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Israeli military strikes were reported to have killed at least 40 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces tightened their squeeze around Jabalia in the north of the enclave on Tuesday, amid fierce battles with Hamas-led fighters. Palestinian health officials said at least 11 people were killed by Israeli fire near …
Read More »‘Like a nightmare’: Gaza doctor released after being detained in Israeli prisons for over 6 months
Palestinian surgeon Khaled Al Serr was working at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on March 25 when he was arrested and detained in a raid by Israeli troops. For months, his family had no knowledge of his whereabouts until other detained health-care workers were released and informed …
Read More »UN chief tells Israel that draft law blocking aid agency UNRWA in Gaza would be ‘catastrophe’
Draft Israeli legislation that would stop the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) working in the Gaza Strip and West Bank would be a “catastrophe” if enacted, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. Guterres said he raised his concerns with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Such a measure would …
Read More »At least 28 killed in Israeli strike on school sheltering displaced people: Gaza Health Ministry
An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza killed at least 28 people, including women and children, on Thursday, while three hospitals in the north were told to evacuate putting patients’ lives at risk, medics say. The strike, which wounded 54 others, happened in the city …
Read More »At least 400,000 people trapped, UN says, as Israeli forces continue raid in northern Gaza
At least 60 people were killed in Israeli military strikes on Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said, as Israeli forces pressed on with a raid in the enclave’s north where a UN aid official said hunger is spreading again. The Israeli military says the raid, now in its fifth day, is intended to …
Read More »Israel continues strikes on Gaza, issues warning for Lebanon’s south coast
The Israeli army issued an urgent warning Monday for people to stay off the beach or on boats on Lebanon’s coast, from the Awali river southward, until further notice, saying it would soon begin operations against Hezbollah from the sea as fighting between the two countries continued. Israel later issued another evacuation …
Read More »Palestinians cheer Iranian missile attack on Israel hours after Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza
WARNING: This story contains graphic witness descriptions of injuries and deaths. Palestinians in Khan Younis cheered as Iranian missiles were fired at Israel hours after Israeli airstrikes in the enclave killed at least 38 people on Tuesday, according to CBC’s videographer inside Gaza. People watched as what appeared to be missiles …
Read More »Palestinian from Gaza buried as only known victim of Iranian barrage against Israel
A 38-year-old Palestinian from Gaza, the only known fatality in Iran’s missile attack against Israel, was buried on Wednesday after Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 65 Palestinians overnight. Sameh Khadr Hassan Al-Asali had been staying in a Palestinian security forces compound in the occupied West Bank when he was …
Read More »Israeli bombardment kills dozens in Gaza amid renewed surge in attacks
WARNING: This story contains graphic witness descriptions of injuries and deaths. Israeli airstrikes killed at least 38 people in Gaza on Tuesday, according to Reuters and CBC’s videographer inside Gaza, as fighting ramps up amid escalating tensions in the region. Six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a car in …
Read More »Pro-Palestinian encampment set up at U of W, demonstration at U of M continues – Winnipeg
Tents dotted the front lawn of the University of Winnipeg Saturday, as demonstrators joined a growing number of students taking a stand over the ongoing conflict in Gaza. An encampment was set up at the university Friday, with protesters listing several demands in a statement posted to Instagram. The demands …
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