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Home Office tells Gaza academic his bid to bring family to UK not urgent
ByToby Helm January 9, 2026

Bassem Abudagga losing hope after being told wife must go to visa application centre, of which none remain in GazaA Palestinian academic has failed in his latest attempt to be reunited with his family in the UK after the Home Office concluded their cas…

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At least 13 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, including five children, civil defence agency says
ByAgence France-Presse January 8, 2026

Attacks bring total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 425 since October ceasefire took effectGaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli attacks in the Palestinian territory on Thursday killed at least 13 people, including five children, despite …

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As the Israeli bombs fell, my family committed an act of rebellion: we planted a garden in Gaza | Taqwa Ahmed al-Wai
ByTaqwa Ahmed al-Wawi January 8, 2026

Amid constant danger, each planted seed was a tiny act of resistance. As they grew, they offered us food – and a sense of achievement amid the devastationMy 12-year-old brother Mazen ran into the kitchen, shouting that the eggplants were sprouting. He …

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‘It felt like she was asking me to save her’: the film based on a five-year-old Palestinian girl’s dying pleas
ByJulian Borger January 7, 2026

The Voice of Hind Rajab has stunned audiences with its use of the real-life audio of a girl’s call for help after her family’s car was attacked by an Israeli tank in Gaza. Its director explains why she had to tell Hind’s tragic storyWhen Kaouther Ben H…

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Teen killed by bus during ultra-Orthodox protest against conscription in Jerusalem
ByGuardian staff and agencies January 7, 2026

Mass demonstrations against compulsory service law have been taking place as Israel’s military tries to solve its manpower shortagesA mass ultra-Orthodox Jewish rally against military conscription turned deadly in Jerusalem on Tuesday, when a teenage b…

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Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank
ByEmma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem January 6, 2026

Exclusive: Tender posted for construction of 3,401 homes in settlement designed to ‘bury idea of a Palestinian state’Israel is moving to start construction on a vast illegal settlement in the heart of the West Bank, designed to “bury the idea of a Pale…

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Greta Thunberg came to stay – and my kid may have inadvertently helped her get arrested | Arwa Mahdawi
ByArwa Mahdawi January 6, 2026

The activist had held a sign written with my daughter’s crayon. Try explaining that to a four-year-oldIt was 6am. London. A few days before Christmas. My four-year-old is singing at the top of her lungs and charging around my parents’ house on a hunt f…

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Palestine’s ambassador to UK hails embassy as ‘proof our identity cannot be denied’
ByEmine Sinmaz and PA Media January 5, 2026

Husam Zomlot says inauguration of mission in London marks change of direction for Palestinian stateThe Palestinian ambassador to the UK has said the inauguration of the state’s embassy in London is “proof that our identity cannot be denied”.Husam Zomlo…

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Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall
BySimon Tisdall January 3, 2026

The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflictThe overthrow and reported capture by invading US forces of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s hardline socialist president, will send a shiver of…

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Tents supplied to displaced Palestinians ‘inadequate for Gaza winter’
ByJason Burke in Jerusalem and Seham Tantesh in Gaza January 3, 2026

Thousands have blown down in storms and tents from China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia found to be not waterproofThousands of tents supplied by China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to shelter displaced Palestinians in Gaza offer only limited protection against rain…

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