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The latest news, features and stories on Palestine - officially the State of Palestine - a state located in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It claims the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip as its territory. Israel governed the Gaze Strip until it withdrew in 2005. Hamas seized power after winning the 2006 Palestinian legislative election. On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, igniting what the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called 'war.'

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  1. Play Video GAZA CITY, GAZA - MAY 26: Palestinian fishermen try to fish with rowing boats and fishing rods on the coast of Gaza city as damaged and destroyed buildings are seen behind in Gaza on May 26, 2024.While Israel's intense attacks on the Gaza Strip continue, some of the Palestinian fishermen who have to earn their living and bring food to their homes continue to fish, risking their lifes. (Photo by Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    Inside Trump’s fantasy plan to turn the Gaza strip into a ‘Riviera'

    Channel: US US 1 day ago By Sarah Hooper
  2. Could Donald Trump's plan to build a Riviera in Gaza spark conflict in the Middle East?
  3. British woman speaks out for first time after 470 days being held hostage in Gaza
  4. Trump says he wants to 'clean out' Gaza and relocate Palestinians in Arab nations
  5. Corbyn and McDonnell 'agree to police interview' after 70 arrested at Palestine protest

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GAZA CITY, GAZA - Palestinians continue to return back to their homes

Could Donald Trump's plan to build a Riviera in Gaza spark conflict in the Middle East?

Channel: World World 1 day ago By Gergana Krasteva
Play Video GAZA CITY, GAZA - MAY 26: Palestinian fishermen try to fish with rowing boats and fishing rods on the coast of Gaza city as damaged and destroyed buildings are seen behind in Gaza on May 26, 2024.While Israel's intense attacks on the Gaza Strip continue, some of the Palestinian fishermen who have to earn their living and bring food to their homes continue to fish, risking their lifes. (Photo by Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Inside Trump’s fantasy plan to turn the Gaza strip into a ‘Riviera'

Channel: US US 1 day ago By Sarah Hooper
Displaced Palestinians wait along the Salah al-Din road in Nuseirat

Trump says he wants to 'clean out' Gaza and relocate Palestinians in Arab nations

Channel: World World January 26, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
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British woman speaks out for first time after 470 days being held hostage in Gaza

Channel: World World January 20, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
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'I refused to join the Israel Defence Forces - here is what happened'

Channel: World World January 19, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
Play Video LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 18: A person is detained by police officers during a Pro-Palestinian march on January 18, 2025 in London, England. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are going ahead with a planned march after police placed a ban on it, citing the risk of causing "serious disruption" to a synagogue near the intended route. Organizers had planned to assemble outside the BBC offices in London to protest against what they say is the public broadcaster's "pro-Israel bias" in its news coverage of the conflict in Gaza. (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Corbyn and McDonnell 'agree to police interview' after 70 arrested at Palestine protest

Channel: UK UK January 19, 2025 By Brooke Davies
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Journalist's brave act as he broadcasts news of ceasefire in Gaza

Channel: World World January 16, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Hospital set ablaze and vulnerable patients forced into the cold

Channel: World World December 27, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
Murals cover Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem

The birthplace of Jesus marks its second year under the shadow of war

Channel: World World December 25, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
A Palestinian girl watches as others check a UN-school housing displacing people that was hit during Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 6, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. The Israeli military said on June 6 its fighter jets had struck a UN-run school used by Palestinian militants in central Gaza, with authorities in the Hamas-run territory reporting at least 27 dead. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Women in Gaza get just £3 each in funding to prevent gender-based violence

Channel: World World December 18, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
Banned Steam shooter soldiers parachuting into base

Video game recreating Hamas October 7 attack banned as ‘terrorist propaganda'

Channel: Gaming Gaming December 2, 2024 By Michael Beckwith
New York Police arrest Pro-Palestinian protesters who were demonstrating on Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Protestors tackled to the ground after blocking Thanksgiving Day Parade

Channel: US US November 28, 2024 By Brooke Davies
Hannah Mcwann: 'I went out to buy some chips and my life changed for ever'

'I went out to buy some chips and my life changed for ever'

Channel: UK UK November 25, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson

Life in Gaza: 'I'm raising my family in a moving tomb'

Channel: World World November 16, 2024 By Lauren Crosby Medlicott
Play Video Fans argue on stands during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between France and Israel at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Thursday Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Israeli football hooligans start fighting inside stadium at match against France

Channel: World World November 15, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva
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Big Brother stars 'had no idea' pro-Palestine T-shirt was edited after backlash

Channel: TV TV November 13, 2024 By Meghna Amin
Play Video Pro-Palestine protest in Amsterdam.

Arrests made after pro-Palestine protesters defy city's demonstration ban

Channel: World World November 10, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen
Pictures from Israel-Gaza war.

How Lebanon became a 'hostage' in the 'struggle between Iran and Israel'

Channel: World World October 29, 2024 By Jasper King
Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock for Big Brother (14805220c) Ali 'Big Brother' TV Show, Series 2, Episode 15, London, UK - 22 Oct 2024

Big Brother housemate's pro-Palestine T-shirt removed from episode sparks Ofcom row

Channel: TV TV November 13, 2024 By Meghna Amin
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Nobel Peace Prize winner breaks down and reveals who he thinks should have got it

Channel: World World October 14, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
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