Gaza ceasefire talks begin in Doha: Hamas

March 11, 2025

Israel continues to violate truce with deadly strikes in Gaza, Lebanon

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Gaza crisis worsens as Israel cuts aid, power

Houthis to take action if Israel doesn't lift Gaza aid blockade

Outrage as US arrests Palestinian activist

UN chief 'very concerned' over Israel's decision to cut Gaza electricity

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March 11, 2025

Israeli forces detain Palestinians, strip some during Qalqilya raidThe Israeli army launched a house-to-house raid in the Palestinian town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, in the latest escalation in the occupied territory, witnesses said. Israeli forces searched several houses in the town and held around 200 people for field interrogation before setting them free, witnesses said. Several people, however, were taken into custody during the raid. Footage and photos shared by activists on social media showed Palestinian residents stripped to their underwear during their arrest. The same town has seen several Israeli raids as it is located on a main road frequented by illegal Israeli settlers between the cities of Qalqilya and Ramallah cities in the northern West Bank.

March 11, 2025

Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village in occupied West BankIllegal Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank early Tuesday and set vehicles ablaze, a local official said. “A group of illegal settlers attacked the village of Umm Safa in Ramallah and burned three vehicles,” municipal chief Marwan Sabah told Anadolu Agency. “The situation is tense in the village, where Palestinians live in constant fear due to the escalation of settler attacks,” he said.

March 11, 2025

Pakistan 'strongly' condemns Israel’s latest suspension of humanitarian aid to GazaPakistan "strongly" condemned Israel’s latest suspension of humanitarian aid and power cuts in Gaza. "We strongly condemned Israel’s latest suspension of humanitarian aid, including food and medicines from entering Palestinian Territories and cutting off power supply that threatens to limit water supplies in the area," Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on X.

March 11, 2025

Israeli army releases body of Palestinian woman withheld in West BankThe Israeli army handed over the body of a Palestinian woman withheld by its forces in the occupied West Bank, medics said. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its teams took the body of a 60-year-old woman from Israeli forces at the Jalameh checkpoint, north of Jenin city, and transferred her to a hospital. No details were provided about the circumstances of the Palestinian woman’s death.

March 11, 2025

Gaza hospital director subjected to torture, brutal abuse in Israel’s notorious Sde Teiman prison: Palestinian lawyerA Palestinian lawyer confirmed on Monday that Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, was subjected to torture and brutal abuse in Israeli prisons. In late December, Israeli forces arrested Abu Safiya after storming Kamal Adwan Hospital, removing him at gunpoint following the destruction of the hospital, which was rendered inoperable. Palestinian lawyer Ghaid Qassem from Nazareth was able to visit Abu Safiya last Thursday, according to a statement from the Hamas-affiliated Prisoners’ Media Office. The Gaza doctor has been detained for over 70 days in Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah, she added. Quoting Abu Safiya, Qassem stated that "from the moment of his arrest, he was transferred to the notorious Sde Teiman detention center, where he was held in solitary confinement for 14 days." Regarding his interrogation, Qassem revealed that "the longest session lasted for 13 consecutive days, with each session ranging from 8 to 10 hours." She emphasized that throughout his detention, Abu Safiya was "subjected to continuous and extremely brutal mistreatment, torture, and abuse."

March 11, 2025

Saudi Arabia, Qatar condemn Israel's Gaza electricity cutGulf neighbours Saudi Arabia and Qatar condemned Israel's decision to cut electricity supplies to Gaza, urging the international community to take action. Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry expressed "condemnation in the strongest terms of the Israeli occupation authorities' use of collective punishment against Palestinians in Gaza by cutting off electricity to the area". A Qatari statement said the wealthy Gulf state "strongly condemns the Israeli occupation's act of cutting electricity to Gaza, considering it a blatant violation of international humanitarian law".

March 11, 2025

Israeli raids, attacks and arrests in West Bank continueAn Israeli army vehicle fatally struck a Palestinian man in the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, said authorities. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the victim as 32-year-old Fathi Ahmad Salah. According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, the incident occurred near the Al Dakhiliyeh Roundabout when the vehicle rammed into Salah, who was riding a motorcycle. The collision left him with severe injuries and he was rushed to Ibn Sina Hospital, where medical staff later pronounced him dead, WAFA reported.

March 11, 2025

Netherlands expresses concern over Israel's decision to cut off electricity to GazaThe Netherlands expressed concern over Israel's decision to cut off electricity supply to Gaza. "Israel cutting Gaza off from electricity is a cause for concern. Blocking humanitarian aid and basic services such as electricity is against international law," Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp wrote on X.

March 11, 2025

US envoy's meeting with Hamas was 'one-off' — Secretary of stateUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that President Donald Trump's envoy Adam Boehler's meeting with the Palestinian group Hamas was a "one-off situation." "Well, that was a one-off situation in which our special envoy for hostages, whose job it is to get people released, had an opportunity to talk directly to someone who has control over these people and was given permission and encouraged to do so. He did so," Rubio told reporters.

March 11, 2025

Demonstrators demand release of pro-Palestine activist as Trump boasts of widening crackdownDozens of demonstrators marched through the US capital, demanding that authorities release a pro-Palestine student activist whom President Donald Trump has pledged to deport. Protesters marched roughly a half-mile to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters, seeking the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a US permanent legal resident and recent Columbia University graduate who helped lead an anti-war pro-Palestine encampment on campus in April 2024.

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