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'Everything is on hold': How Gaza peace plan has stalled with attention diverted

Palestinian mediator working behind the scenes to get things back on track fears delay is strengthening Hamas

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A woman holds a child at a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 2, 2026. Reuters

Hamas: No disarmament discussion until Israel fulfils obligations of Trump plan

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'We believed we'd lost her': Tears as evacuated Gazan babies return two years on

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Fighters with Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, on patrol in Gaza. EPA

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Thousands in Gaza risk going blind over lack of proper treatment

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian family in occupied West Bank

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Residents return amid ceasefire, after forced displacement and relentless strikes reduced city's population from 60,000 to 450

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A worker hangs a Lebanese flag on a building in central Beirut to mark the 82nd anniversary of Lebanon's Independence Day. EPA

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on the gradual advance of Israel's 'yellow line' in Gaza

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'Two words: Cease. Fire' - Lebanon's sole demand in talks with Israel

Beirut will enter 'symbolic' talks with no leverage and reluctance to be seen negotiating, sources say

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