# Hamas

Israel resumes fighting in Gaza, with airstrikes and artillery fire reported as truce expires

Combat resumed shortly after Israel’s army said it had intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza.

Israel's military said fighter jets were "currently striking" Hamas targets in Gaza.

Yesterday, US top diplomat Antony Blinken called for the pause in hostilities to be extended.

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# Extension

Israel and Hamas agree to a day-long extension to ceasefire as eight more hostages are released

The extension was agreed minutes before the original agreement was due to expire.

Hamas has freed 102 hostages over the last week while Israel has freed 210 Palestinian prisoners.

Hamas claimed last night that Israel initially refused to extend the truce.

Mediators and negotiators struck the deal this morning, minutes before the ceasefire was due to end.

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# Israel

Two dead and eight injured after shooting in Jerusalem

Five victims are in a critical condition.

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Thu 7:49 AM

Mediators working to extend truce as Israel army investigates Hamas report of baby hostage death

The current truce is scheduled to expire tonight after a six-day pause in the conflict.

A source close to Hamas has said it is willing to extend the truce for four days and release more Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

Israel today said it is investigating a report that a 10-month-old baby hostage, his four-year-old brother and their mother had all been killed in Gaza.

A Hamas source has said the Palestinian militant group is not satisfied with Israel's proposals for another extension.

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Five premature babies found dead in Gaza hospital, says region's health ministry

A health ministry spokesperson said Israeli soldiers blocked access to the ICU at the paediatric facility, and doctors were finally able to get into the ward last night.

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# Emily Hand

Emily Hand could only whisper after being released by Hamas, her father says

Thomas Hand told CNN that when he asked his daughter how long she had been held for, she said “a year”.

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# Israel

Israeli President says Ireland needs to 'admit the truth' about conflict in Gaza

Isaac Herzog asked: “What did we do wrong?”

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Wed 7:58 AM

More hostages to be released as extended truce between Israel and Hamas enters fifth day

The news of the extension came as 11 more hostages were freed from Gaza overnight, along with the release of 33 Palestinian prisoners.

50 Israeli hostages have been released under the truce, in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners, with another 19 hostages freed under separate agreements.

While Israel views the truce as temporary, it is facing increasing pressure for a more lasting ceasefire and the ramp-up of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit the Middle East this week, where he will stress the need to secure the release of all hostages.

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Tue 9:04 AM

Israel and Hamas agree two-day extension to Gaza truce as 11 more Israeli hostages freed

The pause that began Friday has seen dozens of hostages freed, including Irish-Israeli nine-year-old Emily Hand.

Israel had faced enormous pressure from the families of hostages, as well as allies, to extend the truce to secure more releases.

13 hostages were freed under the terms of the truce yesterday, with 11 more freed today.

Including the 11 hostages set to return home today, a total of 50 civilian hostages have been freed by Hamas during the initial truce.

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Hamas releases 17 more hostages as 39 Palestinian prisoners freed

Today is day three of the planned 4-day ceasefire, which may be extended.

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# Reprimand

Varadkar responds after Israel summons Irish ambassador over his ‘lost and found’ comment in Emily Hand statement

A clarification note under Varadkar’s tweets claims its misleading to use the terms “lost” and “found”.

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# Hostage

Emily Hand - the 9-year-old Irish-Israeli girl held hostage by Hamas - has been released

The 9-year-old Irish-Israeli girl was originally believed to have died in the 7 October attacks.

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Nov 25th 2023, 9:32 PM

13 Israeli hostages to be freed 'tonight' for 39 Palestinians, mediator says

The statement comes after Hamas said it would delay the release of hostages.

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Nov 25th 2023, 7:30 PM

Hamas frees first group of hostages as Gaza truce takes hold

Qatar confirmed Hamas released a total of 24 hostages and that Israel had freed 39 women and children from its prisons.

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Nov 24th 2023, 8:49 PM

Israel-Hamas ceasefire to begin tomorrow morning, Qatar says

It is not clear if Irish-Israeli nine-year-old Emily Hand will be among the hostages released tomorrow.

It is not clear if Irish-Israeli nine-year-old Emily Hand will be among the hostages released tomorrow

Families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and of Palestinians detained by Israel were forced to wait an extra day

The truce had been put back over "the names of the Israeli hostages and the modalities of their release", according to a Palestinian official

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Nov 23rd 2023, 4:00 PM

Israel-Hamas ceasefire expected tomorrow, but release of 50 hostages won't begin before Friday

Hamas will free 50 of its roughly 240 hostages under the ceasefire agreement.

It is believed Irish-Israeli, 9-year-old Emily Hand is among the hostages in Gaza.

Hamas welcomed the "humanitarian truce" and said it would see 150 Palestinians released from Israeli jails.

The Israel national security adviser tonight said that there will be no hostage releases before Friday.

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# Middle East

From the West Bank: 'Settler violence and military restrictions strangle Palestinian life'

In the West Bank, Hannah McCarthy meets Palestinians who say settlers are making life unbearable for their communities.

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Nov 22nd 2023, 12:10 AM

Negotiations for truce agreement 'at final stage' as Israel PM says deal is 'right decision'

The deal is thought to include a five-day truce, during which between 50 to 100 Israeli hostages would be released in exchange for 300 jailed Palestinians.

US President Joe Biden has signaled that a deal to free hostages and a temporary truce is "now very close".

Meanwhile, strikes are continuing in Gaza, with the health ministry there saying that more than 14,000 people have been killed during the conflict.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar met with representatives of Islamic countries this evening to discuss the crisis.

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Nov 21st 2023, 9:33 PM

Premature babies evacuated to Egypt as Gaza's health ministry says 12 killed in hospital strike

The 28 premature babies evacuated from Gaza’s biggest hospital, Al-Shifa, had been taken to safety in Egypt through the Rafah crossing.

US deputy national security adviser Jon Finer told US media that negotiators were "closer than we have been in quite some time" to securing a deal.

Israel has warned residents of Gaza's largest refugee camp Jabalia and a nearby coastal camp to evacuate.

The World Health Organisation evacuated 28 premature babies from the Al-Shifa hospital yesterday.

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Nov 20th 2023, 9:51 PM

Babies evacuated from Al-Shifa receive urgent care; remaining patients in ‘desperate’ situation

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the babies were moved in a joint operation with UN staff and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.

In an update this evening, Gaza's Hamas government said the death toll in Gaza has now reached 13,000.

The WHO led a "high risk" joint humanitarian mission to the hospital yesterday, which Israeli troops raided earlier this week.

A Gaza health official said more than 80 people were killed yesterday in twin strikes on Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

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Nov 19th 2023, 6:44 PM

Brian Rowan on the Middle East: Where have all the leaders gone?

The former BBC correspondent looks at the peace process in the North and asks if Israel and Palestine can ever find a similar route.

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November 2023

Gaza health ministry says more than 80 dead in strikes on refugee camp

The Commissioner General of the UN agency for Palestine Refugees has said he is receiving “horrifying” images of people killed in one of the strikes.

Hundreds of people fled Al-Shifa hospital on foot after its director said the Israeli army ordered it to be evacuated.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said 70% of residents have no access to clean water in south Gaza, where raw sewage has begun to flow on the streets.

The director of the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis said a strike on a residential building in the southern town of Hamad killed 26 people.

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Nov 18th 2023, 3:00 PM

# Emily Hand

Family of Irish-Israeli girl believed to be captured by Hamas remain positive on her birthday

A birthday gathering for Emily Hand was held at St Stephen’s Green in Dublin.

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Nov 17th 2023, 2:56 PM

Israeli troops seize control of Gaza port as UN warns of risk of starvation

The ground campaign has taken aim at key sites like Gaza government buildings and infrastructure.

The Red Crescent said Israeli tanks are laying siege to Gaza's Al-Ahli hospital in a "violent attack".

The Israeli army said today its troops had taken "operational control" of the port at Gaza City.

Several more Irish citizens left Gaza today.

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Nov 16th 2023, 9:32 PM

AS IT HAPPENED

Israeli forces raid Gaza's largest hospital; Some Irish citizens begin leaving Gaza

Multiple Irish citizens and family members included on a list of people permitted to leave Gaza exited today through the Rafah crossing.

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Nov 15th 2023, 5:15 PM

Israeli forces enter Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital where conditions described as horrific

After sharp warnings from the US and others that Al-Shifa must be protected, Israel said the raid was being executed based on “an operational necessity”.

The UN has said it estimates that at least 2,300 people are inside the hospital and may be unable to escape because of fierce fighting.

A journalist inside the hospital said Israeli soldiers were interrogating people this morning, among them patients and doctors.

The White House has said that US intelligence sources corroborated Israel's claim that Hamas had buried an operational "command and control node" under Al-Shifa.

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Nov 15th 2023, 8:54 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

Anti-immigration groups use Israel-Gaza violence to push antisemitism and Islamophobia online

A report by

Shane Raymond

Online activists in Ireland have attempted to use the conflict to incite hatred of Jews or Arabs or, in some cases, both.

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Nov 15th 2023, 7:29 AM

# leader questions

Simon Harris says Israel is now 'blinded by rage' and engaging in a 'war on children' in Gaza

He said peace cannot be built on “the mass graves of children”.

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# Emily Hand

‘Our bodies hurt from crying’ say family of Irish-Israeli girl feared kidnapped

The Taoiseach met with the family and assured them that the government will try to help secure Emily’s release.

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Nov 13th 2023, 3:37 PM

Gaza hospitals run out of fuel as fighting rages and EU condemns Hamas' use of 'human shields'

A Médecins Sans Frontières surgeon said there was no water, power, food, or internet at Al-Shifa hospital.

The director of Al-Shifa hospital said it is "totally surrounded and bombardments are going on nearby".

The Israeli Defence Forces pledged to aid the evacuation of babies from the hospital.

In a televised address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that his country's battle against Hamas would continue with "full force".

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Nov 12th 2023, 7:20 PM

Holly Cairns: What Israel is doing in Gaza is beyond horrific - we cannot stand idly by

The SocDems leader says the moral authority of Western leaders is lying in tatters, but it’s not too late to take democratic steps for peace.

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Nov 12th 2023, 7:30 AM

# SF Ard Fheis

'We’ll work hard to win your trust': McDonald says she wants to form a Govt without FF and FG

Mary Lou McDonald says her party will fix the housing crisis ‘once and for all’.

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Nov 11th 2023, 6:35 PM

Gaza health ministry says premature babies at risk as main hospital under constant fire and running out of fuel

Twenty of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are “no longer functioning”, the UN’s humanitarian agency said.

The director of the Al-Shifa hospital said the compound was struck repeatedly overnight and lost power for hours after its generator was hit.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Israel to stop bombing and killing women and babies in Gaza.

Almost 1.6 million people have been internally displaced since 7 October, according to UNRWA.

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Nov 11th 2023, 6:10 PM

SF crowd chants 'free Palestine' as ambassador to Ireland receives rapturous applause at Ard Fheis

McDonald there is a growing view that the issue of sanctions and consequences for Israel has to be addressed.

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Nov 11th 2023, 1:19 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

Ambassador was 'horrified' that Gaza would be 'flattened' as she watched 7 October attacks

A report by

Niall O'Connor

Dr Jilan Abdalmajid spoke to The Journal about the Hamas-Israel conflict.

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Nov 11th 2023, 12:05 AM

Tom Clonan: Gaza City could be utterly destroyed as a result of Israel's attacks

The security analyst and senator says what is happening right now in Gaza is an obscenity and a ceasefire must happen.

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Nov 10th 2023, 4:00 PM

Israel rules out ceasefire as Gaza health officials say over 11,000 now killed in conflict

Daily humanitarian pauses, which Israel has agreed to, are expected to begin today.

US President Joe Biden welcomed the pauses as a "step in the right direction".

Tens of thousands of civilians have streamed out of devastated northern Gaza in recent days.

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Nov 10th 2023, 2:10 PM

Bobby McDonagh on Israel/Gaza: 'Peace requires both sides to accept that they can never win'

The former Irish ambassador says Israel and Hamas both believe victory is possible, and this will only lead to more conflict.

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Nov 10th 2023, 6:10 AM

Fierce combat rages in Gaza City amid growing calls for ceasefire

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled the “catastrophic” situation.

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