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Israel kills 3 Palestinians every 24 hours in Gaza since ceasefire: Report
Israel has killed 150 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip—an average of three people every 24 hours—since the ceasefire on January 19, according to a new report by Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. The…
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Watch: Man climbs London’s Big Ben carrying Palestinian flag
A man carrying a Palestinian flag climbed Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, at London’s Palace of Westminster on Saturday morning, March 8. The climber, barefoot and dressed in all black,…
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90,000 Palestinians attend the first Friday prayers of Ramzan in Jerusalem
In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City under tight security by Israeli forces. Thousands made…
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Watch: Amidst rubble, Palestinians hold mass Iftar on first Ramzan in Gaza
A poignant Iftar dinner was organised by activists for war-affected Palestinians to break their fast together on the first day of Ramzan on Saturday evening, March 1. The Iftar arrangement was held in…
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New York Governor orders removal of Palestinian studies job posting
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has recently ordered the City University of New York (CUNY) to remove a job posting for a Palestinian studies professor role at Hunter College, citing concerns over…
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Israel mourns hostage as Gaza ceasefire talks intensify
Jerusalem: Mourners in Israel on Friday were burying the remains of one of the final hostages released in the first phase of the ceasefire between Hamas militants and Israel, as negotiators discussed…
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Six infants die in Gaza as cold wave worsens humanitarian crisis
Gaza: The number of infant deaths due to the ongoing cold wave in the Gaza Strip has risen to six, Palestinian medical sources reported. Munir Al-Bursh, director-general of the Gaza-based health authorities,…
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Palestinians struggle to restart their lives in ruins of Gaza
Beit Lahiya: When night falls over northern Gaza, much of the cityscape of collapsed buildings and piled wreckage turns pitch black. Living inside the ruins of their home, Rawya Tamboura’s young sons…
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Israel to bar freed Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque in Ramzan
Israel plans to prevent Palestinian prisoners released under a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem during the holy month of Ramzan, expected to begin…
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Jordan, Arab League voice opposition to displacement of Palestinians
Amman: Jordan and the Arab League reaffirmed their firm stance against the displacement of Palestinians from their land or within it. During a meeting on Sunday in Amman between Jordan’s Minister of…
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Over 100 medical workers urge US Senate to stop Gaza genocide
More than 100 medical workers from across the United States, representing Doctors Against Genocide (DAG), recently visited the US Senate to demand immediate action to stop the forced displacement of Palestinians in…
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Israel blocks displaced Palestinians from returning to Jenin refugee camp
Israeli forces have barred displaced Palestinians from returning to their homes in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, February 19. Thousands of Palestinians gathered at the main…
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Man shoots Israeli tourists in Florida mistaking them for Palestinians
In a disturbing incident, a 27-year-old man identified as Mordechai Brafman shot at two Israeli tourists, believing them to be Palestinian Muslims. The shooting occurred in the United States’s Florida Miami Beach…
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Watchdog: Israel plans nearly 1,000 more settler homes in West Bank
Jerusalem: Israel issued a tender for the construction of nearly 1,000 additional settler homes in the occupied West Bank, an anti-settlement watchdog said Monday. Peace Now says the development of 974 new…
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Netanyahu signals he’s moving ahead with Trump’s idea to transfer Palestinians from Gaza
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signalled that he was moving ahead with US President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer the Palestinian population out of Gaza, calling it “the only viable plan…
