Tag: #Ceasefire

At the UN, Palestinians Call for Ceasefire in Israeli Offensive as World Powers Consider Options

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At the UN, Palestinians Call for Ceasefire in Israeli Offensive as World Powers Consider Options

Several countries have urged Israel to hold off attacking northern Gaza. The Palestinian United Nations envoy appealed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday to do more to stop a “crime against humanity” by Israel, which has warned nearly half of the population of the Gaza Strip to relocate as it plans an assault. “He has to do more. Whatever was done is not sufficient. We need all of us to do more to stop this crime against humanity,” Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour told reporters before a meeting of…

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Govt unlikely to accept ceasefire for Ramadan and Amarnath Yatra

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Officials in the home ministry, army, and Jammu and Kashmir police said an internal ceasefire is laden with risks, while the enforcement of a ceasefire with Pakistan is contingent on the latter’s behavior. The Mehbooba Mufti government on Thursday continued to push for a unilateral ceasefire with terror groups in the state and along the border with Pakistan during the holy month of Ramzan, but New Delhi, while it will consider the issue, is unlikely to accept the proposal, particularly with regard to internal operations, several officials familiar with the development…

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