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A former Palestinian national soccer team player and star of Gaza's Al-Shati'a Services Club was killed by Israeli forces while waiting to get humanitarian aid on Wednesday, according to the Palestinian Football Association. https://t.co/4KJXTvQzxj
"He was murdered by Israel."
UEFA is facing criticism for not clarifying how former Palestine national team player Suleiman al-Obeid has died or naming the Israeli army as complicit in his death while he waited for food aid in Gaza.
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Beloved by millions of kids around the world, YouTube star Ms. Rachel has been spotlighting the suffering of Gaza's children. Now she's facing major blowback, as she explains to @meenasaurus
"I think it should be controversial to NOT say anything" about Gaza
I spoke to YouTube star and children's educator Ms. Rachel about her outspoken support for Palestinian kids in Gaza - and the bad-faith attacks on her in response.
Full interview here:
https://t.co/kCYppDnOHa
At a town hall in Rockaway, NYC last night; NYC Mayor Eric Adams opening line to the concerned citizens of Rockaway was “ there’s a real history for me, I had a shorty that lived out here “.
Today, Gaza’s one million children have been plunged back into a world of fear and death.
We appeal for the ceasefire to be reinstated immediately.
Full statement from @unicefchief: https://t.co/knDtne9r4S
Over 400 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in Israel's renewed strikes in Gaza, health ministry in the enclave says https://t.co/LPZ2OWnQXT
“More than a human can bear”: Israel's systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since October 2023 https://t.co/CIeb5YxBTE
Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said. Israel denied its forces were advancing toward Damascus after they pushed into a buffer zone inside Syria. https://t.co/iN0kKX4wcM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces have seized a buffer zone in the Golan Heights established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement after Syrian troops abandoned their positions in the latest unrest. https://t.co/cPrYGFBm9M
BREAKING: In a stunning turn, the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appears to have fallen after rebels advanced into the capital Damascus, catching government forces by surprise 10 days after a lightning advance by insurgents first began. https://t.co/rTCGtRKrUH
BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip killed five people, including employees of World Central Kitchen. The charity says it's “urgently seeking more details." https://t.co/hYz90zDABI