Exclusive interview with Finnish-Kurdish Global Sumud Flotilla participant Renaz Ebrahimi

"Our histories are very similar: we should know what genocide looks like," Renaz Ebrahimi, who was detained by Israel for her participation in a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, told The New Region, stressing the similarities between the Kurdish and Palestinian causes.

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Iran condemns Israel’s ‘atrocious crimes’ as highlighted in ICJ advisory

Israel has severely limited the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip since March, and continues to do so despite the recent ceasefire agreement with Hamas in place.

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Gaza stabilization force must be composed of countries US, Israel 'comfortable' with: Rubio

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed optimism at the prospect of soon forming an international stabilization force to secure the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces withdraw in keeping with a US-backed peace plan.

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Iraq condemns Israeli parliament’s West Bank annexation bill

The Israeli parliament’s decision was opposed by the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and all but one of his National Liberal Movement (Likud) party lawmakers boycotted the vote, which led to the one decisive vote in favor of the bill, Israeli media reported.

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World Court says Israel must ease humanitarian aid into Gaza

At least 460 people, including 154 children, have died in the Strip due to starvation and malnutrition, according to the Gaza health ministry. The ministry also reports that over 50,000 children under the age of five are suffering with severe malnutrition.

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US Envoys Witkoff, Kushner meet Netanyahu

Both Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner denied that Israel has committed a genocide in the Gaza Strip, despite the latter commenting that it looked like "a nuclear bomb went off" in the Palestinian territory.

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Hamas says Israel 'executed' Palestinian prisoners amid ceasefire breaches

The Palestinian militant group's claims come as Israel launched multiple airstrikes on targets across the Gaza Strip, with both sides accusing one another of breaching a recently-signed ceasefire.

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Israel to reopen Rafah border crossing: Public broadcaster

“Six hundred trucks of humanitarian aid will be dispatched to the Gaza Strip by the UN, approved humanitarian organizations, the private sector, and donor countries,” Israeli public broadcaster KAN said.

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Iran urges accountability for US over ‘complicity’ in Gaza

Tens of billions of US dollars have been funneled into Israel’s military by the US since the breakout of the Gaza war in October 2023

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