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Palestinian territories

The Palestinian territories comprise the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Hamas militant group, and the occupied West Bank, including east Jerusalem.

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Nuseirat after Israeli strike

Israeli bombing of Gaza school kills 16 people

At least 16 people have been killed in an Israeli bombing of a UN-run school in Nuseirat, with children among the dead.
ConflictsJuly 7, 202402:21 min
An image marked as fake and AI-generated of Mohammed Abu Selmia with outstretched arms standing in front of al-Shifa Hospital

Fact check: Fake image of al-Shifa Hospital director

One particular image of Mohammed Abu Selmia, the released head of al-Shifa Hospital, was actually AI-generated.
ConflictsJuly 5, 2024
Taken from video footage provided by Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) shows protesters with banners above the main entrance to Parliament House in Canberra

Pro-Palestinian protesters scale Australian parliament roof

The protesters climbed the roof of Australia's Parliament House in Canberra, in a serious security breach.
PoliticsJuly 4, 2024
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip walk through a street market in Khan Younis

New Israeli order forces Gazans to evacuate Khan Younis

The evacuation order affects around 250,000 Palestinians, forcing them to flee without guidance on where to find safety.
ConflictsJuly 3, 202401:51 min
Palestinian civilians with their belongings leaving the heavily damaged city of Khan Younis.

Israel strikes southern Gaza after mass evacuation order

The UN estimates around 250,000 people were affected by an evacuation order a day earlier.
ConflictsJuly 2, 2024
A man carries a bicycle as he walks next to buildings destroyed in an Israeli strike, past two large stagnant puddles of water

Gaza water shortage raises health risks

After months of bombardment, Gaza is facing a crippling water crisis affecting a growing number of displaced people.
Human RightsJuly 1, 202402:09 min
European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen and Egypt president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pictured during a diplomatic meeting in Cairo, Egypt, on March 17 2024

EU signs €1bn financing deal for Egypt at investment forum

The funding plan will help Cairo to make economic reforms, along with investments by European companies.
PoliticsJune 29, 2024
A view of a woman salvaging items from a waste dump which is expanding along a tent displacement camp

Israel's Gaza bombardment creates dangerous trash piles

Huge piles of waste are growing in the Gaza Strip, adding to the risk of disease and contamination in the enclave.
ConflictsJune 29, 202401:50 min
Police removing ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a road during a protest against military conscription

Israel brings in military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews

The Israeli Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that ultra-Orthodox Jews must also be conscripted into military service.
ReligionJune 27, 2024
Israeli security forces examine the site hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel.

Israel-Hezbollah: Rising concern 'real' war will break out

Fighting on the Israeli-Lebanese border has been ramping up. Experts worry it may spark all-out war and invasion.
ConflictsJune 26, 2024
Smoke rises from the southern Lebanese town of Khiam, southern Lebanon

Israel allies warn against Gaza war spreading to Lebanon

The US and Germany have warned against the Gaza conflict escalating into wider war. Turkey has said it supports Lebanon.
ConflictsJune 26, 2024
An older man with white hair, wearing a striped shirt, stands in the ruins of his house

Palestinian home demolitions spike in east Jerusalem

Following the October 7 attacks by Hamas, the demolition of Palestinian homes has surged in occupied east Jerusalem.
ConflictsJune 25, 202404:40 min
Israeli troops are seen amid tanks near the border with Rafah of southern Gaza Strip

Netanyahu: Intense phase of Gaza war winding down

Israel's prime minister said the "intense phase" of the war against the Islamist-militant Hamas group is "about to end."
ConflictsJune 24, 202402:20 min
Vorschaubild | Mapped Out: Why some Arab states side with Israel 

Why some Arab states side with Israel

Leaders of most Arab countries condemn Israel's war in Gaza. Yet, some Arab governments have close ties to the country.
PoliticsJune 24, 202413:46 min
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu says 'intense phase' of Rafah fighting nears end

Israel's PM says intense fighting in Rafah "is about to end" but the war will go on, with forces possibly moving north.
ConflictsJune 24, 2024
A Palestinian man is seen strapped to the hood of an Israeli military jeep during raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on June 22, 2024

Israeli military straps man to jeep during West Bank arrest

The IDF said an incident, involving a Palestinian man tied to a moving military jeep, was a "violation" of its rules.
ConflictsJune 23, 2024
People look for salvageable items following Israeli bombardment

After Israeli strikes, rescuers seek survivors under rubble

Health officials in Gaza have said at least 39 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City.
ConflictsJune 23, 202401:47 min
Bombed-out buildings, rubble and a massive, smoldering hole near the Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City

Israel-Hamas war: Dozens killed in strikes in Gaza City

Gaza officials say at least 39 people were killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza City. Israel says it struck Hamas sites.
ConflictsJune 23, 2024
Israeli soldiers and tanks seen in the dust outside Rafah, Gaza

25 killed in strikes on camp near Rafah, Gaza ministry says

Officials in Gaza said Israeli shelling killed people in a tent camp. Israel said it was reviewing the situation.
ConflictsJune 22, 2024
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a speech via a screen at a memorial ceremony for a senior field commander in a Beirut suburb

Neutral Cyprus rattled by Hezbollah threat

Cyprus is afraid of getting dragged into the conflict between Israel and Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah.
ConflictsJune 21, 2024
Despite tens of thousands of casualties in Gaza, Hamas is still around after months of war.

How much danger does Hamas still pose to Israel?

Despite tens of thousands of casualties in Gaza, Hamas is still around after months of war.
ConflictsJune 21, 202401:58 min
A group of people sit together during a panel discussion at the Global Media Forum in Bonn

Middle East reporting: upholding objectivity and compassion

Journalists at GMF discuss bias, choice of words and the challenges they face covering the Israel-Hamas war.
Press FreedomJune 19, 202455:00 min
People wander past the rubble of a bombed out building in central Gaza on June 9, 2024

Number of civilians killed in wars soars in 2023 — UN report

"The proportion of women killed in 2023 doubled and that of children tripled," said UN Human Rights boss Volker Turk.
ConflictsJune 18, 2024
A protester at Berlin's Freie Universität arguing with the police

Gaza protest response: Germany faces free speech dilemma

Academics are calling for the resignation of Germany's education minister over her response to pro-Palestinian protests.
CultureJune 18, 2024
A man stands in the doorway of a bombed-out building looking out at destroyed apartments in Gaza

Palestinians in Gaza search for missing family members

Thousands of missing Palestinians are believed to be buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings.
PoliticsJune 17, 2024
South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma, leader of the uMkhonto we Sizwe party, addresses members of the media.

AfricaLink News: 17 June 2024

South Africa's former President Zuma's MK party to join opposition +++ Israel's premier Netanyahu dissolves war cabinet
PoliticsJune 17, 202403:05 min
Palestinians gather to perform Eid al-Adha prayer among the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli forces

Gaza: Palestinians celebrate somber Eid amid new casualties

An Israeli strike on a refugee camp has claimed several lives. It came amid Eid preparations and a pause in fighting.
ConflictsJune 17, 202402:24 min
Sabine Döring at a federal press conference

German education chief sacked over Gaza protest response

The top civil servant in Germany's education ministry has been fired in a dispute over academic freedom.
PoliticsJune 17, 2024
An Israeli tank and an army tractor move near the border with the Gaza Strip

Israel announces daily Gaza 'pause' for aid deliveries

UN agencies and aid groups have repeatedly sounded the alarm, citing dire food shortages and other essentials in Gaza.
ConflictsJune 16, 202402:08 min
Muslim worshippers touch the southern corner of the Kaaba

Gaza war stops Palestinian Muslims from joining Hajj

This year, over one-and-half million Muslims are gathering in Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage.
ReligionJune 14, 202401:45 min
Moshe Zimmermann at a podium

Gaza: UN resolution is a 'step along the way'

Israeli historian Moshe Zimmermann says the UN Security Council vote for a cease-fire in Gaza is progress toward peace.
ConflictsJune 12, 2024
A view of the heavily enforced border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip

Tensions grow after Israel seizes Gaza-Egypt corridor

The move by Israel has raised tensions and is threatening to undo decades of diplomacy.
ConflictsJune 10, 202402:32 min
Benny Gantz

Benny Gantz quits Israel's war Cabinet

Benny Gantz said he was leaving the emergency government because of differences in opinion over the future of Gaza.
PoliticsJune 9, 2024
A person is embraced by two other people

Israeli military rescues hostages held by Hamas

The Israeli military says one woman and three men were freed during an IDF operation in central Gaza.
ConflictsJune 8, 202402:52 min
Relatives of released hostages arrive at Tel Hashomer (Sheba) hospital.

Israeli forces rescue four hostages from Gaza

The Israeli military said four hostages were rescued in the largest hostage rescue since the Gaza war began.
ConflictsJune 8, 2024
Children stand near a crater caused by Israeli bombardment in a street in Rafah

UN puts Israel, Hamas on blacklist for harming children

Israel has condemned a UN decision to include its army on the list of organizations harming children in conflict zones.
ConflictsJune 8, 202402:48 min
A group of protesters waving an Israeli flag

Families pressure Israel amid last chance for Hamas deal

Both Israel and Hamas have yet to agree to a new cease-fire proposal. Relatives of the hostages fear the worst.
PoliticsJune 7, 2024
An Israeli soldier on top a tank on the border with the Gaza Strip

What could a Middle East two-state solution look like?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under increasing pressure to lay out a postwar plan for Gaza.
ConflictsJune 7, 202403:04 min
View of a United Nations employee in a blue t-shirt inspecting the rubble inside a destroyed building

Dozens killed in Israeli attack on UN-run school

At least 37 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza.
ConflictsJune 6, 202401:58 min
DW Sendung To The Point | TTPE Totale

War in Gaza: Israel ever more isolated?

Will a new plan to halt the Gaza war deliver a ceasefire?
ConflictsJune 6, 202426:04 min
Shepherd faces DW's camera as his sheep and various hills are seen the background

How Israel is displacing Palestinians in West Bank

While the world has focused on Gaza, dozens of Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank are being displaced.
Human RightsJune 5, 202405:06 min
Protesters in Israel hold banners and demand negotiations on a ceasefire to rescue hostages from the Gaza Strip.

Israel: Families urge truce deal to save Gaza hostages

Israeli anger at PM Netanyahu mounts as Israel's war in Gaza continues despite the deaths of hostages taken by Hamas.
ConflictsJune 5, 202403:22 min
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel-Hamas war: US truce plan puts Netanyahu on the spot

The Israeli PM faces intense domestic pressure over a cease-fire proposal put forward by US President Joe Biden.
ConflictsJune 3, 202401:41 min
Children walk with bags of objects found in garbage piled up near tents set up by displaced Palestinians in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 18, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

Mediators urge Israel and Hamas to accept new cease-fire bid

US officials say they believe Israel will agree if Hamas does, but doing so could destabliize Netanyahu's coalition.
ConflictsJune 2, 2024
Children in Gaza

UN, WHO warn: Children in Gaza are starving

Far too little aid is reaching Gaza to supply its population with food, the UN and the WHO say.
June 1, 202402:25 min
Tents burning in a fire in Rafah in Gaza

'All eyes on Rafah:' Millions of Instagram users share post

After a deadly IDF strike on a tent camp in Gaza, an AI-generated image has become Instagram's top trend.
PoliticsMay 31, 2024
International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague

ICC faces 'unprecedented range' of attempts to influence

Even before the recent allegations, the International Criminal Court had to deal with pressure and espionage.
ConflictsMay 31, 2024
DW Fact checking False Palestinian TV show 'Nazeef al Torab (Bleeding Dirt)

Fact check: Misinformation on Rafah offensive

Since the start of Israel's Rafah offensive, videos and photos have been spreading online, making false claims.
PoliticsMay 31, 2024
Human rights organization ECCHR is suing the German government to stop its weapons of war exports to Israel.

Berlin 'violating' arms trade obligation: German lawyer

Human rights organization ECCHR is suing the German government to stop its weapons of war exports to Israel.
ConflictsMay 30, 202411:00 min
Israel's military says it has taken full control of a buffer zone between Gaza and Egypt.

Israel declares 'full control' of Gaza-Egypt border

Israel's military says it has taken full control of a buffer zone between Gaza and Egypt.
ConflictsMay 30, 202402:32 min