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EU leaders and lawmakers condemn Trump's sanctions against ICC

Several of the bloc's member states expressed their concern and pledged to safeguard the court and those who work there.

EuroVerify

Does Donald Trump's Gaza takeover plan breach international law?

The likelihood US President Donald Trump will see his Gaza plan through is slim, but does it have any standing from an international legal perspective?

Israel

Hamas delays next hostage release, blames Israel for ceasefire breach

Five exchanges between the two sides have freed 21 hostages and 730 prisoners so far.

Culture news

Israeli police raid Palestinian bookstores in East Jerusalem

Israeli authorities have seized any books relating to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem and detained its owners amid allegations they were “selling books containing incitement and support for terrorism.”

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Gaza

Israel withdraws from key Gaza corridor as part of ceasefire deal

Israel says its forces have now withdrawn from a key Gaza corridor which means thousands of Gazans can now return home.

Europe News

EU congratulates Lebanon on formation of new government

The country's new administration, the first since 2022, comes after an unusually direct intervention by the United States which said any Hezbollah involvement would be a 'red line'.

Gaza

West Bank, Gaza crowds greet 183 former Palestinian prisoners

The Palestinians were released on Saturday afternoon in exchange for three Israeli civilian hostages whose gaunt appearances caused widespread condemnation.

Israel

Israeli medic sounds alarm over wellbeing of remaining Hamas hostages

The three hostages released on Saturday by Hamas appeared to be in much poorer physical condition than any of the other 18 returnees, sparking widespread condemnation among Israeli civic society and human rights groups.

Gaza

Dozens of Palestinian prisoners and three Israeli hostages released

The three hostages are now back in Israel, whilst dozens of Palestinians who had been held in Israeli prisons have now returned to the West Bank.

USA

Arab Americans despair as Trump says US will 'take over' Gaza

As the US president announced controversial plans to “take over the Gaza Strip”, Euronews checked in with Arab American voters from across the political spectrum.

Europe News

Trump's ICC sanctions risks search for justice in Ukraine, EU warns

The executive order signed by Donald Trump targets ICC officials who work in investigations related to the US and its allies, such as Israel.

West Bank

Two IDF soldiers killed at military checkpoint in West Bank

The attack comes as Israel enters the second week of military operations in the West Bank.

Israel

Netanyahu heads to US to discuss 'victory over Hamas' with Trump

The Israeli prime minister will be the first foreign leader to meet President Trump since he returned to office for a second term.

Egypt

Wounded Gaza children evacuated to Egypt through Rafah crossing

The children are the first in what is meant to be regular evacuations of Palestinians through the crossing for treatment abroad.

Gaza

Three Israeli hostages and dozens of Palestinian prisoners freed

Israel has begun releasing a group of Palestinian prisoners after Hamas freed three hostages as part of the ceasefire deal that has halted 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip.

World News

Holocaust survivor: “What Israel is doing is horrible”

Corrie Hermann addressed the European Parliament in Brussels to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, recalling her father’s history. Pál Hermann, one of the greatest cellists of his era, was killed in a concentration camp, but his cello has survived to this day. Hermann spoke to Euronews.

Gaza

Father of youngest Hamas hostage and two others to be freed Saturday

Three more hostages captured from Israel during Hamas' ambush on 7 October will be freed on Saturday.

Israel

Israel exchanges 110 prisoners for eight hostages held by Hamas

Israel had delayed their release in protest against the way the eight hostages freed by Hamas were treated as they were handed over to Red Cross staff in Khan Younis.

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Watch: Israeli soldier Agam Berger freed in third prisoner exchange

Hamas-led militants released the first of eight hostages on Thursday, marking the latest step in the ceasefire agreement that took hold earlier this month in the Gaza Strip.

Nature

Israeli and Arab scientists don’t let war stop them saving these birds

Scientists from across the Middle East are working together to save an unlikely symbol of hope: the barn owl.

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