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NewsGaza’s fragile ceasefire, flooded tents and continuing restrictions on aid
In Gaza, OCHA has relayed the Health Ministry’s casualty figures. After the early November rains, its partners estimate that more than 6,000 shelters were destroyed.
In depth · What you probably didn’t knowHebron, 24 August 1929: the massacre that uprooted a four-century-old Jewish community
What happened in Hebron in August 1929? This account traces the massacre of Jewish residents, the help given by Arab neighbours and the evacuation of the survivors.
NewsIran and Lebanon: strikes on Qeshm as Qatar mediates between Washington and Tehran
Strikes continued in Iran and Lebanon from 2 to 9 November 2026. Qatar is trying to bring Washington and Tehran closer together on the nuclear issue.
In depth · What you probably didn’t knowThe departure of Jewish communities from Arab countries and Iran in the 20th century
From Iraq to Morocco and Iran, violence, changes to nationality laws and organised migration transformed Jewish communities in the course of the 20th century.
In depth · What you probably didn’t knowThe Mufti of Jerusalem meets Hitler: what the documents say
On 28 November 1941, Hitler received the Mufti of Jerusalem in Berlin. What does the German record establish about their meeting and its consequences?
In depth · What you probably didn’t knowWhere does the name Palestine come from? A word’s history, from the Philistines to the PLO
The Philistines, Herodotus, the caliphs, the Ottomans, the British Mandate and the PLO. What has “Palestine” meant over the centuries, and what can a name prove?