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This photo provided by the Israel Defense Forces shows a tank with an Israel flag on it entering the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

As Israel moves into Rafah, are ceasefire talks over? 

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The Israel Defense Forces now controls Gaza’s main border crossing with Egypt in the city of Rafah. Israel’s military carried out airstrikes overnight in Rafah. The IDF operation commenced on Monday as Hamas offered a counterproposal for a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange. The negotiations aimed at getting a ceasefire in place appear to be ongoing.

A girl carries a bowl filled with water, in the rebel held besieged town of Douma, eastern Damascus.

Water is scarce in Damascus, and so is faith in a new ceasefire

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A girl walks near a damaged house in northern Syria, Tuesday. The civil war in Syria is almost six years old.

Syria’s new ceasefire will not mean peace

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After a US-Russia brokered ceasefire, a boy carries a placard during a demonstration against forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and calling for aid to reach Aleppo near Castello road in Aleppo, Syria, Sept. 14.

Here’s what Syrians themselves are saying about the US-Russian ceasefire

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People look through a hole caused by a Saudi-led air strike

Is the latest Yemen ‘ceasefire’ for real? Or just another red herring?

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