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(MENAFN) Israeli military units detained no fewer than 17 Palestinians—including two women and a minor—and destroyed a residential property in the West Bank on Wednesday, marking a continued surge in tensions across the occupied region, as...

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(MENAFN) Israeli army forces assaulted Palestinian worshippers during a Christian religious celebration Tuesday evening west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, according to multiple Palestinian sources.

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(MENAFN) A demonstration was held in central Paris on Tuesday where participants gathered to demand the release of two activists detained in connection with a Gaza-bound humanitarian mission.

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(MENAFN) Youssef Ajissa, head of the International Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza, shared accounts on Friday from activists involved in the Global Sumud Flotilla.

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(MENAFN) Israel on Sunday released and deported two members of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla — Brazilian national Thiago de Avila and Spanish-Palestinian activist Saif Abukeshek — ending a detention period that had been extended twice by...

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SLOVENIA, May 11 - Ahead of the formal Foreign Affairs Council, EU foreign affairs ministers held an informal breakfast with the foreign ministers of the six Western Balkan partners.

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(MENAFN) Israeli authorities on Sunday released and deported two members of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla following an extended period of detention.

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian advocacy group has said that Israeli prison forces conducted multiple raids on a section holding Palestinian women detainees in Damon Prison over a two-month period, citing accounts from recently released prisoners.

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(MENAFN) According to reports, the press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders has condemned the interception of a Gaza-bound activist flotilla and accused Israeli authorities of detaining journalists traveling on board during the...

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(MENAFN) Israeli prison forces carried out at least 10 raids on sections holding Palestinian women prisoners at Damon Prison during March and April, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society, as stated in reports on Sunday.

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(MENAFN) The Global Sumud Flotilla, which was en route to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza before being intercepted by Israel in the Mediterranean Sea, has arrived in the Marmaris district of Türkiye’s Muğla province for technical maintenance and...

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(MENAFN) The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, has cautioned that extremist views are gaining momentum within segments of Israeli society in the context of the ongoing war in Gaza, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) As stated by reports, Palestinian sources said that Israeli forces carried out an assault on participants in a Christian celebration on Tuesday evening in the town of al-Khader, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. A Palestinian...

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(MENAFN) Four vessels belonging to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition are currently cutting through Greek territorial waters after departing the Italian port of Syracuse last Saturday, Global Sumud Flotilla officials confirmed, as a mounting...

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(MENAFN) The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate in Gaza organized a protest on Sunday calling for stronger international safeguards for reporters and an end to what it described as systematic targeting of media workers during the ongoing conflict....

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(MENAFN) Palestinian photojournalist Saher Alghorra has been awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his coverage of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) A Gaza-bound humanitarian convoy known as the Global Sumud Flotilla said on Monday that its vessels were facing what it described as increased surveillance and possible interception attempts while sailing off the coast of Greece,...

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(MENAFN) A Palestinian photojournalist's searing documentation of human suffering in Gaza claimed journalism's most coveted honor Monday, as the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes cast a spotlight not only on extraordinary reporting — but on the increasingly...

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(MENAFN) Along the weathered waterfront of Gaza's seaport — a coastline long defined by siege and suffering — Palestinian artists have completed a sweeping mural that stands as both an act of mourning and defiance, condemning the Israeli assault...