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Gaza peacekeeping force delayed as international support falters

Regional instability and logistical setbacks mean the planned international deployment may not be in place for months

By Melanie Swan

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July 10, 2026 11:57

US President Trump (C), flanked by Vice President JD Vance (L) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R), joins leaders for a group photo during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026 (Getty Images)

By Lorin Bell-Cross

Burnham has upped the anti-Israel rhetoric – but will his government act differently from Starmer’s?

Britain’s next prime minister still refused to label Israel’s actions a ‘genocide’

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July 10, 2026 09:44

Andy Burnham is guaranteed to become Britain's next prime minister. (Image: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

Egyptian FA official blames World Cup exit on coach's Gaza activism

Mustafa Abu Zahra’s comments came after antisemitic conspiracy theories about the match’s referee spread online

By JC Reporter

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July 9, 2026 15:45

Egypt's head coach, Hossam Hassan, celebrates after winning the 2026 World Cup Round of 32 football match between Australia and Egypt at the Dallas Stadium in Arlington on July 3, 2026 (Getty Images)

Thousands of cigarettes found hidden inside Gaza pineapple shipment

The discovery was made at the Lachish Crossing in southern Israel during a routine inspection.

By Pesach Benson

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July 9, 2026 12:03

Cigarettes discovered in a Gaza-bound shipment of pineapples at the Lachish Crossing on July 8, 2026 (Cogat)

Middle East minister accused of lobbying for ‘Hamas colonel’ detained by Israel

Published images appear to show hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya in military fatigues alongside members of Hamas

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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July 7, 2026 14:40

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer in the House of Commons (ParliamentTV)

By Alex Gandler

When Gaza’s ‘dead journalists’ turn out to be terrorists, the media go quiet

The press has every right to investigate Israel’s conduct. It also has a duty to investigate how Palestinian terror groups manipulate the news – and for too long, the press vest was uncritically treated as proof of innocence

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July 6, 2026 18:17

Left: Committee to Protect Journalists lists Tarek Skheil as a media worker killed by the IDF. Right: Palestinian Islamic Jihad lists Tarek Skheil as a commander killed in action (Image: Salo Aizenberg/X)

‘Antisemitic’ pro-Gaza walk past Holocaust memorial stones in Berlin is scrapped

Event ditched after Jewish group branded it a ‘calculated transgression of boundaries’

By Rob Hyde

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July 6, 2026 12:54

Stolpersteine in Berlin commemorating the Jewish Cohn family, most of whom perished in the Holocaust. (Getty Images)

Hamas dissolves Gaza government in preparation for peace plan handover

The move means the Strip is, technically, not under the terror group’s control for the first time in 20 years, but an Israeli official accused it of ‘buying time and engaging in spin’

By Akiva van Koningsveld

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July 6, 2026 12:17

Ismail al-Thawabta, head of Hamas' government media office, addresses a press conference at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on July 6, 2026 (Getty Images)

Former hostages kidnapped together marry in Israel

Israel President Isaac Herzog and other former captives were in attendance as Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov tied the knot

By JC Reporter

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July 6, 2026 10:47

Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov under the chupah with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at their wedding in Even Yehuda, Israel (X/IsaacHerzog)

Gazan family of 18 wins UK refugee status despite asylum rejection

Foreign Office slams Save The Children UK over ‘divisive, provocative and factually inaccurate’ Gaza post

Andy Burnham fails to push back against Gary Lineker’s description of Gaza conflict as ‘genocide’

Yvette Cooper: Burnham right to apologise for Labour’s Gaza stance

Mother whose son’s body was taken to Gaza by Unrwa worker says extra £23m UK funds for agency is ‘disappointing’

Gaza’s dissidents: crushed by Hamas at home, dismissed by activists abroad

Burnham’s pandering to antizionists will unleash a torrent of antisemitism

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Gazan family of 18 wins UK refugee status despite asylum rejection

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Gaza peacekeeping force delayed as international support falters

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Middle East minister accused of lobbying for ‘Hamas colonel’ detained by Israel

When Gaza’s ‘dead journalists’ turn out to be terrorists, the media go quiet

‘Antisemitic’ pro-Gaza walk past Holocaust memorial stones in Berlin is scrapped

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Former hostages kidnapped together marry in Israel