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Spanish Citizen Files War Crimes Complaint against Israel over Gaza Aid Ship Raid
The Israeli occupation army published an image showing the moment it seized control of the Freedom Flotilla ship Madleen. (Via social media) Spanish marine mechanic Sergio Toribio has filed a war crimes complaint against Israel, accusing its navy...

WFP delivers food inside Gaza amid restrictions and growing insecurity
GAZA, Palestine – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) continues to deliver life-saving food assistance inside Gaza despite deteriorating security, limited access, and growing desperation of communities in need of food assistance. A recent WFP...

Palestine in Pictures: June 2025
The Electronic Intifada 4 July 2025 People carry the body of a man who was killed while trying to get a bag of flour after aid trucks entered through the Zikim area in northern Gaza City, 17 June. The slain man was later identified as 20-year-old...

Hamas Says It is Ready for Immediate Gaza Ceasefire Talks
Mrirt — In a new development in Israel’s devastating genocide on Gaza, Hamas announced Friday evening that it will begin ceasefire negotiations with Israel immediately after receiving a new proposal from international mediators. The Palestinian...

Climate change activists in Belgium are flirting with extremism
Belgium officials are concerned that climate change activists are turning to radicalism | Credit: Shutterstock Belgium’s national security watchdog has issued a grave warning: the country’s climate activism landscape is undergoing a dangerous...

Police issue warning over Palestine Action protests after group proscribed as terrorist organisation
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OPINION | Gaza ceasefire, a small window of opportunity
All going well—which is a big IF in the ever-turbulent Middle East—the Gaza ceasefire should come into force soon, perhaps on Monday, that also marks the 21st month since the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel. For a change, the regional climate...

Israel's war on Gaza has exposed 'deep divide' within Brics, experts say
As Brics gears up for its annual summit in Rio de Janeiro next week, the group's reluctance to mobilise against Israel's war on Gaza has left a gaping hole in its credibility as an institution purportedly meant to represent the Global South,...

Palestine Action: Peace Activists, Not Terrorists
LONDON — After midnight, these words will, most likely, be illegal. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government is marking one year in power by banning direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization. Being a member of...
Gaza Municipality: Ongoing Displacement, Lack of Resources Deepen Humanitarian Catastrophe
Gaza Municipality: Ongoing Displacement, Lack of Resources Deepen Humanitarian Catastrophe [Fri, 04 Jul 2025 17:31:22 +0300] Gaza - Saba: The Gaza Municipality has confirmed that the ongoing displacement crisis and lack of resources are worsening...
U.S. Updates Travel Warning for Israel, West Bank, and Gaza
The U.S. State Department this week issued a new travel advisory for Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, as conflicts in the area continue to escalate over the past few weeks. The new update is not advising Americans to avoid travel to the region...

Hamas says it gave ‘positive response’ to US-backed Gaza ceasefire plan with Israel
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Jurassic World Rebirth to Gaza: Doctors Under Attack – the week in rave reviews
TV If you only watch one, make it … Gaza: Doctors Under Attack Channel 4; available now Gaza: Doctors Under Attack. Photograph: Channel 4/Basement FilmsSummed up in a sentence A belated airing of the hugely controversial documentary that the BBC...

The Irish Independent’s View: Donald Trump’s real power play would be ending brutal war in Gaza
So far it has claimed the lives of more than 57,000 Palestinians. By now it’s all a bit immaterial to one teenager. Through her tears, Mayar Al Farr, was quoted in reports saying: “The ceasefire will come, and I have lost my brother? There should...

The Gaza discourse has been Vylanised – but that diversionary strategy just doesn’t work any more | Archie Bland
If you are in the business of anointing monsters, you can see why your eyes would light up at a punk act called Bob Vylan. Until last weekend, sure, it might have been a tough sell to proclaim them as an avatar for Britain’s revolting youth:...
US contractors claim colleagues fired live rounds at Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza
American contractors tasked with guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza have been using live ammunition, stun grenades and pepper spray on Palestinians seeking aid, two US contractors have claimed in comments given to the Associated Press (AP) on...

Gaza Municipality Warns of Collapse amid Fuel, Water Crisis
Israel continues to carry out massacres in Gaza. (Photo: via Social media, QNN) By Palestine Chronicle Staff As Gaza’s population surges by 50%, the city faces environmental disaster and near-total breakdown of basic services. The Gaza...

General : CEAPAD Must Take Concrete Action For Palestine Recovery - Analysts
By Muhammad Fawwaz Thaqif Nor Afandi KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 (Bernama) -- The upcoming Fourth Conference on Cooperation Among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development (CEAPAD IV) must move beyond symbolic gestures and take on a pivotal role...

Hundreds of Palestinian families flee West Bank camp ahead of Israeli demolition orders
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Gaza’s Healthcare System Crumbles Amid War’s Devastation
Gaza’s Healthcare System on the Brink amid Ongoing Conflict As the war in Gaza escalates, the healthcare system is collapsing under the unbearable strain. Dr. Marwan al-Sultan, director of Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital, paints a harrowing picture of...