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1.6 million exposed toacute food insecurity

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the Gaza Strip is facing a worsening humanitarian catastrophe, noting that 1.6 million people in the Strip are exposed to extreme levels of acute food insecurity.Guterres...

Palestinians gather to receive food portions at a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday. — AFP

Negotiators gather for Gaza talks, mediators caution deal may not be swift

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Hamas calls for swift hostage-prisoner swap

A displaced Palestinian child stands by a fence, as he rests on the roadside in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday. - Reuters

As Gaza talks begin, Hamas calls for swift exchange

Palestinians carry bags, wooden pallets and empty cardboard boxes as they leave a food distribution point near the Netsarim corridor. — AFP

Syria selects new members of transitional

Syria's interim President Ahmed al Sharaa visits a polling station, in Damascus. — AFP

Israel still operating in Gaza

Palestinians walk on a coastal path northwest of Nuseirat refugee camp. — AFP

Palestinians hail Trump ceasefire call

Displaced Palestinian girls light a fire under a pot outside their family's tent near a coastal path northwest of Nuseirat refugee camp after being displaced southward following an Israeli announcement of closing Al Rashid road towards the north of the besieged Gaza Strip on October 4, 2025. Israel said on October 4, that its troops were still operating in Gaza and warned residents not to return, despite calls from the families of Israeli hostages and US President Donald Trump for an immediate halt to the fighting.

Reaction after calls for end to Gaza bombing

Protest in solidarity with Gaza, in Barcelona. — Reuters

UN rights chief hails chance to stop carnage

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Trump tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza, says Hamas ready for peace

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Hamas agrees to some of the Gaza plan but seeks negotiations

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take part in a sit-in protest to condemn the Israeli forces' interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels aiming to re

Gaza plan inconsistent with int'l law: UN experts

Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, ride a vehicle pulled by an animal as they move southwards following Israeli forces' orders to leave Gaza City on Friday. — Reuters

Hamas wants more time on Gaza plan

Displaced Palestinians from northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, rest after evacuating southwards in the central Gaza Strip. — Reuters

Hamas says group needs time to study Gaza plan

Smoke billows following an Israeli strike in Gaza City, on October 2, 2025, as pictured from Nuseirat in central Gaza

NAVY STOPS GAZA AID FLOTILLA

An Israeli navy vessel escorts vessels from the Global Sumud Flotilla to Ashdod Port in southern Israel. - Reuters

2 killed amid violence during Morocco's Gen Z protests

A man stands next to a burnt building which housed a bank, after youth-led anti-government protests, in Sale, Morocco. - Reuters
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