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Nineteen Israelis have been reported killed in Iranian attacks since Friday, while Iran’s health ministry says 224 have died in Israeli strikes.
The Global March to Gaza is a civilian-led initiative to march from Arish, Egypt, to the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip beginning on Sunday. Once in Rafah, the goal was to set up a camp and work to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza, provide humanitarian aid to the strip and protest against Israel's actions in the territory.
Thousands of activists from around the world are expected to descend on Egypt on Thursday for a “Global March to Gaza,” a movement aiming to break the Israeli blockade that has pushed the territory to the brink of famine.
Caretaker Prime Minister Dick Schoof said that the Dutch government “sees” and “hears” the around 150,000 people who protested in The Hague on Sunday against Israel’s continued violence in Gaza. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Dutch people who want to leave Israel to cross the border into Egypt or Jordan and fly from there.
The "America First" president praised his foreign policy record on Sunday while urging a deal between Iran and Israel amid escalating strikes.
I’m missing a really good meeting with Jeremy Corbyn in Liverpool,’ says one of the marchers, who proceeds to complain about not being allowed
Egyptian authorities detained activists planning to march to Gaza in protest of restrictions on aid reaching the territory, while security forces in eastern Libya blocked a convoy of activists en route to meet them.
Egyptian authorities on Friday detained or deported more foreign nationals seeking to join a pro-Palestinian march to Gaza.
James Eden considering ‘risky’ journey through the desert to Egypt after outbound flights from Israel were suspended
Egypt has blocked activists taking part in a planned march to Gaza, halting their attempt to reach the border and challenge Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory before it
Egyptian fertilizer producers were forced to halt operations on Friday due to a drop in natural gas imports from Israel, industry sources told Reuters.