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Israeli rockets kill 12 healthcare workers in southern Lebanon
ByWilliam Christou in Beirut March 14, 2026

The facility was attacked on Friday night, bringing the toll of medical staff to 31 killed in past 12 daysIsrael killed 12 medical workers in a strike on a medical centre in south Lebanon on Friday night, bringing the toll of healthcare staff killed in…

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Mounting rubbish in Gaza brings health risks to residents – video report
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian March 11, 2026

Palestinians across the Gaza Strip fear for their health as piles of rubbish mixed with dirt and debris accumulate in the streets. Areas once filled with bustling markets are now covered with litter and there are limited resources to clear the waste Co…

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Israeli court blocks life-saving cancer care for boy, 5, due to his Gaza address
ByLorenzo Tondo February 10, 2026

Palestinian boy has been in the West Bank since 2022 but is still registered as a resident in the strip where ban appliesAn Israeli court has rejected an appeal to allow a five-year-old Palestinian boy with an aggressive form of cancer to enter Israel …

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Ex-British army chief calls on ministers to back MDMA-assisted therapy for veterans
ByDan Sabbagh Defence and security editor February 1, 2026

Nick Carter says easing controls on MDMA will allow drug to be used as alternative treatment for those with PTSDA former head of the British military is calling for the government to ease restrictions on the party drug MDMA so that it can be tested mor…

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‘I wish I had the power to ease his suffering’: Gaza’s cancer patients trapped by war and blockade
ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem, Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Sufian Taha in Nablus January 24, 2026

Thousands of Palestinian cancer patients are living without treatment as they await medical evacuationWhen the Gaza war began, Ismail Abu Naji was just 18 months old, his small body covered in swollen, bleeding lesions. Months earlier, doctors had diag…

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Families washed out of tents as flood waters course through Gaza
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem December 12, 2025

Gaza has been hit by heavy rains and low temperatures, deepening the misery of most of its 2.2 million population who are living in tents after two years of Israeli bombardment. Thousands of homeless people have been washed out of their makeshift shelt…

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NHS doctor suspended over alleged antisemitic social media posts
ByRachel Hall November 27, 2025

Rahmeh Aladwan barred from practising for 15 months pending inquiry amid claims she ‘celebrated terrorist acts’An NHS doctor accused of antisemitism has been suspended for 15 months pending an investigation, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (…

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‘I have searched and searched for help’: the Sudanese women left alone to live hand to mouth in Chad’s desert camps
ByKaamil Ahmed in Metche October 8, 2025

As the war in Sudan pushes more people across the border, malnutrition is on the rise in Chad’s remote settlements where 86% of the refugees are women and childrenFor hours, jolting along the waterlogged dirt track to the hospital, 18-year-old Makka Ib…

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‘I have searched and searched for help’: the Sudanese women left alone to live hand to mouth in Chad’s desert camps
ByKaamil Ahmed in Metche October 8, 2025

As the war in Sudan pushes more people across the border, malnutrition is on the rise in Chad’s remote settlements where 86% of the refugees are women and childrenFor hours, jolting along the waterlogged dirt track to the hospital, 18-year-old Makka Ib…

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Death by aid cuts: how a decision in the US led to the loss of a mother in Yemen
By September 23, 2025

While the Trump administration claims no one will die over the axing of its overseas development budgets, aid agencies say the action will cost at least 3 million lives. Fatima and her baby were among the firstWhen she woke on that Sunday morning, Fati…

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