Israel-Palestine Escalation
Israel was hit by an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on October 7, with Hamas movement's troops infiltrating border areas. On October 8, the Israeli government announced that it had invoked Article 40 of the Basic Law, which means the country was officially in a state of war.

Palestine Ready to Work With Trump Administration to End Gaza War, Says Envoy to UN

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - US President-elect Donald Trump warned earlier in December that "there will be all hell to pay in the Middle East" unless the hostages taken during the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel are released before his inauguration on January 20.
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Palestine is open to contacts with all players who are seeking to put an end to the war in Gaza, Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour told RIA Novosti, commenting on prospects of cooperation with the incoming Trump administration.

"We will work with all those who are willing and ready to work with us to put an end to this war, to have an immediate and unconditional ceasefire, to save lives. And we are willing to listen to any point of view that makes sense that gets us closer to that objective," Mansour said.

Israel-Palestine Escalation
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More than 43,000 Palestinian civilians, mostly children and women, have been killed since Israel's retaliatory war in Gaza began after an attack by the Palestinian movement Hamas on Oct. 7, according to the Gaza health ministry and the UN human rights office. Hundreds more have been reported killed in the occupied West Bank.