LIVE: Israel kills 36 in Gaza's al-Mawasi, resumes truce talks with Hamas
Israeli forces continue bombarding Gaza, attacking the so-called 'safe zone' of al-Mawasi and killing at least 36 people.Attacks come as Israel mobilises for a new and expanded ground assault on Gaza and resumes ceasefire talks with Hamas in Qatar.Arab leaders in Baghdad call for an end to Israel's war on Gaza and appeal for global action to get humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 53,272 Palestinians and wounded 120,673, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. The Government Media Office updated the death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.
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Date: 9m ago (00:30 GMT)
Title: US embassy in Tripoli denies report of planned relocation of Palestinians to Libya
Content: The US embassy in Libya denied NBC News's report that the Trump administration is working on a plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya.
In a brief post on X, the embassy said: 'The report of alleged plans to relocate Gazans to Libya is untrue.'
On Thursday, NBC News said the Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate as many as one million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya.
NBC News cited five people with knowledge of the matter, including two people with direct knowledge and a former US official.
The Tripoli-based interionationally-recognised Government of National Unity has yet to issue a comment on the report.
It's worth noting that Trump has previously said he would like the US to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle its Palestinian population elsewhere. Palestinians, however, vehemently reject any plan involving them leaving Gaza, comparing such ideas to the 1948 'Nakba,' or 'catastrophe,' when hundreds of thousands were dispossessed of their homes in the war that led to the creation of Israel.
The report of alleged plans to relocate Gazans to Libya is untrue. https://t.co/PHMn7M7zD2
— U.S. Embassy – Libya (@USEmbassyLibya) May 17, 2025
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Date: 24m ago (00:15 GMT)
Title: Death toll in Israeli attacks on al-Mawasi rises to 36
Content: We are getting reports from our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that the death toll in the attacks on the tent camp sheltering displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza has risen to 36.
Earlier, we reported that at least 24 people were killed in the attacks.
The dead and wounded were taken to the Kuwaiti field hospital and to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
We'll bring you more as soon as we get more details.
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Date: 32m ago (00:07 GMT)
Title: Gaza on the verge of famine
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Date: 36m ago (00:03 GMT)
Title: A recap of recent developments
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Date: 39m ago (00:00 GMT)
Title: Welcome to our live coverage
Content: Hello, and thank you for joining our live coverage of Israel's war on Gaza, as well as its attacks on the occupied West Bank and the wider region.
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