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Spain says Israel frees its last Gaza flotilla members

Israel has released the five remaining Spanish detainees from flotillas it blocked while they were carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists to devastated Gaza, sources at Spain’s foreign ministry said on Sunday.

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Peacekeeper hurt by Israeli grenade in Lebanon

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said Sunday that one of its members was wounded by an Israeli grenade dropped near a UN position in the country’s south, the third incident of its kind in just over a month.

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Lebanon slams overnight Israeli strikes killing 1

Lebanese president Joseph Aoun on Saturday condemned overnight Israeli strikes on civilian sites, which were reported to have killed at least one person and destroyed hundreds of vehicles.

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Shahidul Alam returns home

Bangladeshi photographer and rights activist Shahidul Alam on Saturday said that he and the other Gaza flotilla participants were subjected to various forms of torture, mainly psychological ones, by the Israeli defence forces after...

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Shahidul freed, expected in Dhaka early today

Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam, who was released by Israeli authorities on Friday, was expected to arrive in Dhaka from Istanbul in Turkey early hours today.  

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Plane carrying Shahidul Alam departs Israel for Turkey

A flight carrying renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam, among other passengers, departed from Israel for Turkey on Friday afternoon, according to the CA press wing.

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Israel, Hamas agree to ceasefire deal

Israel said Thursday that all parties have signed the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, in a major step to end a war that has killed tens of thousands of people.

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Estranged realities: Israel and Global Sumud Flotilla

SHOWING that cloddishness that we have come to expect from them, Israel’s detention of the activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla was a coarse and violent affair. Having been intercepted in international waters on route to Gaza to break the Israeli-imposed blockade, the 470 or so activists, hailing from some fifty countries travelling on 40 boats, were duly taken...

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Shahidul Alam imprisoned by Israel in Negev desert

Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam, along with all journalists, health workers, human rights defenders, and crew members of freedom flotilla vessels, is being detained at the Ketziot Prison, located in the Negev desert of Israel, says a press release issued by Drik.

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Israel must ensure safety of Flotilla activists: UN expert

Israel must guarantee the safety and human rights of all individuals aboard the Conscience and other vessels of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition intercepted on Wednesday, a United Nations expert said on the day in Geneva.

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Hamas optimistic on Gaza talks

Hamas said Wednesday that ‘optimism’ was prevailing in indirect talks with Israel aimed at ending the Gaza war, with the militant group submitting a list of prisoners it wants released in exchange for freeing Israeli hostages under a deal...

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Gattuso expresses Gaza heartache

Gennaro Gattuso said on Tuesday that that he felt heartache over the two-year-long war in Gaza ahead of two 2026 World Cup qualifiers, one of which will be against Israel...

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Israel should have already ceased fire: Qatar

Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday that Israel should have ceased operations in Gaza already in line with US president Donald Trump’s peace plan.

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Hope deferred, despair renewed in Gaza

The war on Gaza has crossed every imaginable threshold of human suffering. Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s relentless military campaign has resulted in moe than 67,000 Palestinian deaths, of which most are women and children, and more than 167,000 injuries, alongside hundreds of Israeli casualties and over 240 hostages taken from Israel. Ninety percent of Gaza’s...

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The trouble with the Arabs

TO BE sustainable, Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza must serve the core interests of Arabs, including Christian Arabs, and the Jews of Palestine/Israel equally and fairly. Infirmities in the plan include the history of the Trump-Netanyahu axis to lure quarries with syrupy promises into death traps, as they did with Iran and Qatar. The trust deficit is thus an overarching challenge...

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171 more Gaza flotilla activists deported

Israel said it deported on Monday 171 more activists who were detained while taking part in an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg...

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Talks on ending Gaza war begin

Delegations from Hamas and Israel on Monday began indirect talks in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh on ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza, Egyptian state-linked media reported...

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Israeli strike on Lebanon kills couple

An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed a husband and wife on Monday, including a man who lost his eyesight in Israel’s pager attack against Hezbollah last year, according to Lebanese state media...

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Two years of genocide in Gaza, 77 years of denial

FOLLOWING the revolt of the besieged against their jailors on October 7, 2023, the Zionist hasbara machine mobilized across the world to impose a false narrative. Its goal was clear: erase history, distort reality and present Israel as the eternal victim. According to this framing, Israel was a peaceful entity blindsided by an unprovoked attack that supposedly emerged out of nowhere...

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Two years on, Gaza bleeds, starves as world watches

IT HAS been two years since Israel unleashed its brutal campaign of systematic destruction in Gaza that has laid waste houses, hospitals, schools and the entire community. Gaza has virtually become a graveyard for a people. One must look beyond the Hamas offensive of October 7, 2023 to understand the ongoing genocide. That date did not emerge from a vacuum. It was the...