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The Joe Biden White House goes along all the way with Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist cabinet – to which Hamas sees terrorism as the only answer.

  • Iran said the US ‘cannot renege’ on deal over the money, which was transferred to Qatar
  • Iranian funds were unblocked as part of a prisoner swap with the United States last month

Angelyn Aguirre, a nurse from the Philippines, is being remembered for her bravery for choosing to stay with her elderly patient when Hamas gunmen attacked a bomb shelter in Israel.

So many buildings have been destroyed in Gaza, including many occupied by civilians, that rescue services were struggling to reach new bomb sites quickly.

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From Chinese students not opting for US universities to Japan’s workers being reluctant to take paid vacations, here are few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Brokering a ceasefire appears all but impossible amid the escalating violence, as fears grow of a massive humanitarian crisis – and Israel vows to wipe the Palestinian militant group ‘off the face of the Earth’.

Will Lebanon’s heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war? The answer could well determine the direction of a battle that is bound to reshape the Middle East.

South Korea’s defence establishment has been closely monitoring the Israel-Hamas war, amid concerns Pyongyang could copy Hamas by using its massive stockpile of weapons to launch a surprise attack.

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Operations to repatriate the thousands of foreigners stuck in Israel and across the Palestinian territories have begun, with more planned in the coming days.

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The White House described the ex-US president’s comments as ‘unhinged’, while an Israeli minister said it was ‘shameful’ and showed Trump could not be relied on.

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In a letter addressed to Israeli consul general, Muslim Council of Hong Kong chairman says ‘indiscriminate violence and aggression’ in Palestine can never be justified.

Washington’s top diplomat Antony Blinken, in the Middle East to try to prevent the conflict spreading, pledged support for Tel Aviv but also said Hamas militants do not represent those who want freedom, security, justice and opportunity.

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Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip in retribution for the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust.

Nicholas Burns speaks highly of recent high-level engagement and says Washington hopes to continue to stabilise ties with ‘greatest rival’. However he says US is disappointed by China’s response to Israel-Hamas conflict.

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The Hamas-run Gaza Strip is a tiny enclave, surveilled continually by Israel, surrounded by its guns. But rescuing – or even locating – more than 150 hostages hustled there by Palestinian militants will be a daunting task.

The Be’eri Kibbutz, less than 5km from the Gaza border, is one of more than 20 towns and villages attacked by Hamas on Saturday. At least 100 residents are dead.

Since Saturday, Israeli warplanes have pummelled the blockaded Gaza Strip with an intensity that its war-weary residents had never experienced. The air strikes have killed over 1,400 Palestinians.

Along with providing humanitarian aid, Beijing says it wants to play ‘constructive role in promoting a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the question of Palestine’.

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Josep Borrell urges Beijing to accept downturn in relations is not simply an extension of its rivalry with the US and that the bloc has its own interests to consider.

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The war, which has already claimed at least 2,200 lives on both sides, is expected to escalate – and compound the misery of people living in Gaza, where necessities and electricity were already in short supply.

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