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Gaza residents stream home to the north after hostage breakthrough
Reuters  |  Jan 28, 2025

Families repeatedly displaced after over 15 months of war erupted in cheers at shelters and tent encampments when they heard the crossings would be op...

Four Israeli soldiers swapped for 200 Palestinians; north Gaza shut over hostages
Reuters  |  Jan 26, 2025

Cheering crowds greeted the releases on either side, including Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv and Palestinians assembled in Ramallah.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza ceasefire will not start until Hamas releases hostage list
Reuters  |  Jan 19, 2025

Hostages were expected to be released within hours of the start of the ceasefire, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended...

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...

Israeli strikes kill 17 Palestinians in Gaza as mediators yet to secure ceasefire
Reuters  |  Dec 22, 2024

Palestinian medics said eight people, including children, were killed in the Musa Bin Nusayr School that sheltered displaced families in Gaza City.

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza, Egypt to host Hamas leaders for ceasefire talks
Reuters  |  Nov 30, 2024

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of "using the weapon of starvation against the people (in northern Gaza) to displace them from thei...

'Gaza is my heart': Palestinians struggle with life in Egypt
DW News  |  Nov 17, 2024

More than 100,000 Palestinians have fled to Egypt to escape the war in Gaza. Mona and her children are among them, but without a secure residence stat...

Canada warns of 'catastrophic' humanitarian conditions in Gaza
Reuters  |  Nov 15, 2024

The statement said not enough aid is reaching those who rely on it for survival and humanitarian agencies and humanitarian workers continue to face pr...

Amid war and deep hunger, Gaza fisherman struggle to feed families
Reuters  |  Nov 03, 2024

Fishing was an important part of daily life in Gaza before the war, helping people eke out a living by selling their daily hauls in the market and fee...

Gaza joblessness surges to 80 per cent as economy collapses – UN agency
Reuters  |  Oct 17, 2024

Two-thirds of Gaza's pre-war structures — over 163,000 buildings — have been damaged or flattened, according to UN satellite data.

Israeli tanks deepen their push into the northern Gaza Strip
Reuters  |  Oct 13, 2024

Gaza's health ministry says dozens of people have been confirmed killed in the assaults on northern areas.

A year of escalating conflict in Middle East has ushered in new era of regional displacement
The Conversation  |  Oct 05, 2024

Members of the "Gran Grif" gang wielded assault rifles and massacred dozens of people near Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, forcing thousands to flee.

Displaced Gazan mothers struggle to care for their newborns
Reuters  |  Oct 05, 2024

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said postnatal services have decreased significantly in Gaza, so women who have complications have less access...

Saudi Arabia forms global alliance to push for Israeli-Palestinian two-state solution
Reuters  |  Sep 27, 2024

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on X the first meetings would be in Riyadh and Brussels.

European, Muslim countries meet in Spain eyeing schedule for Palestinian statehood
Reuters  |  Sep 13, 2024

Israel was not invited because it was not part of the contact group, Albares said, adding though that "we will be delighted to see Israel at any table...

Frustration with Netanyahu mounts as Gaza talks falter
Reuters  |  Aug 05, 2024

Divisions between Netanyahu and the defence establishment over a deal, which could help defuse the escalating crisis that risks engulfing the Middle E...

Israeli strikes kill five at hospital, Gaza officials say, after abortive talks
Reuters  |  Aug 04, 2024

The airstrike hit a tent area inside the Al-Aqsa Hospital compound, starting a fire, and wounding at least 18 people in addition to the five killed, m...

UN rights office condemns forced evictions of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem
UN News  |  Jul 30, 2024

About 87 Palestinian families – nearly 680 individuals – face legal actions begun by “settlers” to remove them from their houses in Batn al-Hawa.

Israeli forces quit east Khan Younis, Palestinians recover dozens of bodies
Reuters  |  Jul 30, 2024

Palestinian rescue workers and civilians collected dead bodies from the streets of the abandoned battle zone, bringing corpses wrapped in rugs to morg...

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