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Hostage families sue ICC prosecutor over alleged Hamas support

The $5.83million lawsuit accuses Karim Khan of levelling false accusations against Israel, as well as providing services to terror groups.

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August 17, 2025 11:39

The families of three hostages have sued ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan in Jerusalem (Image: Getty)

Israel

Israeli official reportedly arrested in Las Vegas child sex sting

The man in question reportedly returned to Israel shortly after his alleged arrest

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August 17, 2025 11:44

Israel

Hundreds of thousands march in Tel Aviv as hostage families call for nationwide strike

The largest marches in Israel since October 7 have erupted in more than 400 locations across Israel

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August 17, 2025 20:37

People gather at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv during a rally calling for the release of hostages held in Gaza, August 17, 2025. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מלחמה חטופים תל אביב חרבות ברזל מלחמה

Israel

Mass protests across Israel as national strike for hostages begins

One million expected in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square; at least 32 arrested across the country

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August 17, 2025 12:43

Thousands are marching in the Doctors’ “White Coats” march, from the Israeli Medical Association offices to Hostages Square. (Photo: Uriel Even Sapir)

Gaza

Gazan woman who ‘died of malnutrition’ in Italian hospital was actually cancer patient

Mahra Zuhri was suffering from an aggressive form of leukaemia, which counts weight loss among its symptoms

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August 18, 2025 10:02

A Gazan woman who reportedly 'died of malnutrition' in Pisa's University Hospital was actually suffering from an aggressive form of cancer, it has emerged (Image: GuidaToscana)

Zarah Sultana

Corbyn ‘capitulated’ over antisemitism, claims Zarah Sultana after launch of new party

The ex-Labour MP, now sitting as an independent, said her former party leader was wrong to adopt the IHRA definition of Jew-hatred

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August 18, 2025 10:22

Zarah Sultana has claimed that Jeremy Corbyn 'capitulated' over antisemitism while he was Labour leader (Image: Getty)

How the West is amplifying Hamas propaganda

Our tendency to side with our enemies is all very well when it is limited to denigrating our history or paying reparations, but it is an entirely different matter when it comes to supporting those who will behead us

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August 18, 2025 11:42

Anas al-Sharif (left), the Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israel and identified by the IDF as a Hamas operative, pictured with Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of October 7 (Image: IDF)

Australia

Australia bars far-right MK hours before visit to meet victims of antisemitic attacks

Simcha Rothman was accused of ‘spreading hate and division’ by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke

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August 18, 2025 10:49

Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman has been banned from entering Australia hours before he was due to visit the country to meet the victims of recent antisemitic attacks (Image: Flash90)

Palestine Action

Majority of Labour members oppose ‘misjudged’ Palestine Action terror ban

Seven in ten Labour members say that outlawing the terror group is ‘wrong’

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August 18, 2025 12:06

There has been pushback in some quarters against the ban on Palestine Action (Photo: Getty)

London

‘Zionism is poison’ posters at London hospital left patient ‘vulnerable and scared’

The hospital trust was, however, praised for its ‘prompt and proactive’ response

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August 18, 2025 12:13

University College London Hospital swiftly removed the posters and issued an apology (Image: Getty)

The Jewish press chose one minute of drama over 674 days of pure agony for the hostages

At a march for the starving captives in Gaza, the media should have highlighted their suffering and the anguish of their families. Instead, they fixated on a fleeting moment – the interruption of two rabbis’ speeches

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August 18, 2025 10:50

Hostage families and supporters during a march to Downing Street on August 10, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Gaza

Group of Gazan children to come to the UK for medical treatment

Some of the children could reportedly enter the asylum system after their hospital stays are complete

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August 18, 2025 12:56

A group of Gazan children will travel to the UK 'in the coming weeks' to receive medical treatment (Image: Getty)

Syria

Syrian president admits ‘violations’ by security forces in clashes with Druze minority

However, Ahmed al-Sharaa also reportedly accused Israel of ‘seeking to gain regional power’ in his country

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August 18, 2025 13:30

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has admitted his security forces committed 'violations' during violent clashes with the Druze community last month (Image: Getty)

BBC

BBC backtracks on claim that Gazan cancer patient ‘died of malnutrition’

However, the article still discusses how emaciated Marah Zuhri was when she was admitted and echoes the UN's warning of ‘widespread malnutrition in Gaza’

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August 18, 2025 14:11