WorldOn World Humanitarian Day, the UN says aid workers are being targeted in Sudan at record rates. At least 350 were killed in conflict zones last year, while 36 have been killed in Sudan since the start of this year—already exceeding the country’s total for all of last year. Former UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan Mukesh Kapila comments.
WorldLoui Ridi, a Palestinian American who returned to the West Bank to protect his home from Israeli settlers, said Wednesday that Israeli forces barred him from going beyond his property line. The forces reportedly dismantled a tent settlers had put up nearby, but no arrests have been made.
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World3:25The Red Cross says more than 5,000 people remain missing in Gaza. Ten months after the supposed ceasefire began, President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the strip has stalled. More than 1,200 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in Israeli strikes since the ceasefire was announced last October, while Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry puts the war’s death toll above 73,000, with fears the true figure is considerably higher.
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World6:46Israel’s military has announced its first criminal investigations into troop conduct during the Gaza war, examining the deaths of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and 15 Palestinian paramedics. It said three other attacks that killed aid workers from World Central Kitchen and Doctors Without Borders would not face criminal investigations.
WorldSixteen Palestinians have been trapped in three homes in Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, for 11 days. TRT World speaks with Israeli parliament member Ofer Cassif about the latest developments.
World4:33The Israeli army has ordered a criminal investigation into the death of five-year-old Palestinian Hind Rajab in Gaza. In January 2024, she was travelling with family members in Gaza City when their vehicle came under Israeli fire; her desperate recording to paramedics later drew international condemnation.
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WorldIsrael’s occupation of the West Bank has transformed the landscape, while renewed settler attacks are changing Palestinian daily life. In Burin, survivor Ahmed Najjar says repeated raids from a nearby expanding settlement drove his family to relocate and fortify their home. At least 116 Bedouin communities have been displaced across the territory in nearly three years, with violence reaching villages and commercial centres such as Huwwara.
WorldDoctors Without Borders is urging Israel to end its blockade of Gaza and permit uninterrupted access for essential medical, humanitarian and commercial supplies. Restrictions on engine oil and spare parts, along with damaged aid trucks and roads from Israeli bombardment, are making deliveries slower and more dangerous.
WorldAn Israeli airstrike hit a cafe at Gaza City's fishing harbor, killing at least six Palestinians and injuring more than a dozen. The strike came a day after Trump envoy Jared Kushner's regional trip failed to advance a Gaza ceasefire plan.
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WorldAs a continuing blockade restricts construction materials from entering Gaza, residents are recovering iron bars from destroyed buildings. They process and reshape the metal to make makeshift shelters, bathrooms and household furniture.
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World2:09A Palestinian American has returned from Ohio to his West Bank home, one of three properties surrounded by Israeli settlers for more than a week. The settlers are accused of cutting off water and electricity, as Loui Ridi confronts one of them and appeals to the US government for help.
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World2:32An Israeli strike on a cafe near Gaza City’s seaport killed at least seven Palestinians, including a child, and wounded 14 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The injured were taken to Al-Shifa Hospital, where doctors are treating severe cases amid shortages of medical supplies and equipment. The attack came as US envoy Jared Kushner held talks with Hamas and Israeli leaders to advance stalled ceasefire negotiations.
WorldIsraeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Israel should kill up to 40 people in Gaza every night through targeted assassinations, including people who do not pose an immediate threat. His remarks sparked outrage, while German lawmakers called for EU sanctions against him.
World1:32On returning home near Qusra, Palestinian landowner Loay Abu Ridi encountered Israeli settlers while checking the trees he had planted. Palestinians say soldiers have barely intervened during a siege now entering its second week. At the Soufan family home, settlers cut the power and erected a tent, while the army blocked the access road, trapping the family and frightening its children.
WorldTwo Palestinian families in Qusra village in the West Bank have been besieged by Israeli settlers for more than a week. The Palestinian-American owner of one home arrived from Ohio on Monday after seeking protection from the US embassy. US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called those involved “Israeli terrorists” as pressure on Israel’s government grows.
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World1:55Militant Israeli settlers have surrounded Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra for more than a week, despite the presence of Israeli troops. Fearing he could lose his property, Palestinian-American Loui Ridi returned to his hometown and confronted settlers on his land on Tuesday.
WorldPalestinian-American homeowner Loui Ridi returned from Ohio to the occupied West Bank village of Qusra after spending a week watching Israeli settlers surround his family property through security cameras. He then raised the US flag at the home.
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World13:06U.S. special envoy Jared Kushner discusses efforts to bring peace to the Middle East and says Hamas could be “very close” to laying down its weapons.
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WorldIsraeli occupiers have kept three Palestinian homes in Qusra, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, under a tight siege for a 10th straight day. TRT World spoke with Palestinian-American Louai Abu Reda, whose home is among those surrounded.
World1:49Christian leaders and religious figures in the West Bank say worsening living conditions are driving a growing number of Christian families from their homes, threatening the historic presence of Christians in the Palestinian territories.
World1:07Palestinian American Loui Ridi raised a giant U.S. flag over his West Bank home in the hope of deterring militant settlers besieging the property. The gesture did not stop one settler from entering his land, leading to a tense confrontation.
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WorldUS envoy Jared Kushner says Hamas disarmament could begin within a month after he met Benjamin Netanyahu to revive a stalled Gaza plan. Israeli strikes continue, while children suffer lasting physical and psychological harm. Ten-year-old Ahmad Naim, one of two survivors from a family of 50, was rescued after 12 days beneath rubble and now stutters despite recovering physically.
WorldDonald Trump’s Middle East envoy Jared Kushner has left Israel without a breakthrough after lengthy talks intended to revive the US president’s stalled Gaza peace plan. Israel and Hamas remain at odds on key issues, with former Homeland Security official Thomas Warrick offering his assessment.
World6:03The Palestinian village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank remains under siege by extremist Israeli settlers, who are trying to drive families from their land by restricting access to essentials including food and water. A Palestinian-American who owns a home there has returned from Ohio and says he fears for his safety amid reports that the Israeli army is ignoring settler violence.