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Meet the performance artists keeping their culture alive in Gaza

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Israel

Ceasefire between Israel and militants in Gaza appears to hold

While the ceasefire brought a sense of calm was restored to the Gaza Strip after five days of rockets fired, an air of unease and anger lingered amongst Palestinians.

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Israel-Gaza: Ceasefire agreed upon after five days of fighting

The escalation in violence has seen around 33 people dead in five days of clashes

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Watch: Israeli strike hits house in northern Gaza

Violent clashes have been met with international calls for de-escalation, with the European Union pushing for an "immediate comprehensive ceasefire".

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Israel

Air raids and rocket strikes as death toll rises in Gaza violence

Air raids and rocket attacks continued in Gaza, with Israel targeting more Islamic Jihad fighters as the funerals of those killed in earlier strikes took place. Israel has been hit by scores of rockets in a week of increased violence that has killed more than 30 people.

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Israeli and Palestinian militants trade deadly fire over Gaza

Gaza's health ministry said seven people were killed Wednesday, a day after Israeli strikes on the Palestinian territory left 15 dead.

Israel

Israeli strikes kill top militant group commander in Gaza

As violence continues to escalate the latest Israeli strikes on Gaza kill a top commander of the group Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

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Palestinian militants fire rockets after Israel strikes Gaza

Palestinian militants retailiated against Israeli air strikes on Gaza by launching rocket attacks. Israeli airstrikes have killed 19 Palestinians, including three senior militants and at least 10 civilians in recent days.

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WATCH: Aftermath of Israeli air strikes in Gaza Strip

The Gaza Strip is reeling after Israeli air strikes killed 12 people, including women and children.

West Bank

Israeli air strikes on Gaza kill militant commanders

The Palestinian Health Ministry confirms Islamic Jihad commanders and some family members were killed by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as tensions continue to rise

Israel

Palestinian prisoner dies in Israel after long hunger strike

A high-profile Palestinian prisoner died in Israeli custody on Tuesday after a nearly three-month hunger strike, Israel’s prison service announced, at a time of already soaring tensions between Israel and the Palestinians.

Nature

From wasteland to wetlands: Nature’s comeback in the Gaza Strip

A €46 million project is trying to rehabilitate Palestine's Wadi Gaza, raising hopes that what was once destroyed can be restored.

Israel

Israel stages rare strikes in Lebanon, also hits Gaza Strip

Israel launched air strikes before dawn on April 7 in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, saying it was targeting Hamas in retaliation for several dozen rockets fired at Israel from both territories.

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Meet the female wheelchair basketball team shooting for glory in Gaza

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My disability was not an obstacle for me; rather, it's the society that stands in the way. Society is handicapped.

Israel

Gaza rockets and Israeli strikes follow deadly West Bank raid

The violence follows an Israeli raid on Nablus on Wednesday, one of the bloodiest battles in nearly a year of fighting in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

Israel

Gunman opens fire Jerusalem synagogue

A gunman opened fire outside an east Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing at least seven people and wounding four before police shot him, officials said.

Italy

Can cultural diplomacy succeed where politics has failed?

A new documentary, 'Erasmus in Gaza' follows the journey of Italian medical student Riccardo Corradini, who was the first European Erasmus student to travel to a war zone when he went to Gaza in 2019.

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Meet the team changing perceptions with every goal in Gaza

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"The sport has changed my life. It gave me hope and made me feel that life is beautiful and even better than before."

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WATCH: Gaza holds its annual swimming festival

Nearly a thousand Palestinian boys and girls have taken part in a swimming festival organised by the Gaza Swimming Academy.

Gaza

Israel strikes 'military sites' in Gaza

Israel targeted "military sites" in Gaza after four rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave into Israeli territory.

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