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Could’ve done better: Ex-Secretary of State Blinken on US arming Israel
Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he still “grapples with the decisions” he made during the Joe Biden administration to continue arming Israel even as the human suffering in Gaza…
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Israeli settlers attack West Bank villages, homes torched, several wounded
Ramallah: Israeli settlers rampaged through multiple Palestinian villages overnight Saturday and into Sunday, smashing cars, setting fires and wounding several men in the latest flare-up of violence in the occupied West Bank.…
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Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt reopens after 19 days of closure
Gaza City: The Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt reopened partially on Thursday, March 19, allowing a small number of humanitarian cases, including patients and their companions, to travel…
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Four from same family killed after Israeli forces open fire on car in West Bank
Ramallah: Four Palestinians, including two children, were killed early Sunday when Israeli special forces opened fire on a vehicle in the town of Tammun in the West Bank, Palestine Red Crescent Society…
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Charges dropped against Israeli soldiers for raping Palestinian detainee
Jerusalem: Israel’s military on Thursday, March 12, said it was dropping charges against five soldiers accused of gang-raping a Palestinian detainee which was partially caught on camera. The decision closed a case…
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Israel approves entry of 10,000 Palestinians to Al-Aqsa for Ramzan Fridays
Jerusalem: Israel has approved a plan to allow 10,000 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to attend Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramzan, subject to strict…
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Ramzan 2026: Palestinians hold first Taraweeh prayers in Gaza after ceasefire
Gaza Strip: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip performed the first Taraweeh prayers of Ramadan on Tuesday evening since the October ceasefire, gathering among the ruins of mosques and in makeshift prayer spaces…
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Around 8,000 bodies remain trapped under Gaza rubble
Gaza Strip: About 8,000 bodies are still buried beneath the rubble of destroyed buildings across the Gaza Strip despite ongoing recovery efforts, according to the territory’s Civil Defence. In a statement on…
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Ancient mosques, churches and monuments damaged in Gaza war
Gaza City: Muneer Elbaz remembers the joy of visiting the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza with his family, praying at a site where people have worshipped over centuries as empires came and…
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Israel apartheid law: Death penalty for Palestinians, life for citizens
Jerusalem: Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has advanced a draft law that would impose mandatory death sentences on Palestinians convicted of certain attacks, while allowing Israeli citizens found guilty of similar offences to…
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In a first, Israel to revoke citizenship of two Palestinians
Tel Aviv: Israel has decided, for the first time, to revoke the citizenship of two Palestinians and deport them to the occupied West Bank or the Gaza Strip, enforcing a controversial 2023…
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Thousands of Palestinians ‘evaporated’ by Israeli weapons in Gaza
Gaza Strip: At least 2,842 Palestinians have been classified as “evaporated” in Israeli strikes on Gaza since October 7, 2023, according to an investigation by Al Jazeera citing documentation from Gaza’s Civil…
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Gaza’s Rafah Crossing reopens, but movement remains minimal
Khan Younis: When the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt finally reopened this week, Palestinian officials heralded it as a “window of hope” after two years of war as a fragile…
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Red Cross facilitates return of 15 Palestinian bodies to Gaza
The Red Cross on Thursday, January 29, said it facilitated the return of 15 Palestinian bodies to Gaza after the last Israeli hostage was returned to Israel earlier this week. “The International…
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International aid groups grapple with what Israel’s ban will mean for their work
Tel Aviv: Israel’s decision to revoke the licenses of more than three dozen humanitarian organisations this week has aid groups scrambling to grapple with what this means for their operations in Gaza…
