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Israel rights group petitions top court to order release of 14 Gaza doctors | Gaza News

Israel rights group petitions top court to order release of 14 Gaza doctors | Gaza News

Published by Sam Flores

Physicians for Human Rights Israel accuses authorities of hindering the rehabilitation of Gaza’s healthcare system. Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026 An Israeli human rights organisation has petitioned the Supreme Court to demand the immediate release of 14 doctors from Gaza held without charge for more than a year. Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHRI) said on Thursday that it filed the petition after the Israeli military’s Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir failed to respond to its request to release the group, which includes paediatricians, orthopaedic specialists and surgeons. Substantial evidence has emerged during more than two years of Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza that the enclave’s healthcare infrastructure has been systematically destroyed. PHRI said the continued detention of doctors is hindering efforts to rehabilitate Gaza’s healthcare system and called on international actors to show solidarity in pushing for their release. Among those in Israeli custody is Dr Hussam Abu Safia, who has been held without charge for nearly 18 months. Safia, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was detained in December 2024 when …

Born during Israel’s genocide: Gaza’s child survivors bear the scars of war | Israel-Palestine conflict

Born during Israel’s genocide: Gaza’s child survivors bear the scars of war | Israel-Palestine conflict

Published by Sam Flores

Nour Abu Samaan was born on October 7, 2023, just three hours before the start of what would become a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. Her arrival was met with joy by her mother, Samar Hammad, but that happiness lasted only a day. On October 8, as Nour rested in her mother’s arms, Israeli missiles struck nearby. The air thick with smoke and toxic gases, the newborn began to struggle for breath. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list “My daughter suddenly choked in my hands,” Samar told Al Jazeera Arabic. “Her colour turned blue, her eyes rolled back, and she lost all movement”. Doctors later diagnosed Nour with movement paralysis caused by the inhalation of toxic gases. At just two days old, Nour’s life shifted from a nursery to a hospital bed, beginning a heavy journey of pain. A miraculous escape Samar spent a month at al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in north Gaza, watching over her daughter in the intensive care unit (ICU) as the war closed in. North Gaza bore the brunt …

Palestine weekly wrap: Under cover of ceasefire, Israel increases grip | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Palestine weekly wrap: Under cover of ceasefire, Israel increases grip | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Published by Sam Flores

Israel has officially agreed to ceasefires in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran. But that has not meant any de-escalation, as Israeli forces and settlers press further into Palestinian-administered areas of the occupied West Bank, deeper into civilian space in Gaza, and more aggressively into the heart of occupied East Jerusalem. The pattern, documented across multiple fronts this week – including a surge of strikes in Lebanon despite the announced extension of the ceasefire there – suggests that ceasefires have functioned less as true pauses in hostilities than as cover for accelerated fact-making on the ground. It was against this backdrop that Palestinians in the West Bank and, for the first time since 2006, in part of Gaza, went to the polls on Saturday in municipal elections – despite many Palestinians doubting that these votes would be able to bring about change. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Gaza: Police targeted, children killed, elections held in rubble In Gaza, the week brought some of the heaviest strikes on civilian and police infrastructure since the October ceasefire. …

Israel feared Amal Khalil, just as it did Shireen Abu Akleh | Israel attacks Lebanon

Israel feared Amal Khalil, just as it did Shireen Abu Akleh | Israel attacks Lebanon

Published by Sam Flores

On April 22, the Israeli regime assassinated yet another journalist. Her name was Amal Khalil. She was a well-known Lebanese journalist, born during the early years of the last Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, who spent years documenting the lives of people in the south of the country amid Israeli invasion and bombardment. Amal was well-known and beloved across Lebanon. As her brother, Ali Khalil, said at her funeral, she was present in every home. For two years, Amal received direct threats from the Israeli regime. In one interview, she recalled a call from a Mossad agent who threatened to sever her head from her shoulders if she didn’t stop reporting from the south. They knew intimate details about her life – they wanted her to know that she was being surveilled. Yet, she continued to report, knowing that any day the Israeli regime could follow through on its threats. Amal was the type of person Israel fears the most: the one who cannot be intimidated into silence, the one who cannot be sent cowering …

What lies ahead for Gaza after ceasefires in Iran and Lebanon? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

What lies ahead for Gaza after ceasefires in Iran and Lebanon? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Published by Sam Flores

Gaza City – As fragile ceasefires are in place between the United States and Iran and between Israel and Lebanon, a question is vexing Palestinians in Gaza: Will the de-escalation on other fronts help Israel escalate its military assaults in the enclave or force it to adopt a more cautious path? Since April 8, the US and Iran have maintained a tense ceasefire after weeks of US-Israeli bombing of Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel as well as infrastructure and US assets in the Middle East. But Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a US blockade on Iranian ports loom large over the region, even as mediator Pakistan tries to bring the two rivals back to the negotiating table. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list US President Donald Trump last week said Israel and Lebanon had agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks after talks between them were held at the White House to reach a long-term deal, which includes the disarmament of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group, a key …

Labour set to lose ‘God-given right’ to govern England’s second city

Labour set to lose ‘God-given right’ to govern England’s second city

Published by Sam Flores

As pupils leave Thornton Primary School in Birmingham, they are greeted by Harris Khaliq, an independent candidate, offering what he calls “stickers for Palestine”. The children eagerly take the bright pink labels to adorn their jumpers and coats. Each bears the name of the contender for the Ward End district and the image of a Palestinian flag – a declaration of his support for the people of Gaza. He is one of around 40 pro-Palestinian independents standing for election to Birmingham city council in traditionally Labour wards with significant Muslim populations. Many are on course to win, making it all but certain the Labour Party will lose control of Britain’s second city for the first time in decades. Knocking on doors, Mr Khaliq and the other independents campaign on local issues: safer streets, more funding for youth centres, saving the library. But the war in Gaza is ever-present, and mainstream parties fear the issue signals a more sectarian Britain, where communities vote for candidates based on religious or ethnic loyalty. Mr Khaliq, 34, who works …

Negotiations that enable Israel’s land-grabs | Israel-Palestine conflict

Negotiations that enable Israel’s land-grabs | Israel-Palestine conflict

Published by Sam Flores

From Oslo onwards, talks have unfolded alongside illegal settlement expansion, turning diplomacy into a process that manages, rather than ends, occupation. Palestinian-Canadian lawyer and political analyst. Published On 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026 ListenListen (5 mins) Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Back in the early 2000s, I was part of the Palestinian team supposedly negotiating an end to Israel’s military occupation and colonisation of Palestinian land. The idea was as perverse then as it is now: that those living under military rule have to “negotiate” for their freedom and that the owners of the land have to “negotiate” for Israel to return their land to them. At the time, we Palestinians were told by many heads of state – including those from the US and Europe –  there was no other way and that negotiations were the only path to achieving our freedom. Of course, that is simply not true, for virtually no state has gained its freedom and independence by negotiating with its oppressors. As …

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in occupied West Bank raid | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in occupied West Bank raid | Israel-Palestine conflict News

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Teenager dies in hospital after Israeli forces shot him with live ammunition in the shoulder, Palestinian media reports. Published On 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 A 15-year-old Palestinian has died from his wounds after he was shot by Israeli forces during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian media reported. The teenager suffered critical injuries after being struck by live ammunition in the shoulder and was transferred to a nearby hospital, where he died, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on Thursday, citing medical sources. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list Abood al-Aker, communications director for the municipality, told the AFP news agency that six Israeli army vehicles had arrived in Nablus in the morning. He said the soldiers spoke to shop owners in the Rafidia district’s commercial area and shot the teenager as they were exiting the city. “We don’t know why they shot this kid on their way out,” he said. The Israeli military said a Palestinian hurled stones towards its forces during an “operational activity” …

Israeli strike kills five in Gaza, including three children | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli strike kills five in Gaza, including three children | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Published by Sam Flores

Israel has committed 2,400 violations of the ‘ceasefire’ deal it struck with Hamas in October, Gaza’s Government Media Office says. Published On 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 An Israeli air strike has targeted a group of civilians in northern Gaza, killing at least five Palestinians, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency. “Five Palestinians, including three children, were killed in an Israeli air strike that targeted a group of civilians near Al-Qassam mosque in Beit Lahia,” local health officials said in a statement late on Wednesday. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list “Their bodies were taken to Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City,” it added, without specifying the age of the children. The hospital confirmed receiving the bodies. Israel has committed 2,400 violations of the “ceasefire agreement” with Hamas in October, Gaza’s Government Media Office said. These included targeted strikes, arrests, blockades and forced starvation of Gaza’s residents. More than 20,000 children were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in two years of its genocidal war, according to a Save the Children report in September. …

Sexual violence in the West Bank emerges as tool to intimidate Palestinians | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Sexual violence in the West Bank emerges as tool to intimidate Palestinians | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Published by Sam Flores

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Qusay Abu al-Kabash, 29, continues to suffer physically and psychologically from a sexual assault allegedly perpetrated by a group of settlers who attacked the Bedouin community where he lives in the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley. On March 13, in the middle of the night, more than 70 settlers attacked Khirbet Hamsa al-Fawqa. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Qusay told Al Jazeera that the settlers divided themselves into groups to attack the Palestinian tents. Five of the settlers attacked his tent – where he had been asleep – and began beating him severely with their hands and sticks. They also assaulted two foreign female activists who were sleeping in the same tent. “The settlers then forcibly removed my pants while tying my hands and feet, binding my body with my belt, and stripping me of my underwear,” Qusay said. He recounted that the settlers then beat his genitals, tied his limbs and genitals with plastic zip ties, and humiliated him, before threatening to repeat the assault if …