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Germany fights Gaza genocide claims at the UN’s top court

September 7, 2026 admin

Germany on Monday (September 7, 2026) will challenge claims at the United Nations’ top court that it is “facilitating” acts of genocide in Gaza by providing arms and other military support to Israel. Nicaragua, which launched the case at the International Court of Justice, accuses Berlin of violating the Genocide Convention and international humanitarian law….

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Netanyahu orders evacuation of some West Bank settler outposts: Minister

September 7, 2026 admin

Palestinian students walk around an Israeli Army gate as they make their way to school on the first day of the school year, at the entrance to the occupied West Bank village of Qusra on Sunday (September 6, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the evacuation of some settlements…

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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill three in operation to seize Hamas figure: officials

September 1, 2026 admin

Palestinians gather at the site of Israeli strikes and gunfire in Gaza City, September 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Heavy Israeli bombardment killed three people in Gaza City on Tuesday (September 1, 2026), Palestinian health officials said, in what both sides described as an Israeli-backed ground operation to seize a senior Hamas figure. Eyewitnesses…

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India needs to be more vocal on international law violations: Palestine’s Foreign Minister

September 1, 2026 admin

India needs to be more vocal about violations of international law and use its global weight to push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin has said, while urging New Delhi to examine arms transfers to Israel seriously. In an interview with The Hindu, Ms. Shahin said Palestine had…

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Israeli strike kills two people, including a 3-year-old boy, Gaza medics say

August 30, 2026 admin

Mother of three-year-old Palestinian child Tayyem Hamdan, who was killed in an Israeli strike according to medics at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, reacts during his funeral in the central Gaza Strip, on August 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinians, including a three-year-old child, in ‌the central Gaza…

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Killing of Palestinian children and teens by Israel surges in West Bank

August 30, 2026 admin

Alia al-Hallaq’s son Mohammed was nine when he was killed by an Israeli Army bullet last October, but the Palestinian homemaker still speaks of herself as a mother of five, not four. “I still haven’t accepted the idea of the loss. I often sit in the courtyard of the house and look at Mohammed’s grave…

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Dozens of Israeli settlers attack flashpoint West Bank village

August 29, 2026 admin

Luay Bayrudi, the owner of a house that came under settler attack, outside of the medical Centre in Qusra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Qusra in the northern occupied West Bank on Saturday (August 29, 2026), residents and the…

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Israel threats to expel Gazans over kite-flying ‘outrageous’: UN

August 25, 2026 admin

The United Nations on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) slammed Israel’s threat to expel people from areas where kites, drones and balloons are launched from Gaza, lamenting “unacceptable rhetoric” coming from Israeli leaders. File | Photo Credit: AFP The United Nations on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) slammed Israel’s threat to expel people from areas where kites,…

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Settlers kill Palestinian teen in West Bank clash, and other Middle East developments

August 21, 2026 admin

A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli settlers on Friday (August 21, 2026) after a rock-throwing incident in the occupied West Bank. The Ministry identified the teenager as Karim Sanad Raja Shalaldeh. The teenager’s father told The Associated Press at the hospital that Israeli settlers had killed his son. The Israeli military said soldiers were…

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Israel’s Ben Gvir advocates killing ’30 to 40’ people in Gaza nightly while speaking to ex-hostage

August 16, 2026 admin

An extremist Israeli lawmaker in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition publicly advocated for killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night, comments that surfaced on Sunday (August 16, 2026) and were quickly shared by Palestinian media. Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir made the statement while speaking to a former Gaza-held hostage, Rom Braslavski,…

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