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Hospitals in Gaza are on ‘brink of collapse’ UN warns

The number of patients treated or waiting to be treated is at 150% of the hospitals’ capacity, and people are lying on floors and corridors.

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Palestinian medics help a child wounded in Israeli airstrikes outside the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Mahmoud)

'On the side of humanity': Palestinian supporters march

Thousands of people have attended a pro-Palestine rally in Sydney.

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Pro-Palestine supporters have again taken to the streets of Sydney. (Brent Lewin/AAP PHOTOS)

Mother and daughter hostages are released by Hamas in Gaza

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Judith Tai Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter Natali Raanan.

As hope dwindles, families share stories about loved ones abducted in attack on Israel

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About 200 people were taken hostage by Hamas when it launched an attack on Israel on October 7. These are their stories.

Hundreds of Palestinians killed in blast at Gaza City hospital

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Hundreds of people have been killed in a bombing of a Palestinian hospital on Tuesday night, with Israel denying responsibility.

Boy, 6, fatally stabbed 26 times over Middle East conflict

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The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) identified the victims as 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume, pictured here, and his mother, Hanaan Shahin, who is in the hospital.