Gaza aid flotilla says vessels intercepted by Israeli forces near Greece

The official Flotilla Instagram account issued an update saying that the boarding crew pointed "lasers and semi-automatic assault weapons" at occupants and ordered them to get on their hands and knees.

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Muslim nations denounce controversial Israeli death penalty law

"The rule is death, life imprisonment is the exception," Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir declared after the legislation's approval.

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Iraq expresses regret to Arab diplomats over failure to support UN maritime submission

Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations Mohammed Hussein Bahr al-Uloom met with the ambassadors of Egypt, Palestine, and Jordan to discuss the controversial maritime issues.

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France demands UN Palestine rapporteur resign over anti-Israel comments

“The fact that instead of stopping Israel, most of the world has armed and given Israel political excuses, political sheltering, [and] economic and financial support,” said UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese. “We who do not control large amounts of financial capital, algorithms, and weapons, we now see that we as a humanity have a common enemy.”

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Israel announces ‘limited’ reopening of Gaza's key Rafah border crossing

Israeli seized control of the Rafah border crossing in May 2024 and prevented humanitarian access to the devastated Gaza Strip.

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Trump launches phase two of Gaza peace plan amid Israeli strikes

US President Donald Trump announced Phase Two of his Gaza peace plan, focused on demilitarization and technocratic governance, as Israeli strikes killed at least 16 people.

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UNRWA says Israeli army deployed across more than half of Gaza

"In these areas, access to humanitarian facilities and assets, including UNRWA’s, as well as to public infrastructure and agricultural land remains severely restricted or prohibited," said the UN agency.

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Arab, Muslim nations voice concern over deteriorating Gaza humanitarian situation

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Qatar, and Egypt, expressed their "deepest concern regarding the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, which has been exacerbated by severe, harsh, and unstable weather conditions."

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UN says famine ‘pushed back’ in Gaza, but hunger risk remains critical

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that roughly 75 percent of the Gaza Strip's population "are projected to face extreme levels of acute food insecurity and critical malnutrition risks."

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