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Banners showing Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year old hostage who died in Hamas captivity in Gaza, hang in Jerusalem. File. | Photo Credit: AP The actions of the Israeli military had a “circumstantial influence” on a decision by Hamas militants to kill six hostages in Gaza in August, according to a military investigation published on Tuesday…
Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday (December 24, 2024) in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that typically descends on the West Bank during Christmas week were nowhere to be found. The festive lights and giant tree that normally decorate Manger Square were…
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Iranians follow a truck, center, carrying the coffins of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard during their funeral ceremony at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, on August 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Israel’s Defense Minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take similar…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers on Monday that “some progress” had been made in negotiations to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza, more than 14 months into the war. His comments in parliament come two days after Palestinian militant groups said in a rare joint statement that a deal for a…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to retaliate against Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they fired a missile at Tel Aviv, warning that Israel would target what he described as the last remaining arm of “Iran’s axis of evil”. The Houthis struck Israel’s commercial hub on Saturday with what they claimed was a ballistic…
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Pope Francis delivers a Christmas message to Vatican workers in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, on December 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Francis on Saturday (December 21, 2024) again condemned Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, a day after an Israeli government minister publicly denounced the pontiff for suggesting the global community should study…
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A Palestinian inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli strike. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Five people, including two children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza strip, medics told Reuters on Saturday. Meanwhile, Gaza’s Health Ministry said there was ongoing intense…
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Facebook has been accused of severely restricting Palestinian news outlets’ ability to reach their audience during the Israel-Gaza war. A BBC analysis of Facebook data revealed a steep drop in audience engagement for newsrooms in the Palestinian territories, including Gaza and the West Bank, since October 2023. This decline in engagement is surprising, given that…
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A Palestinian man inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on a building in Gaza City’s Daraj neighbourhood on December 17, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas militants. | Photo Credit: AFP Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday (December 17, 2024) that his country’s forces would be…
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Palestinian journalists carry mock coffins of colleagues who were killed during the war in Gaza during a symbolic funeral toward a United Nations office, in the West Bank city of Ramallah | Photo Credit: AP Fifty-four journalists were killed worldwide while carrying out their work or because of their profession in 2024, a third of…