Palestine warned of “grave repercussions” on Wednesday from an Israeli decision to transfer the authority over the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron to a settler council, Anadolu reports.
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Category: 3. Middle East
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UN agency sounds alarm as 1 in 10 children in Gaza now malnourished
UNRWA says one in 10 children under the age of five screened at its clinics in Gaza suffer from severe malnutrition.
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Vigil at Welsh Parliament honors over 20,000 Palestinian children killed in Gaza – Middle East Monitor
More than 100 people from across Wales are gathering Wednesday at the Welsh Parliament, known as the Senedd, to read aloud the names of over 20,000 Palestinian children killed in Gaza since the start of Israel’s…
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Israeli Druze breach Syria border, call for 'day of rage' over Suwayda clashes
The Israeli Druze leadership announced a one-day labor strike on Wednesday and called on all Israeli Druze to go to the border and cross it in order to assist their Syrian brethren in Suwayda.
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Can Donald Trump cancel his opponents’ US citizenship?
US President Donald Trump has threatened to revoke citizenship of three high-profile Americans
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Israeli prime minister appears before Tel Aviv court in his corruption trial – Middle East Monitor
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared before the Tel Aviv District Court on Wednesday to continue his testimony in his corruption trial, Anadolu reports.
The hearing briefly paused when Netanyahu’s…
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China urges peaceful talks amid ‘very sensitive’ Middle East situation – Middle East Monitor
China on Wednesday called for “peaceful negotiations” amid what it described as a “very sensitive and complicated” situation in the Middle East, Anadolu reports.
Beijing “is willing to join the international…
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Israeli army says it opened new corridor bisecting southern Gaza’s Khan Younis – Middle East Monitor
Israeli army said Wednesday it opened a new corridor bisecting Khan Younis city of the southern Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports.
The corridor, dubbed Magen Oz, stretches about 15 kilometers, separating east and west Khan…
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Lebanon's Druze mobilize in solidarity with Syria's Suwayda: What to know
Druze leaders in Lebanon are voicing their growing concerns over the deadly violence unfolding in Suwayda while members of the community are trying to cross the border into Syria.
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Across 100 kilometres, they walk where Srebrenica’s dead once ran | Genocide
On the third and final day, Dizdarevic and most of those around him could not contain their emotions as they reached Potocari, the site of the memorial to Srebrenica victims.
In the grassy valley dotted with row upon row of white marble…
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