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Every night during war, Pope Francis called Gaza's only Catholic Church in 'singular expression of love'
Every evening at 8 p.m., Father Gabriel Romanelli of Holy Family Church in Gaza City prepared to receive a call from Vatican City. The calls from Pope Francis — checking in on how those huddled inside Gaza's lone Catholic Church were coping during the war — were 'a singular expression of his love' that the the priest says gave people a sign of hope.
From razing rubble to blowing up homes: IDF soldiers share how they expanded Gaza buffer zone in new report
A new report from Breaking the Silence, an Israel-based NGO, includes interviews with Israeli soldiers who detail how they completely razed homes and infrastructure on a swath of land between Israel and Gaza to expand a buffer zone at least one kilometre further into the strip.
'Get out, Hamas': Hundreds protest against group's rule over Gaza, call for end to war with Israel
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in Gaza on Wednesday to demand an end to war and chanting 'Hamas out,' in a rare public show of opposition to the militant group a week after Israel resumed its bombardment on the war-torn territory.
This volunteer doctor arrived in Gaza during the ceasefire. On Tuesday, the war began again
On Tuesday, following a 42-day ceasefire in Gaza, Israel began a bombing campaign that effectively crumbled the deal. Feroze Sidhwa, a doctor from California, was jolted awake and into a day of trying to save lives
Palestinians scramble to hospitals after Israeli airstrikes hit homes, encampments across Gaza
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza scrambled to get their loved ones to hospitals, saying there was no warning before a wave of deadly Israeli airstrikes hit in the early hours of Tuesday, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Meet the 1st Israeli jailed for refusing military conscription after the Oct. 7 attacks
Tal Mitnick, the first Israeli jailed for refusing mandatory conscription after the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, is on a cross Canada tour speaking about his experience as a conscientious objector, a position which has drawn scorn in Israel and interest from North American audiences.
Gaza desalination plant could run out of clean water after Israel cuts off power supply
Palestinians in Gaza could be out of clean drinking water in a matter of days after Israel cut off its electricity supply to the territory, which drastically slashed operations at a water desalination plant.
This mother reunited with her son 420 days after his detention. She feared he was dead
Muhammad Abu Sahloul, who was among 42 minors released last week as part of a ceasefire deal, says he was detained by Israel in January 2024 and spent 13 months in custody. His mother searched for him but eventually feared he had died during the Israel-Hamas war.
This professor once taught at Al-Azhar University in Gaza City. He returned to a campus in ruins
For the first time since the war began, Muhammad Juma Khattab returned to the campus to see what's left of it. In the piles of rubble, the professor finds burnt books, old transcripts and office furniture as he walks the spaces he used to teach in.
Her brother was killed during the war in Gaza. She promised she would bring him home
Shireen Talaba and her brother, Khaled, were displaced from their Gaza City home to Khan Younis when the war began. When Khaled and two of their cousins were killed, Shireen vowed that when the war ended, she would find a way to bring their bodies home.