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Al-Aqsa Mosque: 80,000 Palestinians attend second Friday of Ramzan
More than 80,000 Palestinian worshippers performed prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramzan. This comes despite intensified Israeli…
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Hamas agrees to release US-Israeli hostage, bodies of 4 other dual nationals
Jerusalem: Hamas said on Friday it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-national hostages who died in captivity. Hamas did not…
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Palestine, Jordan, Egypt welcome US pullback from Gaza displacement plan
Ramallah: Palestine, Jordan, and Egypt welcomed US President Donald Trump’s retreat from his previous plan of displacing the more than 2 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. In a statement issued by…
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Israeli army launches airstrikes on Lebanon’s Bekaa
Beirut: The Israeli army launched multiple airstrikes in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa region, according to Lebanese and Israeli sources. Several Israeli airstrikes targeted the outskirts of the villages of Qousaya, Al-Sha’ara, and Janta…
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Orban aide says Netanyahu to visit Hungary despite ICC arrest warrant
Budapest: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Hungary in the coming weeks, a Hungarian minister said Thursday, despite an international arrest warrant for the Israeli leader over the war in the…
- Middle East
Wife of detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil calls for his release
The wife of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student, who was arrested on Saturday, March 8, has called for urgent action, urging supporters to pressure authorities for his…
- Middle East
Israel kills 3 Palestinians every 24 hours in Gaza since ceasefire: Report
Israel has killed 150 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip—an average of three people every 24 hours—since the ceasefire on January 19, according to a new report by Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. The…
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels vow to resume attacks on Israeli ships
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi rebels warned shippers early Wednesday that “any Israeli vessel” travelling through nearby Mideast waters is now a target as Israel continues to block aid to the Gaza Strip. The…
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Pro-Palestine protesters rally against Trump admin in New York City
New York: Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters staged a rally and march in New York City in protest of the Donald Trump administration’s policies on the Middle East, campus protests and immigration. Protesters…
- Middle East
UN hears Palestinians describe torture, starvation in Israeli custody
Geneva: Palestinians described alleged abuses by Israeli forces and settlers — punched in the genitals, held for days while naked, starved — to independent UN-backed human rights investigators on Tuesday during hearings…
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Trump warns that arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia will be ‘first of many’
New York: President Donald Trump warned Monday that the arrest and possible deportation of a Palestinian activist who helped lead protests at Columbia University will be the first “of many to come”…
- Middle East
Jordan condemns Israel’s halting electricity supply to Gaza
Amman: Jordan’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Israel’s decision to halt the electricity supply to Gaza to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages. According to a ministry statement, Israel’s decision is a clear continuation…
- Middle East
Hezbollah vows to end Israeli presence in Lebanon
Beirut: Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem reaffirmed that the group will not permit any Israeli presence in southern Lebanon, emphasising Hezbollah’s enduring strength and commitment to Lebanon’s defence. In a televised interview…
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Israel plans to establish ‘migration administration’ for relocating Gazans
Jerusalem: Israel is working to establish a “migration administration” to advance the relocation of Palestinian residents from the Gaza Strip, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said. Smotrich, a far-right leader and a…
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Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza
Jerusalem: Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza. The full effects of that are not immediately clear, but the territory’s desalination plants receive power for producing drinking water.…
