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Blinken to Visit Israel and Three Arab States Next Week
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken plans to visit Israel and three Arab states next week, as the U.S. presses for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza. Mr. Blinken is scheduled to travel to Israel, Egypt, Qatar and ...
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Israel’s Seizure of Gaza Border Zone Strains Ties With Egypt
Israel defied ominous Egyptian warnings and took control of the Philadelphi Corridor, but the reaction from Egypt, which wants to maintain its security cooperation with Israel, has been muted.
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What Is the Philadelphi Corridor, and Why Does It Matter?
Israel’s announcement on Wednesday that its forces had gained control over a strip of land that runs along the Gaza Strip's southern border suggested that it had fulfilled one of the goals of the country’s war against Hamas, but it portends further ...
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Israel declares ‘tactical control’ over a strategic Gaza corridor bordering Egypt.
The Israeli military said on Wednesday night that it had taken “tactical control” over the Philadelphi Corridor — a sensitive strip of Gaza along its border with Egypt — in a move that could further tax Israel’s already strained ties with Cairo. Rear ...
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Israel Says It Has ‘Tactical Control’ of Gaza Corridor Bordering Egypt
The Israeli military said on Wednesday night that it had taken “tactical control” over the Philadelphi Corridor — a sensitive strip of Gaza along its border with Egypt — in a move that could further tax Israel’s already strained ties with Cairo. Rear ...
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Macron says Israeli operations in Rafah ‘must stop,’ and more news.
President Emmanuel Macron of France said Monday he was “outraged” by an Israeli attack in Rafah that the authorities in Gaza said killed dozens of people. “These operations must stop,” he said, referring to the strike on Sunday. “There are no safe ...
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Aid Deliveries From Egypt Into Gaza Are Due to Resume
Aid trucks from Egypt were expected to enter the devastated Gaza Strip on Sunday under a new U.S.-brokered agreement to reopen a vital conduit for humanitarian relief. Egypt has blocked aid from entering the enclave via its territory since Israel’s ...
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Egypt’s President Agrees to Reopen Crossing for Gaza Aid After Biden Call
Egypt has agreed to allow fuel and humanitarian aid to move from its territory into Gaza via Israel, the White House and the Egyptian presidency announced on Friday, reopening a vital channel for relief into the devastated Palestinian enclave. The ...
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Actions by Israel and Egypt Squeeze Gaza Aid Routes
For a few weeks, after extraordinary international pressure and warnings of an imminent famine in the Gaza Strip, Israel announced new steps to increase humanitarian aid and more supplies entered the territory. But the flow of aid, the vast majority ...
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Israel’s Incursion Into Rafah Could Be a Costly Mistake
Three days after it began, Israel’s operation in Rafah looks like a microcosm of its seven-month-long fight in Gaza: an attempt to check a tactical box rather than a strategic move with a definitive goal in the fight against Hamas. As a limited ...