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Health worker displaced by Israeli attacks in Gaza dies of ‘extreme cold’
5 days, 9 hours ago

Health worker displaced by Israeli attacks in Gaza dies of ‘extreme cold’

Al Jazeera  

Many people in Gaza lack adequate shelter and are malnourished after more than a year of Israeli attacks and blockades. A Palestinian healthcare worker has died due to “extreme” weather conditions, according to a statement by the enclave’s Ministry of Health, as severe cold compounds the hardship faced by people displaced by Israel’s relentless attacks. “The conditions are worse for …

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Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza; death toll exceeds 43,500
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza; death toll exceeds 43,500

Firstpost  

At least 43,552 people have been killed in more than 13 months of war between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Saturday. Image- AFP Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Saturday that Israeli air strikes killed at least 14 Palestinians overnight, including women and children, while the Israeli military said it had eliminated dozens …

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Israeli Airstrike Kills 20 in Gaza, Palestinian Officials Say
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israeli Airstrike Kills 20 in Gaza, Palestinian Officials Say

Associated Press  

An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza has killed at least 20 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials say. The strike late Monday hit a home where several displaced families were sheltering in the town of Beit Lahiya, near the border with Israel. The dead included eight women and six children, according to a list provided by the Gaza Health …

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Israeli forces kill at least nine Palestinians in major West Bank raids
4 months ago

Israeli forces kill at least nine Palestinians in major West Bank raids

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Palestinian militant groups said they were exchanging fire with …

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Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 40,265: health authorities
4 months, 1 week ago

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 40,265: health authorities

China Daily  

A man sits in front of a destroyed building in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, on Aug 22, 2024. GAZA - The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 40,265, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Thursday. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 42 people …

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Leaders of France, Germany and Britain endorse push for cease-fire in Gaza
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: Leaders of France, Germany and Britain endorse push for cease-fire in Gaza

Associated Press  

The leaders of France, Germany and Britain in a joint statement have endorsed the latest push by mediators United States, Qatar and Egypt to broker an agreement to end the 10-month Israel-Hamas war. “In addition to human losses, it could result in significant additional military spending, destruction of infrastructure and more sustained damage to economic activity and investment, leading to …

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The Latest | Palestinians flee Khan Younis as Israel says 1.9 million are crammed in central Gaza
5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Latest | Palestinians flee Khan Younis as Israel says 1.9 million are crammed in central Gaza

Associated Press  

Palestinians are streaming out of eastern Khan Younis, the second-largest city in Gaza, as an Israeli evacuation order affects roughly 250,000 people, the United Nations said Tuesday. ‘An abyss of suffering’: U.N. official says aid efforts in Gaza face huge challenges and 1.9 million people are now displaced UNITED NATIONS — The top U.N. humanitarian official for Gaza says efforts …

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The Latest | UN endorses US-backed cease-fire plan as Blinken holds talks on Gaza
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Latest | UN endorses US-backed cease-fire plan as Blinken holds talks on Gaza

Associated Press  

The U.N. Security Council on Monday afternoon overwhelmingly approved a U.S. resolution that welcomes a proposal for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. The resolution urges both Israel and Hamas “to fully implement its terms without delay and without condition.” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also began a new visit to the region on Monday in the shadow of …

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14 Palestinians killed during Israeli raid in West Bank, Gaza attack continues
8 months, 1 week ago

14 Palestinians killed during Israeli raid in West Bank, Gaza attack continues

India Today  

Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while an ambulance driver was killed as he went to pick up wounded from a separate attack by violent Jewish settlers, Palestinian authorities said. Israeli forces began an extended raid in the early hours of Friday in the Nur Shams area, near the flashpoint Palestinian …

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The Latest | World leaders call on Iran and Israel to avoid allowing conflict to worsen
8 months, 1 week ago

The Latest | World leaders call on Iran and Israel to avoid allowing conflict to worsen

Associated Press  

World leaders called on Iran and Israel to try to avoid escalating tensions following the apparent Israeli airstrike on Friday near an Iranian air base and nuclear facility. Currently: — Iran fires at apparent Israeli attack drones near Isfahan air base and nuclear site — Israel gave U.S. last-minute warning about drone attack on Iran, Italian foreign minister says — …

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The Latest | Israel says it opened new aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The Latest | Israel says it opened new aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza

Associated Press  

Israel said Friday it had opened a new crossing for aid trucks into hard-hit northern Gaza as it ramps up humanitarian deliveries to the besieged enclave. Here’s the latest: BIDEN SAYS U.S. IS ‘DEVOTED’ TO DEFENDING ISRAEL, AND ‘IRAN WILL NOT SUCCEED’ WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says the U.S. is “devoted” to defending Israel and “Iran will not succeed.” …

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The Latest | Netanyahu cancels diplomats' visit to Washington in protest over U.N. cease-fire vote
9 months ago

The Latest | Netanyahu cancels diplomats' visit to Washington in protest over U.N. cease-fire vote

Hindustan Times  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a high-level delegation's planned visit to Washington after the U.S. decided not to use its veto power and instead abstained from Monday’s U.N. Security Council demand for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza during the. EXPERT SAYS GENEVA — An independent expert working with the U.N.’s top human rights body says there are “reasonable …

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Six children die of malnutrition in Gaza hospitals: Health Ministry
10 months ago

Six children die of malnutrition in Gaza hospitals: Health Ministry

Al Jazeera  

Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza has also gone out of service due to a lack of fuel for generators. Six children have died from dehydration and malnutrition at hospitals in northern Gaza, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian territory has said, as the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the besieged enclave worsens. “We ask international agencies to intervene immediately …

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‘I just want to run’: Mental health care yet another casualty of Gaza war
11 months, 1 week ago

‘I just want to run’: Mental health care yet another casualty of Gaza war

LA Times  

A Palestinian child walks past factories destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Deir al Balah on Jan. 13, 2024. “In every tent we inspect, we find children who compulsively suck their fingers, wet their beds, suffer from speech difficulties, lose their appetite, have nightmares, cannot sleep,” said Dr. Arafat Abu Mashayikh, head of the mental health …

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Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in occupied West Bank
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Two people killed in Dura near Hebron, and one person killed near Tulkarem, according to Palestinian Health Ministry. At least three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health says. Two Palestinians were shot on Monday during confrontations with the Israeli military in the town of Dura near Hebron in the …

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White House says ‘it’s the right time’ for Israel to scale back Gaza war as fighting hits 100 days
11 months, 2 weeks ago

White House says ‘it’s the right time’ for Israel to scale back Gaza war as fighting hits 100 days

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The White House said Sunday that “it’s the right time” for Israel to scale back its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli leaders again vowed to press ahead with their operation against the territory’s ruling Hamas militant group. Speaking on CBS, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. has been speaking to …

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Israeli soldiers storm Al-Shifa hospital as they bid to prove once and for all Hamas terrorists HAVE hidden a base beneath the building and used Gaza's most vulnerable citizens as human shields
1 year, 1 month ago

Israeli soldiers storm Al-Shifa hospital as they bid to prove once and for all Hamas terrorists HAVE hidden a base beneath the building and used Gaza's most vulnerable citizens as human shields

Daily Mail  

Israeli soldiers have stormed Gaza City's main hospital to root out the Hamas terrorists they say are hiding beneath the medical facility in an underground command centre. Israeli soldiers inside a military vehicle are seen on their way to storm the Al Shifa hospital in this picture released by the IDF Israeli soldiers with rifles storm the Al Shifa hospital …

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Gaza doctors say hospitals are failing. US medical groups are scrambling to help
1 year, 1 month ago

Gaza doctors say hospitals are failing. US medical groups are scrambling to help

CNN  

CNN — Dr. Mohammed Ghneim has not left his hospital in Gaza City in four weeks. “Many times I want to go to the side and cry, but unfortunately there is no time.” Ghneim is an emergency room doctor at Dar Al-Shifa, also known as Al-Shifa Hospital or Shifa, and is Arabic for “house of healing.” But at this hospital …

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What is Gaza’s Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war’s death toll?
1 year, 2 months ago

What is Gaza’s Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war’s death toll?

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — How many Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the war between Israel and Hamas started? The Health Ministry doesn’t report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or other means, like errant Palestinian rocket fire. Throughout four wars and numerous bloody skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, U.N. agencies have cited the …

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Hamas lied about Gaza hospital explosion: How media, including Alt News' Md Zubair tried to propagate claims of a terrorist organisation
1 year, 2 months ago

Hamas lied about Gaza hospital explosion: How media, including Alt News' Md Zubair tried to propagate claims of a terrorist organisation

Op India  

On 17th October, a rocket fell on the Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital in Gaza. How global media believed a terror organisation Hamas and fell into its trap of lies In a post, Reuters wrote, “An Israeli air strike killed hundreds of Palestinians at a Gaza City hospital crammed with patients and displaced people, health authorities in the besieged enclave said.” BREAKING: …

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Gaza faces health crisis: People resort to drinking salty water, garbage piles up
1 year, 2 months ago

Gaza faces health crisis: People resort to drinking salty water, garbage piles up

India Today  

As Israeli air strikes pounded the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected ground offensive, the enclave's residents were getting more desperate by the hour as water runs out, garbage piles up, explosions flatten homes and hospitals struggle to cope. Desperate to get some drinking water, some people began digging wells in areas adjacent to the sea or were relying on …

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Maps: Tracking the Attacks in Israel and Gaza
1 year, 2 months ago

Maps: Tracking the Attacks in Israel and Gaza

New York Times  

Maps: Tracking the Attacks in Israel and Gaza Israel bulldozes more of Gaza as its invasion continues to advance south Israel has bulldozed large areas of Gaza — including beachfronts, farmland, forests and homes — to make fortified positions for military vehicles as they advance across the enclave. Evidence of armored vehicles and extensive damage near Khan Younis Israel began …

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Israeli gunfire kills a 17-year-old boy in the West Bank, Palestinian health officials say
1 year, 5 months ago

Israeli gunfire kills a 17-year-old boy in the West Bank, Palestinian health officials say

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israeli forces shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian boy in the occupied West Bank Friday, Palestinian health officials said, the latest bloodshed in a more than year-long cycle of violence that has gripped the region. The boy — whom Palestinian health officials identified as Muhammad Fouad Atta al-Bayed — was shot in the head by Israeli forces during …

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Jenin raid is over. Palestinians are left to cope with the trauma
1 year, 5 months ago

Jenin raid is over. Palestinians are left to cope with the trauma

Al Jazeera  

Palestinians sift through the wreckage of their destroyed homes and of their damaged psyches. Israel said the raid was to “clean up” a “haven for terrorists”, but UN experts said the assault constituted collective punishment of Palestinians and may amount to a war crime. ‘The same fear returned in a second’ “This was my third Nakba,” camp resident Afaf Bitawi …

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