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For Leqaa Kordia, her newfound freedom means little to her until “everybody is free.” “There is a lot of injustice in this place,” Kordia told reporters after emerging from a U.S. immigration detention centre in Texas on Monday. “There are a lot of people that shouldn’t be here in the first place. We’re going to keep fighting for them.” CBC ...
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A Canadian helped build a water plant in Gaza. Now he worries about its fate as aid groups leave over new law
Foreign workers from 37 international non-governmental organizations will leave the Gaza Strip by Sunday after choosing not to comply with new registration rules imposed by Israel. The new rules include handing over lists of local and foreign staff, which the organizations say put people at risk. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump hosts 1st Board of Peace meeting, announces pledges for reconstruction-peacekeeper funding for Gaza
Five countries have committed troops for an international security force for Gaza and U.S. President Donald Trump promised billions of dollars for reconstruction of the war-torn territory, on Thursday during the first meeting of his fledgling Board of Peace. CBC | World News
Read More »Food shortages overshadow 1st Ramadan in Gaza since October ceasefire
Ramadan lanterns and string lights are appearing on streets lined with rubble in Gaza City, as Palestinians gather at damaged mosques for prayers. The UN says food aid remains insufficient for the population there. CBC | World News
Read More »IDF says it dug up Canadian soldiers’ graves to destroy Gaza tunnel
The Israel Defence Forces have given CBC News an official explanation for the destruction of a cemetery holding the remains of 22 Canadian soldiers who died serving as peacekeepers in the Middle East in the 1950s and ’60s. The IDF says they were destroying a Hamas tunnel. An officer said the IDF had dug to a depth of 20 to ...
Read More »Israel fires deadly airstrike at Gaza tent camp, Palestinian officials say
Israel fired airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 11 people, Palestinian officials said, in what the military called a response to ceasefire violations by Palestinian militant group Hamas. CBC | World News
Read More »120 unidentified bodies released by Israel, Red Cross officials in Gaza say
In an unexpected move Wednesday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it received 120 unidentified bodies of Palestinians from Israel believed to have been killed during the two-year war. Health officials in Gaza say they are beginning work to identify the remains. CBC | World News
Read More »Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt reopens, with strict limits
Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened on Monday for limited traffic, a key step in the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire but a mostly symbolic development on the ground, as few people will be allowed to travel in either direction and no goods will be going into the war-torn territory. CBC | World News
Read More »Rafah border crossing into Gaza opened for limited passage, Israel says
Israel reopened the Rafah border crossing on Sunday for people to travel between Gaza and Egypt, the first opening of effectively the sole route in or out of the Palestinian territory since May 2024. Israel seized the border crossing in May 2024, nine months after it launched attacks on the region. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli strikes kill at least 30 Palestinians, as Gaza ceasefire inches forward
Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians on Saturday, one of the highest tolls since the October ceasefire aimed at stopping the fighting. CBC | World News
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