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‘I’m bracing for the worst’: Beirut’s youth adjust to an emptied city

As most flee Lebanon’s capital to the mountains and beyond, a new generation experiences terror under Israeli attack

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024

Netanyahu hits out at Macron over call for halt to arms exports to Israel

Israeli prime minister turns on French counterpart’s continuing efforts towards a ceasefire and end to violence in Lebanon

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024

Timeline: How a year of war in Gaza has unfolded as hostages released in ceasefire deal

Ceasefire reached fifteen months after Israel vowed to wipe Hamas ‘off the face of the earth’ following 7 October attack

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2024

‘What is it that keeps you wanting to survive?’ Giles Duley and Rwandan genocide survivor Olive Musetsamfura on resilience and forgiveness

The photographer, who lost his legs and an arm in Afghanistan, says the genocide survivor is the ‘most resilient woman I know’. The pair have teamed up, 30 years after the atrocity, to tell her extraordinary story

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024

Palestinians in Lebanon, refugees living in fear of Israeli air strikes

Israel has expanded its war, targeting Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, raising fears of an extended Nakba.

Al Jazeera · Oct 6, 2024

Heavy Israeli Bombing Rocks Beirut Ahead Of War Anniversary

A huge fireball lit up the night sky and plumes of smoke rose over south Beirut early Sunday as Israel unleashed intense air strikes targeting Hezbollah, nearly a year since the Gaza war erupted.

International Business Times · Oct 6, 2024

Tracing one displaced family's year of moves across the devastated Gaza Strip

The Abu Jarad family lost the stability and comfort of their northern Gaza home when Israel launched its campaign in retaliation for Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2024

The Observer view on the Middle East: a year on, there is only one way to a credible peace

Israel has a right to defend itself, but not over the bodies of thousands of civilians. A two-state solution is the only way to stop the bloodshed

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024

Survivors grapple with aid cuts and the Taliban a year after massive Afghan earthquake

The devastating earthquake that hit western Afghanistan's Herat province a year ago was a major challenge for the Taliban

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2024

A displaced family's year of fleeing across the devastated Gaza Strip

The Abu Jarad family lost the stability and comfort of their northern Gaza home when Israel launched its campaign in retaliation for Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2024