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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…
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Israeli-Palestinian film ‘No Other Land’ wins Oscar for best documentary
“No Other Land,” the story of Palestinian activists fighting to protect their communities from demolition by the Israeli military, won the Oscar for best documentary on Sunday. The collaboration between Israeli and…
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Arab leaders meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss Palestinian issue, Gaza developments
Riyadh: Leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain met in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh to discuss the Palestinian issue and the developments in the…
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Israeli forces used 80-yr-old Palestinian as human shield in Gaza before killing him
In a deeply distressing incident in the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces have allegedly tied explosives around the neck of an 80-year-old Palestinian man and forced him to act as a human shield…
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Gaza ceasefire: Israel frees 70 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 4 hostages
Egypt’s state-run Qahera TV says Israel has released 70 Palestinian prisoners into Egypt under the Gaza ceasefire deal. The network says they arrived at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing…
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Israeli forces violate ceasefire, kill 2 Palestinian children
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestine-based group Hamas brokered on January 19 to bring relief to war-torn Gaza, has been marred by reports of continued violence. On the following day, two…
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Israeli forces arrest director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza
Israeli forces arrested Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza Strip, along with 240 others on Saturday, December 28, after setting the facility on fire. Taking to…
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Palestinian journalist Shaza Al-Sabbagh shot dead in West Bank
A 22-year Palestinian journalist Shaza Al-Sabbagh was shot dead during a raid by the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces in Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank. Shaza, who studied…
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Israeli airstrike kills nine Palestinians in Gaza: Sources
Gaza: At least nine Palestinians were killed and dozens of others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian sources…
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Four Palestinian babies freeze to death in Gaza amid Israeli siege
At least four Palestinian babies have died of hypothermia in southern Gaza in just 72 hours, due to a drop in temperature and the ongoing Israeli siege on essential winter supplies. The infants…
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Canada: Indian diaspora rallies for Israel, mocks pro-Palestinian protesters
Several Indian diaspora members participated in a weekly pro-Israel rally at Toronto’s Bathurst and Sheppard Avenue on Sunday and mocked pro-Palestine demonstrations while holding tricolour and Israeli flags. The rally which has…
