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Families returning to parts of Gaza face danger of unexploded bombs underground
While fighting in the air may have stopped in Gaza, danger remains ever-present for Palestinians returning to parts of the war-torn territory due to unexploded ordnances on the ground, blending in with the mounds of rubble and destruction.
'Where are the houses?' Palestinian man says after returning to remnants of Rafah home
While some Palestinians were able to dig up miscellaneous items deep under the rubble, many felt hopeless after dreaming about the possibility of returning to their homes and repairing or rebuilding them.
He identified his nephew's remains from his shoe as search underway in Gaza to recover bodies
Rescue workers and families are searching for an estimated 10,000 bodies of loved ones believed to still be beneath the rubble in Gaza a day after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect.
Hope fades into anguish as deadly airstrikes hit Gaza after ceasefire news
Just as Palestinians in Gaza were reinvigorated with a sense of hope Wednesday after news of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, deadly Israeli airstrikes continued to rain down on people just hours later, turning celebration into anguish.
Israel, Hamas agree to ceasefire deal to stop fighting and return hostages
Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to pause the fighting in Gaza, release hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and create a path to end bloodshed in the tiny enclave and diffuse tensions across the Middle East.
With overthrow of Assad regime, Syrian Canadian recalls 20 years of 'torment' inside its prisons
Nabil Hawara was 40 years old when he was finally released from Syria's infamous desert prisons after spending half his life at that point facing constant torture under the Assad family regime.
Former detainee of Syria's 'human slaughterhouse' says Assad regime overthrow 'worth everything'
As insurgents swept across Syria in just 10 days, bringing an end to the Assad family's 50-year rule, they broke into prisons and security facilities to free political prisoners and many of the tens of thousands of people who disappeared since the conflict began in 2011.
Rebels close in on central city of Homs as aid groups sound alarm on Syria
Rebel forces pushed their offensive in Syria further south early Friday, closing in on the city of Homs, as humanitarian groups sounded the alarm on the escalating conditions for civilians trapped in the fighting.
'Charred body pieces everywhere' after Israeli strike sets tents ablaze in Gaza safe zone
Palestinians were digging through burnt debris searching for bodies Thursday after some 20 people were killed a day earlier in an Israeli strike that set ablaze tents sheltering displaced families in a designated humanitarian zone in southern Gaza.
Amnesty report concludes Israel's actions against Palestinians in Gaza constitute genocide
A new report from Amnesty International found that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in its nearly 14-month-long deadly campaign in Gaza that has killed more than 44,000 people and displaced most of the enclave’s population.