Israel orders evacuations in northern Gaza as Trump calls for war to end

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By Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters  The Israeli military ordered Palestinians to evacuate areas in northern Gaza on Sunday before intensified fighting against  Hamas , as U.S. President Donald Trump called for an end to the  war  amid renewed efforts to broker a ceasefire. “Make the deal in Gaza, get the hostages back,”  Trump  posted on his Truth Social platform early on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to hold talks later in the day on the progress of Israel’s offensive. A senior security official said the military will tell him the campaign is close to reaching its objectives, and warn that expanding fighting to new areas in Gaza may endanger the remaining Israeli hostages. But in a statement posted on X and text messages sent to many residents, the military urged people in northern parts of the enclave to head south towards the Al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, which Israel designated as a humanitarian area. Palestinian and U.N. offi...
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Colombia’s Petro says ELN attack ‘practically’ ends peace talks

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An attack with explosives by Colombian leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN), which left more than two dozen troops injured and two dead, has “practically” ended peace talks, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday.

The attack, which took place on Tuesday and is the most serious since a bilateral ceasefire between the government and the ELN ended in August, occurred in a rural area of Colombia’s Arauca province, which sits on the border with Venezuela.

“A truck, loaded with explosives which wounded 27 young people and killed two, planted by the ELN with who we were talking about peace (…) well, that’s practically an action that ends the peace process with blood,” Petro said during an event in Bogota.

Petro, Colombia’s first leftist president, restarted peace talks with the ELN at the end of 2022 as part of his efforts to deliver total peace and end the country’s six-decade conflict which has left more than 450,000 dead.

The talks have faced a crisis for months due to the government’s decision to begin separate talks with an ELN unit in the southwest of the country which earlier parted ways with the rebel group.

SOURCE: Reuters and agencies



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