The discovery renewed pressure on Israel’s government for a deal to get the remaining hostages freed. Families have long feared time is running out.
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Aid worker deaths appalled Israel’s allies. Some are considering a halt to arms sales.
The Israeli military’s killing of seven aid workers in Gaza has triggered unprecedented criticism from European leaders.
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Global pressure grows on U.S. and Germany to stop arming Israel
Arms embargoes agreed to by other countries won’t have much impact without the United States and Germany, which supply 99% of Israel’s arms imports.
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Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza
Palestinians, aid groups and human rights organizations have repeatedly accused Israeli forces of firing recklessly at civilians throughout the conflict – a charge Israel denies.
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American killed in Israeli strike in Gaza was father, military veteran
Jacob Flickinger was born and spent most of his childhood in Quebec, the son of a Canadian mother and an American father.
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Biden tells Netanyahu future U.S. support for war depends on new steps to protect civilians
Biden and Netanyahu spoke by phone days after Israeli airstrikes killed seven food aid workers in Gaza and added a new layer of complication to the leaders’ increasingly strained relationship.
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Lewiston council passes resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza
The resolution asks Maine’s congressional delegation and President Biden to demand an end to violence in Gaza and Israel, and ‘an immediate and unconditional release of all Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners unjustly held.’
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In Israel’s war against Hamas rule, Gazans go hungry, aid groups retreat
International aid efforts were dealt a further blow this week when an Israeli airstrike killed seven workers from World Central Kitchen.
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World Central Kitchen victims remembered for going ‘extra mile’ to deliver Gaza aid
The attack on the organization founded by celebrity chef José Andrés drew international rebuke.
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Aid group halts food delivery in Gaza after Israeli strike kills 7 World Central Kitchen workers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that the country’s forces had carried out the ‘unintended strike … on innocent people.’