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...“His office has agreed to reschedule that meeting which would be dedicated to Rafah, which is a good thing,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday....
...Monday’s vote comes after Russia and China vetoed a US-sponsored resolution on Friday that would have supported “an immediate and sustained ceasefire” of at least six weeks and a prisoner exchange....
...The US will bring a UN Security Council resolution for a vote on Friday calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza of at least six weeks as part of a hostage deal, officials said....
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...Blinken had warned on Thursday that a big ground offensive would be a “mistake” and a “humanitarian disaster” because there was “no place for the many civilians who are massed in Rafah to go to get out of...
...I’m joined now by the FT’s Felicia Schwartz, who’s been covering the war. Hi, Felicia. Felicia SchwartzHello....
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...The UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza on Monday after the US abstained, leading Israel to cancel a high-level visit to Washington....
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...The US was continuing to urge the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protect civilians and find a path for a long-term peace, Sullivan said....
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...“The Houthis are behaving like a terrorist organisation — attacking civilians, civilian shipping and innocent mariners . . . This is piracy,” he said....
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...However, the Houthis still succeeded hours later in launching a missile that struck the Zografia, a Greek-owned Malta-flagged dry bulk commodities ship, which was sailing towards the Suez Canal....
...The US will establish a port in the Mediterranean on the Gaza coast to receive large ships carrying humanitarian aid, a senior US administration official said Thursday....
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...“What’s on the table right now is a potential agreement” that would include a hostage and prisoner exchange, an at least six-week ceasefire and a surge in humanitarian assistance,” Burns told the Senate...
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