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Israel-Gaza war

Israel-Gaza war
On October 7, 2023, armed Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza, firing thousands of rockets and breaking through the Gaza-Israel barrier. At least 1,200 Israelis were killed in the attacks, which included an assault on a music festival, and hundreds more civilians and soldiers were taken hostage. In response, the Israeli government declared war on Hamas. The resulting barrage of artillery on Gaza and a subsequent blockade of aid caused the deaths of thousands of Palestinians and led to an international outcry.
Activists hold a demonstration in New York on March 20 against the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University. Photo: AFP
US immigration

Rubio says he stripped visas from 300 ‘lunatics’ over university Gaza protests

The Trump administration has moved aggressively against foreign students over on-campus demonstrations, leading to some high-profile arrests.

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Donald Trump

Trump withdraws UN envoy pick Elise Stefanik amid Congress majority fears

My Take

My Take | Cancelled HKU event offers a chance to address fate of Gazans

Israel

Palestinians protest against Hamas in rare public show of dissent in Gaza

Protests erupt a week after Israel ended its ceasefire with Hamas by launching a surprise wave of strikes that killed hundreds.

Hundreds of Palestinians chanted anti-Hamas slogans at a protest in northern Gaza on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
United States

Judge pauses US bid to detain Columbia student Yunseo Chung for deportation

Authorities are seeking to detain the green card holder under the same powers they used to target pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil.

United States

Student protester who has lived in the US since 7 fights deportation threat

Yunseo Chung is a legal permanent US resident, but is being sought for removal proceedings for her ‘pro-Hamas protest’, US says.

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Middle East

Israel releases Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by settlers

Hamdan Ballal’s wife said three men beat her husband with the butts of their rifles and another person reportedly filmed the violence.

Director Hamdan Ballal was released from a police station in the West Bank on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Israel

Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills 5, including a Hamas political leader

Ismail Barhoum, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, was killed as he underwent treatment at Nasser Hospital.

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Israel

Hamas says Israel can’t ‘break’ its will after political leader killed in Gaza

The attack also killed 30, including Bardaweel’s wife who was praying with him in their tent shelter in Khan Younis.

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United States

Columbia University placates Trump, introduces policies in bid to restore funding

Columbia University unveiled new policies to combat antisemitism and restore US$400 million in federal funding amid pressure from the US president.

Student protesters gather inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus in April 2024, in New York. Photo: AP
Yemen

Israeli military says it intercepts 2 missiles launched from Yemen

Israeli said it also downed a missile launched from Yemen earlier in the day after sirens blared in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

People protect themselves as they stand next to a wall in Jerusalem, Israel on Thursday as sirens goes off indicating a missile attack from Yemen. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Israel supreme court freezes PM bid to sack intelligence chief

The decision, after days of protests over both the dismissal of Ronen Bar and renewed attacks on Gaza, will further deepen divisions in the country.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Snow White’s Tony Award-winning leading man, Andrew Burnap

Hailing from Rhode Island, Burnap has performed in London’s West End as well as on Broadway, where he was among the youngest actors to portray Toby Darling in The Inheritance.

Israel

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 85 Palestinians

Israel resumes its bombing campaign after announcing renewed ground operations in central and southern Gaza.

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A Palestinian man hugs the body of a baby at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, following Israeli overnight strikes in the northern Gaza Strip, Photo: AFP
Middle East

Israel investigating UN worker’s death in Gaza, military denies striking compound

Five also injured in explosion at UN building that UNOPS chief Jorge Moreira da Silva said ‘was not an accident’.

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The impact of a projectile is visible on the wall of a UN guest house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Photo: AP
Israel

Hamas in no-win situation as Israeli strikes on Gaza resume

Experts say Hamas faces dwindling options amid renewed Israeli attacks on war-torn Gaza.

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Middle East

Netanyahu says strikes on Gaza that killed hundreds are ‘only the beginning’

Israeli strikes killed more than 400 and shattered months of relative calm in Gaza since ceasefire began.

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Israel

Israel strikes across Gaza kill hundreds as ceasefire collapses

Palestinian health authorities report at least 400 dead as Israeli military warns of campaign beyond air strikes.

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A woman cries while sitting on the rubble of her house, destroyed in an Israeli strike, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Photo: AFP
Israel

Netanyahu’s move to fire security agency chief threatens new crisis in Israel

Opponents organised protests on Monday after Ronen Bar’s dismissal while a former court president warned against the ‘dangerous’ move.

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Middle East

Houthis claim attacks on aircraft carrier group after US strikes in Yemen

The United States has vowed ‘unrelenting’ strikes on the Houthis over Red Sea attacks.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | In today’s changing world order, the best hedge is agility

As great power rivalries intensify, collective action and strategic diversification can help others boost influence and avoid dependence.

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Israel

Netanyahu seeks to oust Israel’s domestic security service chief

Israeli leader at odds with Shin Bet’s chief over the October 7 attack and possible links between employees in Netanyahu’s office and Qatar.

Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) director Ronen Bar. File photo: Reuters
Middle East

Israel team discusses Gaza hostages at truce talks dogged by divisions

Despite the fragile truce still holding, near-daily Israeli air strikes on Gaza continue.

Israel

Deadly Israeli strikes mar fragile Gaza truce

Nine people, including journalists, were killed in the Beit Lahia attack, the most since the start of the ceasefire with Hamas.

Donald Trump

US strikes hit Yemen’s Houthis as Trump threatens ‘lethal force’

The White House said multiple Houthi leaders died during Saturday’s air strikes, and warned Iran to stop backing the rebel group.

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People gather on Sunday by the rubble of a house in Yemen hit by a US strike. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

US expels South African ambassador, saying he ‘hates’ Trump

Trump has cut US financial aid to South Africa, citing disapproval of its land policy and of its World Court genocide case against Israel.

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South Africa’s Ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool speaks at the his country’s embassy in Washington in December 2013. Photo: AP
Ukraine war

Opinion | What Trump really wants is to be rid of a ‘loser war’ in Ukraine

Trump wants to revive US manufacturing, boost defence and see off the China threat. The last thing he wants is to inherit a ‘loser war’.

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Israel

Hamas to release American hostage, Israel calls it ‘psychological warfare’

Hamas will also release the bodies of four other dual nationality hostages.

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