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Gaza: Rafah crossing reopens under Israeli restrictions – The Latest
By February 3, 2026

A small number of Palestinians from Gaza have started crossing into Egypt for medical treatment after Israel allowed a limited reopening of the Rafah border crossing. It had been largely closed since Israeli troops seized it in May 2024, cutting off a …

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Will Iran and Israel go to war?
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera February 3, 2026

US special envoy Steve Witkoff is yet again in Israel to discuss growing tensions with Iran.

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‘Extensive’ fire breaks out at Tehran shopping centre
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera February 3, 2026

No injuries reported after major fire breaks out at western Tehran bazaar, sending thick smoke over the Iranian capital.

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Israel-Palestine head of Human Rights Watch quits over ‘blocked’ report
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera February 3, 2026

Omar Shakir, who has worked for the rights group for more than 10 years, says he has lost faith in the organisation.

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Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked
ByAlex Kane of Jewish Currents February 3, 2026

The organization claims the report, which finds Israel’s denial of the right of return is a crime against humanity, is ‘paused pending further analysis and research’Two Human Rights Watch (HRW) employees who make up the organization’s entire Israel and…

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Celebrations erupt during Al Jazeera live report from northern Syria
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera February 3, 2026

Cheers broke out during Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo’s report as a Syrian military convoy reached a town in northern Syria.

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Marwan Barghouti, ‘Palestine’s Mandela’, to publish book from prison
ByEmma Loffhagen February 3, 2026

Unbroken: In Pursuit of Freedom for Palestine is a collection of writings by the Palestinian political leader, who has been held in Israeli prisons since 2002A collection of writings by the imprisoned Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti will …

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Palestinians hope for more after limited Rafah crossing opening – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian February 3, 2026

A dozen Palestinian returnees were allowed into Gaza from Egypt late on Monday night after the long-awaited reopening of the Rafah border crossing was marred by delays. Their arrival came hours after a small group of medical evacuees was ferried into E…

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Epstein audio with former Israeli PM sheds new light on relationship
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera February 3, 2026

Recordings released in the Epstein files include a conversation the billionaire had with former Israeli PM Ehud Barak.

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Amnesty demands Israel drop death penalty bills ‘entrenching apartheid’
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera February 3, 2026

Amnesty International says bills would mean 'punishment is being reserved for, and weaponised against, Palestinians'.

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