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Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
ByEmma Graham-Harrison and Yuval Abraham in Jerusalem August 21, 2025

Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israe…

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Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
ByEmma Graham-Harrison and Yuval Abraham in Jerusalem August 21, 2025

Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israe…

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UN and Red Cross warn of catastrophe if Israel launches Gaza City offensive
ByPeter Beaumont August 21, 2025August 21, 2025

Netanyahu tells soldiers he has approved takeover plan as aid groups advised to prepare for forced displacementThe International Red Cross and UN have warned of an impending catastrophe in the Gaza Strip if Israel launches an offensive to take over Gaz…

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Has Israel begun its Gaza City offensive or will there be yet more ‘approvals’?
ByPeter Beaumont August 21, 2025August 21, 2025

Netanyahu is latest to ‘approve’ plan that has had daily announcements and that Israel knows will have serious consequencesHas Israel begun its expanded offensive in Gaza City, or is it hype?After several weeks of threats of a new large-scale offensive…

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Israel keeps up military pressure on Gaza City ahead of planned offensive – as it happened
ByCharlie Moloney August 21, 2025August 21, 2025

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereIran was seeking to reassert an image of strength on Thursday after suffering heavy losses, when Israel largely destroyed Iran’s air defences during the war and much of its stockpile of balli…

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I’m a legal refugee in Britain. So why am I always being treated like a criminal? | Ayman Alhussein
ByAyman Alhussein August 21, 2025

I’ve met wonderful people here who make me feel that I belong – but there are now many who see asylum seekers as an easy political targetHardly a day goes by without a new insult being hurled in the faces of asylum seekers and refugees. We’re scrounger…

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I’m a legal refugee in Britain. So why am I always being treated like a criminal? | Ayman Alhussein
ByAyman Alhussein August 21, 2025

I’ve met wonderful people here who make me feel that I belong – but there are now many who see asylum seekers as an easy political targetHardly a day goes by without a new insult being hurled in the faces of asylum seekers and refugees. We’re scrounger…

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UK to evacuate nine Gaza students with university scholarships
BySally Weale Education correspondent August 20, 2025

Move follows months of pressure from MPs, academics and campaigners, with dozens of other students still strandedNine students in Gaza with full scholarships to study at British universities have been told the UK government is working to facilitate the…

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Buchenwald can refuse entry to people wearing Palestinian keffiyeh, German court rules
ByAgence France-Presse in Berlin August 20, 2025

Court in Thuringia rejected woman’s request to enter concentration camp memorial while wearing the scarfA German court has ruled that a Nazi concentration camp memorial has the right to refuse entry to those wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh scarf.The h…

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The Guardian view on Gaza’s future: Israel should end the killing. Its allies must not remain complicit | Editorial
ByEditorial August 20, 2025

The suffering and death of Palestinians is multiplying. Seizing and occupying Gaza City would only deepen the horrorIsrael faces a stark choice. So do its allies. International condemnation pushed Israel into allowing a trickle of aid into Gaza. But it…

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