What can be done to extend Gaza’s fragile truce? | Israel-Palestine conflict

What can be done to extend Gaza’s fragile truce? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Calls grow louder to extend a fragile pause in fighting and allow more aid into Gaza. After weeks of intense Israeli bombardment, a humanitarian truce is being used to exchange dozens of detainees and captives between Israel and Hamas. But that deal hit a snag on Saturday, when a disagreement…

More Palestinian prisoners freed as Israel-Hamas truce holds into third day | Palestinian Authority News

More Palestinian prisoners freed as Israel-Hamas truce holds into third day | Palestinian Authority News

A third batch of 39 Palestinian prisoners has been freed as the exchange of captives between Hamas and Israel continues for a third day under a four-day truce deal. Large crowds of Palestinians took to the streets in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Sunday night as they waited…

Three Palestinian men shot in Vermont, US amid Israel-Hamas truce | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Three Palestinian men shot in Vermont, US amid Israel-Hamas truce | Israel-Palestine conflict News

While the motive behind the attack is unknown, it came amid rising anti-Palestine sentiments in the US. Three young Palestinian men have been shot near a university campus in Vermont in the United States, according to media reports. Reports said the incident took place on Saturday evening near the University…

It is time the US considers Hamas’s survival in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

It is time the US considers Hamas’s survival in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

Three days into the four-day truce between Israel and Hamas, the agreement appears to hold and there is even talk of extending it. By Monday, 50 Israeli women and children are supposed to have been exchanged for 150 Palestinian women and children, with mediators hinting that the deal could continue…

Tears and joy as second batch of 39 Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Tears and joy as second batch of 39 Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A second batch of 39 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons have been released as part of an agreement between the Israeli government and the group Hamas. Hundreds of people greeted the International Committee of the Red Cross bus carrying the Palestinians as it arrived in al-Bireh in the occupied West…

Wounded patients left at al-Shifa Hospital face dire conditions | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Wounded patients left at al-Shifa Hospital face dire conditions | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Al-Shifa Hospital has been a major focus of Israel’s ground offensive in northern Gaza, with the World Health Organization, the United Nations health agency, calling it “a death zone”. More than 200 medical personnel have been killed and most hospitals shut down in the weeks of indiscriminate bombing by Israel. The…

Repressions grow in Algeria, is freedom of speech in danger? | Human Rights News

Repressions grow in Algeria, is freedom of speech in danger? | Human Rights News

Since February 2019, Mustapha Bendjama, the editor of the daily newspaper Le Provincial, has been held by police forces and interrogated at least 35 times. In his hometown of Annaba in eastern Algeria, he has been under constant pressure from authorities due to what his allies say are his consistent…

More captives released after Hamas said Israel not upholding truce deal | Israel-Palestine conflict

More captives released after Hamas said Israel not upholding truce deal | Israel-Palestine conflict

NewsFeed There were concerns that the Gaza truce was at risk of derailing as Hamas accused Israel of not upholding its end of the deal to allow aid deliveries. Eventually, hostages were released, including a nine-year-old girl whose father thought she would’ve been better off dead than in Hamas captivity….

Biden seeks to expand Israeli access to US weapons stockpile | News

Biden seeks to expand Israeli access to US weapons stockpile | News

If White House request granted, it would enable Israel to access US weapons with less congressional oversight. The White House aims to lift nearly all restrictions on Israel’s access to weapons from a crucial US stockpile, enabling a smoother weapons pipeline to Israel, which has paused weeks of its devastating…

Israa Jaabis returns home after release from Israeli prison | Occupied East Jerusalem

Israa Jaabis returns home after release from Israeli prison | Occupied East Jerusalem

NewsFeed Watch the moment Palestinian woman Israa Jaabis returns home and embraces her son after eight years imprisoned in Israel. She was released on the second day of a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas which saw 39 Palestinians come home. Published On 26 Nov 202326 Nov 2023 Check…