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‘I am dying slowly’: Gaza professor blocked from cancer treatment by Israel’s siege Submitted by Maha Hussaini on Thu, 07/30/2026 - 11:14 Israel’s restrictions on medicines and medical evacuations leave thousands of cancer patients without life-saving treatment Kholoud Abu Sahmoud says she is slowly dying from cancer as Israel continues to severely restrict medical evacuations (Hani Abu Rezeq/Middle East Eye) Off In a cramped space beneath the staircase of a school-turned-shelter in southern Gaza, university professor Kholoud Abu Sahmoud is slowly losing her battle with cancer. After 15 rounds of chemotherapy, the 33-year-old Palestinian mother of two was told she could no longer continue treatment because the drugs available in the war-ravaged enclave were not suitable for her type of cancer. “I was first diagnosed with liver cancer immediately after giving birth to my daughter, about nine months ago.

The 242nd humanitarian aid convoy, “Zaad El Ezza… From Egypt to Gaza,” began entering the Gaza Strip on Sunday, July 26, 2026, through the auxiliary gate of Rafah Land Port toward the Karam Abu Salem crossing, in preparation for delivering the assistance to Palestinians in the enclave. An official source said the convoy’s trucks are … The post Egypt’s 242nd aid convoy heads to Gaza appeared first on Egypt Independent .

French Deputy Minister Eléonore Caroit announced aid projects for Gaza in partnership with Egypt, even as criticism mounts in France over the suspension of several evacuation programs to the mainland.

Gaza’s $71bn reconstruction will cost seven times all previous rebuilds combined, and will fail without Palestinian leadership – Oxfam warns Nesrine Aly Wed, 07/22/2026 - 21:00 Off Oxfam and Palestinian organisations hand world leaders a blueprint for Gaza's recovery — one that puts Palestinian ownership and accountability for Israel's genocide at its core. The $71.4 billion needed to rebuild Gaza is seven times, in real terms, the combined cost of reconstruction after every major Israeli military offensive there over the past two decades, a new joint Oxfam report has found.  Even that figure captures only part of what was destroyed — the physical and economic cost — not the deliberate erasure of the social fabric that holds Gaza together, which will take generations to restore. The report  Building Gaza Anew   – co-authored by Oxfam, the  Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) and the  Palestine Trade Centre (PalTrade)  – offers a blueprint that treats Gaza’s recovery as a matter of rights and reparations, not charity.

Supporters waved Egyptian and Palestinian flags in support of Gaza as the Pharaohs boarded an open-top bus for a parade.

EL ALAMEIN, Egypt (AFP)—Hundreds of euphoric supporters welcomed home Egypt's national football team on Friday after the country's best-ever performance at the World Cup, which ended with a thrilling last-16 exit to Argentina. A sea of fans dressed in red, white and black filled the grounds outside the airport in El-Alamein, where the Pharaohs boarded an open-top bus for a parade through the coastal city. "We are very happy with the team," supporter Mohamed Gehad told AFP at the airport where he had travelled to welcome the players.

En palestinsk nødhjelpsarbeider som hjalp til med å stelle i stand VM-visninger for palestinere på Gazastripen, ble drept i et israelsk luftangrep tidligere denne uken. Luftangrepet skjedde tirsdag, akkurat idet avsparket gikk i kampen mellom Egypt og Argentina under VM, melder ITV. Angrepet skjedde til tross for våpenhvilen som ble inngått mellom Hamas og Israel i oktober i fjor.

I Gaza city samlades hundratals människor bland rasmassorna för att se sextondelsfinalen mellan Egypten och Argentina i fotbolls-VM på storbildsskärm. Det skulle kunna ha varit ett välkommet avbrott i en krigsdrabbad vardag. Men bara en timme innan matchen dödas en av arrangörerna, Mohamed al-Wahidi, 57, i en israelisk luftattack.

World Cup 2026: How Fifa is publicly endorsing US imperialism Submitted by Coll McCail on Thu, 07/09/2026 - 16:37 In return for transforming the tournament into a show of Trumpian theatre, football's governing body expects to extract record revenues Fifa president Gianni Infantino is pictured in Washington, DC, on 19 February 2026 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP) On Last Friday, Egypt ’s national football team made history. The Pharaohs narrowly dispatched Australia to become the second Arab nation to reach the 2026 World Cup round of 16.  Draped in the Palestinian flag, Egyptian coach Hossam Hassan dedicated his squad’s victory to the people of Gaza , many of whom watched live amid the rubble.  Football, for the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano , was a “mirror of everything”. The beautiful game, he argued, has always reflected the character of the world in which it is played - in both sun and shadow.  This year’s World Cup has been no different, legitimising the emergence of renewed imperial barbarism, while simultaneously reaffirming our common humanity with collective joy.  Just days before the Palestinian people celebrated Egyptian captain Mohamed Salah’s Panenka in Dallas Stadium, Israeli forces fatally shot Saleem al-Ashqar, a 32-year-old Palestinian goalkeeper who was searching for cooking fuel for his pregnant wife.

An Israeli strike in Gaza prior to the kickoff of the FIFA World Cup clash between Argentina and Egypt killed a top Palestinian aid official who helped organise screenings of the game across the strip, according to media reports. The Associated Press said the blast that killed Mohamed al-Wahidi, an official with Egypt’s relief arm in Gaza, turned “what was supposed to be a moment of celebration — the live screening of a potential upset against Argentina by an Arab team — into a reminder of how the near-daily Israeli strikes are continuing to kill civilians despite a truce reached in October”. The report also quoted Dr Mohamed Abu Selmiya, the director of Shifa Hospital, as saying that the strike that killed al-Wahidi on Tuesday hit a car in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City at dusk.

Mohamed al-Wahidi died when a missile struck his taxi shortly before Egypt played Argentina in their last 16 match Gaza’s World Cup screenings – in pictures A Palestinian aid worker who had organised screenings of World Cup matches in Gaza was killed by an Israeli missile strike just before the game between Egypt and Argentina on Tuesday evening. Two brothers aged eight and 10 and another man who was in the street near the site of the attack were also killed. Continue reading...

Hamas announced on Monday that it will dissolve its government in Gaza, a move that experts say puts pressure on Israel as progress from the US-brokered ceasefire plan has stalled. Ismail al-Thwabta, the head of the Hamas’ Government Media Office (GMO), said the militant group is ready to turn over governance to the Palestinian technocratic … The post Hamas says it will dissolve Gaza government as US-brokered ceasefire plan stalls appeared first on Egypt Independent .

Israel restricts flow of goods into Gaza at Karem Abu Salem crossing Israel is restricting the flow of goods into Gaza at the Karem Abu Salem crossing, the UN's humanitarian agency has reported. Last week, only 42 percent of supplies routed through Egypt and 65 percent of those from Ashdod port could be offloaded at the crossing, which sits at the intersection of Egypt, Israel and Gaza and is known to Israelis as Kerem Shalom, OCHA said in its latest update. The UN and its partners managed to deliver about 42,000 pallets to Gaza in June, down from around 46,600 in May.

Palestinian group Hamas announced on Monday the dissolution of the body that has governed the Gaza Strip for nearly two decades, clearing the way for a technocratic committee to implement civilian rule . The move marks a significant political shift by Hamas, which has run Gaza since it seized control from Palestine’s Fatah group in 2007 after winning legislative elections the previous year. Since a ceasefire took effect in Gaza last October between Hamas and Israel, the group has repeatedly said it is prepared to step aside from day-to-day governance, but the thorny issue of its disarmament remains unresolved.

In photos: Egypt fever sweeps Gaza as World Cup draws crowds Submitted by Mohammed al-Hajjar on Sat, 07/04/2026 - 13:19 Fans gather across the Gaza Strip to back Egypt, with public screenings offering a rare moment of escape As the 2026 Fifa World Cup captivates fans around the world, Palestinians across the Gaza Strip are gathering to watch the tournament despite the territory's ongoing humanitarian crisis. Matches are being screened in public squares, cafes and restaurants. All photos are taken by Mohammed al-Hajjar for Middle East Eye in the Nuseirat Camp in central Gaza.

The 225th humanitarian aid convoy, titled “Zad al-Ezzah… From Egypt to Gaza,” departed on Wednesday July 1 ,2026 from the Rafah crossing to the Karam Abu Salem crossing, in preparation for delivering aid into the Gaza Strip. A source said the convoy consists of trucks carrying large quantities of humanitarian relief and food assistance, including … The post 225th aid convoy heads for Gaza appeared first on Egypt Independent .

WHO evacuates 85 patients and companions from Gaza for treatment abroad The World Health Organization evacuated 85 people from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday for medical treatment abroad, with assistance from the Palestine Red Crescent Society. The evacuation included 30 patients and 55 companions, and began at the society's Al-Mawasi field hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, according to the Palestine News Agency. The WHO facilitated their transfer through the Rafah border crossing, which is controlled by Israeli forces on the Palestinian side and by Egypt.

Egypt called Thursday for intensified international efforts to create the conditions needed to complete the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza plan and move for...

At a Gaza peace summit in Egypt in October, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto leaned towards his US counterpart Donald Trump and asked, “Can I meet Eric?” Prabowo was referring to the American president’s son. Trump responded warmly in the exchange that was picked up on a hot microphone. “I’ll have Eric call.

A new group of Palestinian returnees arrived at Rafah border crossing in North Sinai on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, as preparations continued for their return to Gaza Strip. An official at Rafah Crossing said that procedures were underway for the departure of the new group to Gaza. The source added that a team from the … The post Rafah Crossing receives new batch of Palestinian returnees to Gaza appeared first on Egypt Independent .

Israeli strikes and ⁠gunfire killed at least four Palestinians in Gaza on Monday, health officials said, as mediators prepared ⁠for further ceasefire talks in Cairo to safeguard a US-brokered peace plan for the tiny war-ravaged Palestinian enclave.

I survived the genocide in Gaza, but still carry its scars within me Submitted by Ahmed Abu Artema on Mon, 06/08/2026 - 08:27 Nine months into exile, the smallest things including a full battery, a passing plane or a plate of leftover rice show how deeply the genocide is lodged in the body Palestinians gather at the Rafah crossing as it reopens for the first time since the US-Israel war with Iran began, in Khan Younis, on 19 March 2026 (Bashar Taleb/AFP) Off The harsh experiences that groups and individuals go through affect the subconscious in ways that may extend across generations. A Dutch woman told me that her elderly mother still stores large quantities of food because she experienced famine during World War Two in the winter of 1944. My body left Gaza nine months ago, which is theoretically enough time for new feelings to be born.

The Rafah land crossing in North Sinai received a new group of Palestinians returning to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 . Sources at the crossing said procedures were underway to facilitate the return of the group to Gaza after their arrival at the main terminal on the Egyptian side of the crossing. … The post Rafah border crossing receives group of Palestinians returning to Gaza Strip appeared first on Egypt Independent .

Hamas says Gaza ceasefire implementation talks continue in Cairo Husam Badran, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, says discussions with mediators on implementing the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire agreement are continuing in the Egyptian capital. The meetings are taking place “in a positive and responsible spirit, aiming to ensure the success of the current round of talks, protect our Palestinian people, and thwart the occupation’s objectives and plans”, Badran said in a statement shared by Hamas on Telegram. The talks come as Israeli attacks on Gaza continue despite the ceasefire.

The Israeli military is preparing for a possible return to 'large-scale' military operations in Gaza despite continuing cease-fire talks in Cairo, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reporte...

Egypt and Qatar are working to bridge views in ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran, as the two nations’ foreign ministers met on Sunday to discuss proposed elements of the agreement aimed at ending regional conflict. Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty received Qatari Prime Minister and […] The post Egyptian, Qatari foreign ministers review proposed US-Iran agreement and Gaza ceasefire terms first appeared on Dailynewsegypt .

An Israeli airstrike on a Hamas police station in Khan Younis, Gaza, killed five Palestinians and wounded at least 16 others on Sunday, with the strike hitting a site adjacent to a tent encampment of displaced families as mediators attempted to salvage a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal.

An Israeli strike has killed five people in Gaza as Hamas and Israel trade blame for truce violations and Egypt hosts new talks to salvage the ceasefire deal.

Israel conducted an airstrike on a tent camp in Gaza City housing displaced Palestinians, killing at least five people including children and women. The strike occurred while ceasefire implementation talks were underway in Cairo, prompting Hamas to accuse Israel of deliberately attempting to wreck the US-brokered agreement.

The US Department of State has published photos of Egyptian military personnel joining the International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza, emphasizing that this is a highly crucial contribution from a nation neighboring the Palestinian enclave. On Friday, the US State Department’s account on the ‘X’ platform posted: “The Board of Peace: Egypt’s contributions will support … The post Photos: Egypt deploys troops to Gaza as part of International Stabilization Force appeared first on Egypt Independent .

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers announced that on Monday it will award the Golden Pen for Press Freedom to photographers and video journalists from three major news agencies (France Press, Associated Press, and Reuters) working in Gaza to document the war while risking their lives. The award will be presented in the coastal city of Marseille in southern France to representatives of the three news agencies, including photographer Mohammad Abed who worked in Gaza with France Press until April 2024 before joining the agency's Cairo office. The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers stated that over more than two and a half years, journalists in Gaza have witnessed death, destruction, and human suffering on an unprecedented scale.

GAZA/CAIRO/DUBAI, May 27 (Reuters) - Dozens of Palestinians carried the body of Hamas’ armed wing chief through the streets of Gaza City in a funeral procession on Wednesday, a day after Israel killed him as it moves to eliminate the militant group’s top brass despite a ceasefire.

Seven months after the conclusion of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the Palestinian territories remain in limbo with no reconstruction underway, the newly formed Peace Council facing severe financing shortfalls, and Palestinian technocrats kept at a distance in Egypt rather than allowed to administer the enclave.

A widow in southern Gaza mourns her husband, who died a year ago during the conflict, and reflects on their unfulfilled shared pilgrimage to Mecca before his death—one of Islam's most important religious duties.

"We dread nightfall": Voices from Gaza Stories of living and working under bombardment and siege in Gaza. Leila Rafei January 2 2024, 2:23pm November 13, 2025 Part of his childhood will always carry the scars of what happened Mohammad Al Hawajri, MSF operating theater nurse "Just when we thought we had endured the worst, the genocide brought new terror to our doorstep: On June 27, 2025, an airstrike hit the street beside our home. Our youngest son, Omar, was standing by the door when a piece of shrapnel tore through his leg.