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Israel rescinds 200 Gaza work permits, citing bomb worries

Israel has cancelled 200 out of some 15,500 permits issued to Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to work in its territory after a labourer was accused of planning to carry out a bombing, the Shin Bet security agency said on Thursday.

Reuters

Official claims deadly Gaza house fire caused by party stunt

A Palestinian official says last week’s massive apartment fire in the Gaza Strip was ignited accidentally by a man using gasoline in a party stunt, but did not explain how investigators reached that conclusion

The Independent UK

Thousands Mourn Palestinian Fire Victims in Gaza

Thousands of Palestinians turned out Friday for the funeral of 21 people who died in a Gaza Strip apartment building fire. At least seven children were among the dead in the blaze at Jabalia Palestinian refugee camp on Thursday night, said the head of the Indonesian Hospital there, Saleh Abu…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Neighbours mourn deaths of 21 family members in Gaza home fire

Hamas authorities governing the Gaza Strip said an investigation is under way to determine the cause of the fire.

Al Jazeera

Huge fire breaks out at birthday party in Gaza killing 21 members of the same family

Victims of a fire, which tore through a top-floor apartment in the Gaza Strip, were from the same family two of their relatives have said. An investigation into the blaze has started

Daily Mirror

Thousands mourn Palestinian fire victims in Gaza

Jabalia (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Thousands of Palestinians turned out Friday for the funeral of 21 people who died in a Gaza Strip apartment building fire, an AFP correspondent said.

AFP

House fire kills 17 from one family during birthday party

A relative says least 17 relatives were among those killed when a fire tore through a top-floor apartment in the Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

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Gaza fire kills 17 from one family during birthday party

A relative says least 17 family members were among those killed when a fire tore through a top-floor apartment in the Gaza Strip during a birthday party

The Independent UK

Palestinian Officials Say House Fire in Gaza Strip Kills 21

A fire set off by stored gasoline in a residential building killed 21 people Thursday evening in a refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip in one of the deadliest incidents in recent years outside the violence stemming from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The blaze erupted on the third floor of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinian officials say house fire in Gaza Strip kills 21

A fire set off by stored gasoline in a residential building killed 21 people in a refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, the territory’s Hamas rulers said

The Independent UK

Fire rips through Gaza residential building, killing 21 people

A fire erupted during birthday celebrations in a home in Jabalia, spreading quickly through a four-storey building.

Al Jazeera

At least 21 killed, several others hurt in Gaza Strip fire

At least 21 people were killed and several others injured when a fire broke out in a building where residents attended a party in the Gaza Strip, health and civil emergency officials said on Thursday.

Reuters

Abbas Calls on Palestinians to Prepare to Thwart Annexation of West Bank Lands

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Palestinians on Thursday to prepare to thwart plans to annex parts of the West Bank to Israel, after the victory of Israel’s far-right in the Nov.1 ballot. In a speech broadcast on state television, Abbas addressed Palestinians who gathered in the central Gaza Strip to…

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Israelis, Palestinians Can Share World Cup Flights to Qatar

Football fans from Israel and the Palestinian territories can share flights to the World Cup in Qatar in a breakthrough agreement announced by FIFA on Thursday. Charter flights to Doha from Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv for soccer games starting on Nov. 20 will be open to all Palestinians,…

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Reuters

COP27: Gaza date farmers struggle as bad weather hits harvest

Climate change has helped cut production of dates in the blockaded Gaza strip almost in half this year as unseasonal rains played havoc with spring pollination, compounded by a hot summer, the Palestinian agriculture ministry and farmers said.

Al Jazeera

Israeli fighter jets hit Gaza after reports of rocket fire

Gaza has been quiet since Israel’s three-day offensive in August, but events in the West Bank have led to tensions.

Reuters

Rocket sirens blare in Israeli towns near Gaza border -army

Air raid sirens warning of potential incoming rocket fire blared in southern Israeli towns near the border with the Gaza Strip late on Thursday, the Israeli army said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Report: Israeli Restrictions Caused Death of 7 Patients in Gaza this Year

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) published a new report that underlined that the Israeli authorities’ restrictions on travel of Gaza Strip patients have caused the death of seven patients and obstructed the travel of 5,000 to receive treatment. The report underscores that from 2008 to 2021, the Israeli…

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Amnesty Urges ICC Probe of Possible Gaza War Crimes

Amnesty International on Tuesday called for an International Criminal Court (ICC) probe into possible war crimes committed in August by both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants during deadly fighting in Gaza. Thirty-one civilians were among the 49 Palestinians killed in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip during the three-day conflict, the global…

Al Jazeera

Amnesty calls for investigation of possible war crimes in Gaza

So far this year, at least 160 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Reuters

Gaza children breakdance to kick stress away

On a street in the Nusseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, teenagers perform breakdancing moves once condemned by some locals as immoral and now seen as a way of helping youngsters handle years of war and trauma.

Al Jazeera

Homegrown Instagram influencers highlight Gaza’s plight

Meet three influencers who take to social media to discuss the conditions inflicted on the Gaza Strip.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Film Festival Gives Gazans a Rare Taste of the Movies

Film buffs in the Gaza Strip, who for decades have been deprived of going to the movies due to the destruction of cinemas during bouts of unrest in the enclave, are enjoying a rare chance to see a slate of films on the big screen. Cinema once flourished in Gaza,…

Reuters

Film festival gives Gazans a rare taste of the movies

Radio France Internationale

Gaza's electricity shortages powering a renewable energy revolution

In Waddi Alsalqa village, just east of Deir Elbalah in the centre of the Gaza Strip, a group of 11 women and three local young men have started using renewable energy to transform their living conditions and open a business.

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