Gaza launches polio vaccination campaign targeting 600,000 children

A large-scale polio vaccination campaign was launched in Gaza on Saturday aiming to immunize approximately 600,000 Palestinian children under the age of 10, Anadolu Agency reported.

Hamas frees six captives in Gaza

Six Israeli captives have been released in Gaza’s Nuseirat, Rafah and Gaza City, in exchange for 602 Palestinians held in Israeli jails.

Palestinian families from Gaza take Canadian government to court

Palestinian families are suing the Canadian government after a temporary scheme that grants visas to Palestinians from Gaza with family ties to the country has been beset by delays.

Arab ‘mini’ summit ends without issuing official statement

Persian Gulf Arab countries, Egypt and Jordan held a “mini” unofficial summit in Saudi Arabia on Friday amid Arab efforts to present a counterplan to US President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan, which also aims to rebuild Gaza and reject the displacement of its people from it.

Trump says won’t impose Gaza takeover plan but ‘recommend it’

The US president has said in a radio interview with Fox News that he was “a little bit surprised” that Jordan and Egypt have voiced opposition to his plan to “take over” Gaza and displace Palestinians

Mix-up of Israeli captive’s body ‘indication of what happened in the 15 months’

In a statement, Gaza’s Government Media Office played down the threats made by Israeli officials over the claims that the body returned to Israel on Thursday did not belong to a captive.

UAE president meets Rubio, rejects Trump's plan to displace Gazans

The United Arab Emirates president and ruler told visiting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday that it opposes the forced displacement of Palestinians, UAE's state media reported.

More than $50bn needed to rebuild Gaza 

Reconstruction efforts in Gaza will require more than $50bn after 15 months of Israel’s devastating war, according to a new assessment by the United Nations, the European Union and the World Bank, Al Jazeera reported. 

Leader meets with senior Islamic Jihad officials 

Idiotic Gaza displacement plan by US will get nowhere

TEHRAN – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution told a high-ranking Islamic Jihad delegation on Tuesday that Americans will not be able to push Palestinians out of Gaza, calling U.S. president Donald Trump’s proposed plan idiotic and doomed. 

Egypt stands firm against Trump's Gaza plan

Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out of the strip in a counter to President Donald Trump’s proposal to depopulate the territory so the US can take it over.

Malaysia march: "Go to Hell Donald Trump!" 

Dozens of people chanted “Go to hell Donald Trump!” outside the US embassy in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, as pro-Palestinian protesters gathered to publicly reject the “lunatic ideas” of the US president to displace more than two million people from Gaza, Al Jazeera reported. 

Egypt wants to hold Islamic summit ‘to broaden opposition to Trump’s Gaza proposals’

Egypt is spearheading a diplomatic drive to convene an Islamic summit to broaden opposition to US President Donald Trump's plan for the Gaza Strip, sources briefed on this effort have told The National.

Architect of ‘Generals’ Plan’ to depopulate northern Gaza admits 'absolute failure'

The architect of the Israeli regime’s so-called “Generals’ Plan” to depopulate northern Gaza has described the entity's 16-month-long war in the besieged Gaza Strip as an "absolute failure."

CPJ: Israel responsible for nearly 70 percent of journalist deaths in 2024 

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said a record number of journalists were killed globally in 2024, with Israel responsible for nearly 70 percent of the deaths.

OIC to hold extraordinary session on Gaza at Iran's request

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry's proposal to convene an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers to address the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza has reportedly gained significant support.

Syria’s al-Sharaa: Trump’s Gaza plan a ‘serious crime’ that is bound to fail

Syria’s transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa has said Donald Trump’s plan to displace Palestinians and take over Gaza is a “serious crime that will ultimately fail”.

Araghchi warns of ‘genocidal plot’ in Gaza, urges prevention of US-planned displacement

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has intensified diplomatic efforts to counter a “dangerous American-Zionist plot” to forcibly displace Gazans, warning that such plans amount to ethnic cleansing and genocide.