Gaza war leads to 41% fall in births prompting allegations of reproductive violence

Lorenzo Tondo The Guardian  /  January 14, 2026 Israel’s war in Gaza has caused high numbers of maternal and neonatal deaths, say two reports. Jerusalem – Israel’s...

‘The settlers brought the violence’: the ethnic cleansing of a West Bank village

Emma Graham-Harrison & Quique Kierszenbaum The Guardian  /  January 14, 2026 Ras ‘Ein al-‘Auja is a small community of about 135 families – and the only...

Amid a rocky truce, Israel and Hamas prepare to resume fighting

Leonie Fleischmann The Conversation  /  January 14, 2026 Progress towards achieving Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza is stalling. Israeli strikes across the territory on...

Gaza’s living conditions worsen as strong winds and hypothermia kill 5

Wafaa Shurafa & Samy Magdy AP  /  January 14, 2026 DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip – Strong winter winds collapsed walls onto flimsy tents for Palestinians displaced...

UN chief warns he could refer Israel to ICJ over actions against UNRWA

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  January 14, 2026 Israeli authorities seized UNRWA's East Jerusalem offices last month, and amended an anti-UNRWA law to ban electricity...

Winter storms kill five in Gaza amid desperate conditions in makeshift camps

AP  /  January 14, 2026 At least four displaced Palestinians killed when strong winds caused walls to collapse onto their tents and a one-year-old boy...

US says Gaza ‘Phase Two’ beginning with goal of Hamas demilitarisation

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  January 14, 2026 The US says Gaza ceasefire talks are entering a second phase focused on disarming Hamas and setting...

US announces start of second phase of Gaza ceasefire

Julian Borger & Lorenzo Tondo The Guardian  /  January 14, 2026 No details given of committee members who will run territory but they are expected be...

[UAE-Israel] Exposed fault lines: why the Saudi-UAE alliance has ruptured

Giorgio Cafiero The New Arab  /  January 14, 2026 A long-simmering Saudi-UAE rivalry has exploded into the open over Yemen's war, exposing a deeper rift over...

Ras Ain al-Auja, the latest Palestinian village in the West Bank wiped off the...

Zena al-Tahhan Mondoweiss  /  January 14, 2026 Ras Ain al-Auja was one of the largest Palestinian Bedouin villages in the West Bank. Now most of its...