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‘Gateway to hell’: young reporter’s harrowing two years in besieged Gaza
ByMalak A Tantesh in Gaza October 11, 2025

Malak A Tantesh’s grim experience of living with perpetual fear and uncertainty amid Israel’s war after 2023 Hamas attackIt is six o’clock in the morning on Saturday 7 October 2023. Half awake, I call out in a hoarse voice to my two sisters who are sle…

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‘I deserve to heal’: freed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah on his prison ordeal and next steps
ByPatrick Wintour October 11, 2025

The campaigner, who spent more than a decade in an Egyptian ‘vortex of incarceration’, wants to join his son in the UK while he reflects on the fight for freedomThe British-Egyptian human rights activist and writer, released from more than a decade in …

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‘I expect to find a ghost city’: Gaza residents on the long, arduous journey back home
BySeham Tanteshin Gaza and William Christou in Jerusalem October 10, 2025

Returnees anxious if the homes they left behind will still be standing after Hamas-Israel ceasefire takes effectAs Abdel Fattah al-Kurdi made the long journey back to Gaza City, he found himself getting lost. Though he left the city just a few weeks ag…

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‘I expect to find a ghost city’: Gaza residents on the long, arduous journey back home
BySeham Tanteshin Gaza and William Christou in Jerusalem October 10, 2025

Returnees anxious if the homes they left behind will still be standing after Hamas-Israel ceasefire takes effectAs Abdel Fattah al-Kurdi made the long journey back to Gaza City, he found himself getting lost. Though he left the city just a few weeks ag…

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Trump’s strong-arming of Netanyahu led to a deal. He must sustain that pressure | Mohamad Bazzi
ByMohamad Bazzi October 10, 2025

The US president long refused to use his influence over the prime minister. Last month, that appeared to changeAfter nearly nine months in office, Donald Trump seems to have had enough of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, undermining his …

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Tight security and political tension hang over key Norway v Israel World Cup qualifier
ByNick Ames in Oslo October 10, 2025

The hosts in Oslo are closing in on qualification but the politics surrounding their visitors’ presence casts a shadow over the footballIt will be the most high-security sports event in Norway since the Winter Olympics in 1994. Anti-terror measures are…

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Tight security and political tension hang over key Norway v Israel World Cup qualifier
ByNick Ames in Oslo October 10, 2025

The hosts in Oslo are closing in on qualification but the politics surrounding their visitors’ presence casts a shadow over the footballIt will be the most high-security sports event in Norway since the Winter Olympics in 1994. Anti-terror measures are…

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A plea for compassion to counter blind hatred over Israel and Gaza | Letters
ByGuardian staff October 10, 2025

A reader is heartened by Sharone Lifschitz’s article about the second anniversary of 7 October and her parents’ kidnapping by HamasIt was cathartic to read Sharone Lifschitz’s opinions and know that there are others in my position in terms of mentality…

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Blair, Kushner, Trump: who are the key people behind the Gaza ceasefire?
ByOliver Holmes October 10, 2025

Eight political figures who played parts in the agreementGaza ceasefire deal – live updatesFirst phase of ceasefire deal to end war in Gaza agreed by Israel and HamasA ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas for the Gaza Strip has come into effect…

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Martin Rowson on the Gaza ceasefire coming into effect – cartoon
ByMartin Rowson October 10, 2025

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