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The Latest Breaking News from the Gaza Strip

Several dead as strong winds hit Gaza’s tent camps

Gazans lack the necessary shelter to withstand the frequent and harsh winter storms that plague the region

The Independent UK

Medical charity MSF says may have to halt Gaza operations in March

Banned from the Gaza Strip with 36 aid bodies, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Saturday it will have to end its operations there in March if Israel does not reverse its decision. The United Nations has called on Israel to lift its ban on the 37 NGOs.

Radio France Internationale

International outcry as Israel enforces ban on 37 NGOs in Gaza

Israel has confirmed that it will suspend the licences of 37 international humanitarian organisations operating in the Gaza Strip, a move that the United Nations and European officials say will further deepen an already severe humanitarian crisis.

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Belgium joins South Africa's genocide case against Israel at UN court

Belgium has become the latest country to join a case brought by South Africa before the International Court of Justice that accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Radio France Internationale

Israel fires mortar into Gaza residential area, wounding at least 10

Israel’s military says troops fired a mortar shell into a Palestinian residential area in the Gaza Strip, in the latest incident to rock the tenuous ceasefire with Hamas

The Independent UK

Photos of youths roaring over Gaza sand dunes in a return to prewar tradition

Motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles ripped over rolling sand dunes overlooking the ruins and camps of displaced people in the Gaza Strip. Dozens of young men flew over sand dunes, spinning in circles and lifting the front wheels of their bikes into the air as their engines roared.

The Independent UK

First major winter rains pummel Gaza, destroying makeshift shelters

The first heavy rainfall of the season has sent water cascading through the Muwasi tent camp in the Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

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It ain't no joke: Putin and Trump caricatures win top prizes at World Press Cartoon awards

The World Press Cartoon 2025 awards have given pride of place to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin with caricatures of the two leaders earning top prizes. Global warming and the war in the Gaza Strip also featured heavily on press pages this year.

Euronews

How wars ravage the environment – and what international law is doing about it

People across the Gaza Strip have been returning to towns and cities badly damaged by the war after a fragile ceasefire took effect in October. Eventually, their lives will be restored and their homes will be built back. But the climate consequences of the war will remain for years to…

The Conversation

Trump’s ability to counter Netanyahu’s spoiler tactics in public may have been key to advancing a ceasefire in Gaza

After two years of devastating war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas forces in the Gaza Strip, President Donald Trump declared an end to the war on Oct. 14, 2025. The peace plan includes a Hamas commitment to return all hostages and a withdrawal of Israeli forces.

The Conversation

Hamas expands search for hostage bodies in Gaza as Egypt joins effort

The widespread destruction across the Gaza Strip has made it difficult for Hamas to locate and recover the bodies of the remaining Israeli hostages, who may be buried beneath the rubble.

Euronews

Hamas expands search for hostages' bodies in Gaza as Egypt joins effort

Hamas has expanded its search for the bodies of hostages in new areas of the Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

Five Things To Know About Gaza's Rafah Border Crossing

The reopening of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, part of US President Donald Trump's plan for the Palestinian territory, remains on hold despite calls from the UN and aid groups.

International Business Times

Israeli military bomb Gaza as IDF and Hamas accused of breaking ceasefire

Less than a week since the ceasefire came into effect, thick plumes of smoke can be seen rising from Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, October 19.

The Independent UK

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Why haven't Uefa and Fifa suspended Israel from international competitions?

Pressure is mounting on international football authorities to exclude the Israeli national team from their tournaments, following the United Nations declaration that Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip. But despite protests by fans and players, governing bodies show few signs of taking a stand.

The Independent UK

Gaza awaits the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, its link to the outside world

Palestinians and aid workers are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, which is the Gaza Strip’s lifeline for food and other aid and its only gateway to the outside world that wasn’t controlled by Israel before the war

International Business Times

Gazans Return To Damaged Mosques For First Post-truce Friday Prayers

Thousands of worshippers returned on Friday to the Gaza Strip's few intact and many damaged mosques, where for the first time in months loudspeakers blared the Islamic call to prayer.

The Conversation

With 83% of its buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than money to rebuild

The Gaza Strip is a tortured piece of land that is about 40km long and 11km wide. Some 2.3 million souls are crammed into a space of around 360 square kilometres. This is barely larger than central Sydney.

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The Independent UK

Photos show Gaza’s destruction as families return to what's left of their homes

Two years of war between Israel and Hamas have left the Gaza Strip in shambles.

The Conversation

Hamas is battling powerful clans for control in Gaza – who are these groups and what threat do they pose?

Despite the euphoria surrounding the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, Gaza is still wracked with violence.

The Independent UK

Drone footage shows Gaza before and after war in shocking scale of destruction

Drone footage shows the devastating extent of destruction the Gaza Strip with pre and post-conflict images of the besieged city.

The Independent UK

Voices: Sorry, Donald Trump, but that’s not what I call a peace deal

COMMENT: No other world leader could have brought about this sequence of events to end the war in Gaza – but what happens when the US president’s boastful speeches stop, asks former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert

Euronews

Peace in Gaza: What does the road ahead look like and will Europe remain 'irrelevant'?

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently told Euronews that Europe had become "irrelevant" in the Middle East peace process. Now that reconstruction and stability in Gaza are on the agenda, can Europe regain some leverage?

The Independent UK

From a hilltop village and across Israel: Tears of joy as the living hostages are returned

Across Israel, it's a day of joy and tears with families, loved ones and friends waiting anxiously as Hamas began releasing the last living hostages held captive for over two years in the Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

What to know as Israel and Gaza await the release of hostages, prisoners, aid -- and Trump's visit

Anticipation built across Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank Sunday as the ceasefire held into a third day

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