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According to reports, Israel are taking part in indirect talks with hamas in Qatar which centres around a hostage deal. Reportedly, hamas want 30 palestinian prisoners for every female soldier, Israel are offering 5. According to a report, unrwa have been barred from northern Gaza, the u.n. and the world health organisation have called on Israel to reverse their decision.

Reportedly, atleast seven people have been killed and others wounded in israeli airstrikes in central and southern Gaza. According to the report, the hamas run health ministry said over 32,000 people have been killed in Gaza. Reportedly, Gaza’s borders are controlled by Israel and Egypt and no other country has offered refuge.

According to a report, in 2005 twenty one settlement were dismantled and 9,000 israelis were evacuated from Gaza by the army, some were dragged out. Reportedly, some saw this as a betrayal by the state and a strategic mistake. According to the report, opinion polls suggest that most israelis are opposed to settling in Gaza and it is not government policy, but since the October 7 attack it is being talked about by various factions. Reportedly, the u.s. refer to east Jerusalem as part of Samaria. According to reports, there are 700,000 settlers in Samaria and 220,000 settlers in east Jerusalem but violence has not proved the policy to be a blueprint.

According to a report, a parade for purim celebrations has taken place in Jerusalem. Purim commemorates the saving of the jewish people from an official of the persian empire. Reportedly, the procession which was toned down this year was led by families of hostages.

Four men charged with Crocus city hall attack

According to a report, four men have been charged with the attack on Crocus city hall. Reportedly, the men who are all citizens of Tajikistan in central Asia were injured, one in a wheelchair.

According to the report, they were filmed being brought in to Basmanny district court in Moscow and held in a glass panelled booth guarded by masked police. Reportedly, two of the men have admitted their guilt. According to the report, they will be held in pre trial detention until atleast May 22.

Malaria vaccine

According to a report, following decades of research there is a new vaccine for malaria. Reportedly, rts,1 which was produced by GlaxoSmithKline and path a non profit organisation is being given to children in west Africa. According to the report, children in Burkina Faso will be next to receive it. Reportedly, a second vaccine, r21 has been approved by the world health organisation.

According to reports, nearly all of the 200 million cases of malaria occur in Africa, comprising 94% of cases and 95% of deaths globally. Reportedly, nearly half a million children die of malaria every year. According to a report, the vaccine is given in a series of four doses from around five months of age.

Some hostages freed

According to a report, some of the pupils taken by gunmen in Kuriga have been freed. Reportedly, the school authorities said 280 children had been abducted, the army said 137 hostages had been freed by security forces in the early hours of Sunday morning. According to the report, the group was held for 17 days and atleast one teacher died in captivity.

Reportedly, there have been six mass abductions this month in northern Nigeria. According to the report, the kidnappers demanded $690,000 which hasn’t been paid.

Unrwa

According to a report, unrwa have been questionable since Israel accused 12 of its staff members of being implicated in the October 7 attacks. Reportedly, in January the u.n. office of internal oversights services formed an investigation, and a review of unrwa’s activities and neutrality is underway. According to the report, the u.n. spokesperson said the investigation had found critical areas that needed to be addressed. Reportedly, the review group will develop concrete and realistic reccomendations on how to address critical areas, the final report on unrwa will be made public on 20 April.

According to the report, Israel said unrwa will not be reformed and they will never let the agency back into Gaza. Reportedly, Israel have been compiling evidence and say 2,135 unrwa staff members representing 17% of the workforce were hamas members, of which 400 were fighters. According to the report, Israel said this is not just a case of a few bad apples, it is systemic, consistent and cannot be ignored. Reportedly, israeli officials said they faced a challenge in phasing out unrwa’s food distribution role, saying, we now have to figure out how to increase a humanitarian effort inside Gaza without providing aid through an organisation that is closely entwined to the enemy we are trying to defeat.

According to the report, Israel’s allegations led 16 donors to suspend contributions, though worried about famine some countries have restored contributions; the u.s., Germany and the uk have yet to make a decision.

Reportedly, 13,000 unrwa staff work in Gaza and 30,000 in refugee camps in Samaria, Jordan, Lebanon and elsewhere.

News Israel

According to a report, mediation efforts to end the war in Gaza appear to be stalling as Israel has rejected hamas’s terms for a permanent end to the war in return for a hostage deal. Reportedly, hamas are not willing to discuss any further proposals.

According to the report, Israel has launched ground and air attacks in Khan Younis, and bombed Rafah and Gaza city where they appear to be targeting hospitals. Reportedly, a house was strook in Rafah killing atleast 6 people including 3 children, there may be some stuck under the rubble.

According to the report, Israel said they have strook a warehouse containing weapons belonging to hezbollah. Reportedly, suspected air infiltration sirens in the occupied Golan Heights were false alarms, Lebanon’s hezbollah and Israel has regularly exchanged fire over their mutual border since October 7, hezbollah often targets the Golan Heights.

According to the report, the palestinian health ministry said 32,226 people have been killed and 74,518 injured since the war began. Reportedly, Israel said they would allow 2,000 people to return to their homes every day.

Russia Ukraine

According to a report, the whole of Ukraine was put on alert and many strikes have hit Kyiv as Russia launched attacks early Sunday. Reportedly, the region of Lviv bordering Poland was targeted and one of the cruise missiles entered polish airspace. According to the report, many of the attacks which began at 05.00 were repelled by ukrainian air defence systems. Reportedly, about a dozen missiles have been destroyed over Kyiv where there have been no reports of any injuries or damage.

According to the report, the rrussian installed governor of Sevastopol in Crimea said Russia had shot down ten ukrainian missiles over the city on Saturday night, an office building and a gas line were destroyed.

U.s. secretary of state’s visit

According to a report, in a meeting with the u.s. secretary of state the israeli prime minister said he deeply appreciated the fact that the u.s. and Israel had stood together for five months in the war against hamas, and that they need to evacuate the civilian population from the war zone and take care of humanitarian needs, which they are working on. Reportedly, unable to leave Gaza, people are living in tent camps and overflowing u.n. shelters.

According to the report, Mr Netanyahu said that Israel doesn’t have a way of defeating hamas without going in to Rafah and eliminating the four remaining battalions there. Reportedly, over 1.3 million people are sheltering in Rafah.

According to the report, the u.s. secretary of state said that after the war Israel could be struck in Gaza for years. Reportedly, the u.s. has been talking about a palestinian authority to take over the governance of Gaza, which Israel has rejected.

Post brexit migration northern Ireland

According to a report, an Ulster university economist said a post brexit change in immigration to northern Ireland is continuing. Reportedly, in 2022 27,016 people came to live or work in northern Ireland, data for 2023 isn’t available.

According to the report, in 2023 there were 13,583 new national insurance registrations for those entering northern Ireland, a slight decrease from 2022 but represents the second highest number recorded since 2007. Reportedly, there were 918 national insurance registrations from eu countries, 6,600 from Asia and 2,000 from Africa, primarily Nigeria.

The Oslo Accords

According to a report, the Oslo accords are a pair of interim agreements between Israel and the palestinian liberation organization. Reportedly, the Oslo process began following negotiations in Oslo, Norway in 1993 that resulted in the recognition of Israel by the plo and the recognition by Israel of the plo as representative of the palestinian people. The documents which were signed by the u.s. and Russia provided for the creation of a palestinian self government. The palestinian authority would have responsibility for Samaria and Gaza which would last for a 5 year period during issues like Jerusalem, palestinian refugees, israeli settlements, security and borders would be looked at.

According to the report, Oslo II created areas a, b and c in Samaria. The palestinian authority were given powers in areas a and b. Reportedly, a ceasefire deal saw Israel withdraw from Gaza in 2005. According to reports, a military conflict between the pa and hamas resulted in a dissolution of a unity government and the division of the palestinian territories into two entities, Samaria governed by the pa and Gaza governed by hamas. Reportedly, hamas fighters took control of Gaza and pa fighters were either taken prisoner, executed or expelled.