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Top UN court reviews Israel’s responsibility to facilitate aid to Palestinians
The Hague: The United Nations’ highest court opens hearings Monday into Israel’s obligation to “ensure and facilitate” urgently needed humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories, bringing the ongoing conflict…
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12-year-old Palestinian boy killed by Israeli army in West Bank
Ramallah: A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was killed during clashes with the Israeli army in the town of Yamoun, southwest of Jenin in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. In…
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Over 2 million people trapped inside Gaza, says UN
More than two million people remain trapped inside the Gaza Strip, according to UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, as reported by Anadolu Agency. Dujarric told Anadolu reporters that ongoing hostilities and severely limited…
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Tunisian President backs Palestinian state in Arab talks
Tunis: Tunisian President Kais Saied reaffirmed his country’s unwavering support for the Palestinian cause and the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. Speaking during a meeting…
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France may recognise Palestinian state in June, says Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France may recognise Palestine as an independent state in June this year. Macron made the statement during an interview with France 5 on Wednesday, April…
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Israeli strike on Gaza apartment building kills at least 23: Officials say
Gaza Strip: Israeli aircraft struck a residential block in war-ravaged northern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people, health officials said, as the renewed fighting in the devastated Palestinian enclave showed…
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Phone footage appears to contradict Israel’s account in troops’ killing of 15 Palestinian medics
United Nations: Phone video from one of 15 Palestinian medics killed by Israeli forces last month appears to contradict Israeli claims that the medics’ vehicles did not have emergency signals on when…
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Starvation killed Palestinian teen in Israeli prison: Autopsy
Tel Aviv: Starvation was likely the leading cause of death for a Palestinian teenager who died in an Israeli prison, according to an Israeli doctor who observed the autopsy. Seventeen-year-old Walid Ahmad,…
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Palestinians protest against Hamas in rare public show of dissent in Gaza
Cairo: Palestinians chanted against Hamas during an anti-war protest in the Gaza Strip, according to videos circulating online in a rare show of public anger against the militant group, which has long…
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Oscar-winning Palestinian director released from Israeli detention
Hebron: Israeli authorities released Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was detained by the army on Monday, after being attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank. His wife stated that settlers beat…
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Israeli airstrikes kill 2 journalists, including Al Jazeera reporter; toll hits 208
Hossam Shabat, a reporter for Qatar-based Al Jazeera Mubasher, and Mohammed Mansour, a correspondent for Palestine Today TV, were killed in separate Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Monday, March 24. Shabat was…
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Israel holds 676 bodies of Palestinian martyrs, advocacy group says
The Israeli occupation authorities are withholding 676 Palestinians martyrs in the so-called cemeteries of numbers and in refrigerators, according to the National Campaign to retrieve Martyrs’ Bodies, a Palestinian advocacy group. In…
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US arrests 2nd person who participated in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia
New York: Immigration officials have arrested a second person who participated in Pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, and have revoked the visa of another student, they announced Friday. Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian…
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Man with Palestinian flag arrested after 16-hour standoff on Big Ben
London: Following a dramatic 16‑hour standoff, authorities arrested a man early Sunday who had scaled the Big Ben tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London, barefoot and carrying a Palestinian…
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Palestinian father dies after reunion with released son Ayham Sabah
A Palestinian father, Ibrahim Sabah, passed away on Friday, March 7, just hours after reuniting with his son Ayham Sabah, who had been released as part of a prisoner exchange between Hamas…
