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Palestinian families awaiting return of imprisoned relatives are shocked to learn they will be deported.Families of many of the Palestinian prisoners being released by Israel under an exchange deal say their long-awaited freedom is bittersweet after they learned their loved ones would be deported to third countries.At least 154 Palestinian prisoners being freed on Monday as part of the swap for Israeli captives held in Gaza will be forced into exile by Israel, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office said.Those to be deported are among a larger group of Palestinians being released by Israel – 250 people held in Israeli prisons…
Celebrations in Israel as living captives held by Hamas freed. Israel’s release of about 2,000 Palestinians under way.Hamas has released all 20 of the living captives it had been holding in the Gaza Strip, with the release of about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners by Israel under way, as the two sides carry out the conditions of the ceasefire deal.Cheers broke out in Israel early on Monday, as television channels announced that the first lot of seven captives had been handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Palestinians in Gaza need…
Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of an Israel-linked ‘militia’ fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed during clashes in Gaza City, just days after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.Palestinian sources told media Arabic that the 28-year-old, who had gained prominence for his videos covering the war, was shot and killed by members of an “armed militia” while covering clashes in the city’s Sabra neighbourhood.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Relief, scepticism over Gaza ceasefire at pro-Palestine rally in Londonlist 2 of 3‘Another Nakba’: UN…
Once Israel confirms all 20 living captives are in Israeli territory, it says it will start releasing Palestinian prisoners.Israel says it expects to receive all its remaining living captives from Gaza early on Monday, a key step in the ceasefire now in effect.Speaking on Sunday, government spokeswoman Shosh Bedrosian said Israel anticipates all 20 living captives will be returned together in the early hours of Monday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Tens of thousands return to shattered Gaza homes after ceasefirelist 2 of 3‘Another Nakba’: UN expert says Gaza recovery will take generationslist 3 of 3Three Qatari officials…
The Qatari Embassy in Cairo says two others were also wounded in the ‘tragic traffic accident’ in Egypt.Three Qatari officials have been killed in a car crash near the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, according to the Qatari Embassy in Cairo.In a statement on Sunday, the diplomatic mission said that all three men worked for the Amiri Diwan, the administrative office of Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Suspend Israel now’: Gaza ceasefire fails to quash calls for football banlist 2 of 3El-Sisi and Trump to chair Gaza summit…
Leaders from more than 20 countries to attend meeting in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh, Egyptian presidency says.Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will chair an international summit to discuss the US president’s proposal to end Israel’s war on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday.The meeting will involve leaders from more than 20 countries, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Madagascar soldiers join antigovernment protesters assembled in capitallist 2 of 3No survivors found after Tennessee explosives plant blastlist 3 of 3Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton dies aged 79end of listIt will…
Activists campaign to suspend Israel from European football, calling for accountability for genocide.Calls for Israel’s suspension from European football have been renewed a day after the ceasefire in Gaza came into effect and as the Israeli team has resumed its qualification campaign for the FIFA World Cup 2026.The human rights campaign group Game Over Israel urged UEFA on Saturday to suspend Israel until it ends its abuses against Palestinians.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Ban Israeli football’: Scholars urge UEFA to bar Israel over Gaza horrorslist 2 of 3‘Total impunity’: Why FIFA won’t sanction Israel despite Gaza genocidelist…
UN special rapporteur on right to housing says Palestinians returning to destroyed northern Gaza face ‘profound trauma’.Israel must allow tents and caravans to immediately be delivered to the Gaza Strip, a United Nations expert says, as displaced Palestinians returning to the north of the bombarded territory have found their homes and neighbourhoods destroyed.Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, said people are finding nothing but rubble in areas from which Israeli forces have withdrawn in northern Gaza.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3What children in Gaza are saying about the ceasefirelist 2 of…
Tens of thousands gather in British capital with protest leader saying there is ‘relief’ and ‘trepidation’ over truce in the Palestinian territory.Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters have marched in London, expressing scepticism and cautious hope as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has entered its second day.“We’re … sharing the relief of the Palestinian people,” said Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which has organised mass monthly pro-Palestinian rallies in London since the start of the war on October 7, 2023.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3First US flight with third-country deportees arrives…
There may be a ceasefire on the ground, but the siege has not ended. We still need the freedom flotillas.On October 10, a ceasefire in Gaza was officially announced. International news media were quick to focus on what they now call “the peace plan”. United States President Donald Trump, they announced, will go to Cairo to oversee the agreement and then to Israel to speak at the Knesset. The air strikes over Gaza, they reported, have stopped.The bombs have indeed stopped, but our suffering continues. Our reality has not changed. We are still under siege. Israel still has full control…