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Among those invited include Professor of Health Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE) Elias Mossialos and various heads of multilateral organisations such as GSK, AstraZeneca and the Pasteur Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Forum discussions will fall under the thematic pillars of Public-Private Partnerships, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation, Global Health Equity and Sustainability and Ethics and Standards. 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MORNING UPDATE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Rafah push could trigger 'another humanitarian crisis', Borrell warns","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Rafah push could trigger 'another humanitarian crisis', Borrell warns","titleListing2":"Rafah offensive could cause 'another great humanitarian crisis', Borrell warns","leadin":"The European Commission is reinstating funding for a key UN agency, UNRWA, that was accused of harbouring staff who participated in the 7 October massacre.","summary":"The European Commission is reinstating funding for a key UN agency, UNRWA, that was accused of harbouring staff who participated in the 7 October massacre.","keySentence":"","url":"rafah-offensive-could-cause-another-great-humanitarian-crisis-borrell-warns","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/07\/rafah-offensive-could-cause-another-great-humanitarian-crisis-borrell-warns","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As Israel appears to begin its long-feared assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip, the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned that the consequences for the hundreds of thousands sheltering there could be dire. \n\nSpeaking to the press, Borrell described the blockage of a ceasefire deal that was first accepted by Hamas before being shunned by Israel as \"sad news\". \n\n\"Hamas accepted, Israel rejected, and the land offensive against Rafah has started again,\" Borrell said, \"in spite of all the requests of the international community, the US, the European Union member states, everybody asking Netanyahu not to attack Rafah.\u00a0In spite of these warning and these requests, the attack started yesterday night.\" \n\nIsrael appears to be pushing towards a full-blown offensive in Rafah despite ever more serious warnings from even its top international allies, including the US. It confirmed overnight that its forces had taken \"operational control\" of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. \n\nThe Israeli military previously warned civilians to evacuate to the city in the south of the Gaza Strip ahead of its offensive in the north, but even areas that were declared safe have seen devastating airstrikes and land attacks by Israeli forces.\u00a0 \n\nSome 1.4 million people are now effectively trapped in Rafah with little to no chance of escape. \n\nThe obstruction of food and medical aid, along with the destruction of medical facilities, has exacerbated the humanitarian impact of the offensive, which Israel claims is necessary for the destruction of Hamas as a fighting force. \n\n\"I am afraid that this is going to cause again a lot of casualties, civilian casualties,\" Borrell told the assembled journalists. \"Whatever they say, there are 600,000 children in Gaza. They will be pushed to the so-called 'safe zones'. There are no safe zones in Gaza.\" \n\n\"And the ministers will discuss about how to increase our support. But on the next Council [of the EU], the political dimension of this crisis will be once again taken into consideration.\" \n\nHelp on the way \n\nBorrell also said that he hoped to see the full resumption of European financial support to UNRWA, the foremost UN agency helping displaced Palestinians, after many backers halted their payments to it over reports a handful of its staff were involved in Hamas' 7 October massacre last year. \n\nA recent UN-commissioned review led by former French Foreign Minister\u00a0Catherine Colonna found that the organisation has robust processes to enforce staff neutrality and displays \"a more developed approach to neutrality than other similar UN or NGO entities\". \n\n\"Now the Colonna report is there, I don't see any reason for not starting again the payments, the full payments, to UNRWA,\" Borrell said. \n\n\"UNRWA is a critical institution for the support to hundreds of thousands, to millions, of people, and the idea of cutting funding to UNRWA has no basis.\" \n\nBorrell declined to discuss the possibility of the EU imposing sanctions in response to a full-blown offensive but did not hold back from warning about the likely consequences. \n\n\"I cannot anticipate the humanitarian losses that this will create,\" he said. \"It is clear they will continue the war, will produce a greater humanitarian crisis, which is bigger than what it is already. Let\u2019s see how we can try to mitigate the consequences of this situation.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>As Israel appears to begin its long-feared assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip, the EU&#039;s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned that the consequences for the hundreds of thousands sheltering there could be dire.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the press, Borrell described the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//07//israel-rejects-watered-down-ceasefire-proposal-but-talks-continue/">blockage of a ceasefire deal<\/strong><\/a> that was first accepted by Hamas before being shunned by Israel as \"sad news\".<\/p>\n<p>\"Hamas accepted, Israel rejected, and the land offensive against Rafah has started again,\" Borrell said, \"in spite of all the requests of the international community, the US, the European Union member states, everybody asking Netanyahu not to attack Rafah.\u00a0In spite of these warning and these requests, the attack started yesterday night.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1787709875989922276\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Israel appears to be pushing towards a full-blown offensive in Rafah despite ever more serious warnings from even its top international allies, including the US. It confirmed overnight that its forces had taken \"operational control\" of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military previously warned civilians to evacuate to the city in the south of the Gaza Strip ahead of its offensive in the north, but even areas that were declared safe have seen devastating airstrikes and land attacks by Israeli forces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8418518,8418996\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//06//war-in-gaza-hamas-accepts-egyptian-qatari-ceasefire-proposal/">IDF strikes targets in Rafah despite Hamas accepting ceasefire proposal<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//05//06//as-israels-rafah-ground-offensive-looms-eu-leaders-make-last-ditch-calls-for-restraint/">As Israel's Rafah ground offensive looms, EU leaders make last-ditch calls for restraint<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some 1.4 million people are now effectively trapped in Rafah with little to no chance of escape.<\/p>\n<p>The obstruction of food and medical aid, along with the destruction of medical facilities, has exacerbated the humanitarian impact of the offensive, which Israel claims is necessary for the destruction of Hamas as a fighting force.<\/p>\n<p>\"I am afraid that this is going to cause again a lot of casualties, civilian casualties,\" Borrell told the assembled journalists. \"Whatever they say, there are 600,000 children in Gaza. They will be pushed to the so-called &#039;safe zones&#039;. There are no safe zones in Gaza.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"And the ministers will discuss about how to increase our support. But on the next Council [of the EU], the political dimension of this crisis will be once again taken into consideration.\"<\/p>\n<h2>Help on the way<\/h2><p>Borrell also said that he hoped to see the full resumption of European financial support to UNRWA, the foremost UN agency helping displaced Palestinians, after many backers halted their payments to it over reports a handful of its staff were involved in Hamas&#039; 7 October massacre last year.<\/p>\n<p>A recent UN-commissioned review led by former French Foreign Minister\u00a0Catherine Colonna found that the organisation has robust processes to enforce staff neutrality and displays \"a more developed approach to neutrality than other similar UN or NGO entities\".<\/p>\n<p>\"Now the Colonna report is there, I don&#039;t see any reason for not starting again the payments, the full payments, to UNRWA,\" Borrell said.<\/p>\n<p>\"UNRWA is a critical institution for the support to hundreds of thousands, to millions, of people, and the idea of cutting funding to UNRWA has no basis.\"<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8232558,8278332\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//03//01//eu-to-continue-funding-unrwa-as-it-probes-alleged-staff-involvement-in-oct-7-attacks/">EU to continue funding UNRWA as it probes alleged staff involvement in Oct 7 attacks<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//02//12//the-unrwa-case-reveals-a-much-larger-problem-with-humanitarian-aid/">The UNRWA case reveals a much larger problem with humanitarian aid<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Borrell declined to discuss the possibility of the EU imposing sanctions in response to a full-blown offensive but did not hold back from warning about the likely consequences.<\/p>\n<p>\"I cannot anticipate the humanitarian losses that this will create,\" he said. \"It is clear they will continue the war, will produce a greater humanitarian crisis, which is bigger than what it is already. 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The army said it had expanded assistance into the area, including field hospitals, tents, food and water.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that civilians would be moved from the specified areas in eastern Rafah to the humanitarian area in the north and northeast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Calls to temporarily \"move\" the humanitarian area will be conveyed through flyers, SMS messages, phone calls and media broadcasts in Arabic, according to a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//IDF//status//1787083590905294941/">social media post<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0published early Monday morning local time.<\/p>\n<p>The warning over Rafah came as the IDF confirms Hamas fired rockets at the Kerem Shalom crossing, a corridor connecting southern Israel and Gaza, on Sunday, reportedly killing at least four Israeli soldiers delivering assistance.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8416198,8415488\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//05//israelis-rally-to-demand-gaza-ceasefire-and-pm-netanyahus-resignation/">Israelis rally to demand Gaza ceasefire and PM Netanyahu's resignation <\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//04//northern-gaza-in-full-blown-famine-senior-un-official/">Northern Gaza in 'full-blown' famine: Senior UN official<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Israeli tanks and troops were previously seen near the border with Gaza, raising fears that the long-promised ground offensive into the southern city of Rafah would start.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian Refugee Council has condemned the Israeli army\u2019s \u201cforced, unlawful\u201d evacuation order in Rafah, saying that it could lead to \u201cthe deadliest phase of this conflict.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>Israel's leadership under fire<\/h2><p>The announcement on Monday complicated last-ditch efforts by international mediators to broker a cease-fire. 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his cabinet had unanimously voted to shut down the local offices of the Qatar-owned broadcaster. \n\nHe revealed the government\u2019s decision on X, though further details were not clear. \n\n\"My government decided unanimously: the incitement channel Al Jazeera will close in Israel,\" the post read in Hebrew. \n\nIn a statement posted to X, Al Jazeera described the decision as \"deceptive,\" \"slanderous\" and a \"criminal act that violates human rights and the basic right to access\u00a0 information.\"\u00a0 \n\nIts bureau chief for Israel and Palestinian territories, Walid Al-Omari, said it was a \"very dangerous decision against Al Jazeera and against the international media.\" \n\n\"It's clear at least that they want to prevent any others to know what's happening in this war, in Gaza, inside Israel, in the West Bank,\" he said. \n\nReporters Without Borders also condemned the decision on X, calling it \"repressive legislation\" aiming to \"censor the channel for its coverage of the war in Gaza.\" \n\nThe implications for the news broadcaster were not immediately apparent \u2013 for example, when the ban would come into effect and whether the decision was permanent or temporary. \n\nNo immediate comment was available from the Al Jazeera headquarters in Doha, Qatar.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, a correspondent at the broadcaster said the order would only affect its operations in Israel and east Jerusalem. Operations in Palestinian territories would not be affected, they added.\u00a0 \n\nIsrael has had a tense relationship with Al Jazeera, accusing it of bias against the country. \n\nAl Jazeera has been one of the few broadcasters to remain in Gaza during the war, broadcasting the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes and overcrowded hospitals. \n\nIt has accused Israel of massacres and war crimes, while Israel accuses Al Jazeera of collaborating with Hamas. \n\nAl Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot by an Israeli soldier while reporting in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. In December, an apparent Israeli strike killed the mother, father and 20 other family members of\u00a0Al Jazeera correspondent, Momen Al Sharafi. \n\nThe decision to ban the newsgroup marks an escalation in the long-running feud between Israel and Al Jazeera.\u00a0 \n\nIt also threatens to heighten political tensions between Israel and\u00a0 Qatar, who are playing a key role in mediation efforts to halt the Israel Hamas war. \n\nPreviously Israel's Knesset passed a law allowing the temporary closure of foreign broadcasters considered a threat to national security. \n\nThe media network at the time accused Netanyahu of waging a \"frantic campaign\" against it. \n\n\"Netanyahu could not find any justifications to offer the world for his ongoing attacks on Al Jazeera and Press Freedom except to present new lies and inflammatory slanders against the Network and the rights of its employees,\" Al Jazeera said in a statement. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Israel&#039;s government has voted to close down Al Jazeera, amid rising tensions over the media outlet&#039;s coverage of the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that his cabinet had unanimously voted to shut down the local offices of the Qatar-owned broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed the government\u2019s decision on X, though further details were not clear.<\/p>\n<p>\"My government decided unanimously: the incitement channel Al Jazeera will close in Israel,\" the post read in Hebrew.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1787060542168862763\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In a statement posted to X, Al Jazeera described the decision as \"deceptive,\" \"slanderous\" and a \"criminal act that violates human rights and the basic right to access\u00a0 information.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Its bureau chief for Israel and Palestinian territories, Walid Al-Omari, said it was a \"very dangerous decision against Al Jazeera and against the international media.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"It&#039;s clear at least that they want to prevent any others to know what&#039;s happening in this war, in Gaza, inside Israel, in the West Bank,\" he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1787117586431299981\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Reporters Without Borders also condemned the decision on X, calling it \"repressive legislation\" aiming to \"censor the channel for its coverage of the war in Gaza.\"<\/p>\n<p>The implications for the news broadcaster were not immediately apparent \u2013 for example, when the ban would come into effect and whether the decision was permanent or temporary.<\/p>\n<p>No immediate comment was available from the Al Jazeera headquarters in Doha, Qatar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, a correspondent at the broadcaster said the order would only affect its operations in Israel and east Jerusalem. Operations in Palestinian territories would not be affected, they added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Israel has had a tense relationship with Al Jazeera, accusing it of bias against the country.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera has been one of the few broadcasters to remain in Gaza during the war, broadcasting the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes and overcrowded hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>It has accused Israel of massacres and war crimes, while Israel accuses Al Jazeera of collaborating with Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot by an Israeli soldier while reporting in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. In December, an apparent Israeli strike killed the mother, father and 20 other family members of\u00a0Al Jazeera correspondent, Momen Al Sharafi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1758153207614689737\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The decision to ban the newsgroup marks an escalation in the long-running feud between Israel and Al Jazeera.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It also threatens to heighten political tensions between Israel and\u00a0 Qatar, who are playing a key role in mediation efforts to halt the Israel Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>Previously Israel&#039;s Knesset passed a law allowing the temporary closure of foreign broadcasters considered a threat to national security.<\/p>\n<p>The media network 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full-scale invasion.\u00a0 \n\n\nHe urged Ukrainians to unite in prayer, vowing that \"life will definitely win over death.\"\u00a0 \n\nOn Saturday, worshippers including President Vladimir Putin attended Moscow\u2019s landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral for a nighttime Easter service led by Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church. \n\nKirill, a fervent Kremlin supporter,\u00a0wished for \u201cGod\u2019s blessing over Russia,\u201d its people and all countries where the church has a presence. \n\nHe avoided political statements - in contrast to last April when Kirill expressed sorrow at the\u00a0\u201cgrave events taking place on our Russian historical land.\u201d \n\nThis statement drew condemnation as it reinforced the Kremlin narrative that Ukrainian statehood is essentially a fiction.\u00a0 \n\nAs the two countries marked their third Easter at war, Russia launched a barrage of drones at Ukraine's east, where conditions on the frontline are deteriorating.\u00a0 \n\nUkraine\u2019s air force reported on Sunday that Moscow fired 24 Shahed (martyr) drones - it said air defences intercepted all but one.\u00a0 \n\nSix people, including a child, were wounded in a drone strike in the eastern Kharkiv region, according to regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov. \n\nMost churches in the West mark Easter on 31 March, but the Russian Orthodox Church follows a different calendar. \n\nA majority of Ukrainians identify as Orthodox Christians, though the church is divided.\u00a0 Many belong to the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The rival Ukrainian Orthodox Church was loyal to the patriarch in Moscow until splitting from Russia after the 2022 invasion.\u00a0 \n\nIt is viewed with suspicion by many Ukrainians. \n\nPutin has continually presented himself as a defender of \u201ctraditional values\u201d held by the Russian Orthodox Church in the face of what he repeatedly casts as the West\u2019s \u201cdegrading\u201d influence.\u00a0 \n\nThe country has increasingly taken a conservative turn, with attempts to restrict abortion and broad anti-LGBT policies, which have been supported by the Church. \n\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ukraine and Russia have marked their third Easter under a rain of bombs and bullets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the holy day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called God an \u201cally\u201d in his country&#039;s struggle against Russia&#039;s full-scale invasion.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>He urged Ukrainians to unite in prayer, vowing that \"life will definitely win over death.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, worshippers including President Vladimir Putin attended Moscow\u2019s landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral for a nighttime Easter service led by Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n<p>Kirill, a fervent Kremlin supporter,\u00a0wished for \u201cGod\u2019s blessing over Russia,\u201d its people and all countries where the church has a presence.<\/p>\n<p>He avoided political statements - in contrast to last April when Kirill expressed sorrow at the\u00a0\u201cgrave events taking place on our Russian historical land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This statement drew condemnation as it reinforced the Kremlin narrative that Ukrainian statehood is essentially a fiction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the two countries marked their third Easter at war, Russia launched a barrage of drones at Ukraine&#039;s east, where conditions on the frontline are deteriorating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//64//20//808x539_cmsv2_1c558e78-6b4b-5d45-8b5b-5f055a6db185-8416420.jpg/" alt=\"Food are gathered to be blessed during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service at the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade compound, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/64\/20\/384x256_cmsv2_1c558e78-6b4b-5d45-8b5b-5f055a6db185-8416420.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/64\/20\/640x427_cmsv2_1c558e78-6b4b-5d45-8b5b-5f055a6db185-8416420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/64\/20\/750x500_cmsv2_1c558e78-6b4b-5d45-8b5b-5f055a6db185-8416420.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/64\/20\/828x552_cmsv2_1c558e78-6b4b-5d45-8b5b-5f055a6db185-8416420.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/64\/20\/1080x720_cmsv2_1c558e78-6b4b-5d45-8b5b-5f055a6db185-8416420.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/64\/20\/1200x800_cmsv2_1c558e78-6b4b-5d45-8b5b-5f055a6db185-8416420.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/64\/20\/1920x1281_cmsv2_1c558e78-6b4b-5d45-8b5b-5f055a6db185-8416420.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Food are gathered to be blessed during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service at the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade compound, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Francisco Seco\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s air force reported on Sunday that Moscow fired 24 Shahed (martyr) drones - it said air defences intercepted all but one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Six people, including a child, were wounded in a drone strike in the eastern Kharkiv region, according to regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov.<\/p>\n<p>Most churches in the West mark Easter on 31 March, but the Russian Orthodox Church follows a different calendar.<\/p>\n<p>A majority of Ukrainians identify as Orthodox Christians, though the church is divided.\u00a0Many belong to the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The rival Ukrainian Orthodox Church was loyal to the patriarch in Moscow until splitting from Russia after the 2022 invasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is viewed with suspicion by many Ukrainians.<\/p>\n<p>Putin has continually presented himself as a defender of \u201ctraditional values\u201d held by the Russian Orthodox Church in the face of what he repeatedly casts as the West\u2019s \u201cdegrading\u201d influence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The country has increasingly taken a conservative turn, with attempts to restrict abortion and broad anti-LGBT policies, which have been supported by the Church. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1732373199789117744\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714900840,"updatedAt":1714930744,"publishedAt":1714905310,"firstPublishedAt":1714905313,"lastPublishedAt":1714905313,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/64\/20\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fb8327b5-d7e4-5548-afd7-a4d6ed1ea5dd-8416420.jpg","altText":"An Ukrainian serviceman of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, lights candles during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, 4 May, 2024.","caption":"An Ukrainian serviceman of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, lights candles during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, 4 May, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Francisco Seco\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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ANTI-GOV PROTESTS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Israelis rally to demand Gaza ceasefire and PM Netanyahu's resignation ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Israelis rally to demand ceasefire and Netanyahu's resignation ","titleListing2":"Israelis rally to demand Gaza ceasefire and PM Netanyahu's resignation ","leadin":"\"We hope the world hears us and knows that the people of Israel are not the government of Israel,\" said one protester.","summary":"\"We hope the world hears us and knows that the people of Israel are not the government of Israel,\" said one protester.","keySentence":"","url":"israelis-rally-to-demand-gaza-ceasefire-and-pm-netanyahus-resignation","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/05\/05\/israelis-rally-to-demand-gaza-ceasefire-and-pm-netanyahus-resignation","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Israelis protested on Saturday night, calling for a ceasefire and the resignation of hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\u00a0 \n\nTens of thousands took to the streets in Tel Aviv to demand that the government reach a deal with Hamas to secure the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.\u00a0 \n\nThey also called for new elections, accusing Netanyahu of prolonging the conflict to keep himself in power.\u00a0 \n\nNetanyahu's government - seen as the most right-wight in Israel's history - insists it will not stop the war until the Palestinian militant group has been \"annihilated\".\u00a0 \n\n\n\"We hope the world hears us and knows that the people of Israel are not the government of Israel,\" said one protester Shulamit Ron. \"We don't agree with the policy, we don't agree with the way they behave, and we want to have a different future.\" \n\n\nThe protest comes as a Hamas delegation met mediators in Egypt on Saturday.\u00a0 \n\nEgyptian state media reported \u201cnoticeable progress\" on talks, although an Israeli official downplayed the prospects for a full end to the war in Gaza. \n\nThe main source of contention appears to be whether the ceasefire would be permanent or temporary.\u00a0 \n\nHamas has repeatedly insisted that any deal freeing the hostages must include a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and an end to the fighting.\u00a0 \n\nPressure has mounted on Netanyahu's war cabinet to reach a deal halting the nearly seven-month-long war. \n\n\"The most important thing is to bring the hostages back and to get humanitarian aid into Gaza,\" said Roi Tzohar, demonstrating in Tel Aviv. \n\n\"The Israeli people are hostages to the right-wing government and the people of Gaza are hostages of Hamas.\" \n\nEgyptian and US mediators have reported signs of compromise in recent days. But chances for a ceasefire deal remain entangled with the key question of whether Israel will accept an end to the war without reaching its stated goal of destroying Hamas. \n\nSome observers have questioned whether Israel's government can achieve this goal in the first place.\u00a0 \n\nEgypt\u2019s state-owned Al-Qahera News TV channel said Saturday a consensus had been reached over many disputed points, but did not elaborate. \n\nA senior Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, played down the prospects for a ceasefire. \n\n\"Under no circumstances agree to end the war as part of an agreement to free our abductees,\" they told local media. \n\n\nThe official said Israel was committed to the Rafah invasion, where an estimated 1.4 million people have fled the fighting in central and northern Gaza. \n\nFears have been expressed that Israel may try to push the Palestinian population in Rafah across the Egyptian border - something Israeli officials deny.\u00a0 \n\nThe war has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza\u2019s local health officials.\u00a0 \n\nWidespread destruction has plunged the territory into an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. \n\nThe conflict erupted on 7 October, when Hamas attacked southern Israel, abducting about 250 people and killing around 1,200, mostly civilians.\u00a0 \n\nIsrael says Palestinian militants still hold around 100 hostages and the remains of more than 30 others. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Israelis protested on Saturday night, calling for a ceasefire and the resignation of hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands took to the streets in Tel Aviv to demand that the government reach a deal with Hamas to secure the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They also called for new elections, accusing Netanyahu of prolonging the conflict to keep himself in power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu&#039;s government - seen as the most right-wight in Israel&#039;s history - insists it will not stop the war until the Palestinian militant group has been \"annihilated\".\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\"We hope the world hears us and knows that the people of Israel are not the government of Israel,\" said one protester Shulamit Ron. \"We don&#039;t agree with the policy, we don&#039;t agree with the way they behave, and we want to have a different future.\" <\/p>\n<p>The protest comes as a Hamas delegation met mediators in Egypt on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Egyptian state media reported \u201cnoticeable progress\" on talks, although an Israeli official downplayed the prospects for a full end to the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The main source of contention appears to be whether the ceasefire would be permanent or temporary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1747896487009251355\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hamas has repeatedly insisted that any deal freeing the hostages must include a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and an end to the fighting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pressure has mounted on Netanyahu&#039;s war cabinet to reach a deal halting the nearly seven-month-long war.<\/p>\n<p>\"The most important thing is to bring the hostages back and to get humanitarian aid into Gaza,\" said Roi Tzohar, demonstrating in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p>\"The Israeli people are hostages to the right-wing government and the people of Gaza are hostages of Hamas.\"<\/p>\n<p>Egyptian and US mediators have reported signs of compromise in recent days. 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