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Jul 25 13 tweets 7 min read
Israeli forces are targeting "everything that moves" in Khan Younis, with medical teams under quadcopter attack while rescuing the wounded.

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Image As of July 22, 83% of the Gaza Strip has been placed under evacuation orders or designated as "no-go zones" by the Israeli military.

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Jun 25 23 tweets 12 min read
Save the Children reports that thousands of missing Palestinian children are trapped under rubble, buried in unmarked graves, harmed by explosives, detained by Israeli forces, or lost in the chaos of the war on Gaza.

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Image Israel’s top court has ordered the government to provide information about conditions inside the military facility Sde Teiman, where Palestinians from Gaza are detained.

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Jun 12 11 tweets 6 min read
Deadly Israeli air attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip, with northern Gaza City experiencing several deadly strikes over the past 24 hours.

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Image The Israeli military has bombed a house in Rafah City in southern Gaza, killing a child, reports the Wafa news agency.

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Jun 8 7 tweets 5 min read
The UN is adding Israel to its 'blacklist' of countries that have committed abuses against children in armed conflict, as more than 15,500 Palestinian children have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7.

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Image An Israeli air attack on a home in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in northern Gaza has killed at least four Palestinians and injured 14 more, the Wafa news agency reports.

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Jun 2 11 tweets 6 min read
Qatar, Egypt and the US urge Israel and Hamas to conclude a ceasefire agreement that embodies the principles outlined by US President Biden, amid Israel's continuing bombardment of besieged Gaza.

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Image Alexandra Saieh, head of humanitarian policy and advocacy at Save the Children, has told Al Jazeera that “Gaza is witnessing the worst levels of malnutrition, of child malnutrition especially, worldwide right now.”

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May 28 7 tweets 4 min read
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On May 29, South Africans will head to the polls to vote in national and provincial elections to elect a new National Assembly, which will choose the president for the next 5 years.

Here’s a guide to the elections and major political parties ⤵️ Image South Africa follows a proportional voting system where parties and candidates compete for 400 seats in the National Assembly.

For the first time, independent candidates will compete in the elections with voters given three ballots instead of two.

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May 25 6 tweets 3 min read
Israel calls the ICJ binding order to immediately stop its attack on Rafah “outrageous, morally repugnant and disgusting” as it continues its war and bombardment of Gaza.

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Image The Elders group of world leaders has said “no country is above the law” and Israel’s “unlawful approach” to its war on Gaza cannot continue following the ICJ’s order to halt attacks on Rafah.

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May 24 18 tweets 9 min read
Israel faces global criticism over the mounting death toll and devastating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, with more than 900,000 Palestinians forcibly displaced in two weeks and now lacking shelter, food, water and medicine.

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Image The Israeli military has bombed an apartment complex in Gaza City, killing at least 10 Palestinians, reports Palestinian news agency Wafa.

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May 15 10 tweets 5 min read
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Every year on May 15, Palestinians mark the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 by Zionist militias.

From what resources Palestinians can use to where they can travel, we guide you through life under Israeli occupation.

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Image 🔹 Land and natural resources

There’s a physical separation between Palestinians living in Gaza and those in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Israel bars any movement between these areas.

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May 9 7 tweets 4 min read
The UN says Israel’s continued closure of the Rafah border crossing is 'choking off the entry of life-saving aid into Gaza.'

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Image The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that the Israeli defence establishment believes the recent hold-up of US arms shipments would not affect the war on Gaza but could affect military preparedness on other fronts.

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Apr 9 7 tweets 4 min read
Israeli PM Netanyahu says a date has been set for a ground offensive in Gaza's Rafah, where 1.4 million forcibly displaced Palestinians are sheltering.

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Image Israeli warplanes have bombed a council building in central Gaza’s Maghazi camp, killing several Palestinians, including the mayor of the municipality, reports the government’s media office.

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Apr 7 8 tweets 5 min read
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It has been 6️⃣ months since Israel launched its brutal war on the besieged Gaza Strip on October 7, which has seen tens of thousands of Palestinians killed.

We take a look at the toll Israeli attacks have taken on the enclave and Palestinian life ⤵️ Image More than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel started its war on Gaza on October 7, according to the besieged enclave’s health ministry.

Thousands more are missing under the rubble and are presumed dead.

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Apr 6 8 tweets 4 min read
Israel continues to pound Gaza, despite the UN Human Rights Council adopting a resolution calling for Israel to be held accountable for possible war crimes committed in the besieged enclave.

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Image Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has joined dozens of congressional Democrats in signing a letter to President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken, urging a halt to weapons transfers to Israel.

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Apr 3 8 tweets 5 min read
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During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims break their fast with a meal known as iftar.

With rising food prices affecting many households, we explore the cost of a traditional iftar meal around the world.

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Image As iftar time nears in Pakistan, excitement fills the air for dahi baray, fruit chaat, jalebi and a refreshing rose drink.

Today, a single serving cost of this meal would be 172 rupees ($0.6), up 18% from 2023 due to high inflation.

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Mar 31 4 tweets 3 min read
Israel continues its deadly bombardment of the Gaza Strip as hundreds of Palestinian patients, war-displaced and healthcare staff are killed in Israeli attacks during a 13-day siege of al-Shifa Hospital.

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Image Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel has called on the international community to take action to end the “genocide” in Gaza where Israeli attacks have killed more than 32,000 Palestinians since October 7.

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Mar 30 6 tweets 4 min read
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Today marks Palestine Land Day, also known as Yom al-Ard. Every year on March 30, Palestinians hold protests and plant olive trees to reaffirm their connection to their land.

We look at the significance of Land Day in Palestinian history.

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Image On March 30, 1976, Israeli forces shot and killed 6 unarmed Palestinians and wounded over 100 others as they were protesting against Israel's confiscation of Palestinian land.

Since then, that day has become known as Land Day.

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Mar 26 4 tweets 2 min read
The British High Court in London is set to rule on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can mount a final appeal to challenge his extradition from the UK to the US.

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Image Prosecutors in the US are seeking to put Assange on trial on charges of espionage relating to WikiLeaks’s release of classified documents relating to the US-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Mar 26 5 tweets 3 min read
The UNSC passes its first-ever resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during Ramadan amidst intensifying Israeli attacks.

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Image Israeli forces have bombed a house in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza, killing at least 15 Palestinians and injuring more.

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Mar 24 16 tweets 9 min read
Israel continues its deadly bombardment of the besieged Gaza as Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA chief, says Israel has denied access to all of the UN agency’s food convoys this week.

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Image Israeli forces have launched “violent” ground and air attacks on Khan Younis and bombed homes in Rafah and Deir el-Balah, killing at least 14 Palestinians, according to media reports.

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Mar 14 5 tweets 3 min read
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Every March 14, math lovers around the world celebrate Pi Day to remind everyone of the beauty of mathematics and its impact on shaping our world.

But what exactly is pi, and why do we commemorate it today?

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Did you know Pi represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter?

Although the concept of Pi has been around for thousands of years, it was officially symbolised by the Greek letter π in the early 1700s.

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Mar 13 28 tweets 15 min read
PM Netanyahu has said Israel “will finish the job in Rafah”, reaffirming a ground operation will go ahead in the southern Gaza city.

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Image Israeli forces have stormed the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, destroying infrastructure and clashing with Palestinian fighters, reports the Wafa news agency.

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