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Kassy Cho
Kassy Cho is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Almost. She is based in Taipei, Taiwan. Email her at kassy@almostmag.co.
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A Former Israeli Prime Minister Admitted That Israel Built The Tunnels And The Anchor Was Shocked
People are calling o out the fact that Israel has been claiming that Hamas built the tunnels and using it as an excuse to bomb the hospital to “find” them
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Pope Francis Has Condemned The Violence In Gaza, Saying It Has Gone Beyond War And Is “Terrorism”
“Here we have gone beyond wars. This is not war. This is terrorism.”
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Spain’s Re-Elected Prime Minister Has Named A Government With More Women Than Men
12 out of 22 members in socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s cabinet are women.
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Israel And Hamas Have Reached A Deal For A Four-Day Ceasefire But Israel Says It Will Keep Fighting After
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel has no plans to stop the war after the ceasefire.
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This Young Palestinian Man Was Seen Trying To Call His Friend Buried In The Rubble And It’s Heartbreaking
A video showing a young man crying and shaking uncontrollably as he tries to steady his hands to dial his friend, buried in the rubble, on his phone has gone viral.
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31 Premature Babies At Gaza’s Biggest Hospital Have Finally Been Evacuated To A Hospital In The South
The babies had been trapped without food, water and electricity inside the hospital, which Israel had laid siege to for days before raiding on Nov. 15.
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Hundreds Of Doctors, Patients And Civilians Have Been Forced To Evacuate Gaza’s Biggest Hospital
About 1,000 to 1,500 people were forced to flee the hospital, leaving only about 125 seriously injured patients, five doctors and some nurses inside, Palestinian officials said.
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Israel Has Bombed Two Schools In Gaza, Including One Run By The UN, Killing And Injuring Hundreds
The UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees said that up to 7,000 people had been sheltering inside the school at the time.
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After Being Confronted By A MSNBC Presenter, An Israeli Advisor Has Admitted Israel Shared Disinformation
In the interview with Mehdi Hasan, Mark Regev, a senior advisor to Israel’s prime minister, also refused to admit that Israel had killed Palestinian children.
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Israel Has Suspended This Israeli-Arab Woman Lawmaker For Criticizing The War And Calling For Peace
Aida Touma-Sliman was suspended after she shared a post criticizing the Israeli military’s attack on Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.
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The BBC Went With Israel Into Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital But Said Israel Didn’t Show Hamas’ Headquarters Evidence
“Israel is adamant this hospital was a command center, but for now at least, it’s either not found supporting evidence or it’s not sharing it.”