27, 2024 | 13:42 pmHigh temperatures this week have left people sweltering and challenged businesses that need to keep their products cool.
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Hamas Says It Is Reviewing an Israeli Proposal on a Cease-Fire Deal
NYT > World > Middle East Apr 27, 2024 | 12:18 pmThe statement came as anticipation was growing of an Israeli invasion of Rafah, where more than a million Gazans have been displaced.
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Protesters block Ayalon Highway, demanding elections and hostage deal
JPost.com - Israel News Apr 27, 2024 | 12:15 pmEarlier on Saturday, the Hostage and Missing Families Forum released a statement calling on the State of Israel to stop the war in exchange for a comprehensive deal for the hostages.
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Families of hostages protest operation in Rafah, say it endangers remaining abductees
JPost.com - Israel News Apr 27, 2024 | 06:36 amFamilies of hostages plan protests demanding their release, citing recent reports of possible military actions jeopardizing captives.
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After Israel Aid Vote, Pocan Seeks to Show Biden Liberal Dismay on Gaza
NYT > World > Middle East Apr 27, 2024 | 04:04 amThe progressive Democrat from a rural, mostly white Wisconsin district is highlighting that it is not just young people of color who are concerned about the war.
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Murder and rape in the dunes of pre-state Israel: The story of a hike turned horror
JPost.com - Israel News Apr 27, 2024 | 03:58 amThey were friends and perhaps wanted to become lovers. They also loved the Land of Israel and set out to walk through it. Tragically, their walk was horrifyingly interrupted.
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'We didn't know he was alive': Father of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin reacts to Hamas terror video
JPost.com - Israel News Apr 27, 2024 | 03:51 amJohn Polin, father of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, discussed his son's condition after Hamas released a propaganda video, expressing concern and hope for his return.
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Grapevine: Archive acquisition
JPost.com - Israel News Apr 27, 2024 | 01:22 amMovers and shakers in Israeli society.
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Blinken to Return to Israel to Discuss Hostages and Planned Rafah Incursion
NYT > World > Middle East Apr 26, 2024 | 14:10 pmThe visit next week will come as talks on a cease-fire deal have stalled and tensions have risen over the treatment of civilians in the war.
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