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Genocide marks two years

OCTOBER 7 will mark the second anniversary of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. The World Health Organisation’s data page on Palestinian casualties, regularly updated using figures from the Palestinian health ministry and UN agencies, shows that around 66,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza over the last two years — 30 out of every 1,000 people who were...

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Safe zone notion in Gaza farcical: UN

The United Nations insisted on Friday there was no safe place for Palestinians ordered to leave Gaza City,and that Israeli-designated zones in the southern Gaza Strip were ‘places of death’.

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Bangladesh condemns interception of Gaza aid flotilla

The government of Bangladesh on Friday condemned the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was carrying humanitarian assistance for the people of Gaza, by the Israeli occupying forces in international waters.

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42,000 people in Gaza have life-changing injuries: WHO

Nearly 42,000 people, a quarter of them children, have suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ including amputations, and head and spinal cord injuries in Israel’s war in Gaza, the World Health Organisation said Thursday.

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Last flotilla boat sails on towards Gaza

The only remaining boat in a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza sailed towards the war-torn Palestinian territory on Friday, after Israeli navy interceptions of its fellow vessels drew worldwide protests.

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Jamaat urges security for Gaza-bound aid vessels

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has strongly condemned and protested what it termed the ‘heinous role’ of the occupying Israeli authorities in seizing Gaza-bound aid ships and urged the international community to ensure their safe passage.

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Shahidul Alam voices resolution to reach Gaza

Acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam said on Thursday afternoon that they continued to sail amid inclement weather as well as intimidation to Gaza with ‘Conscience’ vessel, the largest one in the Global  Media Flotilla, although all of the...

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Israel to deport Gaza flotilla activists

Israel said on Thursday it would deport pro-Palestinian activists on an aid flotilla intercepted at sea as they headed towards Gaza, adding that none of the vessels had breached its maritime blockade of the territory.

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Israel bombards, kills 46 in Gaza

Heavy Israeli bombardment rocked Gaza City on Wednesday, witnesses said, as Hamas weighed US president Donald Trump’s plan to end nearly two years of devastating war in the Palestinian territory...

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Silenced families of Bangladesh and Gaza

IT WAS the first of July, a school holiday, when I lived through what I can only describe as every parent’s nightmare. The day began as usual. After the Fajr prayer, I left quietly for the university, believing all was in order at home. My five-year-old younger son was still asleep — or so I thought — while my wife and our elder son were resting in another bedroom. With...

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Trump’s Gaza plan wins Netanyahu backing

US president Donald Trump secured Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s backing for a wide-ranging Gaza peace plan Monday, as the two leaders warned that Israel would ‘finish the job’ against Hamas if the Palestinian militant group rejects the deal.

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Why accountability in Gaza is global imperative

EVERY day brings new indictments for Israel. The early accusations of genocide by South Africa are now quickly becoming an accepted legal definition among international bodies and governments alike. The latest indictment came from the United Nations Human Rights Council...

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Shahidul Alam departs Dhaka to join Gaza-bound media flotilla

Ekushey Padak-winning photographer and Drik managing director Shahidul Alam departed Dhaka for Italy on Sunday to join the Global Media Flotilla, a part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s mission to Gaza — the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory.

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Photographer Shahidul Alam to join Gaza-bound Media Flotilla

Bangladeshi photographer, activist and founder of Drik, Shahidul Alam, will join the Media Flotilla as a part of Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a global coalition formed to highlight the inhumanity of the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza.

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Gaza anger directed at Israel, Hamas

Palestinian women wept and wailed Saturday as they mourned a family killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City, expressing anger at Israel and Hamas for the bloodshed engulfing the city.

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Israeli forces kill 20 in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed more than 20 people across the Palestinian territory on Friday.

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Israeli strike kills 11 Palestinians

An Israeli air strike on a home where displaced people had taken refuge in central Gaza killed at least 11 people on Thursday, the territory’s civil defence spokesperson said.

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Israeli strikes kill 40 in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed dozens of people across the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, as the military pressed its assault on Gaza City from where hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee.