
Sara Jabakhanji
Senior Writer
Sara Jabakhanji is a Toronto-based senior writer assigned to cover news developments in the Middle East, including the war in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. She has worked in CBC bureaus in Ottawa, London and Toronto. You can reach her at sara.jabakhanji@cbc.ca.
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'We could barely walk,' sisters say after being ordered to evacuate northern Gaza's last major hospital
The United Nations chief is "deeply alarmed" at an Israeli forces strike on the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, as groups warn of dire shortages of medicine and hospital supplies in the enclave.
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'Ahmad burned in front of the whole world,' says wife of Gaza journalist killed after Israeli strike
Images of journalist Ahmad Mansour appearing to be engulfed in flames flooded social media this week after an Israeli airstrike hit a tent used by local media in southern Gaza.
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Fear of famine looms after all Gaza bakeries run out of flour amid month-long Israeli blockade
Bakeries in the Gaza Strip shuttered Tuesday after running out of flour and diesel to operate, as a month-long Israeli blockade on food and aid entering the territory remains in place.
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As Ramadan comes to a close, Palestinians say finding and affording food in Gaza a challenge
As Muslims in Gaza prepare to mark Eid this weekend and the end of the holy month of Ramadan, families say they're barely making ends meet with no food entering the territory for nearly a month.
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As Palestinians look for shelter, some pitch their tents next to landfill in Gaza City
Palestinians in Gaza say they have nowhere to go as Israel's renewed offensive forces thousands to leave their homes and once again face displacement in the war-ravaged territory.
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Afghans in Pakistan face 'intensified abusive tactics,' report says, as deportation deadline looms
A new report says that Afghan refugees are facing "intensified abusive tactics" in Pakistan amid ongoing pressure for deportation of illegal foreigners and Afghan citizen card holders.
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Palestinians scramble to hospitals after Israeli airstrikes hit homes, encampments across Gaza
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza scrambled to get their loved ones to hospitals, saying there was no warning before a wave of deadly Israeli airstrikes hit in the early hours of Tuesday, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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UN report accuses Israel of 'genocidal acts,' sexual and gender-based violence in Gaza
A new United Nations report says Israel used sexual and gender-based violence as a war strategy in Gaza, and carried out "genocidal acts" against Palestinians through the systematic destruction of women's health-care facilities.
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Violent clashes between Syria's government, Assad loyalists left hundreds dead. Here's what to know
Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days after violent clashes between the army and loyalists of the deposed president Bashar al-Assad swept its western coastal region.
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Gaza desalination plant could run out of clean water after Israel cuts off power supply
Palestinians in Gaza could be out of clean drinking water in a matter of days after Israel cut off its electricity supply to the territory, which drastically slashed operations at a water desalination plant.
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