Rubio visits Israel after Vance
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has toured a U.S.-led coordination center in southern Israel. The Trump administration is pushing plans for an international security force in Gaza to support a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the United States and others must do more to push Israel to stop violating the Gaza ceasefire agreement, including the possible use of sanctions or halting arms sales.
One complication for doctors at Nasser Hospital now is determining which of the returned bodies are Hamas fighters killed in combat, which are civilians and which are detainees who died in Israeli custody.
Israel launched a wave of attacks on Gaza after accusing Palestinian militants of attacking its forces across cease-fire lines. Both sides say they are still committed to the truce.
A total of 195 bodies were transported by the Red Cross to the hospital in southern Gaza since last week, when a ceasefire agreement to end the war between Israel and Hamas was put in place.
Kosher restaurant chain Shouk permanently closes all Washington DC locations after two years of boycotts and protests over Gaza war allegations.
A collective funeral ceremony was held Wednesday in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, for 54 unidentified Palestinians whose bodies were returned from Israel, the Palestinian Civil Defense (PCD) reported.
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Trump mulls asking Israel to free Palestinian leader Barghouti as US looks to Gaza’s post-Hamas rule
President Donald Trump is suggesting he could call on Israel to release imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, the most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader.