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Pro-Palestinian students sue Harvard University for harassment
Harvard University students have filed a civil rights complaint against their university for failing to provide inadequate protection from the harassment they experienced following their support for Palestinians during the ongoing war…
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Watch: ‘Palestinian Robin Hood’ fighter confronts Israeli tanks
A video of a resistance fighter in the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, confronting the incursion of Israeli tanks, into the areas west of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza…
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Israeli attempt to control Egypt-Gaza border ‘unacceptable’: Egyptian official
Cairo: Any Israeli attempt to control the Philadelphi Corridor along the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is “unacceptable,” an Egyptian high-ranking official said. “No new arrangements have been discussed with…
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Israeli forces raid West Bank hospital dressed as Muslim women
Israeli armed forces, disguised as Muslim women and sporting fake beards, stormed into a hospital in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, January 30, and killed three Palestinian militants undergoing treatment. The…
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OIC condemns countries for suspending funding to UN mission in Gaza
Amid the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza Strip, major donor countries to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) have temporarily suspended their funding. This comes after Israel…
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Israeli army kills over 350 in Gaza’s Khan Younis during past 48 hrs: Hamas
Gaza: The Hamas-run government in Gaza said in a statement that the Israeli army killed at least 350 Palestinians in the past 48 hours in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.…
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Halting support for UNRWA poses humanitarian risks to Palestinians: Official
Ramallah: A senior Palestinian official has urged countries that have announced the suspension of support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to reconsider their decisions to…
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Genocide charge against Israel ‘outrageous’: PM Netanyahu
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the genocide charge levelled against Israel is “outrageous” and “decent people everywhere should reject it.” “The charge of genocide levelled against Israel…
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ICJ calls on Israel to take measures to prevent genocide in Gaza
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday, January 26, ordered Israel to take action to prevent acts of genocide during its war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. This came…
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Hamas ready to observe ceasefire in Gaza if ruled by ICJ
Gaza: Hamas has announced that the group is ready to observe a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip if the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issues a ruling calling for it as long…
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Qatar ‘appalled’ by Netanyahu’s remarks on Gaza mediation
Qatar said Wednesday, January 24, that it was appalled by remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling Doha’s role as a mediator in the ongoing war in Gaza as ‘problematic’. Taking to X, Qatari Ministry of Foreign…
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Israel-Hamas war: Mediatory talks on for a 2-month-long ceasefire to release hostages
Tel Aviv: Hectic parleys are on in Doha, Cairo and Washington for a two-month-long ceasefire between Israel and Hamas for release of hostages. Arab and Qatari media have reported that the Hamas…
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1,000 Gaza mosques destroyed in Israeli strikes since Oct 7
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have destroyed at least 1,000 out of 1,200 mosques since the beginning of the Israel and Hamas war on October 7, 2023. In a statement, Gaza’s…
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Israel kills two mothers every hour in Gaza: UN Women
New Delhi: The raging war in Gaza is impacting women and girls at unprecedented levels with loss of life and catastrophic levels of humanitarian needs. This was the main conclusion of the…
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Saudi Arabia reiterates demand for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Elkhereiji has reiterated the Kingdom’s rejection of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and demands an immediate ceasefire. Elkhereiji made the statement…