Israel vows to keep going after Hamas….
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The US CIA Director is doing shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East looking for some way to stop the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza….
The UN aid agency for the Palestinians is checking on if their people actually helped Hamas during the Oct.7 attacks…
Netanyahu must be removed, top former Israeli national security officials say…
Here is what else to know:
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The U.N. aid agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, said it is investigating charges that several of its workers were involved in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7 — allegations that prompted the United States to temporarily suspend aid to the agency.
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Health officials in Gaza say that more than 25,000 people there have been killed since Oct. 7, when Israel began a military operation to defeat Hamas. Israel launched the operation in response to a Hamas-led attack in which Israeli officials say around 1,200 people were killed and around 240 were taken to Gaza as hostages, many of whom are still captive.
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The Israeli military on Thursday ordered the evacuation of tens of thousands of Palestinians who had already been displaced and were sheltering in and around a United Nations vocational training center in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. Israel’s ground offensive has intensified in southern Gaza, where more than a million people have fled seeking safety.
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The White House is sending William J. Burns, the C.I.A. director, to Europe to meet with senior officials from Israel, Egypt and Qatar in an effort to advance negotiations over the release of hostages held in Gaza and a longer cease-fire. U.S. officials who described Mr. Burns’s trip said there is a new opening for talks because Israel appears willing to agree to a longer pause in fighting as part of any further hostage releases….
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