Palestine Stories

AU to give platform to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas amid shifting African-Israeli dynamics
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 15, 2025

Mahmoud's address this year comes at a time when Africa's once-unanimous support for Palestine is increasingly complicated by internal divisions and g...

Saudi Arabia leads scramble for Trump's Gaza 'clean out' plan that has made Arab world furious
Reuters  |  Feb 14, 2025

Many experts say Trump may be using an old bargaining ploy from his diplomatic playbook, setting out an extreme position as an opening gambit for nego...

Hamas says willing to move ahead with Gaza ceasefire despite ‘language of threats and intimidation’
Reuters  |  Feb 14, 2025

The war in Gaza erupted after a Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, that killed at least 1,200 people, according to Israeli tallies, and sa...

Rats, dogs and torn clothes amid the ruins of Gaza homes
Reuters  |  Feb 01, 2025

Much of the rest of Gaza City also lies in ruins after 15 months of fighting and waves of Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages that left it a she...

Trump calls for removal of 1.5 million people displaced by Gaza conflict
Reuters  |  Jan 26, 2025

Washington had said last year it opposed the forcible displacement of Palestinians.

With UNRWA fate unclear, UN and Israel argue over who's responsible for Palestinians
Reuters  |  Jan 13, 2025

UNRWA, established by the U.N. General Assembly, provides aid, health and education services to millions of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, inclu...

Somalia urges Gaza ceasefire in first UNSC briefing
Hassan Mohamed  |  Jan 04, 2025

Somalia said Palestinians lack basic necessities like food, water, shelter and medicines due to an Israeli aid blockade on Gaza.

Algeria takes over UN Security Council rotational presidency from US
Mwangi Maina  |  Jan 03, 2025

A strong supporter of Palestine, Algeria aims to maintain its hardline stance against Israel on the global stage, advocating for the rights of the Pal...

Desperate for cash, Gazans sell clothes plucked from rubble
Reuters  |  Nov 19, 2024

Widespread shortages and months of grinding war have generated a trade in old clothing, much of it salvaged from the homes of people who have died in...

Arab, Islamic leaders call for suspension of Israel's UN membership
Amina Wako  |  Nov 12, 2024

This proposal, presented during a summit in Riyadh, emphasises the deepening frustration over the ongoing violence in Gaza and Lebanon and seeks to ad...

UN warns of 'imminent risk of dying from disease, famine’ in Northern Gaza
Amina Wako  |  Nov 08, 2024

Tremblay emphasised that the ongoing Israeli offensive has severely hindered the Palestinians' access to essential resources.

Israel ends cooperation deal with UN Palestinian relief agency
Reuters  |  Nov 05, 2024

UNRWA says the new law leaves its operations in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza at risk of collapse.

Egypt hosts Fatah-Hamas post-war Gaza talks as part of ceasefire efforts
Reuters  |  Nov 03, 2024

Hamas is pressing for an end to hostilities while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that the war will continue until Hamas is disma...

UN report warns of ‘Genocidal Project’ as Israel advances in Gaza and West Bank
Christopher Lynn Hedges  |  Oct 31, 2024

Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank towns of Jenin, Nablus, Qalqilya, Tubas and Tulkarem live for days under curfew, making it difficult to acc...

Egypt proposes initial two-day truce in Gaza with limited hostage-prisoner exchange
Reuters  |  Oct 28, 2024

There was no immediate comment from Israel or Hamas, but a Palestinian official close to the mediation effort told Reuters: "I expect Hamas would list...

CIA, Mossad chiefs to meet Qatar PM for Gaza ceasefire, hostage talks, official says
Reuters  |  Oct 27, 2024

The talks aim to get Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire in Gaza that would last less than a month

Israel and its Iran-aligned foes vow more war after Hamas leader's death
Reuters  |  Oct 18, 2024

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said he feared the war was only going to get worse.

Govt advises Kenyans against travelling to Middle East amid escalating conflict
Amina Wako  |  Oct 17, 2024

The government confirmed that no Kenyan has been reported killed or injured despite the ongoing violence in the Middle East.

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