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Grandmother, her grandson burn to death in Gaza tent as humanitarian crisis deepens
Deir Al Balah: A grandmother and her 5-year-old grandson burned to death in Gaza when their tent caught fire, as thousands of Palestinians battle harrowing winter conditions in flimsy makeshift housing and…
- Middle East
Israeli soldiers assault Palestinian amputee pleading for mercy
A group of Israeli soldiers assaulted a Palestinian man with disabilities in the West Bank on Monday, December 29, in yet another incident of violence against Palestinians in the occupied territory that…
- Middle East
Palestinian actor-director Mohammad Bakri dies at 72
Tel Aviv: Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian director and actor who sought to share the complexities of Palestinian identity and culture through a variety of works in both Arabic and Hebrew, has died,…
- Middle East
Palestinian-US teen released after nine months in Israeli jail
A Palestinian-American teenager Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim has been released nine months after Israeli forces detained him during a nighttime raid in the occupied West Bank. Sixteen-year-old Ibrahim, who lives in Florida, was…
- Middle East
Israeli actions reversed decades of Palestinian economic gains: UN report
A new report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warns that prolonged Israeli military operations and long-standing restrictions have pushed the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory into its…
- World
UNSC to vote on US-led Gaza force plan amid looming Russian veto
United Nations: The UN Security Council is set to vote Monday on a US plan for Gaza that would provide international backing for a stabilisation force and envisions a possible future pathway…
- Middle East
Netanyahu insists on no Palestinian state ahead of UN vote
Tel Aviv: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to oppose any attempts to establish a Palestinian state, a day before the UN Security Council is to vote on an American resolution…
- Middle East
Palestinian leader Abbas turns 90, weakened by Israel, deeply unpopular
Cairo: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turns 90 on Saturday, still holding authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank, but marginalised and weakened by Israel, deeply unpopular among Palestinians, and struggling…
- Middle East
Watch: Israelis applaud soldiers accused of raping Palestinian prisoner
A video showing Israeli soldiers accused of raping a Palestinian prisoner at the Sde Teiman military camp being applauded by people in a Jerusalem courtroom has triggered widespread outrage and intensified scrutiny…
- Middle East
Palestinian factions agree to form technocrat committee to run post-war Gaza
Cairo: The main Palestinian factions, including Hamas, have agreed to form an independent committee of technocrats to administer post-war Gaza, according to a joint statement issued after talks in Cairo on Friday,…
- Middle East
Saudi doctors save life of Palestinian child with congenital heart defect
Riyadh: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) has recntly announced the successful completion of a delicate heart surgery for a Palestinian child suffering from a congenital heart defect. The…
- Middle East
ICC complaint names 24 Israeli soldiers in killing of Hind Rajab
The Hague: The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has submitted a 120-page Article 15 complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, naming 24 Israeli soldiers and commanders accused of involvement…
- Middle East
Video: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian olive farmers in West Bank
Ramallah: Israeli settlers descended on Palestinian olive harvesters and activists this week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, beating them with clubs in an attack Palestinian health officials said sent at least one…
- Middle East
Document reveals ex-Israeli President Peres applied for Palestinian citizenship
Former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres, then known as Szymel Perski, applied for Palestinian citizenship in 1937 during the British Mandate period, according to recently uncovered archival document. The document,…
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Photo: Displaced Palestinians in Gaza
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…
