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Death feels imminent for 96% of Gazan children: Study

A study of children living through the war in the Gaza Strip has found that 96% of them feel their death is imminent and almost half want to die as a result of the trauma they have been through.

UN General Assembly calls for immediate and unconditional Gaza ceasefire

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution with 158 votes demanding an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Authorities say dozens of patients at Gaza hospital at risk of starving to death

Dozens of wounded patients at the Indonesian Hospital in the Gaza Strip are at risk of dying due to lack of food and water, Palestinian health authorities have cautioned.

Int’l artistic event in Iran condemns Israel’s ‘savagery’ against children in Gaza, Lebanon

The Iranian capital Tehran has hosted an international artistic event held in support of children in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, who have been hit by more than a year of Israeli attacks, denouncing the Zionist regime’s “sheer savagery” towards minors.

One million displaced Gazans face extreme winter cold: UN

Nearly one million displaced Palestinians in war-torn Gaza are at risk of extreme cold and rain this winter, the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) warned on Sunday.

Gaza ceasefire talks resumed: Hamas

A Hamas official has confirmed that international mediators have resumed negotiations with the Palestinian group and Israel over a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

WHO condemns Israeli massacre in Gaza hospital

The World Health Organization has announced that Israel issued no warning for the recent deadly attack on besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.

Amnesty chief calls on UK to revise Gaza stance

The secretary general of Amnesty International, Agnes Callamard, has urged British politicians to revise their denial that genocide is being committed in Gaza, following a major report by the group concluding that Israel is guilty of genocide.

Hamas says Israel responsible for killing of captives in Gaza

The Palestinian Hamas resistance group has held Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for the killing of captives held in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Israeli intelligence lacks information on Gaza-held captives: Report

Tel Aviv has no information on the whereabouts of its hostages in the Gaza Strip, a situation that is significantly influencing its military operations in the territory, according to a report.

Amnesty International concludes Israel committing genocide in Gaza

The human rights group Amnesty International has announced that Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip meets the legal threshold for genocide in a damning new report.

Britain ‘reviewing F-35 warplane and Israel arms licences’ amid Gaza war: Campaigners

London has announced it is reviewing its decision to allow the continued export of F-35 fighter jet components in light of concerns that they could end up in Israel, according to campaigners who are seeking to block the exports.

“We will not be finished” 

An international art event titled "We Will Not Be Finished" is set to be held in Tehran as a show of solidarity between Iranian children and the oppressed children of Gaza and Lebanon.

Gaza war causes ‘pandemic of disabilities, highest number of child amputees’: UN

Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip has caused a “pandemic of disabilities” within the blockaded enclave suffering the highest number of child amputees in the world, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has stated.

UN warns Israel’s ‘repeated evacuation orders’ affect 80% of Gaza

The United Nations has reported that Israel's recurring evacuation orders, affecting approximately 80% of the besieged Gaza Strip, have exposed civilians to risk.

Over 3,700 Palestinians dead or missing in two months of Israeli offensive in northern Gaza: Media office

More than 3,700 Palestinians have been killed or reported missing during 60 days of Israeli military's onslaught in northern Gaza, the enclave’s media office has reported.

ICC president says threats, sanctions put war crimes tribunal in jeopardy

The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has warned that attacks on the tribunal, which have come largely from the United States and Russia, “jeopardise its very existence”.

Trump warns ‘hell to pay’ if Israeli hostages in Gaza not freed

United States President-elect Donald Trump has promised “there will be hell to pay” if captives held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas during Israel’s ongoing war are not released by the time he takes office on January 20.

Hamas confirms dozens of captives killed in Gaza

Hamas has confirmed that 33 captives held by the Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip have been killed since the start of Israel’s nearly 14-month-old war in the besieged enclave.

UN halts aid delivery through key Gaza crossing as hunger stalks Palestinians

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has paused the delivery of aid through the Karem Abu Salem (known as Kerem Shalom to Israelis) crossing between the occupied territories and the Gaza Strip because of security concerns, its chief said, as widespread hunger and deadly Israeli bombardments continue.

Iran urges intl. collaboration to enforce ICC arrest warrants for Israeli officials

Iran’s Prosecutor General has called on Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi to intensify efforts in pursuing the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

More Palestinian detainees from Gaza die in Israeli prisons: Rights groups

Two Palestinian detainees from the Gaza Strip died in Israeli custody, according to prisoners’ affairs groups on Sunday.

Israel Gaza bombing  kills World Central Kitchen workers and aid-seekers

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 10 Palestinians seeking aid and three humanitarian workers in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.

Hamas warns more than 2mn Palestinians face death from hunger, thirst amid Israeli war on Gaza

Palestinian group Hamas announced that the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip face the risk of death from hunger in light of the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza since October 2023.

ICC prosecutor says no legal basis to suspend arrest warrants for Israeli officials

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has stated that Tel Aviv's appeal of the arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister should be dismissed and the appeal proceedings discontinued.

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