Palestine
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Iraq’s president has said he is “extremely disappointed” with the UK government’s response to the war in Gaza – accusing it of “ignoring” the suffering of Palestinians. “The Palestinian problem has become an international problem,” President Abdul Latif Rashid said during an interview with Sky News. “And, recently, the suffering of the Palestinian people and…
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The US’s ambassador to Israel says hostage talks have not broken down and it would be a “mistake” to think that. Israeli newspaper Haaretz cited Jack Lew as saying “there are still conversations going on, there is still back and forth, the differences are being narrowed”. He was speaking at the Institute for National Security…
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An electrician in Gaza has described his city as being “burnt upside down” by Israeli bombing. Shaban Abdel-Raouf, who has five children, said dozens of people were dying every day in Khan Younis. “Khan Younis is being burnt upside down, while America claims it wants to protect the civilians,” he said. “Israel has been destroying…
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Israel ramped up its criticism of the embattled U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees Monday, saying 450 of its employees were members of militant groups in the Gaza Strip, though it provided no evidence to back up its accusation. Major international funders have withheld hundreds of millions of dollars from the agency, known as UNRWA, since…
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Prince William has said he and his wife Kate are “extremely concerned about the rise of antisemitism” in the UK. Visiting the Western Marble Arch Synagogue in London, the Prince of Wales met with young ambassadors of the Holocaust Educational Trust. It was his first public engagement since he pulled out of a memorial service…
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The Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza has said it received the bodies of 10 dead people and dozens of wounded Palestinians from western Gaza City. “We don’t know how many are there in other hospitals,” the head of the hospital Hussam Abu Safieyah told Reuters news agency. Earlier, Al Jazeera reported dozens of Palestinians were…
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Hunter Schafer was among dozens arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest in New York City. The actor, who is best known for playing Jules Vaughn in the hit HBO series, joined more than 100 demonstrators who gathered in the lobby of NBCUniversal headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza on Monday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, organizers…
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Thirty thousand dead, in less than five months of fighting. That figure doesn’t include the huge number injured. It is only an estimate, and impossible for us to accurately corroborate as a figure, but historically the running toll during past Israel-Hamas wars has proven to be fairly accurate once the guns have fallen silent and…
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Palestinians shot at by Israeli forces while waiting for aid – report A report suggests at least 50 Palestinians have been killed after they were shot at by Israeli forces while they waited for food aid in Gaza. The attacks hit a crowd of people waiting for food aid deliveries early this morning in Gaza…
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Representatives of Hamas and Fatah will meet in Moscow tomorrow, Russian state media reports. They will discuss the formation of a unified Palestinian government and the rebuilding of Gaza, RIA state news agency said, citing deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov and the Palestinian ambassador to Russia. MEZIESBLOG cannot independently verify these reports. A meeting between…
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Israeli soldiers stripped and detained paramedics evacuating patients from a hospital in Khan Younis, according to a UN agency responsible for coordinating humanitarian efforts. A pre-approved mission to rescue 24 people from al Amal hospital was blocked by the IDF for seven hours on Sunday, with patients and staff forced to leave the ambulances, said…
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An Israeli military offensive in the southernmost city of Rafah could be “delayed somewhat” if a deal for a weekslong cease-fire between Israel and Hamas is reached, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, but claimed that total victory in Gaza is “weeks away” once the offensive begins. Netanyahu confirmed to CBS that a deal is…
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Four people in intensive care have died as Israel stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza, according to health officials. Israeli special forces confirmed yesterday they were operating inside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, claiming credible information the bodies of hostages taken on 7 October may be in the facility. The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry accused…
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Gaza will need a new “Marshall Plan” to recover from the conflict between Israel and Hamas, a UN trade body official has said. Speaking on the sidelines of a UN meeting in Geneva today, Richard Kozul-Wright, a director at trade body UNCTAD, said the damage from the conflict so far amounted to around $20bn (£16bn). That’s…
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Patients at a hospital in Gaza raided by the Israel military are “safe”, an IDF spokesman has claimed. The operation has killed one patient and has injured at least six others, according to the Gaza authorities. Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said the reason that Israeli special forces had gone into the Nasser Hospital in Khan…
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