All news on the topic: Israel

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'My heart broke when my eight-year-old son asked devastating Christmas question'
Polly Hudson has a dream gift in mind... but it can't be bought. And she wants everyone to take a moment mid-turkey to appreciate the faces around the table
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Israeli hostages were 'waving white flag' when they were shot dead by the IDF
Meanwhile, the Palestinian president met with United States officials to discuss postwar arrangements for Gaza that could include reactivating Palestinian security forces driven out by Hamas in its 2007 takeover of the territory
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Joe Alwyn praised for Palestine post as Taylor Swift face backlash over silence
As Taylor Swift fans call on their idol to speak out against Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza, the Cruel Summer singer’s ex Joe Alwyn has been praised for using his platform to raise awareness of what's happening in the Middle East
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Eurovision crisis as fans and Iceland threaten boycott over Israel's inclusion
Many fans of the Eurovision Song Contest have vowed to boycott next year's competition due to Israel being allowed to participate, with Iceland now threatening to pull out of the contest should they qualify
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Bethlehem cancels Christmas out of 'compassion' during Israel-Hamas war
Festive decorations will not be in place and religious leaders have told worshippers in Bethlehem that they can cancel Christmas celebrations out of 'compassion' for the dead in the Israel-Hamas war
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Coffee shop employees fired after they stopped Jewish customer from using toilet
Baristas at Farley’s East Coffee Shop in California stopped a woman from entering the bathroom to take a picture of the writing, which said "Zionism = Fascism" and "your neutrality is enabling genocide"
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School sent vile note warning 'no one is safe' amid anti-Semitic incidents
The letter sent to a Jewish school in Greater Manchester is one of 1,890 anti-Semitic incidents recorded by a charity since October - when Hamas breached the Gaza–Israel barrier
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Images show dozens of Palestinians captured by IDF, blindfolded and stripped
Dozens of Palestinian men were reportedly rounded up during a raid at a United Nations school nearby where people had been taking shelter during the war - images show them gagged naked in the street
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Israel 'preparing to flood Hamas tunnels with seawater' to drive fighters out
Soldiers from Israel's Defence Forces (IDF) have assembled a system of large pumps it claims it could use to flood Hamas' vast network of tunnels under the Gaza Strip with seawater
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One million kids have 'nowhere to go' as Israel-Hamas war sparks disaster fears
Israeli Defence Force bosses have chiefs stepped up their attacks and so Save the Children have told Palestinians to move again from an area in southern Gaza "a death sentence"
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US warship and multiple commercial ships attacked in Red Sea
The Pentagon has said it is aware of an attack on the USS Carney - an American warship - along with other commercial vessels in the Red Sea
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Hamas music festival hostage wasn't fed and was operated on by vet
French-Israeli civilian Mia Schem, 21, was held in captivity for nearly 50 days after being shot and taken hostage at the Nova festival massacre on October 7 by Hamas
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'100 refugees killed in Israeli strike on camp', claims Palestinian Press Agency
The Palestinian Press Agency said that more than 100 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, a day after the truce ended
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Olivia Colman leads 1,300 artists slamming Scream 7 star's firing as censorship
1,300 artists, including Olivia Colman and Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan, have criticised the censorship of pro-Palestinian voices and warned 'members of Israel’s far-right government are openly calling for ethnic cleansing'
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End of Gaza ceasefire is 'the nightmare that everyone feared', says UN
A temporary truce between Israel and Hamas began on November 24 and was renewed twice before ending today. Fighting has now resumed in Gaza, leaving Palestinians terrified once again
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Footage in Gaza City hospital 'shows decomposing bodies of babies left to die'
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor is calling for an investigation as a video appeared to show the bodies of infants after staff were forced to evacuate Al-Nasr Hospital
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Israel-Hamas truce extended another day amid last-minute deal to free hostages
Negotiations between Israel and Hamas have resulted in the temporary truce being extended for another day so more hostages can be released, minutes before it was due to expire
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Negotiations ongoing in bid to extend 6-day ceasefire between Hamas and Israel
The truce between Hamas and Israel is due to end on Thursday morning - and now Egyptian and Qatari mediators are carrying out talks to potentially extend it for longer
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American woman is released by Hamas as her husband remains in captivity
Liat Beinin Atzili, 49, was kidnapped on October 7 along with her husband, Aviv Atzili, who was not part of the release deal as the next batch of hostages were released tonight
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Gigi Hadid apologises for not 'fact checking' inflammatory Israeli post
Supermodel Gigi Hadid has apologised after facing backlash when she reshared a post on Instagram about Ahmad Manasra, who stabbed two people in East Jerusalem at the age of 13
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'No escape from grief and trauma and still no safer'
We have the luxury of turning the TV off but for all of the families knee-deep in grief and trauma over the last 52 days in Israel and Gaza there has been no escape, writes Darren Lewis
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Moment boy, 9, sees his family again as tearful hostages are released by Hamas
Ohad Munder was one of the 13 Israeli nationals freed in a four-day truce in which Israel has agreed to halt its Gaza onslaught to allow Hamas to release some of the hostages snatched on October 7
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Israel confirms how many Americans are held hostage by Hamas for first time
Israeli officials have for the first time confirmed that 11 Americans are currently held hostage by Hamas after the bloody events of October 7. Three are set to be released this week
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Israeli government agrees to 4 day ceasefire with Hamas, approves hostage deal
The Israeli government has agreed to a brief, four-day ceasefire in exchange for the release of scores of hostages taken prisoner by Hamas last month
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US kills multiple Iraq militants in airstrikes after another attack on Airbase
In response to a recent attack on the al-Asad Airbase in Iraq by Iran-proxy forces, the US conducted airstrikes, killing several militants as Israel's war menacing in Gaza spills conflict across the Middle East