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Watch: Mass protest in Amsterdam calls for end to Gaza war

Hundreds of thousands of people marched through Amsterdam on Sunday, October 5, calling on the Dutch government to impose sanctions on Israel and push for an end to the war in Gaza.…
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Gaza-bound aid flotilla 294 nautical miles from enclave

A humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza, comprised of 11 vessels, has appealed for international protection as it nears the Israel-blockaded enclave, with organisers confirming the convoy is currently about 294 nautical miles…
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Hamas team in Egypt for talks on Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan

Cairo: A delegation from the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) arrived in Egypt on Sunday to prepare for negotiations with the Egyptian side on Monday in the Red Sea city of Sharm…

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Protests sweep Rome, Madrid and Barcelona against Israel’s actions in Gaza

Barcelona: Hundreds of thousands of Italians and Spaniards marched in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid on Saturday, October 4, against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza in a show of growing international anger over…
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Flotilla’s Italian captain embraces Islam in Israeli detention

Istanbul: Italian activist Tommaso Bortolazzi, captain of the Maria Cristin vessel in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), embraced Islam while being held by Israeli forces after the flotilla was intercepted in international…
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Greta Thunberg ‘dragged by hair and beaten’ in Israeli detention, Gaza flotilla activists say

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was allegedly assaulted and forced to wear an Israeli flag while in detention, according to activists of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) who were deported to Turkey…
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Hundreds gather for Pro-Palestine protests in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Hundreds of people gathered in Hyderabad at Dharna Chowk in protest on Sunday, October 5, against the ongoing killings of innocent civilians by Israel in Gaza. The protesters demanding that the…

Middle East

‘We live side by side with death’: Gaza journalists report amid relentless loss

Gaza Strip: Minutes after journalists gathered outside a Gaza hospital to survey the damage of an Israeli strike, Ibrahim Qannan pointed his camera up at the battered building as the others climbed…
Middle East

Netanyahu hopes to announce release of all hostages from Gaza ‘in coming days’

Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days,” as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in…
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Israel’s army says it will advance preparations for first phase of Trump’s plan

Tel Aviv: Israel’s army said Saturday that it would advance preparations for the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and return all the remaining…
Middle East

Six killed in Gaza after Israel strikes despite Trump’s warning

Six people were killed in a fresh air strike by Israel in Gaza on Saturday, October 4. The attack was carried out despite US President Donald Trump’s call to halt the bombing…
Middle East

Saudi Arabia, other countries welcome Trump’s Gaza peace plan

As Donald Trump announced the Gaza peace plan on September 28, several countries including Saudi Arabia , Jordan and others welcomed the move. In a Joint statement, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia…
Middle East

Watch: Gazans haul net of fish as Israeli navy blocks flotilla

Gaza City: A video widely shared on social media has captured fishermen in Gaza casting their nets and pulling in a rare haul of fish, after Israel’s navy became preoccupied intercepting the…
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Israel forces Gaza aid Flotilla activists to kneel, zip-tied for hours after attack: Legal center

Tel Aviv: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, has accused Israeli authorities of unlawfully detaining participants of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), who were intercepted in international waters…
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Trump tells Israel to halt Gaza strikes as Hamas backs peace plan

Gaza Strip: US President Donald Trump on Friday, October 3, ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the…