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  • Syria hails US lifting of Assad-era sanctions

    Syria hails US lifting of Assad-era sanctions

    Syria on Saturday hailed the Trump administration’s lifting of US sanctions, as Washington looks to open a new chapter in its relations with Damascus.

    US President Donald Trump surprised many with his announcement of the new policy on a Gulf tour earlier this month, during which he shook hands with Syria’s jihadist-turned-interim President Ahmed al-Shara.

    Trump said he wanted to give the war-torn country’s new rulers “a chance at greatness” after their overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Likud MK Halevi Expelled from Committee after Calling Gaza War ‘Fraudulent’

    Likud MK Halevi Expelled from Committee after Calling Gaza War ‘Fraudulent’

    Likud Member of Knesset (MK) Amit Halevi and Defense Minister Yisrael Katz. (Design: Palestine Chronicle)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    Halevi’s remarks mark a rare and public rebuke of Israel’s military policy by a ruling party member.

    The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported a heated exchange during a recent Knesset session between Likud Member of Knesset (MK) Amit Halevi and Defense Minister Yisrael Katz over the ongoing war on Gaza.

    Although the exchange took place…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • Athens Bar Association protests Israeli blockade of Gaza, demands immediate ceasefire – Middle East Monitor

    Athens Bar Association protests Israeli blockade of Gaza, demands immediate ceasefire – Middle East Monitor

    Athens Bar Association on Friday condemned Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports.

    “The Athens Bar Association expresses its strong concern and protest over the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army and the deprivation of the Palestinian population from basic necessities, food, especially baby food, water, and medicine, resulting in the starvation and death of tens of thousands of civilians, especially children and infant,” it…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Israeli Strikes Hit Khan Yunis, Nuseirat, Jabaliya: Scores Killed, Injured in Gaza

    Israeli Strikes Hit Khan Yunis, Nuseirat, Jabaliya: Scores Killed, Injured in Gaza

    Israel continued to carry out massacres in Gaza. (Photo: via QNN)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    Civilian areas across the Gaza Strip—including homes and displacement camps—were targeted in deadly Israeli raids on Saturday.

    The Israeli occupation army escalated its military operations across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 21 Palestinians and injuring dozens more since dawn, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

    A medical source told Anadolu Agency that four…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • Ukraine calls for new sanctions as Russia hits Kyiv amid prisoner exchanges | Russia-Ukraine war News

    Ukraine calls for new sanctions as Russia hits Kyiv amid prisoner exchanges | Russia-Ukraine war News

    Overnight attacks demonstrate that Moscow is blocking a ceasefire deal to end the war, Zelenskyy says.

    Ukrainian officials have renewed their calls for more sanctions on Russia after Russian forces launched dozens of attack drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight ahead of a second exchange of soldiers and civilians.

    Ukraine’s military on Saturday said overnight attacks launched from multiple Russian regions used 250 drones and 14 ballistic missiles to hit Kyiv, damaging several…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Gaza Pediatrician’s Nine Children Killed, Bodies Brought to Her Hospital

    Gaza Pediatrician’s Nine Children Killed, Bodies Brought to Her Hospital

    Palestinian pediatrician Dr. Alaa Al-Najjar was devastated to discover that nine of her children had been killed and burned in an Israeli airstrike. (Photo: via QNN)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    Israel’s bombing of a Gaza home wiped out nearly an entire family, leaving a mother and doctor to identify her own children at work.

    Palestinian pediatrician Dr. Alaa Al-Najjar was met with an unimaginable scene on Thursday when the bodies of nine of her children, killed and burned in an…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • 44 Major Islamic Institutions Urge PM Keir Starmer to Halt Arms Sales to Israel and Recognize Palestine

    London (Quds News Network)- Forty-four leading British mosques and Islamic institutions sent an open letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday. The letter urges the UK government to halt arms sales to Israel and officially recognize the State of Palestine.

    The signatories include major institutions such as East London Mosque, Birmingham Central Mosque, Finsbury Park Mosque, and the Islamic Cultural Centre at Regent’s Park.

    In the letter, the groups condemned the UK’s…

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  • Settlers storm Arab al-Ka'abneh School, northwest of Jericho.

    Settlers storm Arab al-Ka'abneh School, northwest of Jericho.

    Today, Saturday, settlers stormed the Arab al-Ka’abneh Elementary School in …

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    News Source: www.alquds.com

  • LIVE BLOG: Massacres and Famine Grip Gaza | Divisions Deepen in Israel over Gaza War – Day 595

    LIVE BLOG: Massacres and Famine Grip Gaza | Divisions Deepen in Israel over Gaza War – Day 595


    Israel continued to carry out massacres in Gaza. (Photo: via QNN)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    Scores of Palestinians, including children, were killed and injured as Israel continues its massacres across Gaza. 

    Meanwhile, Israeli media reported a dispute between Defense Minister Israel Katz and Likud MK Amit Halevi during a Knesset meeting, with Halevi stating that Israel cannot subdue Hamas.

    Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed 53,822 and injured 122,382 others, the…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • At least 94% of hospitals in Gaza damaged or destroyed: UN

    At least 94% of hospitals in Gaza damaged or destroyed: UN

    An inside view of the destroyed Nasser hospital after an Israeli air strike in Khan Yunis, Gaza on May 13, 2025. [Abed Rahim Khatib - Anadolu Agency]

    The UN reported on Friday that at least 94% of hospitals in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, with half no longer operational, Anadolu reports. Citing the World Health Organization (WHO), UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said at a news conference that “the intensification of hostilities has brought Gaza’s already weakened health system to a breaking point.” Haq said four major hospitals suspended operations in the past week due to attacks or displacement orders. “WHO tells us that 4% of…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com