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‘Olives are everything for us’: West Bank farmers prevented from harvesting by settler violence
ByJason Burke and Sufian Taha in As-Sawiya November 3, 2025

About 70% of town’s olives are inaccessible without risking a potentially fatal clash with Israeli settlersAround As-Sawiya, rolling hills covered in fields and orchards rise to a horizon sharp against a pristine blue sky. It is a stunning view. But lo…

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‘Olives are everything for us’: West Bank farmers prevented from harvesting by settler violence
ByJason Burke and Sufian Taha in As-Sawiya November 3, 2025

About 70% of town’s olives are inaccessible without risking a potentially fatal clash with Israeli settlersAround As-Sawiya, rolling hills covered in fields and orchards rise to a horizon sharp against a pristine blue sky. It is a stunning view. But lo…

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Israel and Hamas hand over bodies as part of Gaza ceasefire deal
ByAssociated Press in Jerusalem November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

Hamas hands remains of three soldiers to Israel and bodies of 45 Palestinians are returned to Gaza amid fragile ceasefireIsrael has announced that the remains of three soldiers killed by Hamas during its raid into Israel on 7 October 2023 have been han…

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Israel receives remains of three more hostages from Gaza
ByAssociated Press in Jerusalem November 3, 2025

Hamas says remains found in tunnel as other bodies yet to be recovered amid fragile ceasefireIsrael has announced that the remains of three hostages have been handed over from Gaza and would be examined by forensic experts, as a fragile month-old cease…

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Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
ByNesrine Malik November 3, 2025

The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community actsIt unfolded in plain sight over 18 months. The city of El Fasher in the Darfur region of Sudan, besiege…

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Israel threatens to step up attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon
ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and agencies November 2, 2025

Israel’s defence minister accuses Beirut of delaying efforts to disarm militant group a day after deadly Israeli airstrikeIsrael has threatened to step up its attacks against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a day after the Lebanese health ministry repor…

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Israel threatens to step up attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon
ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and agencies November 2, 2025

Israel’s defence minister accuses Beirut of delaying efforts to disarm militant group a day after deadly Israeli airstrikeIsrael has threatened to step up its attacks against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a day after the Lebanese health ministry repor…

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He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’
ByKaamil Ahmed November 2, 2025

For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are being hunted downFor months, militiamen on the perim…

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The grim task of recovering thousands of bodies from the rubble of Gaza
By November 2, 2025

Relatives and experts tell of the human and societal need to find and identify the dead, while images and data shed light on the scale of the jobIt has been described as one of the most gruelling recovery efforts in modern warfare.As negotiations over …

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‘We don’t feel safe’: after week of bombings, people in Gaza are losing faith in ceasefire
BySeham Tantesh in Gaza and William Christou in Beirut November 1, 2025

After initial enthusiasm, people fear ceasefire does not mean end to war but just less frequent, more unpredictable violenceAmeen al-Zein, like many in Gaza, was overjoyed by the news of the ceasefire. It was a rare moment of relief after years of fear…

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