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Nov 18, 2024 | stuff.co.nz | Claire Parker
Israelis, Palestinians brace for aftermath of Sinwar’s killing in Gaza

Oct 18, 2024 | adn.com | Steve Hendrix |Claire Parker

JERUSALEM - A day after learning of the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, diplomats and governments on Friday pushed to take advantage of the unexpected killing as a chance to restart moribund talks for a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages.
Israelis, Palestinians brace for aftermath of Sinwar’s killing in Gaza

Oct 18, 2024 | spokesman.com | Steve Hendrix |Claire Parker

JERUSALEM – A day after learning of the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, diplomats and governments on Friday pushed to take advantage of the unexpected killing as a chance to restart moribund talks for a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages.
U.N. convoy to evacuate northern Gaza patients forced to delay

Oct 11, 2024 | spokesman.com | Miriam Berger |Claire Parker |Heba Farouk Mahfouz |Hajar Harb

A U.N.-led convoy trying to evacuate patients from northern Gaza was forced to delay its mission for a third day Friday amid heavy fighting, the United Nations said, as Israeli forces once again battled Hamas militants in the area, leaving neighborhoods under siege. Israel launched its latest operation in northern Gaza on Saturday night, ordering swaths of the region to evacuate, including several hospitals where staff said they lacked basic supplies and were struggling to treat victims.
Israel has momentum in its battle with Hezbollah, but what comes next?

Oct 6, 2024 | stripes.com | Steve Hendrix |Claire Parker |Karen DeYoung |Abbie Cheeseman

Israeli teenagers walk by a home that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, causing it to burst into flames, in Safed, Israel, in September. (Heidi Levine for The Washington Post) JERUSALEM — At 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 17, someone pushed a “red button,” and a low-simmering conflict blasted open into a full-scale war.
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Oct 2, 2024 | stuff.co.nz | Claire Parker
Pager attack on Hezbollah forces Iran-backed allies to rethink devices

Sep 22, 2024 | stripes.com | Claire Parker |Mustafa Salim |Hazem Balousha

Hezbollah supporters carry the coffin of a victim during the funeral procession of four victims — including a child — who were killed in electronic pagers explosion, during their funeral procession in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 18, 2024.
As the U.S. readies last cease-fire push, Netanyahu digs in on border demands

Sep 3, 2024 | adn.com | Claire Parker |John Hudson

CAIRO - As he fights for his political survival, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence on keeping troops on a narrow strip of land along the Gaza-Egypt border has become the main obstacle to a cease-fire and hostage release agreement with Hamas, according to current and former officials from mediating countries.
As US readies last cease-fire push, Netanyahu digs in on border demands

Sep 3, 2024 | stripes.com | Claire Parker |John Hudson

Family members mourn over the body of Israeli hostage Eden Yerushalmi during her funeral in Petah Tikva, Israel, on Sept. 1, 2024. She was one of the six captives found dead by Israeli forces on Aug. 31.
Israel redrawing West Bank, cutting into prospective Palestinian state

Aug 16, 2024 | stripes.com | Louisa Loveluck |Claire Parker |Sufian Taha |Lorenzo Tugnoli

A young settler rides a horse near a farm in the area around the settlement of Shilo. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Washington Post) During more than 19 months in power, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government has dramatically expanded Israel’s footprint in the occupied West Bank - accelerating a long-term campaign by the country’s settler movement to thwart the creation of a Palestinian state.