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Palestinians are temporarily safe from bombardment, but the UN said Gaza saw an ‘intensification’ of Israeli strikes ahead of truce. Palestinians in the war-stricken Gaza Strip are experiencing a second day of relative calm absent of Israeli attacks as a temporary pause in fighting holds. After almost 50 days of constant Israeli bombardment that has […]

Thirty-nine Palestinian women and children are expected to be released from Israeli jails on Friday during a pause in fighting. After seven weeks of war, the four-day truce between Israel and Hamas began on Friday morning. Under this truce, 39 Palestinian women and children were released on Friday. Here is what’s known about those released and those who might

For Israel, violence is not incidental, accidental or coincidental. It is part and parcel of its colonial DNA. The gruesome scenes of death and destruction in Gaza are a reminder that for Israel, violence is not incidental, accidental or coincidental. It is part and parcel of its colonial DNA. Like the French in Algeria, the

Twenty-four hostages were released from Gaza and 39 Palestinian prisoners were released from Israeli jails amid a four-day cease-fire, causing jubilation in the West Bank and hope in Israel. Raucous crowds packed West Bank streets to celebrate the release of Palestinians under an agreement expected to result in the release of 50 hostages held by

Men, women and children travelled from the places where they have sought refuge to inspect their damaged homes. With children and pets in their arms and their belongings loaded onto donkey carts or car roofs, thousands of displaced Gaza Palestinians have set off for home as a four-day Israel-Hamas truce began. The din of war

Their release was outside of truce between Israel and Hamas, in which 13 Israelis were freed for 39 Palestinians. Hamas has released a group of 10 Thai nationals and one citizen from the Philippines who were being held in Gaza, as part of a separate agreement to the one between Israel and the Palestinian group

While welcoming pause in hostilities and entry of supplies, UN health agency chief says ‘much more is needed’. United Nations agencies have welcomed the entry of aid trucks into the Gaza Strip from Egypt after a truce got under way between Israel and Hamas but said more needs to be done to deal with the massive humanitarian

Around 150 Palestinian prisoners and 50 civilian captives held in Gaza are to be released over four days under Israel-Hamas deal. Israel has released 39 women and children prisoners after Hamas freed 13 civilian captives in exchange under a Qatar-mediated deal that includes a four-day truce in Gaza. Hundreds of Palestinians had gathered in anticipation

What’s behind the raid of Gaza’s largest hospital by Israeli forces? While hundreds of sick and wounded Palestinians are actively seeking shelter at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, Israeli forces have launched a full-scale military raid. We ask what, if anything, is under the hospital, and as global outcry for a ceasefire grows louder, what will

s set to begin on Friday morning and includes the release of Hamas captives and Palestinian prisoners. Mediator Qatar has announced that a four-day truce between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas, based in the Gaza Strip, is set to begin at 7am local time (05:00 GMT) on Friday. The brief pause in the fighting, which has raged