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  Hamas denounces Israeli strikes as breach of Gaza ceasefire
2025-10-29T15:40:00+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Gaza Hamas on Wednesday accused Israel of deliberately undermining the US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, describing the latest airstrikes as a “treacherous escalation” aimed at...
 
    
  Israel's military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from Gaza strikes rises
Israel’s military said Wednesday that the ceasefire was back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 104 people, including 66 women and children, according to local health officials....
 
    
  Israel will keep killing Palestinians, ceasefire or no, unless it faces consequences
“NOTHING is going to jeopardise” the ceasefire in Gaza, says US President Donald Trump. Western politicians’ language when addressing the Israel-Palestine “conflict” — a conflict provoked entirely by Israel’s illegal and murderous occupation and...
 
    
  Israeli settlers launch attacks in Ramallah as IOF arrest 18
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles in Deir Nidham and attempted to storm Burqa, as settler violence continues across the West Bank. Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles and attempted to storm villages near Ramallah on...
 
    
  Israel kills over 100 in Gaza air strikes before declaring ceasefire ‘back on’
ISRAEL announced the Gaza ceasefire was back today after its military had killed 104 people, including 46 children, in heavy air strikes last night. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the strikes, the deadliest since the...
 
    
  Gaza Without Education for Third Year... Highest Price of War
Gaza Without Education for Third Year... Highest Price of War Sana'a - Saba: International organizations have warned of the danger of the Gaza Strip remaining without education for the third year, considering it a threat to an entire generation,...
 
    
  Israel insists Gaza ceasefire has resumed after latest strikes kill at least 104
The strikes, the deadliest since the ceasefire began on October 10, marked the most serious challenge to the tenuous truce to date. The bombardment pointed to Israel’s readiness to strike hard at what it says are Hamas violations of the ceasefire...
 
    
  Israel declares renewed Gaza truce after deadly air raids
Israel on Wednesday declared renewed enforcement of the Gaza ceasefire just hours after airstrikes killed 91 Palestinians, including 24 children, in retaliation for the killing of an Israeli soldier. The IDF said it targeted Hamas operatives and...
 
    
  Xi tells Trump it’s ‘normal’ for world’s top economies to clash but calls for partnership
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 — China and the United States (US) should be partners and friends, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his meeting with his counterpart Donald Trump at the Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea, while stating that it is...
Israel's latest strikes highlight a difficult truth about the Gaza ceasefire
Almost three weeks since the Gaza ceasefire came into effect, something of a deadly routine has developed. Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaching the truce. Israel launches strikes. Dozens of Palestinians are killed. The Trump...
 
    
  Open Forum: The mess that is the Israel-Gaza war
There will be no peace in Israel and Gaza in the near future. Release of 20 living Israeli hostages in trade for 2,000 Palestinian prisoners is not a step forward — 100 Palestinians for every 1 Israeli. It’s absurd to think that Hamas will lay...
 
    
  Autistic Arab Israeli teen arrested in West Bank, held in harsh conditions – lawyer
A 14-year-old Arab Israeli boy with autism who was arrested in the West Bank earlier this month has been held in harsh prison conditions for nearly two weeks and subjected to beatings by guards and inmates, his lawyer said Wednesday. The detainee,...
 
    
  Why Gaza proves the world still flinches when genocide and geopolitics collide
Jonathan Lessware LONDON: In 1994, a month into the massacre of 800,000 people in Rwanda — the fastest killing of humans in the 20th century — a US defense official raised a concern about the language to be used about the slaughter. “Be careful …...
 
    
  
 
    
  Gaza death toll rises to over 68,600; recent Israeli strikes horrific, says UN
Palestinians mourn the death of loved ones killed in overnight Israeli strikes at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 29, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP) Geneva: The United Nations on Wednesday described the recent Israeli...
 
    
  Video: Families living on Gaza beach have nowhere to go
The Electronic Intifada 29 October 2025 As a precarious ceasefire began to take hold in the Gaza Strip this month, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians remained displaced after Israel decimated homes and entire neighborhoods. This video features...
 
    
  I raised Gaza issue with Trump in all our meetings during Asean Summit, says Anwar
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has been consistent in calling for a comprehensive peace solution for Gaza in every meeting with US President Donald Trump during the latter’s visit at the 47th Asean Summit, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister...
 
    
  Gaza rescuers struggle to save trapped Palestinians amid renewed Israeli strikes: Gaza official
The spokesperson for Gaza’s Civil Defense agency, Mahmoud Basal said rescuers are struggling to save the wounded and recover the dead bodies trapped under the concrete debris left by Israel’s renewed deadly strikes on the besieged strip. “The...
Israel bans Red Cross visits to detained Palestinian combatants
JERUSALEM (AFP) : Israel has banned the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from visiting Palestinian prisoners detained under a law targeting “unlawful combatants,” the country’s defense minister said on Wednesday. “The opinions...
 
    
  Shocked that Gen Z Believes in Political Violence? I’m Not
The younger generation is more tolerant than ever of political violence. I'm not shocked because I witnessed how students react to political differences on college campuses. It's not about Left and Right—it's about losing the fundamental idea that...