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Daily Archives: February 2, 2024

Israeli soldiers near the border fence with the Gaza Strip, Jan. 14, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

The buffer zone taking shape in Gaza

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The Israeli Cabinet hasn’t issued an official directive to the military to create a buffer zone in Gaza yet, but de facto, on the ground, one appears to be taking shape anyway. Only the prime...
A teacher leads a class at an UNRWA school in the Gaza Strip, September 2011. Credit: Shareef Sarhan/U.N. Photo.

No quick alternative to UNRWA, Israeli defense official tells US

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Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, the Israeli Defense Ministry's coordinator of government activities in the territories (COGAT), told senior officials in the Biden administration that at this stage there is no alternative to the activities of UNRWA...
U.S. President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv, Oct. 18, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Biden sanctions ‘violent’ Israelis in Judea and Samaria

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U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order that imposes additional sanctions on Israeli residents of Judea and Samaria involved in alleged violence against Palestinians. Biden's order targets four Israeli citizens who Washington...
An IDF attack in the center of Khan Yunis, the central Gaza Strip, Jan. 31, 2024. Source: Shehab/X.

US hopes any ceasefire deal becomes permanent

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Washington is hoping that a ceasefire deal will lead to a permanent halt to hostilities in the Gaza Strip, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. "U.S. negotiators are pushing for a cease-fire deal that could stop...