Palestinians

Mass wedding brings hope amid destruction in Gaza

The collective ceremony, accompanied by traditional music and dances, drew hundreds of spectators to a city square

“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

Britain’s decision carried particular symbolic weight given its major role in Israel’s creation

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

The draft plan outlines two phases: an early recovery phase and a reconstruction phase

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

PRESIDENT Donald Trump said Palestinians would have no right of return to Gaza under his US takeover plan, describing his proposal in excerpts of an interview released on Monday (Feb 10) as a “real es...

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

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump said on Thursday (Feb 6) that Israel would hand over Gaza to the US after fighting was over and the enclave’s population was already resettled elsewhere, which he said meant ...

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’

The shock move was swiftly condemned by international powers, with Saudi Arabia rejecting the plan outright

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

Widespread shortages and months of grinding war have generated a trade in old clothing, much of it salvaged from the homes of people who have died in the conflict

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

The World Health Organization in Gaza said on Tuesday (Sep 3) that it is ahead of its targets for polio vaccinations in Gaza on day three of the mass campaign.