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Hundreds of Gaza children join a mass swimming lesson to cope with trauma

Middle East

102 senior diplomats urge West Bank action against Israeli 'ethnic cleansing'

Middle East

102 UK, French ex-ambassadors accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing in open letter

Middle East

102 former French and British ambassadors accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing

Middle East

Turkey seeks arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu, fueling tensions

Turkey accuses Netanyahu of 'genocide', Israeli PM calls Erdogan 'antisemitic dictator'

Palestinian American challenges Israeli army outside his home in the West Bank

Middle East

More and more Christian families pressured to leave the West Bank by Israeli settlers

On the ground
Middle East

In Jerusalem, US negotiator Jared Kushner presses Netanyahu about Gaza deal

Middle East

'She was haemorrhaging': In the West Bank, the checkpoint ordeal for pregnant women

On the ground
Middle East

Netanyahu pushes back against Gaza deal, saying will not withdraw from enclave

Middle East

'Incredibly dire': Nine months into Gaza ceasefire, conditions 'should have improved by now'

Middle East

'No Israeli security without Palestinian freedom; no Palestinian freedom without Israeli security'

Middle East

The Fatah party elects new central committee for the first time in 10 years

Middle East

France: French former prisoners in Iran describe detention conditions

France

From Evin Prison to a dash through wartime Iran: How French couple’s four-year ordeal ended

Analysis
Europe

French pair says not 'broken' after ordeal in Iranian prison

Europe

'Free and on ​their ‌way ⁠to France': Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris released by Iran, says Macron

France

Gaza hit by strongest sandstorm in over five years

Middle East

Former hostage Louis Arnaud discusses life in Evin prison – and his fears for Iran’s future

Interview
France

Israel expanding 'de facto permanent apartheid' to carry out total Palestinian 'takeover'

Middle East

Israeli occupation 'no longer temporary, it is a permanent occupation'

Middle East

Gaza residents reunite with there families after crossing Rafah checkpoint

Middle East

Gaza's Rafah crossing to partially reopen after years of near-complete closure

Middle East

How could the reopening of Gaza's Rafah crossing change the humanitarian situation?

Middle East

Gaza's Rafah border crossing to remain closed to humanitarian aid but to reopen for pedestrians

Middle East

Gaza: What to expect from the reopening of Rafah crossing by Israel?

Middle East

Gaza border crossing due to reopen after years of near-complete closure

Middle East

Israel announces limited Rafah crossing reopening after hostage recovery

Middle East

Israel retrieves remains of last Gaza hostage, Netanyahu says

Middle East

Israel to allow 'limited reopening' of Gaza's Rafah crossing

Middle East

Israel launches large-scale Gaza operation to find last hostage

Middle East

Netanyahu says the announced start of Gaza ceasefire's next phase is a 'declarative move'

Middle East

Gazans sceptical of phase 2 of truce as strikes continue

Middle East

US says Gaza truce enters phase two, after forming Palestinian committee

Middle East

Iranian on trial in France in case that could help release of French hostages

France

Israel bans 37 aid groups from Gaza, where the humanitarian situation remains dire

Middle East

'Shivering from cold and fear': Winter rains flood Gaza camps

Middle East

Gaza: Some Palestinians turn to art to process war trauma

Middle East

Israel says will bar several NGOs from Gaza, FRANCE 24 speaks to MSF

Middle East

Christmas festivities slowly return to West Bank holy city of Bethlehem

Middle East
A propos

Syrian president Sharaa fostered 'genocidal culture' against minorities, former hostage says

Middle East

Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas expected to begin Gaza ceasefire's second phase soon

Middle East

Gaza mediators Qatar and Egypt call for next steps of the truce

Middle East

Israeli-backed Palestinian militia leader killed while trying to resolve family dispute

Middle East

Israel identifies remains of latest returned hostage as Thai national

Middle East

Israeli forensics find Gaza remains handed over by Hamas do not match remaining hostages

Middle East

Mekelberg: Netanyahu's pardon request threatens judicial independence & Israel as liberal democracy

Middle East

Netanyahu government relies solely on force, with no clear strategy or diplomatic vision

Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon kills 13 people

Middle East

'We have to work together to build trust, achieve peace for two states'

Middle East

Gunmen kidnap 25 girls in deadly attack on Nigerian high school

Africa

First major rains pummel Gaza and flood tents of displaced Palestinians

Middle East

Donald Trump's Gaza plan arrives at the UN Security Council

Middle East

Gazan schools reopens as struggling psychologically after the war

Middle East

South Africa to probe mystery of a plane that arrived with more than 150 Palestinians from Gaza

Africa

Israel receives body of one of the last four hostages held in Gaza

Middle East

Israel identifies returned remains as Israel-Argentine hostage killed at start of war

Middle East

Gaza ceasefire: 'Instead of just ceasing the war, we need to cease the conflict'

Middle East

Hamas hands over remains of a deceased hostage to Red Cross in Gaza

Middle East

Israel confirms remains handed over by Hamas belong to three hostages

Middle East

Israel says latest remains returned from Gaza are not bodies of hostages

Middle East

Israel returns remains of 30 Palestinians to Gaza as part of exchange deal

Middle East

Israel receives remains of two deceased hostages from Red Cross

Middle East

Israeli planes strike Gaza City after Netanyahu orders 'powerful attacks'

Middle East

Israel launches air strikes on Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire

Middle East

Hamas returns partial hostage remains, Israel slams breach of truce

Middle East

Red Cross, Egyptian teams join search for dead hostages in Gaza

Middle East

No pillar of stability: 'Every single child in Gaza is suffering from severe, deep & intense trauma'

Middle East

'Israel turned detention facilities into torture camps where people are being held without charges'

US envoys visit Israel to bolster truce as Gaza militants hand over hostage's remains

Middle East

Gaza stabilisation force requires a 'political horizon for the manifestation of a Palestinian state'

Middle East