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Iran's delegation walked out and Israel's president cancelled his speech as tensions over the Gaza war spilled over at the UN Cop28 climate talks in Dubai on Friday.

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During the seven-day truce agreed between Israel and Hamas, seven exchanges were made of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. But on November 30, the two sides failed to reach an agreement on the eighth exchange and there has since been a resumption of the fighting…

Opposition leader Kondwani Nankhumwa questions the secrecy of the deal and describes it as ‘an evil transaction’.

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The New York Times is reporting that Israel knew about Hamas battle plans to attack southern Israel over a year before the Oct_ 7 operation took place, but dismissed them as “aspirational.”

Fresh attacks target a population weakened by weeks without food, clean water or sanitation

As fighting resumes between Israel and Hamas after a one-week truce, FRANCE 24 speaks to Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). He said he was "deeply concerned" at the looming prospect of Israel's offensive moving to the south of the Gaza…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the restrictions which could be imposed within weeks