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A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday, the military said, hours after Israel’s Cabinet approved a deal to pause the fighting and exchange the remaining hostages…
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Amid ceasefire announcement, 22-yr-old Palestinian dies in Israel jail
Even as Israel and Hamas announced a ceasefire on Wednesday night, reports have come out of a 22-year-old Palestinian detainee’s death in Israeli custody after being held for over a year without…
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Saudi Arabia launches emergency coalition to support Palestinian Authority
New York: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has announced the launch of an emergency international coalition to support the Palestinian Authority (PA), stressing that peace is impossible without the creation…
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Portugal joins UK, Canada, Australia in formally recognising Palestinian state
In a historic move, the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, Australia and Portugal on Sunday, September 21, formally recognised a Palestinian state, a coordinated step by the three Commonwealth nations despite opposition from…
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Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil challenges US judge’s deportation ruling
Palestinian rights defender and former Columbia University graduate student, Mahmoud Khalil, has challenged a Louisiana immigration judge’s September 12 decision to deport him to Syria or Algeria, citing his alleged failure to…
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Israel’s SC says govt is not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food
Tel Aviv: Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition. The…
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian man at West Bank checkpoint
Jerusalem: Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man at a military checkpoint in the northern West Bank, the army and Palestinian officials said. The Israeli military said on Friday that the man,…
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US revokes visas of Palestinian officials ahead of UN assembly
Washington: Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of a number of Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organisation officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the UN General…
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Palestinian runner killed by Israeli fire while seeking food aid in Gaza
Gaza Strip: Palestinian runner Allam Abdullah Al-Amour was killed by Israeli gunfire on Wednesday, August 27, while trying to obtain food aid in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, according to…
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Video: Tearful graduation ceremony in Gaza for over 1,000 children who lost parents
Gaza Strip: More than 1,000 Palestinian children orphaned by the war took part in a graduation ceremony on Monday, August 18, at Gaza’s Al-Wafaa Orphan Village, with no parents there to applaud…
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Ex-Palestinian basketball star killed by Israeli forces while seeking food in Gaza
Gaza Strip: Mohammed Shaalan, a prominent former player for the Palestinian national basketball team, nicknamed “The Earthquake”, was shot dead by Israeli forces while trying to obtain food for his children amid…
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Australia to recognise Palestinian state at UN general assembly
Wellington: Australia will recognise a Palestinian state, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday, joining the leaders of France, Britain and Canada in signalling they would do so. His remarks followed weeks…
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31 Palestinians shot dead near aid convoy routes in Gaza, hospitals say
Deir al-Balah: At least 31 Palestinians were killed while seeking aid in Gaza, hospitals and witnesses said. Hospital officials said they received bodies from areas along truck convoy routes or near privately…
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‘Can you tell us how he died?’: Salah criticises UEFA over tribute to ‘Palestinian Pele’
Cairo: Egyptian Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has criticised the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for what he implied was a selective tribute to Palestinian footballer Suleiman Al-Obeid, nicknamed the “Palestinian Pele”.…
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US man who killed Palestinian-American boy dies in prison
A 73-year-old landlord from Illinois, a state in the Midwestern United States (US), who was sentenced to 53 years in prison for the murder of a Palestinian boy has died while in prison…
