Claire Parker

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Claire Parker |Herb Scribner

Director Hamdan Ballal of Oscar-winning the documentary, "No Other Land," was attacked in the West Bank and is currently missing. Photo / Getty ImagesHamdan Ballal, co-director of the documentary No Other Land, was attacked in his home village of Susya, according to activists.

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Susannah George |Claire Parker |Abbie Cheeseman

More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip, the enclave’s Health Ministry said Sunday - a grim indicator of the conflict’s continued lethality less than a week since Israel shattered a nearly two-month-old ceasefire, launching airstrikes and ground incursions into the territory. Israel launched the war in Gaza in response to the deadly Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, that killed about 1,200 people and took roughly 250 people hostage.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Susannah George |Claire Parker |Abbie Cheeseman

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1 month ago | spokesman.com | Susannah George |Claire Parker |Miriam Berger |Hazem Balousha

DUBAI - The shattering of a hard-fought ceasefire in the Gaza Strip this week sent regional officials scrambling to get Israel and Hamas back to the negotiating table, in a last-ditch effort to salvage months of painstaking diplomacy as the Palestinian death toll from renewed Israeli strikes soared past 500.

Feb 2, 2025 | arkansasonline.com | Claire Parker |Joanna Slater |Ellen Francis

JERUSALEM -- Hamas released U.S. citizen Keith Siegel in the fourth round of hostages-for-prisoners exchanges under the Gaza ceasefire with Israel, and the Rafah crossing to Egypt reopened for the first time in eight months to allow medical evacuations. Siegel, 65, a citizen of the United States and Israel, and two Israeli men -- Ofer Kalderon, 54, and Yarden Bibas, 35 -- were freed Saturday morning after 15 months in captivity in tightly choreographed handover ceremonies at two sites in Gaza.