UN: Israel's attacks on Gaza healthcare 'genocidal acts'

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UN probe: Israel's attacks on Gaza reproductive care are 'genocidal acts'

A United Nations investigation concluded that Israel carried out "genocidal" acts in Gaza through the systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare facilities.

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UN: Israel's attacks on Gaza healthcare 'genocidal acts'A United Nations investigation concluded that Israel carried out "genocidal" acts in Gaza through the systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare facilities. The UN Commission of Inquiry found that Israeli authorities "have destroyed in part the reproductive capacity of Palestinians in Gaza as a group through the systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare, amounting to two categories of genocidal acts", it said in a statement. Israel "categorically rejects" the allegations, its mission in Geneva said.

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‘Why are the dogs so fat? Because they are looking for corpses’A new UN observation has laid bare the dire humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, where residents don’t have anything to eat and dogs are getting fatter eating on the corpses.

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Egypt appreciates Trump's decision not to displace Palestinians from GazaEgypt said it appreciated US President Donald Trump's remarks on not demanding that Palestinians in Gaza leave the enclave, according to a statement from the foreign ministry. Trump said on Wednesday that "nobody is expelling any Palestinians from Gaza," in response to a question during a meeting in the White House with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin.

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Lebanese army receives released soldier detained by Israel on Sunday, army saysThe Lebanese army received a soldier who had been detained by Israel on Sunday, the army said in a post on X. Israel said it would release five Lebanese held by its military in a "gesture to the Lebanese president."

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Palestinians injured in Israeli raid on Joseph's Tomb in NablusClashes erupted late Wednesday between Palestinians and Israeli forces and illegal settlers who raided the Joseph's Tomb in the eastern part of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its medical teams treated a Palestinian woman who was injured by a stun grenade in addition to others who suffered asphyxiation from Israeli teargas bombs. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the Israeli army raided several areas in eastern Nablus city to secure the raid of the illegal Israeli settlers into the Joseph's Tomb site.

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Europe slammed for 'hypocrisy', 'racism' over Netanyahu ICC warrantThe UN's Michael Fakhri cites ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, saying 'many European political leaders were surprised (when the ICC issued a warrant for Netanyahu) because they said that the ICC was designed to go after African leaders'.

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Palestinian worker dies after falling from construction site during Israeli forces' raid in JerusalemA Palestinian worker has succumbed to the wounds he sustained after falling from a construction site in the occupied East Jerusalem when Israeli forces raided the area. In a statement, the Jerusalem Governorate, the highest Palestinian local authority in the occupied city, named the victim as Raafat Abdulaziz Hammad, 35, who died of his injuries late Wednesday after being chased by the Israeli forces and falling from a height of five floors at a construction site in Jerusalem.

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Egypt, US agree to coordinate on Gaza reconstruction planEgyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty agreed with White House Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff to continue consultations and coordination of a reconstruction plan for besieged Gaza "as a foundation for efforts to rebuild" the enclave. Abdelatty outlined during the meeting "the stages and details of the Arab plan for Gaza reconstruction, which was approved at the extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo on March 4, 2025."

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Islamic Jihad delegation arrives in Doha to discuss developments in GazaThe Palestinian Islamic Jihad announced that a high-level delegation from the movement has arrived in the Qatari capital Doha to hold discussions on developments in besieged Gaza. The brief statement did not provide further details on the nature of the discussions or the officials involved in the meetings.

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Hamas welcomes Trump's retraction from calls to expel Palestinians from GazaHamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem welcomed US President Donald Trump's apparent retreat from his proposal for a permanent expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, urging him to refrain from aligning with the vision of the "extreme Zionist right." "If US President Trump's statements represent a retreat from any idea of displacing the people of the Gaza Strip, they are welcomed," Qassem said in the statement.

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