62 h. ago ‘It’s so different from the media narrative’: telling a different story of 7 October

Brandon Kramer’s documentary Holding Liat follows an Israeli family torn apart by the Hamas attacks, but clinging to hopes of reconciliationWhen Hamas attacked southern Israeli communities on 7 October 2023, unleashing a devastating retaliation against Gaza that is still under way nearly two years later, those few who still hoped for peaceful coexistence were among the first to die.The hardest-hit kibbutz, Nir Oz, has nearly 70 year-old roots in the Jewish socialist youth group, Hashomer Hatzair, which advocated for equal rights for Jews and Arabs in a binational state. Before the attack, volunteers from the kibbutz transported critically ill Palestinians from Gaza to Israeli hospitals for treatment. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago 1,000 migrants cross the English Channel in ONE DAY in fresh humiliation for Keir Starmer

The figure is the biggest daily total since May, in which more than 1,195 migrants arrived in the UK in a single day.

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5 d. ago Toddler evacuated from Gaza with rare disease recovers from malnutrition in Italian hospital

A Palestinian toddler is recovering after being evacuated from Gaza to a hospital in Italy for treatment of severe malnutrition worsened by a genetic metabolic disease

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6 d. ago Takeaways from AP reporting on Israeli strike on Gaza hospital that killed journalists and medics

AP reporting raises questions about Israel's rationale for a deadly attack on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital

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6 d. ago AP reporting calls into question why and how Israel attacked a Gaza hospital

Associated Press reporting into an Israeli attack that killed 22 people at a Gaza Strip hospital, including five journalists, raises questions about Israel’s rationale for the attack and the way it was carried out

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1 week ago UK 'outraged' at Israel restricting aid as it works to evacuate children from Gaza for treatment

British officials are working to evacuate critically sick and injured children from Gaza for treatment in U.K. hospitals

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1 week ago Israel targets Hamas spokesperson as hospitals report dozens killed in Gaza City

Israel said it had targeted a Hamas spokesperson, as hospitals and witnesses across the enclave reported dozens killed in airstrikes and gunfire

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1 week ago What REALLY happened to the Minneapolis shooter's 'missing' mom: Neighbors and cops reveal her reaction to attack as she lawyers up

Mary Grace Westman, 67, raced to leave the beach city of Naples on Wednesday, before FBI agents were filmed arriving at her condo hoping to speak with her, Daily Mail can reveal.

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1 week ago Revealed: Mom of Minneapolis shooter made panicked dash for airport hours before FBI raided her condo

Mary Grace Westman, 67, raced to leave the beach city of Naples on Wednesday, before FBI agents were filmed arriving at her condo hoping to speak with her, Daily Mail can reveal.

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2 w. ago New footage reveals third Israeli strike on Gaza hospital that killed 22 and sparked global outrage

A new video shows the second strike on the Nasser hospital was in fact two near-simultaneous hits

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2 w. ago Maryam Abu Daqqa’s final photos show the Gaza hospital stairwell where she was killed

The photos were retrieved from the camera the Independent Arabia journalist was holding when she died

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2 w. ago Journalist's final images show the Gaza hospital stairwell where she was killed by an Israeli strike

The last photos taken by Mariam Dagga show the damaged stairwell outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip where she would be killed by an Israeli strike moments later

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2 w. ago Pope demands ‘collective punishment’ end in Gaza as 10 more die of hunger

Latest deaths announced by Gaza health ministry bring starvation toll to 313, including 119 childrenChildren make up a third of outpatients treated for wounds at MSF Gaza hospitals, data showsTen Palestinians including two children have died from starvation in the last 24 hours, health authorities in Gaza said on Wednesday, as Pope Leo XIV demanded that Israel stop its “collective punishment” of the population in the besieged territory.At least 313 people have died from hunger, including 119 children, since the war in Gaza began and Israel intensified its siege on the Palestinian territory. Last week a UN-backed monitoring body confirmed that Gaza was in the throes of famine and warned that without more aid, increasing numbers of people would lose access to food. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A third of wounded outpatients at MSF hospitals in Gaza are children, figures show

Explosive weapons designed to be used in battle are being used in urban areas, says Médecins Sans FrontièresMiddle East crisis – live updatesChildren under 15 years old made up almost a third of outpatients treated for wounds in field hospitals run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gaza last year, statistics published in The Lancet reveal.The figures were released by MSF in correspondence with the respected medical journal and come from six health facilities in Gaza supported by the international medical NGO. The facilities are predominantly in the south and centre of the devastated territory. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A third of outpatients treated for wounds at MSF’s Gaza hospitals in 2024 were children, figures show

Explosive weapons designed to be used in battle are being used in urban areas, says Médecins Sans FrontièresMiddle East crisis – live updatesChildren under 15 years old made up almost a third of outpatients treated for wounds in field hospitals run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Gaza last year, statistics published in The Lancet reveal.The figures were released by MSF in correspondence with the respected medical journal and come from six health facilities in Gaza supported by the international medical NGO. The facilities are predominantly in the south and centre of the devastated territory. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘He loved his work deeply’: the five Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza airstrike

Israel has been widely condemned for ‘double-tap’ strike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza on MondayIsrael’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many frontsFive Palestinian journalists were killed in an Israeli double-tap strike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza on Monday.Israel struck a building at the hospital, killing Reuters journalist Hussam al-Masri and others. Then, after journalists and rescue workers ran to the scene to help their colleagues, a second bomb hit the same spot 15 minutes later. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘There needs to be justice,’ UN tells Israel after Gaza hospital bombing

Human rights office demands that Israeli investigation into ‘double tap’ attack that killed 20 people yields resultsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe UN has demanded that Israel’s investigations into unlawful killings in Gaza, including its “double tap” bombing of Nasser hospital which killed 20 people, among them five journalists, yield results and ensure accountability.“There needs to be justice,” Thameen Al-Kheetan, the spokesperson for the UN’s human rights office, told reporters on Tuesday in Geneva. He added that the number of journalists killed in Gaza raised many questions about the targeting of media workers. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UN warns Israel that its probe into IDF attack on Gaza hospital must yield actual results – Middle East crisis live

UN official says investigations have been announced before but ‘we haven’t seen results or accountability measures yet’The UN says that Israel must not only investigate alleged unlawful killings in Gaza like the hospital strike that killed 20 people, including journalists, the previous day, but also ensure those probes yield results.“There needs to be justice,” United Nations rights office spokesman Thameen Al-Kheetan told AFP in Geneva, adding that the large number of media workers killed in the Gaza war “raises many, many questions about the targeting of journalists”.The Israeli authorities have, in the past, announced investigations in such killings.It’s of course the responsibility of Israel, as the occupying power, to investigate - but these investigations need to yield results. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Protesters in Israel demand release of hostages as Gaza strikes kill 16, hospitals say

Protesters in Israel have torched tires and blocked highways to demand a ceasefire to free hostages in Gaza

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2 w. ago Israel faces global outrage after deadly Gaza hospital strike and domestic protests over hostages

The United States, Britain, Egypt, France, and Spain denounced the hospital attack, while Germany called for an investigation

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