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Israel seals off Gaza and launches more attacks as Hamas vows to execute hostages

Israel was still finding bodies from Hamas’ weekend attack on southern Israeli towns. Rescue workers found 100 bodies in Beeri — around 10% of that farming community’s population — after a long hostage standoff with gunmen. In Gaza, thousands fled as airstrikes leveled buildings.

Chicago Sun-Times

No place for Gaza residents to flee after Israel declares war, bombs homes

Residential buildings in besieged strip bombed by Israel forces, killing hundreds, after Hamas’s unprecedented attack.

Al Jazeera

In pictures: Israel launches retaliatory air strikes on Gaza after Hamas attack

The Israel Defence Forces launched air strikes on Gaza late Saturday in response to an unprecedented multi-pronged assault from the Palestinian militant group Hamas at dawn. More than 600 Israelis are reported to have been killed in the surprise assault, and at least 370 Palestinians have been killed in the…

France 24

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Israel-Hamas war: what has happened and what has caused the conflict?

Offensive launched from Gaza represents a major failure of Israeli intelligence and is likely to have long-lasting repercussions

The Guardian - UK

Gaza: Israeli targeted killing operations prompt petition for inquiry

Action follows deaths of civilians during Israel’s Shield and Arrow assassination strike campaign

The Guardian - UK

Young Gaza man mourns fiancee killed in Israeli strikes

A young Gaza man who saw his fiancee for the last time only minutes before she was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tuesday said they spent their final moments discussing how they would pose together for their engagement photo.

Reuters

Sadness, anger in Palestine: Gaza mourns 13 killed in Israel raid

Israeli military said they knew of ‘collateral’ in their operation to kill three PIJ members.

Al Jazeera

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World Food Programme to suspend aid to Palestinians due to funding shortage

The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.

Reuters

Christian man in Gaza brings dates and water to Muslims stuck in Ramadan rush hour

In the hour before sunset during Ramadan, Gaza's roads become choked with cars as people dash home in time to break their fast with their families.

Reuters

Palestinian Journalists Syndicate Denounces Hamas’ Arrest, Assault of Colleague

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate strongly condemned the arrest and assault of Hani Abu Rizk, a correspondent of Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda newspaper, by Hamas police during his filming of people marking the advent of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Al-Saraya Square in Gaza City. In a statement, the Syndicate voiced…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Army: Rocket Fired from Gaza Lands on Southern Israel

The Israeli military said Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket toward southern Israel Saturday evening. The rocket fell and exploded in an open area, triggering warning sirens in the Nahal Oz community to the east of Gaza City. There were no reports of casualties or damage.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza Strip

The Israeli army launched airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip at dawn on Thursday, after rockets were fired from the territory into Israel about two hours earlier. Shortly after 6:00 am local time (0400 GMT), black smoke rose over one of the targeted locations north of Gaza City. In…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gaza Home Demolitions Stir Palestinian Frustration

Ramadan Abu Saif looked on as bulldozers ploughed into his neighbour's Gaza City home, knowing his could be next as an infrastructure project surges forward in the impoverished Palestinian enclave. Last month, Hamas militants who govern Gaza began demolishing 62 houses at Al-Shati refugee camp as they widen the territory's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gaza fisherman gets new outboard engine after a decade's wait, as Israel relaxes curbs

Marooned for a decade by engine failure, Palestinian fisherman Falah Abu Reyala will finally be able to return to sea with a new outboard motor for his boat after Israel eased curbs on the supply of parts to Gaza it feared could be used to make weapons.

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Gaza says Israel not allowing in enough X-ray machines for medical care

Gaza's Health Ministry accused Israel on Thursday of delaying the entry of several X-ray machines needed to treat patients in the blockaded Palestinian territory.

Reuters

Gazans turns to firewood as energy prices soar

In one of Gaza City's oldest suburbs, Saadeya al-Malaha collects dry branches she finds by the side of the roads, then carefully balances the pile on her head and carries it home to light a fire and cook for her two children.

The Independent UK

Huge crowds of Palestinians mark Fatah anniversary in Gaza

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have thronged a Gaza City park to mark the 58th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah party

The Independent UK

Israel dismantles unused Gaza crossing to extend barrier

Bulldozers are dismantling a commercial crossing point on the eastern side of Gaza City after Israel decided to extend a security barrier at the location of the long-defunct terminal

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Gaza beekeepers who survived blockade struggle with unstable climate

This time, it wasn't the bulldozers or the bullets, but the rain and the wind. Weather kept the bees confined to their hives in the spring, when they should have been out foraging for nectar.

Al Jazeera

Fans across the Middle East celebrate historic World Cup moment

From cafes in Erbil to pubs in Istanbul and stadiums in Gaza City, fans gathered as the World Cup kicked off in Qatar.

Reuters

Film festival gives Gazans a rare taste of the movies

Film buffs in the Gaza Strip, who for decades have been deprived of going to the movies due to the destruction of cinemas during bouts of unrest in the enclave, are enjoying a rare chance to see a slate of films on the big screen.

Reuters

Gaza struggles to accommodate the living and the dead as population grows

In the densely populated Gaza Strip, a battle for space is pitting the living against the dead as homeless squatters settle in the area's cemeteries while authorities grapple with the growing demand for new housing.

Reuters

Sandwiches and a safe space: a Gaza restaurant run by women, for women

A Palestinian woman has realised her dream of becoming a chef in the male-dominated Gaza Strip thanks to a new eatery where she heads an all-female staff looking after an all-female clientele.

Reuters

Power cuts melt Gaza's ice cream stocks as heatwave boosts demand

Lengthy power cuts in the Gaza Strip have melted stocks of ice cream, forcing shops to stop selling it just when a heatwave has boosted demand.

WEKU

Palestinians grow frustrated with militants in Gaza, and a rift could be forming

Most Gazans support resistance against Israel and Hamas and Islamic Jihad still do have a following, though some Gazans are frustrated with the groups. Analysts see a rift forming between them.

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