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An immediate ceasefire is now “a matter of life and death for millions” in Palestine, the head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees told a UN emergency meeting Monday, warning that basic services are crumbling in Gaza and medicine, food, water and fuel are running out. Thailand’s foreign minister begins an urgent visit to Qatar and Egypt on Tuesday for talks on the fate of 22 Thais taken hostage by Hamas in its attack on Israel. Follow our live blog for the latest updates. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
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Thailand’s foreign minister begins an urgent visit to Qatar and Egypt on Tuesday for talks on the fate of 22 Thais taken hostage by Hamas in its attack on Israel. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said Monday his government was working hard to get Thai citizens home.
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Israel is running a hard-hitting online campaign targeting mostly Europeans with shocking images and testimonies from the attacks carried out by Islamist militant group Hamas on October 7. Dozens of clips of burnt bodies, bereaved families, fast-cuts of screams and sirens, rescue workers and pathologists are featured on the Israeli foreign ministry’s official social media channels and in paid advertising campaigns.
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Israeli officials are going back on their promised refusal to grant entry visas to UN officials. Martin Griffiths, the head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, tweeted Monday that he was in Israel – less than a week after Israel’s UN ambassador said it had “refused” to grant Griffiths a visa. Israeli officials had expressed outrage over comments last Wednesday by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants “did not happen in a vacuum.”
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Israel has warned its citizens to leave the northern Caucasus after a mob stormed an…
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