All news on the topic: Gaza

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Starmer meets abbas at downing street, signals UK recognition of Palestinian state
Sir Keir Starmer has met with Mahmoud Abbas at Number 10 as the Government takes steps towards recognising a Palestinian state.
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Spain escalates measures against Israel, announces arms and port bans amid Gaza war
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday intensified his criticism of Israel’s actions in the 23-month Israel-Hamas war, which led Israel to respond by banning two left-wing Spanish ministers from the country.
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EU does not support Gaza aid flotillas, warns they could escalate conflict
The European Union stated on Monday that it doesn’t "encourage" aid flotillas heading to Gaza, as ships carrying humanitarian aid and pro-Palestinian activists, including Greta Thunberg, set sail for the war-torn area.
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Greta Thunberg urges Keir Starmer to act on Gaza, citing ‘legal duty to prevent genocide’
Keir Starmer must fulfill his "legal duty to act to prevent a genocide", Greta Thunberg told the Guardian while travelling onboard an aid flotilla heading for Gaza.
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Israel destroys second Gaza City tower in two days as offensive intensifies, residents given minutes to evacuate
The Israeli military has destroyed a second major high-rise tower in Gaza City in as many days, after Benjamin Netanyahu’s forces warned people to flee south ahead of a planned offensive to capture the area.
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Independent Gaza tribunal accuses UK of complicity in Israeli war crimes
Britain is not just complicit in Israel’s breaches of humanitarian law in Gaza but a participant that has repeatedly ignored its legal obligation to prevent a genocide, witnesses have told the independent Gaza tribunal.
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Labour MPs encourage Starmer to refrain from meeting with the Israeli president
The president of Israel will travel to London next week for a controversially timed trip amid outcry from Labour MPs who have urged Keir Starmer not to meet with the visiting delegation.
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Elderly, children, and the sick among thousands jailed without trial in Israel
Only one in four detainees from Gaza are identified as fighters by Israel’s military intelligence, classified data indicates, with civilians making up the vast majority of Palestinians held without charge or trial in abusive prisons.
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’The war never leaves you’: Sarajevo journalist confronts PTSD decades after the siege
My name is Aida Cerkez, and today I was diagnosed with an acute stress reaction to war — several decades after I covered the siege of Sarajevo as a journalist for the Associated Press.
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Scottish Government suspends support for firms supplying weapons to states accused of genocide
Public funding to Scottish arms companies with links to the Israeli military is to be paused.
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Five сhildren among 30 killed in Gaza strikes
Israeli airstrikes and gunfire killed at least 30 people in and around Gaza City, local health authorities said, as a 20-boat humanitarian aid flotilla carrying activists including Greta Thunberg set sail from Barcelona for the affected territory.
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Starmer government plans Palestinian recognition as Netanyahu hardens position
David Lammy will tell MPs on Monday that the UK still intends to recognise a Palestinian state in September, with Israel having shown no sign of meeting the government’s demands.
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Israeli airstrike kills Houthi Prime Minister in Sanaa
An Israeli airstrike has killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, as stated by the Houthis.
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The US refuses visas to Palestinian leaders before the UN General Assembly
The US has started to deny and revoke visas for members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) ahead of the UN general assembly meeting in September, the state department announced on Friday.
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Israel claims ISIS leader ‘eliminated’ in deadly airstrike in Gaza
Israel claims the leader of ISIS has been ’eliminated’ during a deadly airstrike in Gaza.
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Body of Israeli hostage found in Gaza amid preparations for major assault
Israel’s military recovered the body of one hostage and the remains of another in Gaza on Friday, as it declared Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone” ahead of a major assault.
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IDF expands ground offensive into Gaza City
The Israeli military made the announcement on Friday - a week after IDF forces began a ground offensive in the city.
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Tony Blair meets Donald Trump at White House to discuss postwar Gaza plans
The former British prime minister Tony Blair has attended a White House meeting with Donald Trump to discuss plans for postwar Gaza.
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UN urged to act as 233 journalists killed in ongoing Gaza conflict
Leading press freedom organizations have condemned the killing of journalists in Gaza after Israeli forces struck the Nasser Hospital compound on Monday, leaving at least five reporters dead.
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UK to evacuate 40 Palestinian students from Gaza for university scholarships
The government has approved plans to permit approximately 40 students from Gaza to travel to the UK in the upcoming weeks to begin funded university scholarships.
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Four journalists killed in Gaza hospital strike
Four journalists have been killed in an Israeli ’double-tap’ attack on Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza.
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Israel strikes Yemen’s capital as Houthis back Palestinians in Gaza
Israel’s warplanes have once again targeted Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in retaliation to the Houthis’ military support for Palestinians in Gaza.
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Dutch foreign minister resigns over blocked push for tougher measures on Israel
Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned late Friday amid a political deadlock over what he viewed as the necessity for harsher measures against Israel, further weakening the country’s already fragile caretaker administration.
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UN declares famine in Gaza for first time officially
A famine has been officially declared in Gaza for the first time in history since Israel launched its full-scale war on Palestinians 22 months ago.
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ICC condemns new US sanctions on judges and prosecutors over Israel and Gaza cases
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has said it "deplores" new US sanctions on its judges and prosecutors.