‘If Unrwa goes down, the whole aid structure goes down’
Israel’s ban on the UN agency serving refugees is due to be implemented on Thursday
Gaza Strip
Gaza hostages: Hamas to release three Israelis and five Thais, says official
Lebanon’s PM urges US to pressure Israel to implement ceasefire according to international law
Israel’s Unrwa ban will have an adverse effect on the humanitarian effort in Gaza
Law preventing UN agency from operating in Israel and Palestinian territories comes into force on Thursday
Joyful but anxious, Gazans crowd the road north
On roads lined with ruins, euphoria is punctuated by moments of frustration and horror
Gaza hostages were held in tunnels for months, Israeli medical officer says
Three Israeli civilians and four soldiers – all women – have been released since Gaza ceasefire began on January 19th
Gaza Strip: Infrastructural ruin, destroyed facilities and lack of shelter await returnees despite joy at ceasefire
Mass movement of Palestinians back into Gaza encountering lack of basic supplies, sewage treatment systems, freshwater and public waste management. It is claimed the war has reversed development by 60 years
Palestinians begin return to northern Gaza after Israel signals end to blocking travel
Gaza war: Israel and Hamas reach agreement on the release of an Israeli civilian and two other hostages
Protesters walk out of Michael D Higgins’s speech at Holocaust Memorial Day event
UCD lecturer who was forcibly evicted from event says: ‘We feel like we are talking to the walls when we talk about anti-Semitism’
Palestinian killed and seven wounded after Israel blocks return to northern Gaza
Trump suggests move to resettle population to ‘clean out’ war-ravaged territory
Holocaust survivor Joe Veselsky, Ireland’s oldest man, prepares for anniversary of liberation
Joe Veselsky (106) made his mark on Ireland after his parents and brother died in Auschwitz
Gaza war: Israel releases 200 prisoners, Hamas frees four Israeli soldiers
Latest transfer of prisoners was the second made under the Qatari- and Egyptian-mediated ceasefire deal
Didier Fassin’s Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza
‘Commentators found it impossible to imagine a different camp: the camp of life’ when faced with demands to cease the slaughter of innocents
Hamas names four Israeli soldiers to be released on Saturday
Hostages Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag will be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners
From Gaza to Iran, Trump makes moves to reshape the Middle East
Palestinians have cause for increased concern
Hamas’s tight grip on Gaza complicates plan for lasting peace
Militant group maintains control over coastal enclave’s administration and security forces
Israeli forces kill eight Palestinians in security operation in Jenin
Israel accused of ‘sowing atmosphere of violence’ in West Bank following rampage through villages by masked Jewish settlers
Trump’s inauguration address tapped into America’s violent history of expansionism
US president invoked manifest destiny and frontier mythology behind which lurk native soil genocide and the use of force to acquire land
Hamas fighters re-emerge, seemingly ready to rule Gaza again
In Israel, images of Hamas fighters back above ground has raised questions about the effectiveness of the campaign on the strip
‘There’s this double feeling’: Freed Palestinian prisoner tells of joy and pain after release
Khalida Jarrar most prominent of 90 Palestinians released on Sunday as part of first phase of ceasefire agreement
Gazans begin searching for people under rubble on day two of ceasefire
Rebuilding Gaza could take decades and cost billions, UN assessments show
Israel releases 90 Palestinian prisoners as Gaza ceasefire enters second day
Israeli move follows the release of three Israeli women held hostage by Hamas
Thousands gather in Tel Aviv to celebrate as release of Israeli hostages begins following ceasefire
Thousands gather in Tel Aviv to celebrate as release of Israeli hostages begins following ceasefire
Three Israeli women hostages arrive home as ceasefire begins between Israel and Hamas
Romy Gonen (24), Emily Damari (28) and Doron Steinbrecher (31) brought to Tel Aviv hospital after 471 days in captivity
Hamas remains in control of Gaza even as ceasefire takes effect
Widespread support in Israel for ceasefire amid relief at return of hostages despite high price involved in release of Palestinian detainees
Hamas releases three female Israeli hostages after ceasefire comes into effect in Gaza
Israeli military strikes kill at least eight Palestinians across Gaza on Sunday morning amid delay in implementing ceasefire
Israel retains right to resume war in Gaza if ceasefire proves pointless, Netanyahu says
Israeli prime minister says ceasefire cannot go into effect on Sunday without list of hostage names
Israeli cabinet approves deal for ceasefire that will take effect Sunday
Deal set to exchange dozens of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinians in Israeli jails and pause 15-month war for initial six weeks
Gaza ceasefire: ‘We’ll hug, we’ll cry and we’ll thank God over and over for surviving this war’
With a truce on the horizon, Gazans can think of little else but going home. Even if those homes are now no more than rubble and ash
Joy mixed with trepidation as Israel awaits return of hostages
News of ceasefire was greeted not with exuberant celebrations but rather with a sombre recognition that finally Israel has reached the beginning of the end
UN estimates that 1.9m people displaced from Gaza’s 2.3m population
Organisation indicates that women and children account for 70% of fatalities from death toll of almost 47,000
An Irish man in Israel: As news came of the ceasefire deal, there were no celebrations on the streets of Tel Aviv
My eight-year-old daughter Ella’s excitement didn’t rub off on the other passengers on the bus, who seemed unfazed by the breaking news
Israel to end Gaza ceasefire delay as right-wing party says it will quit government
US vice-president Kamala Harris says Washington expects agreement to be implemented in full and on time
Yemen’s Houthis say they will continue attacks if Gaza ceasefire breached
Houthis have mounted more than 100 attacks on ships since November 2023 and have sunk two vessels and killed at least four seafarers
Binyamin Netanyahu needs all his political skills at home and abroad
Israeli prime minister juggles political survival with the need to please Trump
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