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Ottawa calls for probe into demolished Canadian water treatment plant in Gaza
The Canadian government is ‘assessing the damage’ at a demolished water treatment plant and facility in Gaza that it built 25 years ago, while asking Israel for a full and independent investigation into what occurred, International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says. Social media video began circulating on the weekend of explosives being laid down at the facility, known as the Canada Well, ...
Read More »A highly contagious skin disease is spreading across parts of the Gaza Strip
Reports on social media and in the news show a highly contagious skin rash mainly affecting kids in the Gaza Strip. The red welts are on arms, legs, faces and chests, and are very itchy blisters that eventually burst and turn into a dark yellow crust. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 30 killed in Israeli airstrike on school shelter in central Gaza, Palestinian officials say
At least 30 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering people in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on Saturday, Palestinian health officials said. The Israeli military said the strike targeted a Hamas command centre used to store weapons and plan attacks. CBC | World News
Read More »Situation inside Gaza hospital has reached the breaking point, says Canadian aid worker
Aid workers say Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, is struggling to meet the needs of women and children because of an influx of wounded patients and a shortage of critical supplies. CBC | World News
Read More »This Gaza man makes videos cooking aid food for children in displacement camps
Hamada Shaqoura, 33, says the kids motivate him to cook so that he can make them some of the meals they used to have before the war. Some of his videos have gone viral on TikTok, and he’s since garnered hundreds of thousands of followers. CBC | World News
Read More »Type 2 poliovirus detected in wastewater in the Gaza Strip
A poliovirus variant has been detected in six wastewater samples in Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah, two cities in southern and central Gaza. No one in Gaza has been treated for polio-related symptoms yet, the WHO told The Associated Press. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian citizen killed in confrontation with Israeli security forces near Gaza border
Israeli police said a Canadian citizen was killed after threatening Israeli security forces with a knife near the Gaza border. CBC | World News
Read More »Amid rubble and airstrikes, university students in Gaza resume classes online
Higher education institutions in Gaza were damaged or destroyed after the Israel-Hamas war began last fall, but some students are finding hope as a few schools resume classes virtually, even though they face serious challenges. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. closes problem-plagued Gaza aid pier after it operated for just 25 days
Vice-Admiral Brad Cooper, deputy commander at U.S. Central Command, told reporters in a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday that the pier achieved its intended effect in what he called an “unprecedented operation.” CBC | World News
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