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Gaza health ministry reports 466 starvation deaths since 2024Health

Gaza health ministry reports 466 starvation deaths since 2024

More than one million Palestinians face acute food insecurity as malnutrition rates rise among children and pregnant women across the strip.

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British man pictured at burned Gaza school faces war crimes probeRights

British man pictured at burned Gaza school faces war crimes probe

Declassified UK identifies Jonathan Burman posing at Al-Farabi School, prompting UN official to urge Metropolitan Police investigation into potential violations.

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UN experts condemn FAO over Gaza official contractRights

UN experts condemn FAO over Gaza official contract

Nineteen independent rights specialists warn that punishing staff for documenting starvation undermines the UN system and violates the agency's core mandate.

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ICRC warns identification of 8,000 missing in Gaza grows harderGaza

ICRC warns identification of 8,000 missing in Gaza grows harder

Rescue teams face unexploded ordnance and equipment shortages while recovering remains amid destroyed medical infrastructure.

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Qatar's emir calls for accountability for genocide in GazaPolitics

Qatar's emir calls for accountability for genocide in Gaza

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani demands justice as Israeli attacks continue despite the October 2025 ceasefire agreement.

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Netanyahu orders criminal probe into soldiers in Gaza documentaryPolitics

Netanyahu orders criminal probe into soldiers in Gaza documentary

The prime minister demands identification of anonymous sources and prosecution for harming state security interests through the film NAZA.

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Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for legal workWorld

Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for legal work

The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored the South African jurist for her efforts to promote peace and international law.

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More than 100 organizations say Gaza ceasefire exists only on paperGaza

More than 100 organizations say Gaza ceasefire exists only on paper

Groups cite continued Israeli attacks and aid restrictions one year after the agreement took effect in October 2025.

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Thousands of Palestinians remain missing three years into Gaza warGaza

Thousands of Palestinians remain missing three years into Gaza war

Families face agonizing uncertainty as rights groups estimate over 11,000 people are unaccounted for amid rubble and detention.

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Israeli war kills 263 journalists in Gaza and destroys media sectorRights

Israeli war kills 263 journalists in Gaza and destroys media sector

Gaza officials report one billion dollars in losses as most surviving reporters work from displacement sites without offices or equipment.

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Israeli strike kills four women including two Christians in GazaGaza

Israeli strike kills four women including two Christians in Gaza

The attack on a residential building violated the ceasefire and prompted mourning from church leaders who offered condolences to the grieving families.

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Israeli army disputes Gaza film NAZA as it tops Italian box officeCulture

Israeli army disputes Gaza film NAZA as it tops Italian box office

The military called the documentary on its targeting in Gaza misleading, while its makers said they had spoken to more than 100 sources.

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Gaza media office logs 5,147 truce violations and 1,421 deathsGaza

Gaza media office logs 5,147 truce violations and 1,421 deaths

Only 72,826 of the 210,600 aid and reconstruction trucks due under the agreement were let in, the office said, warning of a dangerous winter for the displaced.

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Smotrich Urges West Bank War Mirroring Gaza TacticsRights

Smotrich Urges West Bank War Mirroring Gaza Tactics

Rights experts warn the finance minister’s call to dismantle Palestinian Authority reflects ongoing policies rather than empty election promises.

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Gaza Dialysis Crisis Threatens Kidney Patients Amid Supply ShortagesHealth

Gaza Dialysis Crisis Threatens Kidney Patients Amid Supply Shortages

Fuel scarcity and missing medical consumables force patients to endure reduced treatment sessions while struggling with broken transport networks.

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Gaza Election Body Prepares Polling Centers Amid Security ChallengesPolitics

Gaza Election Body Prepares Polling Centers Amid Security Challenges

Authorities plan up to 110 centers for 1.25 million voters despite destruction, with candidate registration already underway for the November vote.

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Analysis: Civilian Harm in Gaza Used as Strategic War ToolGaza

Analysis: Civilian Harm in Gaza Used as Strategic War Tool

Report links Gaza to Ukraine and Sudan, urging sanctions and accountability to stop the erosion of international protections for non-combatants.

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Fuel Crisis Cripples Gaza Hospitals Amid Ongoing ConflictHealth

Fuel Crisis Cripples Gaza Hospitals Amid Ongoing Conflict

Severe fuel shortages force medical staff to ration power, threatening lives in neonatal units and halting critical care services across the strip.

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Gaza Elections Ignore Palestinian Reality Under SiegeGaza

Gaza Elections Ignore Palestinian Reality Under Siege

Israeli political factions unite on military control while excluding two million Palestinians from democratic processes affecting their survival.

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UNCTAD Reports Gaza Economy Near Total Collapse After WarGaza

UNCTAD Reports Gaza Economy Near Total Collapse After War

Reconstruction needs reach $71.5 billion as productive sectors face unprecedented devastation and unemployment soars to record highs in the enclave.

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Israel Blocks Wheelchairs for Injured Gaza ChildrenGaza

Israel Blocks Wheelchairs for Injured Gaza Children

Over 900 custom mobility aids remain stuck in Jordan as COGAT denies entry, worsening conditions for thousands of amputee youth in the strip.

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Fuel Crisis Halts Critical Care at Al-Rantisi Hospital in GazaGaza

Fuel Crisis Halts Critical Care at Al-Rantisi Hospital in Gaza

Newborns and sick children face grave risks as generator failures force the suspension of vital medical departments due to severe supply shortages.

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Gaza Recovery Plan Faces Political and Security HurdlesGaza

Gaza Recovery Plan Faces Political and Security Hurdles

A new six-month blueprint outlines initial steps for rebuilding, but ongoing violence and governance questions complicate implementation.

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Civilians Hurt in Zawayda Strike as Gaza Faces Intense FireGaza

Civilians Hurt in Zawayda Strike as Gaza Faces Intense Fire

Israeli drones and ground units target central and southern areas while artillery hits Khan Younis on Friday.

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Over 100 Arrested in New York Protests Against NetanyahuPolitics

Over 100 Arrested in New York Protests Against Netanyahu

Demonstrators blocked streets near the UN headquarters to demand accountability for Gaza and an end to US military support during the Israeli Prime Minister's address.

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Guardian and mk2 Films Announce Global Release of NAZA DocumentaryGaza

Guardian and mk2 Films Announce Global Release of NAZA Documentary

The film examines Israeli military targeting systems in Gaza and will stream free online after its theatrical run across more than fifty territories worldwide.

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Gaza Nursing Students Pledge Hope Amid University RuinsHealth

Gaza Nursing Students Pledge Hope Amid University Ruins

Seven hundred students in white coats swear professional oath at Islamic University, symbolizing resilience and commitment to rebuilding healthcare.

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King Abdullah Blames Global Inaction for Permanent Israeli PoliciesPolitics

King Abdullah Blames Global Inaction for Permanent Israeli Policies

Jordanian monarch warns UN that managing conflict allows settlement expansion and displacement to erase Palestinian life in Gaza and West Bank.

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Erdogan Condemns Israel and UN Failure at General AssemblyPolitics

Erdogan Condemns Israel and UN Failure at General Assembly

Turkish president labels Gaza a concentration camp while criticizing the United Nations for failing to ensure global peace and stability.

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Siege Stunts Growth of Gaza Children Amid Severe Malnutrition CrisisGaza

Siege Stunts Growth of Gaza Children Amid Severe Malnutrition Crisis

Doctors report rising cases of irreversible developmental damage as blockade restricts essential nutrition and medical supplies for displaced families.

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Israel Halts Gaza Patient Exits for Second Day Citing HolidaysGaza

Israel Halts Gaza Patient Exits for Second Day Citing Holidays

Health Ministry urges global pressure as crossings close and waiting list grows amid strict Israeli restrictions on medical travel.

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Gaza Blames Israel for Al-Saada Collapse Killing 21Gaza

Gaza Blames Israel for Al-Saada Collapse Killing 21

Officials cite a 2023 strike as the cause, rejecting Israeli denials and warning of further risks.

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World

Violence Persists in Lebanon and Gaza Despite Ceasefire Agreements

Israeli forces conduct raids in southern Lebanon while four Palestinians are killed in Gaza, raising the total death toll significantly since October.

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Soldiers testify officer executed elderly Palestinian woman in RafahGaza

Soldiers testify officer executed elderly Palestinian woman in Rafah

According to the testimony, the officer shot a frail detainee after a phone call and cited orders from a superior who was later promoted.

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World

Regional Tensions Rise Amid Drone Downings and Gaza Demolitions

Iran intercepts US drone while Gaza plans demolitions after deadly collapse in besieged enclave.

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Israeli Fire Kills Three Palestinians Across Gaza StripGaza

Israeli Fire Kills Three Palestinians Across Gaza Strip

Health Ministry reports twenty-one wounded as attacks continue despite ceasefire violations and ongoing humanitarian crises in the enclave.

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Culture

Sheeran calls Gaza war unjustifiable amid tour controversy

The singer apologized for recent decisions while condemning Israeli actions in Gaza during his first solo performance after opening acts were removed.

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World

US Moves to Sanction ICC Amid Ongoing Gaza Conflict

Washington plans financial restrictions on the court while new reports detail injuries to civilians in multiple Palestinian camps.

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Gaza Families Trapped in Rubble as Collapsing Buildings KillGaza

Gaza Families Trapped in Rubble as Collapsing Buildings Kill

Displaced Palestinians inhabit ruined structures due to shelter shortages, facing deadly risks from structural failures and harsh winter weather.

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Gaza Students Return to Class in Tents After Three YearsGaza

Gaza Students Return to Class in Tents After Three Years

Children resume studies in makeshift spaces with scarce resources as the new academic year begins under a dual education plan.

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Israeli Strikes Kill Palestinians in Gaza Amid Ceasefire ViolationsGaza

Israeli Strikes Kill Palestinians in Gaza Amid Ceasefire Violations

Attacks across the strip killed a health official's son and a child, raising the death toll since the October 2025 truce began.

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Gaza Students Resume Studies in Tents Amid DestructionGaza

Gaza Students Resume Studies in Tents Amid Destruction

Half a million pupils begin the academic year in makeshift spaces as the ministry urges global aid for housing and school repairs.

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Four Palestinians Killed in Gaza Amid Ceasefire ViolationsGaza

Four Palestinians Killed in Gaza Amid Ceasefire Violations

Son of Health Ministry chief Basir al-Bursh dies in strike as Israeli forces continue attacks across northern and central regions.

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Gaza Students Return to Tent Classrooms Amid Soaring CostsGaza

Gaza Students Return to Tent Classrooms Amid Soaring Costs

Families face inflated prices for supplies while children study in makeshift shelters lacking basic amenities during the new academic term.

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Gaza Families Face Soaring Costs as School Season Begins Amid CrisisGaza

Gaza Families Face Soaring Costs as School Season Begins Amid Crisis

Parents struggle with inflated prices for supplies while children lose traditional rituals and attend classes in makeshift tents instead of proper schools.

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Gaza Building Collapse Exposes Deadly Shelter DilemmaGaza

Gaza Building Collapse Exposes Deadly Shelter Dilemma

Al-Saada tragedy highlights impossible choice between crumbling ruins and unlivable tents for displaced families.

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Politics

Palestinians Face First Vote in 20 Years Amid Deep Youth Skepticism

Legislative elections set for November 28 face apathy as young voters doubt political processes can address existential crises or past grievances.

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Gaza Coalition Warns of Building CollapsesGaza

Gaza Coalition Warns of Building Collapses

Tribes urge global action as unsafe structures threaten thousands amid winter approach.

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Gaza Electricity Crisis Costs Livelihoods and Missed FlightsGaza

Gaza Electricity Crisis Costs Livelihoods and Missed Flights

Power shortages disrupt daily life, forcing residents to pay high costs for basic needs while businesses struggle with spoilage and lost income.

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16 Killed as Damaged Gaza Building Collapses on DisplacedGaza

16 Killed as Damaged Gaza Building Collapses on Displaced

Rescue teams battle severe equipment shortages to reach nearly one hundred people trapped under rubble in western Gaza City.

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Gaza

Israeli airstrike kills two in Gaza's Al-Mawasi

An eight-year-old girl is among the dead after an attack on makeshift tents left at least fourteen others injured in the southern area.

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PRCS Warns of Gaza Health Collapse Amid Fuel CrisisHealth

PRCS Warns of Gaza Health Collapse Amid Fuel Crisis

Severe shortages of fuel and medicine threaten hospitals as casualties rise despite the October 2025 ceasefire agreement.

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MSF Bus Struck in Gaza City Injuring One Staff MemberGaza

MSF Bus Struck in Gaza City Injuring One Staff Member

The humanitarian group condemned the attack on its clearly marked vehicle as a blatant disregard for safety amid ongoing violence.

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MSF Bus Hit in Gaza City Strike, One Worker InjuredGaza

MSF Bus Hit in Gaza City Strike, One Worker Injured

The medical charity condemns the attack on its clearly marked vehicle carrying ten humanitarian staff members during ongoing operations.

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WHO to halt diesel for Gaza hospitals amid funding gapHealth

WHO to halt diesel for Gaza hospitals amid funding gap

Health officials warn that stopping fuel will spoil vaccines and shut down intensive care units in the besieged enclave.

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Politics

Israel Vows to Revoke Citizenship of NAZA Documentary Directors

Filmmakers face severe state backlash after exposing military use of artificial intelligence systems in Gaza during Venice Film Festival premiere.

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Gaza power grid suffers $977m loss as war destroys 85% of networkGaza

Gaza power grid suffers $977m loss as war destroys 85% of network

Widespread infrastructure damage leaves residents without reliable electricity, deepening the humanitarian crisis and hindering essential services across the strip.

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West Bank

Violence Escalates in West Bank and Gaza Amid Rising Casualties

Israeli forces injure Palestinians in Hebron while strikes in Gaza City wound ten others near a hospital camp.

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WHO to halt diesel supplies to Gaza hospitals amid funding crisisHealth

WHO to halt diesel supplies to Gaza hospitals amid funding crisis

More than twenty facilities face paralysis as fuel support ends, threatening lives of patients in intensive care and operating rooms across the enclave.

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Culture

Minister Threatens Citizenship Revocation Over Gaza Documentary

Culture chief targets filmmakers who exposed AI targeting systems used in the war on Gaza.

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Seventeen Bodies Retrieved From Gaza Rubble by Civil DefenseGaza

Seventeen Bodies Retrieved From Gaza Rubble by Civil Defense

Searches continue in Gaza City and Nuseirat despite limited machinery under the current ceasefire agreement terms.

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Gaza Designer Crafts Garden Oasis for Joy Amid War RuinsGaza

Gaza Designer Crafts Garden Oasis for Joy Amid War Ruins

Imad Al-Aqqad transforms small spaces into havens of hope, urging global support to expand his creative projects for residents seeking normalcy.

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Israeli Strike Kills Family of Four in Northern GazaGaza

Israeli Strike Kills Family of Four in Northern Gaza

Attacks continue across the enclave despite the ceasefire, injuring others and damaging homes in multiple areas.

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Israeli documentary on Gaza AI targeting earns 25-minute ovationGaza

Israeli documentary on Gaza AI targeting earns 25-minute ovation

Filmmakers reveal military testimony on automated killing systems in new Venice Film Festival entry.

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UN Warns Gaza Aid Shortages Deepen Amid Funding CrisisGaza

UN Warns Gaza Aid Shortages Deepen Amid Funding Crisis

Restrictions and funding gaps leave humanitarian stocks critically low as winter approaches for displaced families.

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Gaza doctors warn of permanent stunting in children due to famineHealth

Gaza doctors warn of permanent stunting in children due to famine

Medical staff at Nasser Hospital report rising cases of impaired growth, fearing long-term cognitive and physical damage from prolonged malnutrition.

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Israeli Strike Kills Gaza Family of Four Amid Ceasefire ViolationsGaza

Israeli Strike Kills Gaza Family of Four Amid Ceasefire Violations

A couple and their two daughters died in Beit Lahia as attacks continued across the strip despite the truce.

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Gaza

Hamas Commander Killed in Gaza as West Bank Raids Continue

Farah Hamed died in an Israeli strike while forces raided Tuqu and fired near Jabalia camp.

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Gaza Couple Separated by Prison Then Killed in StrikeGaza

Gaza Couple Separated by Prison Then Killed in Strike

Ramzi Abu Rida spent fifteen years in Israeli prisons before marrying his cousin Sumaya, only to be killed four years later in an Israeli strike.

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Israeli Strikes Kill Palestinians in Gaza Amid Ceasefire ViolationsGaza

Israeli Strikes Kill Palestinians in Gaza Amid Ceasefire Violations

Health Ministry reports rising casualties and severe medical shortages as attacks continue across the strip despite the October agreement.

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Activists Fly Kites in Europe to Support Gaza ChildrenWorld

Activists Fly Kites in Europe to Support Gaza Children

Demonstrations in Netherlands and Britain counter Israeli threats by reclaiming kites as symbols of childhood joy.

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Gaza

Seven Palestinians Killed in Gaza as Death Toll Surpasses 73,000

Israeli strikes and raids continue across Gaza and West Bank, with settlers restricting land access in Jordan Valley areas.

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Israeli Airstrike Kills Two Palestinians in Gaza CityGaza

Israeli Airstrike Kills Two Palestinians in Gaza City

A child was reported to be among the dead in western Gaza as overall death toll continues to rise significantly.

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Six-Year-Old Girl Killed by Drone on First School DayGaza

Six-Year-Old Girl Killed by Drone on First School Day

Wafa Akila and her father died in an Israeli strike west of Gaza City, marking another violation of the October ceasefire agreement.

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Adidas Faces Boycott Over Israeli Soldier Ad Amid Gaza CrisisRights

Adidas Faces Boycott Over Israeli Soldier Ad Amid Gaza Crisis

Critics condemn the sportswear giant for highlighting a former soldier while Palestinian children face unprecedented amputation rates in Gaza.

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Gaza Buries 100 Victims Recovered From Rubble After Long WaitGaza

Gaza Buries 100 Victims Recovered From Rubble After Long Wait

Civil defense crews recover remains from destroyed buildings as families mourn children and relatives trapped beneath ruins for months or years.

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Gaza Families Bury 100 Loved Ones Recovered From RubbleGaza

Gaza Families Bury 100 Loved Ones Recovered From Rubble

Relatives mourn victims from Zeitoun neighborhood after Civil Defense crews retrieve remains from destroyed homes following long delays.

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Gaza

Gaza Mourns 100 Victims as New Attacks Injure Seven Palestinians

A mass funeral was held for recovered bodies while fresh strikes injured displaced families in multiple areas across the strip.

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Gaza Children Launch Media Channel From Displacement TentsCulture

Gaza Children Launch Media Channel From Displacement Tents

Young presenters in Al-Mawasi use improvised studios to share their own stories and reclaim narrative agency amid war.

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Guardian links WCK killings to Israeli association policyGaza

Guardian links WCK killings to Israeli association policy

Investigation reveals drone strikes on aid convoy reflected systematic military doctrine rather than isolated operational error in Gaza.

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UN Warns Gaza Remains Unsafe Despite CeasefireGaza

UN Warns Gaza Remains Unsafe Despite Ceasefire

Twenty-four Palestinians killed in five days as UN rejects Israeli justifications for ongoing strikes.

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Israeli Strikes Kill Five in Gaza as Lebanon Death Toll SurgesWorld

Israeli Strikes Kill Five in Gaza as Lebanon Death Toll Surges

Health ministries report rising casualties in Gaza and Lebanon amid ongoing Israeli military operations across both regions.

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Gaza

Gaza Recovers 55 Bodies of One Family From Zeytoun Rubble

Civil defence teams searched for three days to find the Malka family victims who sought refuge there two years ago during bombing.

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UN Warns Gaza Remains Unsafe Despite CeasefireGaza

UN Warns Gaza Remains Unsafe Despite Ceasefire

Twenty-four Palestinians were killed in recent Israeli attacks, prompting the UN to demand accountability and an end to ongoing violence.

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Gaza Health Crisis Deepens Amid Severe Medicine ShortagesHealth

Gaza Health Crisis Deepens Amid Severe Medicine Shortages

Critical drug deficits and destroyed infrastructure threaten thousands of patients with chronic illnesses across the enclave.

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Israeli Ministers Unveil Plan to Displace 1.86 Million GazansGaza

Israeli Ministers Unveil Plan to Displace 1.86 Million Gazans

Ben-Gvir and Katz propose structured expulsion framework, demanding new ministry and billions in funding to remove most of Gaza's population over seven years.

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Detained Gaza doctor reports ongoing abuse by Israeli prison guardsRights

Detained Gaza doctor reports ongoing abuse by Israeli prison guards

Physicians for Human Rights states Hussam Abu Safiya faces beatings and threats while held without charge since late 2024.

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Gazans Rebuild Homes Using Mud and Rubble Amid BlockadeGaza

Gazans Rebuild Homes Using Mud and Rubble Amid Blockade

Palestinians in Gaza use clay and salvaged materials to construct shelters as Israel blocks conventional building supplies.

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Gaza Sewage Crisis Deepens as Treatment Plants HaltHealth

Gaza Sewage Crisis Deepens as Treatment Plants Halt

Untreated wastewater flows into the sea daily while access to networks drops sharply.

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Politics

Netanyahu Vows to Overthrow Iranian Regime Amid Gaza Gains

The Israeli prime minister declared satisfaction with military progress while directing state systems toward regime change in Tehran.

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Two Palestinians Killed in Northern Gaza Amid Ceasefire ViolationsGaza

Two Palestinians Killed in Northern Gaza Amid Ceasefire Violations

Israeli forces opened fire in Beit Lahia and targeted Kamal Adwan Hospital, wounding several others as truce breaches continued across the strip.

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Israeli Forces Intensify Attacks Across Gaza Despite CeasefireGaza

Israeli Forces Intensify Attacks Across Gaza Despite Ceasefire

Military vehicles and naval units target displaced families while casualties mount amid ongoing violations of the truce agreement.

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Gaza Aid Mismatch Leaves Displaced Families With Unwanted StaplesGaza

Gaza Aid Mismatch Leaves Displaced Families With Unwanted Staples

Repeated distribution of limited food items fails to meet urgent nutritional and household needs of over 1.2 million Palestinians facing crisis-level insecurity.

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Gaza Wounded Protest for Medical Evacuation AccessGaza

Gaza Wounded Protest for Medical Evacuation Access

Patients demand border reopening as delays risk limbs and lives amid destroyed healthcare system in the enclave.

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WHO warns Gaza health risks will worsen with winter rainsHealth

WHO warns Gaza health risks will worsen with winter rains

Water contamination and disease cases rise sharply as cold weather threatens displaced populations in overcrowded camps.

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Volunteers Salvage Gaza's Ancient Heritage From Rubble Amid WarCulture

Volunteers Salvage Gaza's Ancient Heritage From Rubble Amid War

Heritage Guardians use bare hands to rescue artifacts while officials condemn the removal of treasures to France as theft rather than protection.

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Gaza Water Crisis Deepens as Infrastructure CollapsesGaza

Gaza Water Crisis Deepens as Infrastructure Collapses

Daily water production has plummeted, leaving residents with scarce supplies and facing severe contamination risks from damaged sewage systems.

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Israeli Forces Violate Gaza Ceasefire with Shelling and ArrestsGaza

Israeli Forces Violate Gaza Ceasefire with Shelling and Arrests

Naval units detain ten fishermen while artillery strikes hit multiple areas across the strip on Tuesday.

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Groups Say Israel Hides Fate of Gaza DetaineesRights

Groups Say Israel Hides Fate of Gaza Detainees

Organizations report thousands remain cut off from families and lawyers while bodies are withheld from relatives for burial.

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UN Warns of Civilian Risks Amid Ongoing Gaza StrikesGaza

UN Warns of Civilian Risks Amid Ongoing Gaza Strikes

Aid shortages and continued attacks hinder flood preparations as casualties rise despite the October 2025 ceasefire agreement in the strip.

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Israeli Forces Escalate Gaza Attacks and Detain Ten FishermenGaza

Israeli Forces Escalate Gaza Attacks and Detain Ten Fishermen

Violations continue across the Strip with shelling and gunfire while naval units capture fishermen off the coast.

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Three Farmers Killed in Israeli Strike Near Gaza Yellow LineGaza

Three Farmers Killed in Israeli Strike Near Gaza Yellow Line

Abdeen cousins died tending crops east of al-Qarara, leaving families grieving lost harvests and livelihoods amid ongoing agricultural dangers.

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UNRWA Cuts Deepen Crisis for Gaza RefugeesGaza

UNRWA Cuts Deepen Crisis for Gaza Refugees

Restricted access and funding shortfalls force the agency to reduce essential healthcare and aid services for displaced Palestinians.

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Gaza Families Demand Truth on Missing Loved OnesGaza

Gaza Families Demand Truth on Missing Loved Ones

Mothers gather at ICRC office to mark International Day of Enforced Disappearance, urging global action.

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Air strikes on a crowd and a car kill five in Gaza CityGaza

Air strikes on a crowd and a car kill five in Gaza City

Two people died near a municipal park where displaced families have been sleeping, three more in a vehicle in Tal al-Hawa. The army said both attacks were aimed at fighters and offered no evidence.

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Gaza's wounded ask who decides which patients get to leaveHealth

Gaza's wounded ask who decides which patients get to leave

They have gathered outside the Nasser Medical Complex most Sundays for about eight months. Monday's demand was not for speed but for the criteria: tell us how the evacuation list is ordered.

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Prisoners' groups: Gaza detainees' fate hidden for a third yearRights

Prisoners' groups: Gaza detainees' fate hidden for a third year

Israel's prison service lists 1,358 Gazans as "unlawful combatants". The death in custody of the journalist Ehab Diab came to light only after a petition to Israel's Supreme Court.

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Gaza hospital director held 600 days without charge or trialRights

Gaza hospital director held 600 days without charge or trial

Hussam Abu Safiya was taken from Kamal Adwan Hospital in December 2024. Amnesty International has renewed its demand for his release, and 800 British medics wrote to the foreign secretary in July.

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Calls to investigate 40 Israeli soldiers who ran in SydneyWorld

Calls to investigate 40 Israeli soldiers who ran in Sydney

Campaigners say Australia's own visa rules allow entry to be refused over suspected involvement in war crimes, and want to know how the rules were applied here.

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South Africa asks other governments to act on the ICJ's ordersRights

South Africa asks other governments to act on the ICJ's orders

Pretoria says Israel has defied all three sets of provisional measures issued in 2024, and that the duty to enforce them was never the court's alone.

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Five killed in two days, among them a farmer at al-MusaddarGaza

Five killed in two days, among them a farmer at al-Musaddar

Shells fired from armoured vehicles killed a man working land east of Deir al-Balah, and a strike on the western side of Khan Younis killed another the next day.

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Volunteers gather the stones of a bombed Deir al-Balah mosqueCulture

Volunteers gather the stones of a bombed Deir al-Balah mosque

Marble columns and cut stone from the Abu Salim Mosque, built in 1951 and repaired twice since, are being lifted out and stored so that whatever is rebuilt can be built from the mosque itself.

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Rights centre puts Gaza's forcibly disappeared at up to 3,000Rights

Rights centre puts Gaza's forcibly disappeared at up to 3,000

A study of 317 documented cases traces where people vanished: home raids, displacement routes, checkpoints and the queues for food.

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Drone strike inside a Deir al-Balah hospital wounds threeGaza

Drone strike inside a Deir al-Balah hospital wounds three

The three hurt were patients under treatment, and the munition was reported to have come down on a medicine store; a man was killed hours later when a drone hit a motorcycle in Gaza City.

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Four children killed in five days; a well serving 4,000 damagedGaza

Four children killed in five days; a well serving 4,000 damaged

The UN children's agency says five more children were left with lasting injuries on Tuesday, and that a strike wrecked a well and desalination unit at Deir al-Balah.

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Israeli threats over kites should go to the ICC, monitor saysRights

Israeli threats over kites should go to the ICC, monitor says

Ramy Abdu wants the statements filed as evidence with international bodies, and argues that pursuing children over a game cuts against the child-rights convention's Article 31.

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Rights

South Africa tells the ICJ that Israel has ignored its orders

A dossier filed on 25 August says Palestinians are still being denied water, medicine and care, and that one child has been killed on average every day since the ceasefire.

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Drone strike at al-Qarara kills three men of one familyGaza

Drone strike at al-Qarara kills three men of one family

Two brothers and their cousin were killed outside their home north of Khan Younis, part of a day in which five deaths were reported across the Gaza Strip.

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Israel expels Dutch officials from the Gaza coordination centreWorld

Israel expels Dutch officials from the Gaza coordination centre

Gideon Saar said the delegation must leave the centre at Kiryat Gat at once and Israel within a week, after the Netherlands moved to ban imports from settlements.

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Strike destroys nutrition supplies serving 60 Gaza medical pointsGaza

Strike destroys nutrition supplies serving 60 Gaza medical points

A warehouse in Deir al-Balah held supplements for malnourished children and pregnant women. Its entire stock was buried under rubble and is no longer fit to eat.

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1,244 of Gaza's 1,275 mosques damaged or destroyed, office saysRights

1,244 of Gaza's 1,275 mosques damaged or destroyed, office says

Gaza's government media office puts the number levelled outright at 1,077, says water installations are being taken apart along with the rest of the territory's civilian infrastructure, and asks the mediators to enforce the ceasefire they underwrote.

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Israeli strike near a Jabalia school shelter kills threeGaza

Israeli strike near a Jabalia school shelter kills three

The school in the north of the Gaza Strip is being used as a shelter by displaced families. Others were wounded in the bombing on Tuesday evening, and no count of the injured was given.

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A year on, Mariam Abu Dagga's killing is still unexplainedRights

A year on, Mariam Abu Dagga's killing is still unexplained

The journalist died with at least five colleagues at Nasser Medical Complex; the Israeli military says its own review is still running, and her family wants an independent inquiry.

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World

Colombia lifts the coal embargo it imposed on Israel over Gaza

Trade Minister Mauricio Gomez Amin announced the decree on Friday, but the government has not published its number, its date or the conditions exporters will have to meet.

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After a double amputation, a Gaza builder turns to a gardenGaza

After a double amputation, a Gaza builder turns to a garden

Mahmoud Skik lost both legs on 7 November 2023 and with them the construction work that fed his children. He now raises green peppers in whatever containers he can gather, and says no outside help has reached him.

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Israel threatens assassinations over kites found to be harmlessGaza

Israel threatens assassinations over kites found to be harmless

Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel Katz ordered the military to treat kites and balloons crossing out of Gaza as drones and to clear the areas they come from, days after the army said four recovered kites carried nothing dangerous.

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Gaza has received a third of the aid the ceasefire promisedGaza

Gaza has received a third of the aid the ceasefire promised

Gaza's Government Media Office puts arrivals at 66,607 trucks against 189,000 due, and departures through Rafah at 39 percent of the number the reopening arrangement provided for.

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UN rapporteur urges a protection presence in the West Bank and GazaRights

UN rapporteur urges a protection presence in the West Bank and Gaza

Francesca Albanese made the call after footage circulated of settlers attacking farmers at Masafer Yatta, and pointed states towards the General Assembly as a way around the Security Council.

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Drone strike on a tent by Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital kills twoGaza

Drone strike on a tent by Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital kills two

Two men were killed in a tent sheltering displaced people in Deir al-Balah before dawn on Monday, a day after strikes and shelling in the same stretch of central Gaza killed two people, one of them a child, and wounded 14.

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One CT scanner is left in northern Gaza for a million peopleGaza

One CT scanner is left in northern Gaza for a million people

The director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex puts the shortage of essential medicines at 52 percent and says 21,000 patients now need treatment that no hospital in the territory can give them.

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Spare-parts curbs leave 70 percent of Gaza vehicles off the roadGaza

Spare-parts curbs leave 70 percent of Gaza vehicles off the road

A rights centre puts the direct damage to transport and communications at $2.8 billion, and says the same shortage is taking ambulances and civil defence trucks out of service one engine at a time.

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Drone strike on a home courtyard in Deir al-Balah kills a manGaza

Drone strike on a home courtyard in Deir al-Balah kills a man

According to reports, one man was killed and several people wounded when a drone hit the yard of a house in the Al-Bassa area on Saturday. The Israeli military said afterwards that it had targeted a Qassam Brigades commander, and offered nothing to support the claim.

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Child deaths in Gaza pass 20,000 with no soldier prosecutedRights

Child deaths in Gaza pass 20,000 with no soldier prosecuted

An analysis in the Israeli press puts the number of under-18s killed since October 2023 above 20,000, an average of about 28 a day, and argues that military inquiries are opened mainly where foreign attention has already fallen. More than 2,000 families have been struck off Gaza's civil registry altogether.

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Children who lost limbs learn to swim at a pool in al-MawasiHealth

Children who lost limbs learn to swim at a pool in al-Mawasi

A rehabilitation programme takes about 30 children at a time, starting each session with psychological support and ending it in the water.

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Shells hit a Khan Younis home, gunfire wounds a woman at NuseiratGaza

Shells hit a Khan Younis home, gunfire wounds a woman at Nuseirat

Three more people were wounded in Khan Younis a day earlier and a child was hurt by an explosion north of Gaza City, as fire fell on camp streets and residential blocks over two nights.

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Gaza

Man killed south of Khan Younis was handcuffed, Red Crescent says

Ibrahim Mohammed Kawar'a, 29, was shot on Friday evening at Qizan al-Najjar and his body was taken to the Nasser Medical Complex. No account has been given of when he was detained or why he was shot while in restraints.

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Rights centre documents dozens of attacks on Gaza's policeRights

Rights centre documents dozens of attacks on Gaza's police

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights says officers doing civilian work keep their protection in law, and reports the pre-dawn seizure of a policeman and a security worker in Khan Younis. Families in the Strip have set up committees to stand with the force.

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World

Turkey seeks an Interpol red notice for Netanyahu's arrest

Justice Minister Akin Gurlek says warrants have been issued for the Israeli prime minister and a second suspect on charges including genocide, in an Istanbul case with 35 defendants over the interception of an aid convoy at sea.

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Child shot at a Beit Lahia displacement camp dies of his woundsGaza

Child shot at a Beit Lahia displacement camp dies of his wounds

Reports named him as Ahmad Ramzi Aqel and said Israeli forces fired on the camp, in the north of the Gaza Strip. Health ministry figures put the number killed since the ceasefire began at 1,273.

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World

Poland summons Israel's ambassador over closed aid-worker inquiry

Warsaw says prosecutors in Przemysl are pursuing a case of their own and have asked Israel to hand over evidence. Australia called in Israel's ambassador on Thursday, and Canada called the closure unacceptable.

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Rights monitor faults Israeli inquiries into five attacks in GazaRights

Rights monitor faults Israeli inquiries into five attacks in Gaza

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor says the army examined itself through a body answering to its own General Staff, and opened a criminal case in only two of the five files. Thirty-five people were killed in them.

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Politics

Hamas official: we were asked to be sensitive to Netanyahu's vote

Bassem Naim said mediators on the Gaza roadmap, the US adviser Jared Kushner among them, urged the movement to weigh the Israeli prime minister's standing before an election. He refused.

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Gaza City buries 50 people found after three years in the rubbleGaza

Gaza City buries 50 people found after three years in the rubble

Civil Defence crews spent weeks pulling the remains out of five neighbourhoods with a single excavator. Some 8,000 people are still thought to lie under the debris.

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Israeli naval forces detain four fishermen off Gaza CityGaza

Israeli naval forces detain four fishermen off Gaza City

Fishermen's committees said naval boats fired on the vessel while its crew was working, then took four men off it. Two of them are 17 years old.

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Oil reaches 40 of Gaza's 700 water and sewage generatorsGaza

Oil reaches 40 of Gaza's 700 water and sewage generators

With the machines at a fifth of capacity, crews are supplying drinking water first and collecting sewage second, and have stopped clearing rubble altogether. If the pumping stations halt, the wastewater reaches the shelters.

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Israeli strike on a Gaza City police headquarters kills nineGaza

Israeli strike on a Gaza City police headquarters kills nine

Paramedics count 15 wounded and say police personnel and children are among the dead. The interior ministry reads the strike as an attempt to leave the territory without a civil police force.

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Doctors say malnutrition has permanently stunted famine survivorsHealth

Doctors say malnutrition has permanently stunted famine survivors

A six-year-old in Gaza City has the bone age of a two-year-old, and a 10-month-old born to a starving mother is being treated for her heart, kidneys and lungs. Food returning has not moved either diagnosis.

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All seven deaths in Gaza's latest count entered against the truceGaza

All seven deaths in Gaza's latest count entered against the truce

The toll since October 2025 rose to 1,273 killed, by exactly the number of bodies hospitals received in a day, while the separate count of recovered bodies did not move at all.

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186 aid workers killed in Gaza in 2025, over half the world totalRights

186 aid workers killed in Gaza in 2025, over half the world total

The UN humanitarian office recorded 907 aid staff killed, injured or kidnapped worldwide, the highest yearly figure held in the database, and names cheap armed drones as what has changed the risk.

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Gaza has 12 working oxygen stations and 4 cylinder-filling machinesHealth

Gaza has 12 working oxygen stations and 4 cylinder-filling machines

A health ministry engineer puts figures to a shortage that rights monitors warned of at the weekend, and the stations still standing are running past the capacity they were built for.

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Rallies in 19 cities will press for aid access to Gaza on WednesdayWorld

Rallies in 19 cities will press for aid access to Gaza on Wednesday

Organisers put the daily truck traffic at 100 to 200, against the 600 written into the ceasefire.

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Strike on a cafe at Gaza City's fishing port kills six and wounds 10Gaza

Strike on a cafe at Gaza City's fishing port kills six and wounds 10

The dead and wounded were taken to Al-Shifa. The Israeli military said it had been aiming at four Hamas commanders.

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Netanyahu told Kushner targeted killings in Gaza will continuePolitics

Netanyahu told Kushner targeted killings in Gaza will continue

The envoy selling the roadmap and the prime minister being sold it are described as parting without agreement on the one practice that keeps the toll rising through the truce.

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Kushner meets Netanyahu a day after rare talks with Hamas in EgyptPolitics

Kushner meets Netanyahu a day after rare talks with Hamas in Egypt

The 15-point roadmap has been accepted by Hamas and rejected by Israel, which leaves the US envoy shuttling between a party that has signed on to the sequence and a party that has not.

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Eight foreign ministries blame Israel for the Gaza deadlockPolitics

Eight foreign ministries blame Israel for the Gaza deadlock

The joint statement calls the rejection a repudiation of a plan the Security Council itself endorsed, and asks Washington to keep pressing — an admission that the signatories cannot enforce it themselves.

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Camps by Gaza's Yellow Line report 20 litres of water a familyGaza

Camps by Gaza's Yellow Line report 20 litres of water a family

Managers of the displacement sites south of Zeitoun say the marker line was pushed westward, and that some aid organisations will no longer send teams to what is now the near side of it.

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In Gaza's camps, lost businesses are remade from aid tinsGaza

In Gaza's camps, lost businesses are remade from aid tins

UN Trade and Development counts 22 years of progress erased in under two years; in the tents that arithmetic reads as a gym rebuilt out of empty cans.

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Switzerland picks a Gaza documentary as its 2027 Oscar entryCulture

Switzerland picks a Gaza documentary as its 2027 Oscar entry

The film had to be shot in South Africa, because the nine Palestinians who speak in it could not get visas to reach Switzerland.

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Gaza patients protest blocked medical transfers for a fourth monthGaza

Gaza patients protest blocked medical transfers for a fourth month

Some of those taking part hold approved referrals and finished travel paperwork, and say the crossings still stop them from leaving.

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Artillery fire injures Palestinians in eastern Gaza CityGaza

Artillery fire injures Palestinians in eastern Gaza City

A second shell set a house alight near the al-Sanafour intersection, ten months into a ceasefire under which 1,262 people have been killed.

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Israeli-funded campaign shaped content to reach AI answers on GazaWorld

Israeli-funded campaign shaped content to reach AI answers on Gaza

US filings put $100,000 behind a think tank whose ownership is disclosed only at the foot of its own website.

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Palestinian detainees have spent 1,000 days in isolation, body saysRights

Palestinian detainees have spent 1,000 days in isolation, body says

A monitoring paper puts the number held at about 9,400, of whom 3,244 are jailed without a trial.

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Gaza journalist Mohamed Arab in court 29 months after arrestRights

Gaza journalist Mohamed Arab in court 29 months after arrest

His lawyer and Palestinian press bodies say he is held as an unlawful combatant with no clear indictment presented.

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35 detainees from Gaza released through Kerem Abu Salem crossingRights

35 detainees from Gaza released through Kerem Abu Salem crossing

Palestinian prisoner organisations put the number still held at about 9,400, some 1,320 of them from Gaza.

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Drone strike on a tent west of Khan Younis kills one and injures sixGaza

Drone strike on a tent west of Khan Younis kills one and injures six

The Health Ministry has counted 1,262 people killed since the ceasefire took effect in October.

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Gaza hospitals are close to running out of oxygen, ministry warnsHealth

Gaza hospitals are close to running out of oxygen, ministry warns

The plants still running have nothing left to give, the ministry says.

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Hospitals face oxygen system collapse as entry restrictions tightenHealth

Hospitals face oxygen system collapse as entry restrictions tighten

Restrictions on equipment and spare parts are at the centre of the failure.

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Cancer patients in Gaza face a deteriorating treatment crisisHealth

Cancer patients in Gaza face a deteriorating treatment crisis

Destroyed facilities, drug shortages and travel restrictions are cutting off care.

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MSF warns engine oil restrictions are deepening Gaza's energy crisisHealth

MSF warns engine oil restrictions are deepening Gaza's energy crisis

Hospitals, water pumping and food supply chains all depend on the same generators.

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An 11-year-old in Gaza faces kidney failure without evacuationHealth

An 11-year-old in Gaza faces kidney failure without evacuation

Prolonged malnutrition and successive complications have sharpened his condition.

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For Gaza's patients, a referral is the start of the wait, not the endHealth

For Gaza's patients, a referral is the start of the wait, not the end

Approvals, coordination and closures stand between thousands of patients and care.

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Gaza office: killing of police points to a push toward disorderPolitics

Gaza office: killing of police points to a push toward disorder

Ismail al-Thawabta says the targeting undermines civil order in the territory.

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Ben-Gvir's repeated calls to empty Gaza draw renewed condemnationRights

Ben-Gvir's repeated calls to empty Gaza draw renewed condemnation

Rights advocates say the statements point to a broader displacement push.

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Removal of millions of tonnes of Gaza rubble raises evidence concernsRights

Removal of millions of tonnes of Gaza rubble raises evidence concerns

Rights organisations warn the clearance could destroy material evidence.

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Israeli forces detain three aid truck drivers near Kerem Abu SalemRights

Israeli forces detain three aid truck drivers near Kerem Abu Salem

The detentions took place at the crossing in southeastern Gaza, according to reports.

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One Palestinian killed, another hurt by Israeli fire in south GazaGaza

One Palestinian killed, another hurt by Israeli fire in south Gaza

Artillery and gunfire were reported in areas sheltering displaced families.

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Education official: about 80% of Gaza schools are out of serviceGaza

Education official: about 80% of Gaza schools are out of service

Some 127,000 students are without schooling, according to the East Gaza directorate.

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Tawjihi exams resume in Gaza after three yearsGaza

Tawjihi exams resume in Gaza after three years

Around 20,000 students sat the second session of the 2026 secondary certificate.

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The paramedic who described the dead, and was later counted among themGaza

The paramedic who described the dead, and was later counted among them

Yousef Khalifa worked with the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza.

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On 300 square metres in Nuseirat, a farmer starts againCulture

On 300 square metres in Nuseirat, a farmer starts again

Mohammad al-Halabi, 50, has farmed since childhood.

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In Gaza, young survivors turn to drawingCulture

In Gaza, young survivors turn to drawing

Sixteen-year-old Maryam is among those using art to step outside the war.

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Explainers

Why Gaza's governance question is immediate, not future

Background: what a civil administration would do, and what its absence means now.

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Health

Women at a Gaza camp avoid communal toilets, at a cost to health

Sanitary conditions at al-Deira are driving avoidance.

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Cancer patient died in Gaza while awaiting medical evacuationHealth

Cancer patient died in Gaza while awaiting medical evacuation

The 45-year-old science teacher underwent risky surgery as he waited.

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Boys as young as 14 clear rubble by hand in Gaza for about $10 a dayGaza

Boys as young as 14 clear rubble by hand in Gaza for about $10 a day

With reconstruction stalled, the work has become a household's only income.

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Campaign marks a year since the killing of journalist Anas Al-SharifCulture

Campaign marks a year since the killing of journalist Anas Al-Sharif

Organisers say 260 journalists have been killed in Gaza.

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