Palestinians

Singapore invited to join Trump’s Board of Peace, is assessing invitation: MFA

The board is to oversee the work of a group of Palestinian technocrats charged with administering public services in Gaza.

Billion-dollar membership fee: What to know about Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza

54 couples tied the knot in a mass wedding ceremony in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza – a defiant celebration of life amid the wreckage of war.

Mass wedding brings hope amid destruction in Gaza

“Today, to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis, and a two-state solution, the United Kingdom formally recognises the State of Palestine,” says Prime Minister Keir Starmer.(top)

Britain, Australia and Canada recognise Palestinian state

The early recovery phase, expected to last six months and cost US$3 billion, would focus on “removing mines and unexploded ordnance, clearing debris and providing temporary housing”.

Egypt proposes US$53 billion Gaza reconstruction plan

US President Donald Trump said that “I would own it” and that there could be as many as six different sites for Palestinians to live outside Gaza.

Trump: no right of return for Palestinians under Gaza plan

US President Donald Trump unexpected announcement on Wednesday, which sparked anger around the Middle East, came as Israel and Hamas were expected to begin talks in Doha on the second stage of a ceasefire deal for Gaza.

Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting, no US troops needed

A UN damage assessment released in January showed that clearing over 50 million tonnes of rubble left in Gaza after the war could take 21 years and cost up to US$1.2 billion.

Trump vows to take over Gaza and create ‘Riviera of the Middle East’

Palestinian Moein Abu Odeh searches for clothes through the rubble of a house destroyed in the Israeli military offensive, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Desperate for cash, Gazans sell clothes plucked from rubble

A nurse administers polio vaccine drops to a Palestinian child at a UN school in  central Gaza Strip. The WHO says it has vaccinated over 161,000 children under 10 in the central area in the first two days of its campaign, versus a projected 150,000.

WHO surpasses polio vaccination targets in Gaza children