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KEY ACTORS
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)—Military forces of the State of Israel conducting operations in Gaza and the West Bank
Hamas—Palestinian militant organization governing the Gaza Strip since 2007
Palestinian Authority (PA)—Governing body of parts of the occupied West Bank
Benjamin Netanyahu—Prime Minister of Israel
UNRWA—UN agency providing aid and services to Palestinian refugees
ACTIVE FRONTS & FLASHPOINTS
Gaza StripRafah crossingKhan YounisJabaliaJeninWest Bank settlements
KEY STATISTICS
CASUALTIESOver 40,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza since October 2023; over 1,200 Israelis killed in the October 7 attack (Gaza Health Ministry; Israeli government)
DISPLACED1.9 million displaced within Gaza — approximately 85% of the population (UN OCHA, 2024)
ESCALATIONOctober 2023 — Hamas attack on southern Israel and subsequent Israeli military operations in Gaza
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Gaza cannot be rebuilt until Palestinians control their own political future
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Middle East Eye
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Gaza cannot be rebuilt until Palestinians control their own political future

Submitted by Alaa Tartir on Thu, 04/23/2026 - 20:16 As Israel uses reconstruction to impose new colonial conditions on Gaza, Palestinian-led political renewal rather than outside frameworks is the only path to genuine recovery Palestinians walk past an electoral candidate's list in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on 18 April 2026 (Haseeb Alwazeer/Reuters) Off After Israel and its international backers have destroyed the Gaza Strip over the past 30 months, their primary focus has shifted to sh

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On World Press Freedom Day , Pope honours journalists killed in war zones
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On World Press Freedom Day , Pope honours journalists killed in war zones

On World Press Freedom Day , Pope honours journalists killed in war zones

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Who are the two Gaza flotilla activists abducted by Israel ?
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Who are the two Gaza flotilla activists abducted by Israel ?

Who are the two Gaza flotilla activists abducted by Israel ?

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Catholic charity condemns Israel for Lebanon convent attack
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Catholic charity condemns Israel for Lebanon convent attack

L'Oeuvre d'Orient, a French Catholic charity, condemned Israeli forces on Friday for demolishing a convent belonging to the Salvatorian Sisters in the village of Yaroun, southern Lebanon, characterizing it as a deliberate attack on a place of worship. The organization stated the destruction is part of a systematic pattern targeting Christian heritage sites and civilian homes in southern Lebanon intended to prevent civilian return.

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Spain demands release of Gaza flotilla activists ‘held illegally’ by Israel
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Spain demands release of Gaza flotilla activists ‘held illegally’ by Israel

On Sunday, Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila appeared before an Israeli court in Ashkelon after being detained from a 50-vessel flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off Greece on Thursday; Israel's state prosecutor requested a four-day extension of their detention. Spain has condemned Abu Keshek's detention and rejected Israeli allegations linking him to the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad, while Ávila's lawyers reported he was subjected to beatings and isolation during seizure and detention.

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Israeli court extends detention of two Gaza flotilla activists until Tuesday
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Israeli court extends detention of two Gaza flotilla activists until Tuesday

The Ashkelon Magistrate's Court on Sunday extended the detention of Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila and Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek until Tuesday after the Israeli Navy intercepted their Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters on April 16. Israeli authorities suspect the pair of assisting the enemy during wartime and affiliating with a terrorist organization, while their defense team argues Israel lacks jurisdiction over foreign nationals seized outside territorial waters and denies the allegations.

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Norwegian university professor praises October 7 Hamas terror attack
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Norwegian university professor praises October 7 Hamas terror attack

Bassam Hussein, a project management professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, described the October 7 Hamas attacks as "the most beautiful thing that has happened in our century" during an April 21 lecture, drawing condemnation from Eytan Halon, Israeli Chargé d'affaires in Oslo, who called it a "shocking glorification of terror" and demanded Hussein's removal from teaching. NTNU has not yet responded publicly to the controversy.

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Four Hamas - tied UNRWA workers took part in October 7 , USAID finds
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Four Hamas - tied UNRWA workers took part in October 7 , USAID finds

The USAID Office of Inspector General identified four current or former UNRWA staff members—three teachers and one social worker—as having participated in the October 7 attacks or holding Hamas affiliations, referring them to the US State Department for potential suspension or debarment from US-funded aid organizations. The finding brings to 21 the total number of individuals suspended or debarred by USAID OIG investigations for October 7 participation or Hamas ties, including UNRWA school principal Hafez Mousa Mohammed Mousa, who received a ten-year government-wide debarment.

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USAD finds more UNRWA employees with Hamas ties , participated in Oct . 7
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USAD finds more UNRWA employees with Hamas ties , participated in Oct . 7

USAID announced on Thursday that it identified four additional current or former UNRWA staff members—three teachers and one social worker—with alleged participation in the October 7 attacks or Hamas affiliations, referring them to the US State Department for potential suspension or debarment from US-funded aid work. The finding brings USAID's total count of investigated individuals to 21, including Hafez Mousa Mohammed Mousa, a UNRWA school principal debarred for ten years over alleged Hamas operative status.

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Greta Thunberg says activists are being tortured in Israel
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Greta Thunberg says activists are being tortured in Israel

Human rights activist Greta Thunberg has condemned Israel’s illegal interception of more than 20 civilian vessels from the Global Flotilla in international waters, saying around 200 participants were taken over 1,000 kilometres from Gaza during the operation. In a video statement, she said many of those detained were later released in Crete after being injured, with some requiring hospital treatment, and described coordination between Israeli and Greek authorities.

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'Aparthied Israel': UN rapporteur calls for release of Gaza flotilla activists
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Middle East Eye
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'Aparthied Israel': UN rapporteur calls for release of Gaza flotilla activists

UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, condemned Israel over the interception of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, calling for the release of two activists. In a post on X, she wrote: “It is an abomination that Apartheid Israel, while continuing its genocide undisturbed, is allowed to patrol European waters, seize boats, kidnap people.

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Israel accused of destroying Christian convent in Lebanon in latest attack on Christians
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Middle East Eye
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Israel accused of destroying Christian convent in Lebanon in latest attack on Christians

L'Oeuvre d'Orient, a French Catholic charity, condemned Israeli forces for demolishing a convent belonging to the Salvatorian Sisters in Yaroun, southern Lebanon, describing it as a deliberate attack on a place of worship. The Israeli military acknowledged damaging a "religious building" in the village during operations, amid broader reports documenting 155 incidents of violence against Christians in 2025, including physical assaults and attacks on church property.

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Spain demands Israel release arrested Gaza flotilla crew member
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aljazeera.com
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Spain demands Israel release arrested Gaza flotilla crew member

Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares demanded the immediate release of Saif Abukeshek, a Spanish-Swedish citizen detained by Israeli forces during a raid on the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters off Crete on Friday, characterizing the arrest as "illegal detention" and "kidnapping." Abukeshek and Brazilian activist Thiago Avila were taken to Israel for questioning; Israel claims both have Hamas ties, while the Adalah legal centre reported allegations of physical violence and stress positions during their detention at Shikma Prison.

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Inside the Nativ program training IDF soldiers to join the tribe
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Inside the Nativ program training IDF soldiers to join the tribe

The IDF's Nativ program trains soldiers who lack halachic Jewish status—including diaspora volunteers like Bella, a Jewish American who enlisted after experiencing campus antisemitism following October 7, and Talli, a half-Danish resident of Gedera—through a six-week course covering Torah, Jewish law, and history, culminating in conversion through a rabbinical court; approximately 4,000 such soldiers join the army annually, with 2,300 entering Nativ and 47% completing conversion. The program, established in 2000, has facilitated conversions for nearly 20,000 soldiers to date and addresses the growing gap between self-identified Jews and those recognized as Jewish by matrilineal descent, particularly among diaspora immigrants and children of intermarriage.

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Inside the Nativ program training IDF soldiers to join the tribe
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Inside the Nativ program training IDF soldiers to join the tribe

The IDF's Nativ program, established in 2000, provides religious education and facilitates conversion for approximately 2,300 soldiers annually who identify as Jewish but lack halachic (Jewish law) recognition, with over 58,000 soldiers having enrolled and nearly 20,000 completing conversion through the army. The six-week course covers Torah, Jewish law, and history, followed by two additional three-week modules and a rabbinical court conversion process, with program head Eliezer Levine noting that 47 percent of enrolled students complete the formal conversion.

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UK Muslim groups slam government for ‘scapegoating’ Gaza anti-genocide protests as antisemitism
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UK Muslim groups slam government for ‘scapegoating’ Gaza anti-genocide protests as antisemitism

The Muslim Council of Britain condemned the UK government on Sunday for linking pro-Palestine marches to antisemitism, stating such framing is "inaccurate and counterproductive," while noting that a suspect charged with three counts of attempted murder on 29 April also targeted a Muslim man, Ishmail Hussein, receiving less media attention. The MCB's statement appeared to target Prime Minister Keir Starmer's conflation of antisemitic attacks with Gaza protests, with Birmingham MP Ayoub Khan and journalist Owen Jones also highlighting the disparity in coverage of the Islamophobic attack.

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Hamas in Gaza completes voting for general political bureau head
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Hamas in Gaza completes voting for general political bureau head

Hamas in Gaza completed internal voting on 7 October 2023 to select a new head of its general political bureau, with results pending announcement next week after West Bank and diaspora branches vote; candidates Khalil al-Hayya and Khaled Mashaal represent competing regional alignments with Iran and Turkey respectively. The election follows Yahya Sinwar's death in October 2024 and reflects Hamas's deepening organizational crisis, amid declining Gaza support (31% in April 2024 polling versus 70% in December 2023) and competition from technocratic governance alternatives.

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Months into the US-Israel 'ceasefire', Gaza remains a scene of chaos and terror
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Months into the US-Israel 'ceasefire', Gaza remains a scene of chaos and terror

An Israeli airstrike on al-Nafaq Street in Gaza City on 14 April killed at least five people, including three-year-old Yahya al-Malahi, and injured nine others; the strike also damaged a power generator supplying western Gaza City. Since the October ceasefire took effect, the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry and local sources report over 800 Palestinians killed, with April 2024 alone recording approximately 50 deaths in the first two weeks, amid restricted humanitarian aid and medical supply shortages.

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Israel is making Palestinians disappear in more ways than one
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Israel is making Palestinians disappear in more ways than one

On 23 April, Haaretz reported that dozens of children disappear weekly in Gaza; the Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared estimates 2,900 children have disappeared during the war, with 2,700 bodies presumed under rubble and 200 unaccounted for. An Al Jazeera investigation documented at least 2,842 Palestinians "evaporated" since October 2023, attributed by Gaza civil defence to Israeli use of thermal and thermobaric weapons, though the Israeli military denies the characterization and states it uses lawful munitions.

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What exactly is white phosphorus and why is it controversial?
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What exactly is white phosphorus and why is it controversial?

Israel has faced accusations this week of using white phosphorus munitions in southern Lebanon, with human rights monitors including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch documenting extensive Israeli use of the weapon over populated areas in Gaza and Lebanon since October 2023. White phosphorus causes severe burns and suffocation; while not explicitly banned under international law, its use in populated areas violates international humanitarian law principles prohibiting indiscriminate attacks, according to legal experts including Harvard's Bonnie Docherty.

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