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Gaza blockade: Israel’s siege on aid and fuel entering the territoryWorld

A year after the US-brokered ceasefire, Gaza remains under tight Israeli control. Restrictions on aid, medical evacuations and movement continue, leaving patients waiting for life-saving treatment as essential supplies remain blocked.

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Palestinians in Gaza say Israeli strikes and drone flights disrupt daily lifeWorld1:53

A year after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Palestinians in Gaza say Israeli strikes, drone flights and shelling continue to upend daily life and keep them in constant fear. Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 1,471 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since the truce, including at least 300 children, according to UNICEF.

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U.S. charity plans to monitor Gaza classrooms for ‘hateful’ speechWorld

A U.S. charity plans to record classroom conversations in Gaza and use artificial intelligence to flag speech it deems “hateful” or “inciting.” Palestinian rights groups have called the plan “unaccountable” to U.N. agencies and raised concerns that the recordings could be misused.

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Attacks in occupied West Bank: Israeli settlers raid during olive harvestWorld

Palestinians harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank face attacks by Israeli settlers. Villagers and international activists offer protection, as violence and intimidation make the annual harvest a dangerous struggle for Palestinian families.

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UK renames consulate in occupied East Jerusalem as a missionWorld

Britain said its consulate in occupied East Jerusalem will stay open under the name “UK Mission, Jerusalem,” despite an Israeli order to close it over Britain’s trade ban on illegal settlements. Former Consul General to Jerusalem Vincent Fean shared his analysis.

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Israel downgrades British Consulate in east Jerusalem as 20 staff leaveWorld

Israel said Thursday that the British Consulate in east Jerusalem no longer operates in that capacity and that 20 staff members will leave the country, further deepening the gravest diplomatic rift between the close allies in decades.

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UK downgrades East Jerusalem consulate after dispute with IsraelWorld1:40

Britain and Israel reached a last-minute deal to keep the nearly 200-year-old consular building in occupied East Jerusalem open as a smaller mission. Twenty British diplomats, including the consul general, are leaving, while seven will stay. Israel had ordered the consulate closed after Britain moved to ban imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

AAl Jazeera English
UK consulate in East Jerusalem to become mission after Israeli closure orderPolitics

Britain says its diplomatic mission in occupied East Jerusalem will stay open despite Israel’s order to close it. After talks between London and Tel Aviv, the nearly 200-year-old consulate will continue operating under a new name. Francesco Rizzuto of Liverpool John Moores University comments.

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Israelis demand accountability for October 7 security failuresWorld

Israel held memorial events on Wednesday marking three years since the Hamas-led attack that sparked the Gaza war. Families remembered loved ones at some of the sites where about 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage. Israel’s subsequent military offensive in Gaza has killed more than 74,200 people, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures the UN considers reliable.

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UK says consulate in occupied East Jerusalem will not closePolitics3:34

The UK says its consulate in occupied East Jerusalem will remain open, amid confusion over its status. Israel had ordered it shut and its diplomats removed within 30 days after London announced sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Brendan Ciaran Browne of Trinity College Dublin weighs in.

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Israel’s diplomatic isolation grows amid dispute with Britain, says Alon PinkasPolitics

Israel’s decision to downgrade the British Consulate in occupied East Jerusalem followed a dispute over Britain’s sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas says the move does not serve Israel’s interests and that the government backed down after Britain warned of diplomatic repercussions. He describes Israeli threats against Britain and other countries as election-season rhetoric ahead of October 27.

AAl Jazeera English
Gazans face Israeli strikes despite ceasefire as peace deal stallsWorld

More than 1,400 people in Gaza have been killed in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire began on 10 October last year, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures the UN considers reliable. The truce brought the release of thousands of Palestinians held by Israel in exchange for the remaining hostages in Gaza, alongside an agreement to end the war.

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Palestinians gained ‘nothing’ from October 7, Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris saysWorld

Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris told FRANCE 24 that the October 7 attacks were a “horrible act of terrorism” that brought Palestinians “only destruction,” and warned of an “expansionist” Israeli government. He said the Iran war’s economic fallout was already happening, defended doubling his UAE investment despite regional conflict, and praised Syria’s new president.

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Israeli army, settlers target Palestinian olive harvest in occupied West BankWorld

The olive harvest, once a joyful season in the occupied West Bank, has become dangerous and frightening. Armed Israeli settlers are attacking Palestinians, while Israeli forces are barring families from their own land. Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim reports from Ramallah.

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Signs and plaques removed from UK consulate in occupied East JerusalemWorld

Signs and plaques have been taken down at the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem. Israel’s foreign minister ordered it closed in response to UK sanctions on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The consulate handles Britain’s relationship with Palestinians. The order does not affect the British embassy in Tel Aviv, and the UK says the consulate will stay open as a UK Mission.

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'Most Israeli citizens lost confidence' in government: Leaders 'shift' blame, 'block' commission inquiryPolitics

Guy Poran, a former Israeli Air Force officer and member of Mistaclim (Looking the Occupation in the Eye), describes October 7 as a profound rupture in Israeli society after Hamas’s unprecedented attack on civilians across generations. He says responsibility for the failures is tied to prior policies, including the Netanyahu government’s approach to Hamas, and sees little prospect without political change.

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Palestinians remember life in Gaza before years of Israeli bombardmentWorld2:55

Three years of Israeli bombardment have drastically reshaped Gaza. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics data show that about 82 percent of buildings across the Strip have been severely damaged or destroyed. Residents in Gaza City describe what losing places to meet, work, study and worship means to them.

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