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An image taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows a smoke plume rising from explosions above destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip. Picture: Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images

Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza Strip ceasefire in major breakthrough

An elderly Palestinian woman lifts a national flag during a rally marking Nakba day in the Ramallah city centre in the occupied West Bank last year.

How this year's Nakba Day will inevitably be more emotive than ever before

An Al Jazeera English correspondent reports live from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Sunday. Israel's Prime Minister said his government has decided to shut down the Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera, with which his administration has had a long-running feud. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

What is Al Jazeera and why has Israel banned it?

A handout image grab made available by the Iranian state TV, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), shows what the TV said was a live picture of the city of Isfahan following reports of explosions heard in the province in central Iran. Picture: Iranian State TV (IRIB)/AFP via Getty Images

US Israel missile strike claims as Iran fires air defence

An immediate ceasefire in Gaza is required to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe Scotsman comment

Israeli government is wielding starvation as a weapon against innocent civilians Laura Waddell

Palestinians inspect the damage in the rubble of a building where two hostages were reportedly held before being rescued during an operation by Israeli security forces in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images

Cameron urges Israel to 'think seriously' as Rafa incursion 'terrifying'

Palestinians inpect the damage in the rubble of a building where two hostages were reportedly held before being rescued during an operation by Israeli security forcess in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images

Flynn: Sunak, Starmer showing 'cowardice' over Israel, as two hostages rescued

Internally displaced Palestinians are pictured in an United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) school in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip in October.

What is UNWRA, UN agency accused of employing staff involved in Israel attacks?

A Pakistani police officer stands guard outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad. Picture: Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images

Pakistan air strikes on Iran kill four children, three women

Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah addresses journalists in London

'Operating hospital ceiling fell on us' - 43 days as a surgeon in Gaza

A protester holds reading "Coexist" during a demonstration in central London on Sunday to protest against antisemitism. Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP

Hamas frees 17 more Gaza hostages under ceasefire deal

A Remembrance poppy wreath

Remembrance Day far is too close - Angus Robertson

Displaced Palestinian citizens gather at the UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) school in Khan Yunis, after evacuating their homes that were damaged by Israeli airstrikes earlier this month.

Yousaf's 'empathy' praised as United Nations aid agency battles on in Gaza

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf has said his in-laws are "safe and back home". Picture credit Humza Yousaf.

First Minister Humza Yousaf has said his in-laws are "safe and back home"

People search through buildings destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip. Heading into a third week of heavy bombing from Israel, Gaza buckles under a shortage of basic needs including fuel, whilst several neighbourhoods on the Gaza strip have been wiped out and thousands have died.

Warning over breakdown of ‘civil order’ in Gaza

An injured woman carries a baby in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

Israeli warplanes carry out air strikes near Gaza's largest hospital

Palestinians look for survivors after the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Deir Al-Balah. Picture: AP Photo/Hatem Moussa

US launches airstrikes on eastern Syria as Israel conducts targeted raids

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / TOPSHOT - A Palestinian woman covers sleeping children with a blanket as they take refuge in a United nations school, in the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern of Gaza Strip on October 14, 2023, as fighting between Israel and the Hamas movement continues for the eighth consecutive day in the Gaza Strip enclave. Palestinians sought refuge on October 14, 2023, after Israel warned them to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip before an expected ground offensive against Hamas, one week after the deadliest attack in Israel's history. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

Palestinians struggling to flee south after Israel’s evacuation order

Traders are keeping a close eye on the impact from the conflict on share and commodity prices.

Israel-Hamas war: Why markets fear repeat of 70s oil price shock

Israeli soldiers carry a body of a person killed in Hamas attack in kibbutz Kfar Azza. Photo: AP Photo/Erik Marmor

Joe Biden condemns Hamas for ‘unadulterated evil’ in attack on Israel

The Israel Defense Force has said that it has sealed the border with Gaza as 1,500 Hamas militant bodies were found in Israeli territory. (Credit: Getty Images)

Bodies of 1,500 Hamas fighters found on Israeli territory

Hamas's attack on Israel was a war crime that cannot be explained away Scotsman comment

Ismail Haniyeh is the current Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau.

The history, leadership and aims of Hamas

Palestinians celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday (AP Photo/Hassan Eslaiah)

Live Israel in ‘state of war’ after attack from Palestinian militant group

Pro-Israel supporters embrace during protests near the Israeli Consulate in New York City. Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images

Israel declares war on Hamas as death toll rises

An Israeli soldier stands guard next to a pickup truck mounted with machine gun in the southern city of Sderot after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack on Israel. (Photo by Oren ZIV / AFP) (Photo by OREN ZIV/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli security cabinet declares ‘country at war’ after deadly Hamas attacks

Palestinian women sit in a multi-storey building after a wall collapsed when it was hit by an Israeli airstrike (Picture: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel may regret media failure to cover Palestinian side of war – Ben Lynfield

The colourful mural in Cardonald replaced racist graffiti with a more hopeful, positive message: 'Racism's kind of *****, isn't it?' on Saturday evening.

Racist graffiti in Glasgow transformed into mural

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets US Secretary of State John Kerry on June 27
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Israel and Turkey announce reconciliation deal to end rift

Palestinians use a ladder to climb over the separation barrier with Israel on their way to pray at the alAqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Picture: AP

Palestinian forces arrest 100 Hamas members

Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi stands behind the bars during his trial in Cairo on June 16, 2015. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Egypt: Mohammed Morsi’s death sentence upheld

Former football star Paul Gascoigne used to get paranoid hearing the Gaza Strip. Picture: PA

Gaza Strip: Why Gazza hated Saturday nights

Benjamin Netanyahu: EU list call. Picture: Getty

Israel targets Hamas after rocket attack launched

Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces near the building where two suspects were killed. Picture: AFP

Israel special forces kill pair suspected of murder

Palestinians under a shelter in the town of Beit Lahiya. Picture: AP

Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, new talks begin

An explosion rocks Gaza City yesterday after Israel launched air strikes in the wake of Egyptianled talks breaking down. Picture: AP

Bombs and bloodshed return to Gaza

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History’s unpalatable truths

An estimated 10,000 Palestinians clashed with Israel security forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem. Picture: Getty

Eid ceasefire plan in doubt as protestors killed

A Palestinian examines a damaged window at Gazas Aqsa Martyrs hospital, damaged in an air strike. Picture: AP

Gaza: Families flee as fighting rages

Hundreds of Gaza residents took advantage of the truce to get to the bank. Picture: LNP

Israel launches ‘ground operation’ in Gaza Strip

Israeli soldiers on duty on top of a tank at the border with the Gaza Strip. Picture: Getty

Thousands flee homes as Israel sends in troops
ISRAELI forces were briefly deployed inside the Gaza Strip yesterday, the first time ground troops have been sent in since the current troubles began.

Israeli soldiers at a staging area on the Israel Gaza border. Picture: AP

Leaders: Pressure must be brought to bear on Israel

At least 15 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say. Picture: AP

Israel set to invade Gaza Strip as crisis deepens

Image taken from amateur video obtained from Palestine shows Israeli soldiers beating Tariq Abu Khdeir, 15, a U.S. citizen. Picture:AP

Palestinian boy, 16, was burned to death

Avi and Rachel Fraenkel attend the funeral of their son, Naftali. His body was discovered on Monday night. Picture: AP

Israel mourns as murdered teens are buried

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media in Tel Aviv, Israel. Picture: AP

Terrorists accused of West Bank teenagers’ kidnap

Scarlett Johansson: Chose SodaStream over Oxfam role. Picture: Getty

Scarlett Johansson quits Oxfam over SodaStream

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivers a speech at Ariel Sharon's memorial. Picture: AP

Israel lays to rest Ariel Sharon

Ariel Sharon, pictured in a file photograph in January 2005. Picture: AP

Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon dies

The exhibition is being held at the Scottish Parliament. Picture: Complimentary

World Press Photo Exhibition launches at Holyrood

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Marathon off as Hamas bans women

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Fatwa adds focus to the ceasefire in Gaza Strip

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After two years, Gaza’s rogue croc is captured

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