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RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO — Israeli bombs on Rafah flattened a mosque and destroyed homes in what residents called one of their worst nights yet, while the Hamas chief was in Cairo for talks Gazans hope could bring a truce in time to head off a full-blown assault on the city.
(UPDATE) SENATE President Juan Miguel «Migz» Zubiri and House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez agreed to a truce, temporarily stopping the Charter-Change (Cha-cha) row in Congress.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Fighting raged Friday in Gaza forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee seeking shelter, after Qatar said Hamas had given "initial" support to a hostage-prisoner exchange that would pause its war with Israel.
MANILA, Philippines: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the National Operations Command of the New People's Army (NPA) announced that their two-day holiday truce is in effect.
Israel has ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza's main city as diplomats pressed on with efforts to secure a pause in the war that Hamas says has claimed 20,000 lives.
UNITED NATIONS – The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a non-binding resolution Tuesday demanding a ceasefire in Gaza – taking the lead from the paralyzed Security Council and piling pressure on Israel and Washington.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — More hostages were freed from Gaza on Wednesday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, as mediators raced to broker another extension to the truce between Israel and Hamas hours before it was due to expire.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — A Hamas source said Wednesday, hours before a truce in fighting with Israel in the Gaza Strip was set to expire, that the Palestinian militant group was not satisfied with Israel's proposals for another extension.