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Palestinians wait to receive donated food at a community kitchen in central Gaza. AP

Famine reversed in Gaza but hunger crisis remains acute

Latest Integrated Food Security Phase assessment shows no areas in Gaza currently classified as being in famine

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Caravans in Gaza could make temporary displacement permanent, warn aid groups

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Gazan Youssef Al Samri, 16, lost his legs in an Israeli air strike while fetching water. AP Photo

Gaza’s hidden crisis: inside the struggle for physical rehabilitation after war

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US to look into whether Israel's killing of Hamas leader breached Gaza truce, says Trump

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A Palestinian woman fixes her tent after heavy rain in Gaza City on December 11. The EU says too many lorries carrying shelters, tents and sleeping bags are being refused entry. AFP

EU criticises Israeli restrictions on dual use items entering Gaza

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UAE opens medical centre in Gaza to deliver emergency care

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Hamas confirms senior commander Raed Saad killed in Israeli strike

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Settlement expansion in occupied West Bank at highest since 2017, UN report says

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  • Despite efforts made by the UN and other agencies, aid givers were reluctant to invest in long-term capacity building. Reuters

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  • Gazan Youssef Al Samri, 16, lost his legs in an Israeli air strike while fetching water. AP Photo

    Gaza’s hidden crisis: inside the struggle for physical rehabilitation after war

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Settlement expansion in occupied West Bank at highest since 2017, UN report says

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Calls for shelter go unanswered for Gazans living in flooded tents

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UN passes resolution calling on Israel to co-operate with UN agencies and allow aid into Gaza

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AFP journalist Dylan Collins speaks about the 2023 attack, alongside US senators Chris Van Hollen, left, and Peter Welch, second left. AFP

US senators decry lack of accountability over Israeli attack on journalists

Reporters Without Borders calls Israel 'the worst enemy of journalists' in the world

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Baby dies of exposure in flooded tent as storm batters Gaza

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UK army suppressed dossier questioning Israeli firm's bid for £2bn training deal

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Trump administration explores options to hold UNRWA 'accountable'

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Abu Shabab death reveals turmoil in Israel-backed Gaza militias

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'Kings, presidents and prime ministers' want to be on Gaza Board of Peace, Trump says

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Israel approves more than 750 new settler homes in occupied West Bank

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Militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab was shot and killed in Gaza last week. Photo: Yasser Abu Shabab

Abu Shabab death reveals turmoil in Israel-backed Gaza militias

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