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Unrwa slams Gaza media ban, says ‘no one can claim they didn’t know’ The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) has condemned Israel’s continued ban on international journalists entering Gaza, calling the situation a “livestream of horrors” that has lasted for 650 days. In a post on X, the agency said its staff are still operating on the ground “starving and exhausted,” and warned that “no one can claim they didn’t...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:China, France, Germany, Russia and the UK are the remaining parties to a 2015 nuclear deal reached with Iran.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Aid ship bound for Gaza sabotaged in Italy before setting sail The Freedom Flotilla Coalition says its vessel Handala, heading to Gaza with humanitarian aid, was sabotaged before it could leave the Italian port of Gallipoli. According to the group, a rope had been tightly wound around the ship’s propeller and a corrosive substance was poured into the water tank, injuring two crew members. Despite the sabotage, Handala...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Israeli army targets Gaza journalists over hunger reports The Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, has released a video threatening Gaza-based journalists covering the hunger crisis, including Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif. Adraee dismissed the reports as “a fabricated and deceitful Hamas theatrical performance”. In response, al-Sharif posted on X, calling the accusations part of...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Fourth Israeli soldier dies by suicide in two weeks, army confirms The Israeli military has confirmed that another soldier has taken his own life—marking the fourth such case in just two weeks. In a statement issued on Sunday, the army said Dan Phillipson, a trainee originally from Norway, died after shooting himself last Tuesday at a training facility in southern Israel. He later succumbed to his injuries in hospital....
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:‘Israel now has a plan for ethnic cleansing,' says Israeli analyst Israeli political commentator Gideon Levy has accused the government of orchestrating a deliberate plan of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. In a Haaretz opinion piece, Levy wrote: “Someone conceived it, there were discussions of pros and cons, alternatives were suggested, options of total cleansing vs. stages, and all done in air-conditioned conference rooms...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had "fired warning shots" and disputed the number of reported deaths.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Israel blocks UN official’s visa over Gaza testimony and 'bias' claims Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has confirmed that he blocked a visa extension for Jonathan Whittall, the head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Writing in Hebrew on X, Saar said the decision followed what he called “biased and hostile conduct against Israel, which distorted...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Palestinian factions accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza Palestinian political groups, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, have issued a joint statement expressing deep alarm over the worsening humanitarian collapse in Gaza, calling it a “systematic genocide” driven by starvation, relentless bombing, and a suffocating blockade. The factions accused Israel—backed by the United States and met with silence from European and...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Gaza's only Catholic church has been hit and Muslim cemeteries have been desecrated.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:More than 1,000 people in Syria have been killed in recent clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Pope Leo under fire for 'vague' statement on Israel's bombing of Gaza Catholic church Pope Leo is facing growing criticism over his response to anIsraeliair strike on the only Catholic church in theGaza Stripon Thursday, which killed three people and wounded several others, including a pastor. The Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem confirmed that Father Gabriel Romanelli was among the wounded and said the strike caused...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Two killed as Israeli forces fire on aid seekers north of Gaza City An emergency medical official in Gaza told Al Jazeera Arabic that Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians attempting to reach aid north of Gaza City, killing two and wounding several others. The incident is the latest in a string of deadly attacks targeting desperate civilians searching for food and humanitarian relief amid Israel’s ongoing siege.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:UN warns Gaza families face 'catastrophic hunger' The UN’s humanitarian affairs office has warned that families in Gaza are enduring “catastrophic hunger,” with children “wasting away” and some dying before help can reach them. In a statement posted on X, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said people scouring for food are being shot at, calling the situation “unconscionable.” It...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Japan’s Sanseito party wins big with ‘Japanese First’ push and anti-immigration rhetoric.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Gaza on brink of famine as UN says Israel is starving civilians Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 07/20/2025 - 19:41 UN, MSF warn of rising infant deaths and catastrophic hunger in besieged Gaza Mohammed Hanieh, a thirteen-year-old Palestinian boy who his family says suffers from malnutrition, stands in front of a mirror at his family home in the Bureij refugee camp (AFP) Off The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa)...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Palestinian with special needs dies from malnutrition in Gaza A Palestinian with special needs has died from malnutrition in Gaza, according to a medical source at the Baptist Hospital speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic. The hospital staff said the man succumbed to prolonged hunger and lack of access to adequate care, highlighting the worsening humanitarian disaster under Israel's ongoing siege. Health officials have...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Former African Union diplomat Arikana Chihombori argues that Trump’s Africa policy is ‘a step in the right direction’.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Over 100 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn At least 104 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip since early morning, according to medical sources speaking to Al Jazeera. Among those killed were 78 people who had gathered in hopes of receiving desperately needed aid. More than 200 others were wounded in the same attacks.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Prominent Jordanian MP arrested over Facebook post criticising government Submitted by MEE correspondent on Sun, 07/20/2025 - 17:37 Jordanian MP Yanal Freihat was arrested over a Facebook post criticising the government's stance on the Muslim Brotherhood Jordanian politician Yanal Freihat was arrested and later released on bail for criticising the government (Social Media) Off Jordanian security forces arrested Yanal...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Reservoirs of the dams supplying water to Tehran are currently at their lowest level in a century.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:At least 18 people died over past day due to malnutrition in Gaza At least 18 people have died in the the past 24 hours in Gaza due to hunger, dehydration or malnutrition, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The ministry said that hospitals were receiving hundreds of cases daily of people with life-threatening hunger-related symptoms, including memory loss and acute energy deficiency, driven by Israel's...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Thousands in Morocco call for end to Gaza war and reversal of Israel normalisation Tens of thousands of Moroccans took to the streets of the capital Rabat on Sunday, protesting against Israel's war on Gaza andcalling for the reversal of the kingdom's normalisation deal with Israel. Protesters gathered in the city centre, holding Palestinian flags and placards calling for an end to the Israeli blockade on Gaza. "It's a...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:“Every party wants to appeal to younger voters..."
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Haaretz report says Israel plans to fly 16 social media influencers who support Trump's MAGA and America First drives.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Six-time MotoGP world champ continues his supreme 2025 season, becoming first Ducati rider to win five consecutive GPs.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:At least 67 killed by Israel near aid truck in Gaza At least 67Palestinianshave been killed byIsraelifire on Sunday while waiting for UN aid trucks in northern Gaza, the Palestinian health ministry said. Starving Palestinians werewaiting for humanitarian aid in al-Sudaniya, northwest of Gaza City, when Israeli forces opened fire. The total number of Palestinians killed while attempting to access humanitarian aid has...
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Hashtag gains global popularity as Israel continues to kill Palestinians seeking food and children die of malnutrition.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Representatives of the DRC and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have signed a deal in Qatar to end fighting in the eastern DRC.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:A tourist boat capsized with 48 people on board, including at least 20 children, during a sudden storm in Ha Long Bay,
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Thousands of leaflets dropped over Deir el-Balah, ordering people to move to a 'safe zone' Israel has repeatedly bombed.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:A fragile ceasefire in Syria’s mainly Druze city of Suwayda appears to be holding after a new truce announced.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:British surgeon Nick Maynard says he saw a pattern of gunshot wounds in Gazan teens near US/Israel-backed aid sites.
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Dozens of Palestinians have been killed while trying to get food from aid sites run by the notorious US-backed Gaza
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Men, women and children seen running in all directions away from Israeli soldiers attacking the desperate aid seekers.
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