Gaza stabilization force takes shape at inaugural Board of Peace meeting

Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, and Albania have committed troops to the International Stabilization Force for Gaza, while Egypt and Jordan have pledged to train a new Palestinian police force.

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What’s going on with Trump’s amorphous Board of Peace?

Although the Board was officially introduced as part of Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza, its founding statute suggests far broader ambitions that extend well beyond managing a single conflict.

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Israel announces ‘limited’ reopening of Gaza's key Rafah border crossing

Israeli seized control of the Rafah border crossing in May 2024 and prevented humanitarian access to the devastated Gaza Strip.

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Trump says it ‘looks like’ Hamas will disarm

US President Donald Trump praised the Palestinian militant group's role in repatriating the remains of deceases Israeli hostages under the provisions of a US-backed peace plan.

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UNRWA says Israeli army deployed across more than half of Gaza

"In these areas, access to humanitarian facilities and assets, including UNRWA’s, as well as to public infrastructure and agricultural land remains severely restricted or prohibited," said the UN agency.

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Arab, Muslim nations voice concern over deteriorating Gaza humanitarian situation

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Qatar, and Egypt, expressed their "deepest concern regarding the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, which has been exacerbated by severe, harsh, and unstable weather conditions."

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UN says famine ‘pushed back’ in Gaza, but hunger risk remains critical

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that roughly 75 percent of the Gaza Strip's population "are projected to face extreme levels of acute food insecurity and critical malnutrition risks."

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ICC rejects Israel’s appeal challenging probe into Gaza war crimes

The decision allows the Gaza probe to proceed and reinforces the legal basis for arrest warrants issued last year for Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief Yoav Gallant.

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Floods, cold weather kill 11 in Gaza, damage displacement camps

A severe winter storm has wreaked havoc on the already vulnerable displaced individuals in the Gaza Strip.

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