The recent roundtable discussion on the Gaza ceasefire featuring former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy, Gazan analyst Muhammad Shehada and journalist Jeremy Scahill

The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory.

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But many users on the platform think that’s a coverup. The real reason to ban TikTok, they say, is to suppress news about Gaza. The consequences of a ban for TikTok users could be far-reaching ...

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TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday evening just before as a federal law that bans the popular social media platform went into effect.   By 10:50pm Eastern Standard Time, the app was not found on Apple and Google’s app stores,

"A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the US. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now," the notice indicates. The service is not displayed also in search results in the App Store. According to Russian Defense Ministry, the enemy is suffering serious losses of personnel and equipment in fighting in the Kursk area

NEW YORK, January 19. /TASS/. Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of US President-elect Donald Trump to the Middle East, is considering an opportunity of visiting the Gaza Strip, NBC television said.

An explosion was seen on the Gaza skyline from southern Israel early on Sunday morning ahead of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas which is set to begin, pausing the devastating 15-month war between Israel and the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip.

The truce between Israel and Hamas was set to begin at 8:30 a.m. local time. The first Israeli hostages were to be released hours later in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, plans to be a near-constant presence in the region in an attempt to prevent the deal from unraveling.