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According to a report, due to israeli military action palestinians are fleeing the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Reportedly, a spokesman for the israeli defence force said they have opened a secure route to evacuate civilians sheltering in the Nasser Hospital area towards the humanitarian zone, they did not intend to evacuate patients or medical staff.

According to a report, the idf chief said that there was still hamas activity in northern Gaza and palestinians will return when it is safe to do so. Reportedly, Israel says that of hamas’s six remaining battalions, four are in Rafah. According to the report, it is possible that some of the group’s main leaders are there, but the existence of tunnels leading to Egypt means that some may have escaped Gaza.

Reportedly, Egypt remains closed to Gazans. According to a report, 95 aid trucks a day have been entering Gaza compared to 500 commercial and aid trucks a day before the war.

Reportedly, the idf have released a video from a security camera showing hamas chief Yahya Sinwar and family members escaping through a tunnel days after the October 7 massacre. According to the report, a spokesman for the idf said the war will not stop until he is captured.

The Paris proposal

Reportedly, according to Gaza’s hamas run health ministry, 28,743 palestinians have been killed in Gaza. According to the report, more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are sheltering in the southern city of Rafah. Reportedly, hamas has warned that any operation there would undermine talks about a possible release of hostages, according to Israel 134 out of 253 hostages are unaccounted for.

According to the report, the head of Israel’s intelligence ministry, the u.s. cia chief and the prime minister of Qatar met with egyptian officials in Cairo for talks about a Gaza truce. Reportedly, the israeli prime minister has rejected hamas’s proposed terms for a ceasefire but said Israel is open to some of the terms put forward in Paris, specifically humanitarian pauses. According to the report, during the first phase 35-40 israeli hostages would be released, details of the second and third phase go unpublished.

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Gaza war

According to a report, the israeli defence force has uncovered a hamas data centre beneath unrwa’s Gaza headquarters, said to be a facility for intelligence. Reportedly, the centre was discovered after interrogating palestinian prisoners.

According to a report, Israel has carried out airstrikes across Gaza and are pushing ahead with their Khan Younis offensive where dozens of hamas fighters have been killed.

Reportedly, the israeli prime minister said the israeli defence force must operate in Gaza city where they say four hamas battalions are. According to the report, they will also push ahead in Rafah where 31 people have been killed but say they will let civilians evacuate first. Reportedly, the israeli prime minister said the idf have a month to complete the Rafah operation but hamas have warned of tens of thousands of casualties if they enter Rafah which is situated on the border with Egypt. According to a report, two hostages were rescued from hamas captivity in Rafah.

Reportedly, u.s. intelligence have said that the idf have degraded hamas capabilities but are not close to eliminating the group. According to the report, two state talks have been ongoing in Riyadh. Reportedly, Israel has promised economy relief in Samaria.

Trinidad

According to a report, Trinidad was populated by peaceful people, by 1510 slavery began to supply pearl fisheries in nearby Isla Margarita. Reportedly, from 1592 the island was administered by Spain but there were colonisation attempts by the uk, France and the Netherlands. According to the report, following a uk invasion in 1763 Spain ceded the island without a fight which became a british colony.

Reportedly, under uk control, Trinidad’s development as a plantation economy and slave society brought commercial success, and in 1783 a decree offering generous land and tax incentives to colonisers transformed the population.

U.s. target hezbollah commander

According to a report, a senior leader of hezbollah and two of his guards were killed when their vehicle was targeted in a u.s. drone attack in Baghdad. Reportedly, crowds chanted anti- western slogans at the scene of the burnt out vehicle. According to the report, the u.s. said the commander was responsible for orchestrating attacks on their troops in the region. Reportedly, a spokesman for hezbollah said they were suspending further attacks.

Reportedly, hezbollah have been linked to a drone attack in Jordan that killed three u.s. soldiers though according to the u.s., islamic resistance in Iraq were responsible. Islamic resistance in Iraq have been described as a network of ideologically similar groups.

The u.s. secretary of state in the middle east

According to a report, Saudi prime Mohamed Bin Salman met the u.s. secretary of state this week and said normalisation of relations with Israel would be possible if their is calm in Gaza and a path to a palestinian state, he said many nations in the region were on board that would further Israel’s security concerns. Reportedly, the secretary of state said that in order to reach a path to statehood the palestinian authority should take steps to reform and revitalise itself. According to the report, he told the israeli prime minister he had concerns about actions and rhetoric that inflame tensions and undercut international support, and told the president of the Palestinian authority that governance should be improved as should accountability to the Palestinian people. Reportedly, the palestinian authority has committed to making these reforms.

New framework for Gaza peace deal

According to a report, a framework has been proposed for a new ceasefire in Gaza. Reportedly, a detail is a six week truce to enable israeli hostages to be swapped for palestinian prisoners. According to the report, hamas are positive about the deal but have asked for some amendments relating to the rebuilding of Gaza, the return of residents to their homes and provisions for those who have been displaced, they have also asked to be able to transfer the injured to hospitals abroad.

The u.s. plan strikes on Iran linked targets

According to a report, the u.s. secretary of state is making his fifth trip to the middle east since the hamas attacks of October 7. Reportedly, his visit comes after the u.s. said it carried out more missile strikes against houthi missiles in Yemen. According to the report, the military said it had struck a land attack cruise missile and four anti ship missiles that were prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea.

Reportedly, in response to the drone attack in Jordan that killed three american servicemen the u.s. said they are planning more strikes on Iran linked targets, though Islamic resistance in Iraq have claimed responsibility.

October 7 victims subject to sexual attacks

According to a report, israelis who dealt with the bodies of hostages said there was no doubt some had been sexually assaulted. Reportedly, a senior israeli police officer said her force has clear evidence that rape and other forms of sexual violence had been committed. According to the report, Shari Mendes, who was an architect called up as a reservist and helped identify female bodies brought to the Shura army base said many bodies arrived with bloody shredded underwear and many arrived with no clothing. Reportedly, some bodies had been decapitated or limbs cut off, and several female soldiers were shot in the vagina or the breast.

According to the report, Simcha Greiniman, a volunteer described finding a woman with nails and different objects in her body, saying it was clear that some of the victims seen had been sexually attacked. Reportedly, Ms Mendes and Mr Greiniman’s testimony is in line with evidence that has been collected from forensic investigations, witnesses and first responders.

Drone attack

According to a report, the islamic resistance in Iraq said it was responsible for a drone attack on a base in Jordan that killed three u.s. servicemen. Reportedly, an official said that the drone arrived at the same time as a returning u.s. drone and as a result, elements of the defence system were turned off. According to the report, the soldiers were in their sleeping quarters at the time.