Cherry Mohamed is a reporter and producer for Almost and is based in Cairo. Contact this reporter at cherry@almostmag.co.
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62-year-old Deborah Darwel, who has lived in Gaza for years, was pulled from under the rubble after a two-hour operation and transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
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At least 15 children have died from starvation in Gaza due to Israel’s war and blockade.
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The United Nations said that more children have been killed in four months of the war on Gaza than in four years of global war.
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“I resign. Because I’m responsible for that attack. I’m the one who botched security at the border,” Mehdi Hasan said.
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Israeli forces and extremists have regularly attacked Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa during Ramadan in previous years and raided the holy site at other times.
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“They were all dead. Their father took them and left me behind,”Rania Abu Anza said. “How will I continue to live now?”
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Lord Arthur James Balfour wrote the Balfour Declaration, which helped pave the way for the eventual creation of Israel.
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Israel has denied it intends to push the 1.4 million Palestinians it forced into Rafah into Egypt, but the construction from Egypt’s side suggests that it is preparing for a worst case scenario.
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47-year-old Abir Al-Sahlani, who was born in Iraq, spent most of her allotted speaking time with one hand over her mouth and holding up the other hand, which was painted red.
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At the end of his speech, Riyad Mansour broke down as he called for a “future where Palestinian children are treated as children, not as a demographic threat”.
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“[Palestinians] have a right to live in freedom and dignity in their ancestral land,” Riyad Al-Maliki said. “Justice delayed is justice denied, and the Palestinian people have been denied justice for far too long.”
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“If I feel that someone needs help, I will not think about myself,” Dr. Amira Al-Asouli, a retired obstetrician and gynecologist, said.