Moment top Hamas leader finds out sons killed in Israeli airstrike
A Palestinian TV station aired footage of a top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh allegedly receiving the news that three of his sons died in an Israeli strike.
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De-escalation or forever war? After Israel's drawdown from southern Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu insists his forces will make a move for the southernmost city of Rafah, despite strong objections from the United States, which is now pressing for a ceasefire and a ramping-up of desperately needed humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians.
Thirty days to save UNRWA: Following UN agency chief Lazzarini in his race against time
At the end of January, the accusation sent shockwaves: Israel claimed that 12 employees of UNRWA – a UN agency founded in 1949 – had participated, in one way or another, in the Hamas-led massacres of October 7, 2023, in which around 1,140 people were killed in Israel. The Israeli authorities have since failed to substantiate these claims. Several investigations are under way. But for the UN agency, a race against time had begun.
'I feel so much for Palestine': Wessam Abou Ali desperate to help adopted national team
Shortly before midnight on Friday, messages will be exchanged across the length of the African continent and, if all goes according to form and reputation in the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League, promises will be made for a reunion of two friends at next month’s final. Those in contact will be Wessam Abou Ali and Tashreeq Matthews, footballers whose lives have transformed in a few short weeks.
Palestinian athletes will ‘represent a country, a history, a cause’ at the Paris Olympics
Palestinian athletes have taken part in every Summer Olympics since they were first admitted to the Atlanta Games in 1996. Each participation has carried a special significance for residents of the Palestinian Territories and the Palestinian diaspora, giving the stateless people a venue in which to compete with the rest of the world.
'Netanyahu wants a perpetual war,' says Palestinian ambassador to UK
"That's why Israel [is] doing what it did in the last six months [in Gaza]", the Palestinian ambassador to the UK said, while denouncing "Western complicity and [the] greenlighting" of Israel's deadly offensive.
Canadian men's soccer team jumps 1 spot to 49th in FIFA rankings
Canada has moved up one place to No. 49 in the latest FIFA men's rankings, jumping over Greece.
Artists remove work from Manchester venue HOME after Palestinian event cancelled
Artists have removed their work from an exhibition at a Manchester venue after it cancelled a Palestinian event last week. Around 70 pieces of art were removed from the Manchester Open exhibition at HOME in protest of the arts venue 'silencing Palestinian voices'.