48 h. ago Palestinian star of Cannes documentary killed in Israeli missile strike

Fatma Hassona, the protagonist of Sepideh Farsi’s ‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk’, was 25

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4 d. ago Middle East latest: Israeli strike on Kuwaiti Field Hospital in Gaza kills medic and wounds several

An Israeli airstrike hit Tuesday the northern gate of the Kuwaiti Field Hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing a medic and wounding nine other people, a spokesman for the hospital said

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6 d. ago Britain's Got Talent makes history with major voting change after judges stunned

Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli were seen in Blackpool again on Britain's Got Talent for more auditions with hosts Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly

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1 week ago Gaza rescue workers say 20 people killed in Israeli strike on residential block – Middle East crisis live

Gaza’s civil defence agency says the strike resulted in ‘20 martyrs and more than 40 injured’The Gaza health ministry said on Wednesday that at least 1,482 Palestinians have been killed since Israel resumed intense strikes on the Gaza Strip on 18 March, taking the overall death toll since the start of the war to 50,846.Hamas’s October 2023 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) tally based on Israeli official figures. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Israel kills 15 aid workers in Gaza as Red Crescent demands international probe

The bodies of the 15 aid workers, including eight medics from PRCS, were found in a mass grave in southern Gaza after the Israeli Defence Force shot the group to death two weeks ago

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1 week ago Gaza medic deaths just the latest in Israel’s long history of changing its story over civilian killings

After 15 Palestinian medics and civil defence workers were killed by Israeli forces late last month, Israel began a familiar pattern of denialThe Israel Defense Forces’ changing account of its killing of 15 Palestinian medics and civil defence workers is part of a long familiar pattern in high profile cases involving the killing of civilians.Often, at first, the IDF denies involvement. Sometimes – in the context of Gaza – it suggests one of Hamas’s own rockets fell short, causing the casualties. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Palestinian teen ‘likely starved to death in Israeli prison,’ medical report says

Israeli doctor who saw Walid Ahmad’s autopsy said starvation was likely cause of death

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1 week ago Palestinian teenager who died in Israeli prison showed signs of starvation, medical report says

Starvation was likely the leading cause of death for a Palestinian teenager who died in an Israeli prison, according to an Israeli doctor who observed the autopsy

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1 week ago Israel admits wrongly identifying slain Gaza aid workers as a threat

Israel has admitted to 'mistakenly identifying' Gaza aid workers as a threat after phone footage from a Palestinian medic among the 15 slain in southern Gaza cast doubt on their claims. 

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1 week ago Get Real: serial Champions League winners Madrid face fresh threat | Jonathan Wilson

Paris Saint-Germain, who beat Liverpool with verve and energy, are the upstart newcomers among big-name quarter-finalistsNarratives are never as straightforward as they may appear. One era does not yield easily to another. What constitutes an era changes over time. While history is happening it’s often hard to make sense of it; patterns seem to emerge that, from the perspective of 20 years later are meaningless, or culs-de-sac. That seems particularly true this season. As the Champions League reaches its quarter-final stage this coming week, it feels that one age has ended and another has yet to materialise.The past was a simpler place. First there was the age of dominance by Real Madrid and Benfica, teams from the capitals of Iberian nations under right-wing dictatorships, packed with great individuals. Then came systematisation, catenaccio and the Italian ascendancy, followed, with a brief period of crossover, by the era of domination by the northern European industrial powers, sk...

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2 w. ago Video footage appears to contradict Israel’s account of Gaza medic killings

The Israeli military has previously said soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’

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2 w. ago Space discovery could change everything we know about the history of the universe

The groundbreaking findings throw established science into question, write Bernard J.T. Jones, Licia Verde, Vicent J. Martínez and Virginia L Trimble

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2 w. ago At least 27 killed as Israeli strike hits a school in Gaza, say medical officials

The bodies of 14 children and five women were recovered from the school in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, say officials

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2 w. ago Israel has chosen military occupation over a ceasefire in Gaza. Where does this end? | Sanam Vakil

The latest escalation and attempts to dismantle the Palestinian leadership are utterly at odds with peace negotiationsSanam Vakil is a senior research fellow in the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham HouseAgainst the pleas and protests of hostage families desperate to secure the release of their loved ones, the Israeli government is moving ahead with the military occupation of the Gaza Strip. On 2 April, the defence minister, Israel Katz, announced plans to seize large areas of Gaza with the aim of eliminating Hamas’s remaining infrastructure and establishing new security zones that will split Gaza in two. This escalation, which began in mid-March with intensified airstrikes, is intended to encourage a mass exodus of the local population, and has led to substantial civilian casualties. Despite the international outcry over more than 50,000 deaths, 110,000 civilian injuries and significant displacement of Palestinians, the Israeli government rationalises and justifies ...

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2 w. ago Sadiq Khan sparks anger from Israeli Embassy as they accuse him of citing 'Hamas propaganda'

Mayor’s video acknowledges Muslim Londoners’ anguish over the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza, as Israel claims figures are unreliable

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2 w. ago Hamas 'has quietly dropped more than 3,000 deaths' off its Gaza war toll

Hamas has quietly dropped thousands of deaths from its count of the number of people killed by Israel in Gaza, a pressure group has claimed. 

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2 w. ago Palestinians must have the final say in Gaza’s reconstruction | Ahmad Ibsais

Rebuilding is more than reconstruction: it is resistance. It is our refusal to be erased, our determination to remain and exist on our landOn the 17th night of Ramadan – a time meant for prayer, reflection and mercy – Gaza burned. Once again, our screens fill with images too harrowing to describe: tiny bodies wrapped in bloodstained cloth, fathers carrying their children’s remains in plastic bags, mothers screaming into skies that rain death instead of mercy. In less than an hour, Israeli airstrikes killed over 350 Palestinians, including 90 children. Entire families wiped out as bombs fell on areas Israel itself had designated as “safe zones”, turning supposed sanctuaries into mass graves.This was not merely a resumption of violence. This is the continuation of a genocide that never truly paused, only ebbed enough to vanish from headlines while Palestinians continued to die by the dozens daily. The heaviness of this moment is unbearable, bringing back the brokenness of the past yea...

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2 w. ago Red Cross federation ‘outraged’ at deaths of Red Crescent medics in Gaza

Secretary general says he is ‘heartbroken’ by the news, after Israeli military says it fired on ‘suspicious vehicles’ that were later found to include ambulancesThe Red Cross federation voiced outrage on Sunday after eight medical colleagues were killed while on duty in the Gaza Strip.The world’s largest humanitarian network said in a statement: “The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies [IFRC] is outraged at the deaths of eight medics from PRCS [Palestine Red Crescent Society], killed on duty in Gaza.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Inside Israel’s ‘torture’ jails where Palestinians held without charge tell of brutal treatment

A special investigation by Chief International Correspondent Bel Trew reveals allegations of brutal treatment of Palestinians in Israeli facilities including rape, torture, medical neglect and death. Israel rejects all accusations of wrong-doing

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3 w. ago Outlander's Claire Fraser had tragic motive for trying to change history

Fans may be curious about the plot point

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