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Minibuses carrying Palestinians wishing to return to the Gaza Strip line up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing on March 19, 2026.
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Trump's Gaza committee teeters as Israel obstructs peace process

A third of the 12-member Palestinian-led Gaza committee have submitted resignations in protest at Israel's refusal to abide by the ceasefire agreement.

The New Arab Staff
22 April, 2026
Hundreds of Syrians carry Palestinian flags as they gather at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria
Syria
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Rights groups deny fresh arrests of Palestinians in Damascus

The New Arab Staff
22 April, 2026
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PA begins work to find 11,200 missing, disappeared Palestinians

The New Arab Staff
22 April, 2026
A top view shows displaced Palestinians sheltering inside damaged buildings at the Islamic University in Gaza City on April 18, 2026
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Seven Palestinians killed as Israel continues attacks in Gaza

The New Arab Staff
22 April, 2026
popemobile [Getty]
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MENA
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Mobile clinic still barred from Gaza on Pope's death anniversary

The New Arab Staff
21 April, 2026
A view of damage after the Israeli army launched an attack on a water truck in the Bureij Camp in the central Gaza Strip on the second day of Eid al-Adha
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Israeli fire kills two Gaza water truck drivers

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 April, 2026
Rümeysa Öztürk after arriving home from ICE detention in Louisiana was released on bail yesterday by a federal judge in Vermont after being unlawfully detained for over six weeks in retaliation for an op-ed she co-wrote in the Tufts Daily, during a press conference at Logan Airport Terminal C Briefing Room on May 10, 2025.
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Pro-Palestine Tufts Uni grad targeted by Trump returns to Turkey

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 April, 2026
Displaced Palestinian children attend class inside a tent at the Mada Educational School in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip
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MENA
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More than 38,000 women, girls killed in Gaza war by end of 2025

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 April, 2026
Members of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) take part in a ceremony marking the 28th anniversary of the killing of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) founding member and commander Adem Jashari
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Kosovo approves troop contribution for Gaza force

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 April, 2026
The Israeli settlement of Neve Yaakov (foreground) in the northern area of east Jerusalem and Israel's controversial barrier separating the Palestinian neighbourhood of al-Ram (background) are pictured in the occupied West Bank on February 16, 2026.
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Renewed calls for EU sanctions on Israel amid global outrage

Matthew Hoare
17 April, 2026
Israel continues to target and kill journalists covering the war in Gaza [Getty]
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Press groups push Israeli court to expedite Gaza media access

Assiah Hamed
17 April, 2026
Israel killed two more civilians in the enclave after targeting a desalination plant [Getty]
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Israeli strikes on desalination plant in Gaza kill two

The New Arab Staff
17 April, 2026
Israeli attack kills two brothers in Gaza
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Gaza civil defence says Israeli fire kills four, including child

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 April, 2026
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The limits of Israel's quest for regional dominance

Ali Awadah
16 April, 2026
Gaza's collapsing health system pushes patients to the brink as Israeli blockade tightens
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Gaza's health system and patients pushed to the brink by Israel

Sally Ibrahim
16 April, 2026
Police cordon the entry of the Israeli Embassy during a "Protest for Jerusalem"
London
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Kuwaiti faces UK court over bid to attack Israeli embassy

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 April, 2026
Palestinians mourners carry the bodies of four people during funeral processions in Gaza City
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Gaza civil defence says toddler among 10 killed in Israeli strikes

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 April, 2026
Dozens of vessels depart from the port of Barcelona as part of an international flotilla bound for Gaza, a civil initiative aimed at delivering humanitarian aid. The mission, known as the Global Sumud Flotilla, brings together dozens of boats and thousands of participants from around the world.
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Activist flotilla heads to Gaza from Spain

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 April, 2026
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MENA
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No diapers: Gaza's infants face growing hygiene crisis

Sally Ibrahim
15 April, 2026
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Gaza's premature babies and the parents they never knew

The New Arab Staff

Ansam Al Qitaa

14 April, 2026
Israeli airstrike on police vehicle kills 4 in Gaza
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Israeli attacks kill six in Gaza, including two children

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 April, 2026