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Qatar says the hostages will be released around 4pm local time with a four-day truce agreed between Israel and Hamas beginning at 7am on Friday

Iranian president had travelled to Saudi Arabia to try to force a more interventionist approach to Israel-Hamas war

More than a million people have fled their homes in the besieged Gaza Strip in the past week as water supplies dwindle and hospitals warn they are on the verge of collapse, while the enclave’s population waits for an expected Israel invasion that seeks to eliminate Hamas’ leadership after its…

U.S. warships assemble off the Gaza coast as Israeli troops prepared for an expected ground invasion to drive Hamas militants out of the region.

USS Eisenhower sent to region to deter anyone ‘seeking to escalate’ war after Hamas attack

The evacuation order could signal a coming ground invasion. Shipments of U.S. arms have arrived, giving a green light to Israeli retaliation in Gaza after Hamas’ attack.

Israel’s military has directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 people, within 24 hours

Israel’s military has told 1.1 million people to move further south, UN says, warning of ‘devastating humanitarian consequences’; Gaza death toll passes 1,500, a third of them children

Gaza interior ministry says the number of dead may rise as rescue workers search through mounds of rubble for bodies.