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Palestinians flee central Gaza’s main hospital as fighting draws closer

Medics, patients and displaced people are fleeing from the main hospital in central Gaza as the fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants draws closer, witnesses said. Losing the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital would be another major blow to a health system shattered by three months of war. Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups have […]

Pro-Palestinian march in Berlin draws 1,500

A pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin calling for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip drew around 1,500 people on Saturday, police in the German capital reported. Demonstrators marched from the Kreuzberg district to the Brandenburg Gate in the city centre under the slogan “Solidarity with Palestine.” Organizers registered a protest for 5,000 people, […]

Vigil for 5-year-old migrant boy draws hundreds; advocates demand better

Hundreds gathered outside a migrant shelter on the Lower West Side Wednesday night, three days after a 5-year-old migrant staying there died in a medical emergency that has confused and frustrated migrants, volunteers and health care advocates. For advocates, the death of Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero is a symbol of the effects of repeated chaos […]