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Hamas uses Gaza university as HQ, Bibi says US arms needed to prevent Hezbollah war

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 IDF troops operating in southern Gaza, June 21, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
IDF troops operating in southern Gaza, June 21, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)

Blinken tells Israeli officials of need to avoid further escalation with Lebanon

By REUTERS
  (photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)
(photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli officials during a meeting on Thursday of the need to avoid further escalation in Lebanon amid the war in Gaza, the State Department said.

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Hamas leaders express readiness that Fatah should control Gaza civil administration - report

According to the report, the Hamas leaders were adamant that the security of the Strip remain in the hands of its Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

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 Palestinian group Hamas' top leader, Ismail Haniyeh talks after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon June 28, 2021. (photo credit: REUTERS/AZIZ TAHER)
Palestinian group Hamas' top leader, Ismail Haniyeh talks after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon June 28, 2021.
(photo credit: REUTERS/AZIZ TAHER)

Hamas leaders met with Fatah officials in Doha some two weeks ago and expressed their willingness to Fatah's control of the Strip's civil administration after the war, according to a Channel 12 report on Thursday.

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Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know

  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza

  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 in the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities

  • 120 hostages remain in Gaza

  • 43 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says