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Israeli PM calls pope, who urged the leader to start negotiations, ceasefire
Detroit Catholic
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July 18, 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) ─ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned Pope Leo XIV, who urged Israel's leader to revive negotiations and enact a ceasefire. The morning call to the pope's summer residence at Castel Gandolfo July 18 came the day...
Egypt Denounces Israeli Strike on Holy Family Church in Gaza
Egyptian Streets
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July 18, 2025
Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the Israeli military’s targeting of places of worship in the Gaza Strip, following a strike on the Holy Family Church that killed three people and injured several others. In an official statement...
Making Concentration Camp Gaza Inbox
Dissident Voice
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July 18, 2025
The odious idea of a camp within a camp. The Gaza Strip, with an even greater concentration of Palestinian civilian life within an ever-shrinking stretch of territory. These are the proposals ventured by the Israeli government even as the official...
Israel-Hamas War: Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 30, here's what we know so far
DNA India
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At least 30 Palestinians have been killed since dawn in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, medical sources told Al Jazeera, as the enclave's collapsing health system struggles to cope with the rising number of wounded amid ongoing Israeli...
Man arrested in Glasgow for holding sign allegedly supportive of Palestine Action
The Guardian
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July 18, 2025
A man has been arrested in Glasgow for holding a paper sign allegedly supportive of the proscribed direct action group Palestine Action, the third arrest of its kind across the city in the past week. Police Scotland confirmed that the 64-year-old...
From Srebrenica to Gaza, ‘never again’ has lost all meaning
Il Manifesto
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July 17, 2025
We swear “never again,” yet it keeps happening — 8,372 bodies have been found in mass graves, with hundreds more reduced to fragments. This was Srebrenica: an unmanageable pocket filled up beyond belief by desperation and resistance amid the...
Israeli strikes kill at least 30 in Gaza as hospitals struggle under blockade
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 18, 2025
Gaza City [Palestine], July 18 (ANI): At least 30 Palestinians have been killed since dawn in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, medical sources told Al Jazeera, as the enclave's collapsing health system struggles to cope with the rising...
Catholic and Greek Orthodox leaders enter Gaza, express solidarity after Israeli strike on church
The Globe and Mail
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July 18, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Roman Catholic cleric in Jerusalem, is surrounded by Christians in the West Bank city of Bethlehem in 2018. Pizzaballa visited Gaza with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III on...
Canadian physician says activists on board ‘Handala’ persistent on breaking Israel’s Gaza siege
CityNews Calgary
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July 17, 2025
A Canadian doctor was part of the July 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla, a civilian maritime mission to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza. Their ship Handala departed Syracuse, Italy on July 13 and travelled to Gallipoli before heading to Gaza. In an...
GAA Palestine travels to Jordan with Irish tour cancelled
RTE Ireland
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July 18, 2025
GAA Palestine has confirmed that its players and mentors have travelled to Jordan for a summer camp, after visa denials caused the cancellation of a planned tour of Ireland. In a statement, the club said despite the "heartbreaking" decision to...
Just 27% Say Israel’s Actions in Gaza Are ‘Fully Justified’
Political Wire
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July 18, 2025
A new CNN poll finds only 23% of Americans say Israel’s actions have been fully justified, a 27-point drop from a October 2023 poll taken shortly after Hamas’ October 7 attacks. Another 27% now say those actions have been partially justified and...
Christian patriarchs make joint visit to shelled church in Gaza
The Guardian
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July 18, 2025
Israel has granted two senior Christian leaders rare access to Gaza after an Israeli strike on the Palestinian territory’s only Roman Catholic church killed three people. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Catholic Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and his...
Palestinian woman released from detention after Australian visa cancellation
SBS
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A Palestinian woman detained for over a week following the cancellation of her visa has been released overnight. Maha Almassri was taken from her home in Punchbowl in Sydney's south-west at 5am last Thursday, and initially held in Bankstown police...
What happened to Palestine’s once-vibrant nonviolent resistance?
The Federal
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July 18, 2025
The Gaza Strip lies in ruins after 15 months of continuous Israeli strikes, with nearly 55,000 lives lost since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. Amid the devastation, one crucial question has gone unanswered: What happened to Palestine’s...
'Stray' round of Israeli fire: Top Holy Land clerics visit Gaza after deadly church strike
RTL Today
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July 18, 2025
Two of the most senior Christian leaders in the Holy Land travelled to Gaza on Friday after Israeli fire killed three at the Palestinian territory's only Catholic church, provoking international condemnation. The rare visit came after Prime...
Gaza genocide: Hague Group meets in Colombia to step up pressure on Israel
Business Recorder
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July 18, 2025
KARACHI: Colombia has hosted a keynote meeting of the Hague Group this week with ministers and envoys from 30 countries working to coordinate legal and diplomatic action against Israel over its war in Gaza. The two-day summit in Bogotá involved...
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European missile group MBDA supplying parts for bombs used in Gaza airstrikes: Report
Firstpost
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July 18, 2025
MBDA, Europe’s largest missile manufacturer, is reportedly selling key components for bombs that have been used in airstrikes in Gaza, resulting in the deaths of Palestinian children and other civilians, according to an investigation by The...
Catholic, Greek Orthodox leaders enter Gaza in rare solidarity visit after Israel's church strike in Gaza
The Hindu
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July 18, 2025
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, and Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Archbishop Alexios visit the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church, in Gaza City July 18,...
Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 18 de julio: Inmigrantes indocumentados, Lula sobre Trump y ataque a iglesia en Gaza
KVIA - Texas
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July 18, 2025
Por CNN en Español Cómo es crecer con padres indocumentados en EE.UU. Lula dice que Trump “no fue elegido para ser el emperador del mundo”. Los estadounidenses quieren un tercer partido político, pero no el de Elon Musk. Esto es lo que debes saber...
Netanyahu Apologizes Over Israeli Military Raid on Catholic Church in Gaza
Tempo.co
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July 18, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed regret over the tank attack by Israel that struck the Holy Family Church in the city of Gaza on Thursday morning, July 17, 2025. The attack resulted in the deaths of three...