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The story so far: Even as Israel continues to attack Southern Gaza’s Rafah, three European nations — Norway, Spain and Ireland — announced their formal recognition of Palestine as a state on May 22. The recognition is expected to take place on May 28. All three countries have urged Israel and Hamas to agree to…
Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store speaks during a news conference in Oslo, Norway, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Norway said it would recognise a Palestinian state and Ireland was expected to do the same. | Photo Credit: AP Norway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they are recognising a Palestinian state in a historic move that…
People taking part in a march in support of the Palestinian people ahead of the Nakba day at the Al Kasayir village, in Haifa on May 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Palestinians on Wednesday will mark the 76th year of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel, an event that is at the…
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Now residents say Israel’s offensive in Rafah has dried up supplies again and stoked prices. Cairo/Geneva/Berlin: A shortage of banknotes is gripping Gaza, fuelling criminal gangs and profiteering, after Israel has blocked imports of cash and most banks in the enclave have been damaged or destroyed during the war, according to residents, aid workers and…
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Smoke billows after an explosion in northern Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel, May 12, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen | Photo Credit: Amir Cohen Israeli air strikes pound northern, central and southern parts of the enclave during the night and into Sunday morning; UN chief calls…
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Israel launched strikes on Gaza on May 12 after it expanded an evacuation order for Rafah, with the United Nations warning an outright invasion of the crowded southern city risked an “epic” disaster. Gaza’s civil defence agency said two doctors were killed Sunday in the central town of Deir al-Balah, while AFP correspondents reported intense…
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Palestinians inspect the destruction following overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 6, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. | Photo Credit: AFP As well as killing more than 34,000 people and causing catastrophic levels of hunger and injury, the seven-month war between Israel…
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File picture of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan | Photo Credit: AP Turkey has halted all exports and imports to and from Israel, citing the escalating humanitarian situation in Gaza, announced the Turkish Ministry of Trade, Al Jazeera reported. “Export and import transactions related to Israel have been stopped, covering all products,” the Ministry said…
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Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian men at a military post near the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the army and Palestinian officials reported. The incident occurred when several militants arrived in a vehicle and fired at soldiers stationed at the Salem military post at the entrance to Jenin, the…
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Palestinians sit at the rubble of a residential building destroyed by Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip, April 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hamas said it had received on April 27 Israel’s official response to its latest ceasefire proposal and will study it before submitting…
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