U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel and Arab states in mid-February, a State Department official said, making his first trip to the Middle East after a widely condemned proposal by President Donald Trump to displace Palestinians in Gaza. Rubio will travel to the Munich Security Conference and to Israel, the United Arab […]
Read MoreThe emotional reunion of twin brothers in Gaza after Israel allowed movement within the enclave as part of a ceasefire deal provided a visceral image of Palestinian survival after 15 gruelling months of death, separation and destruction. Video of the twins’ ecstatic, tearful embrace amid the crowds of people trekking home a week ago from […]
Read MoreWeeks into the ceasefire in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians who left for neighbouring Egypt are grappling with the question of when they might go home, though they reject the prospect of a mass displacement proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. “A lot of people are torn, and I am one of them,” said Shorouk, who […]
Read More183 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons were released on Saturday. Israel released them in accordance with the terms of the ceasefire agreement. Al Jazeera reports The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office confirmed the release of 183 in a new statement. The statement said that 18 of these 183 Palestinian prisoners were serving life sentences. 54 were […]
Read MoreKhalil al-Hayya, deputy head of the political wing of the Palestinian independence movement Hamas, said that defeating the occupying Israel is now very possible and that the independence of all Palestine is now within reach and only a matter of time. In a speech on Friday, he said, “Our people and their courageous resistance have […]
Read MoreGaza’s lifeline Rafah border crossing reopened after 9 months. The initiative is being taken to improve medical care for sick and injured Palestinian patients in the besieged territory. This will allow Palestinians to travel to Egypt very easily. Egyptian television showed a Palestinian Red Cross ambulance approaching the crossing gate. Several children were also taken […]
Read MoreNew US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke by phone with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdellatif, where they discussed the latest situation in Gaza. During this time, he told Egypt that a joint US-Egyptian effort is needed to block Hamas’s return to rule in Gaza. The Times of Israel reported this in a report on […]
Read MoreDisplaced Palestinians returning to their homes in Gaza City this week found a city in ruins after 15 months of fighting, with many seeking shelter amongst the rubble and searching for relatives lost in the chaotic return march. Gaza City, in the north of the enclave, is a shell of the bustling urban centre it […]
Read MoreTens of thousands of Palestinians streamed along the main roads leading north in Gaza on Monday, jubilant to be returning home after months of living in temporary shelter but fearing what might remain of their homes amid the bombed-out ruins. Their return, which had been delayed at the weekend, went ahead after Hamas agreed to […]
Read MoreThe 15-month-long Israeli offensive in Gaza has taken a devastating toll on children. According to the United Nations, more than 13,000 children have been killed, an estimated 25,000 injured and at least 25,000 hospitalized due to malnutrition. Arab News reported on Sunday (January 26). Britain’s deputy UN ambassador James Kariuki recently told the Security Council […]
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