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Holly Johnston

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Demonstrators clash with police during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages held captive since the October 7 attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, in front of the Israeli Defence Ministry in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on September 3, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the militant Hamas group. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
Pressure builds on Netanyahu as Israel's anger rages over hostage deaths

Widow of hostage refuses to meet Israeli Prime Minister as anti-government protests set to resume

MENASeptember 03, 2024
Holly Johnston
Protests raged in Israel on Sunday on the eve of a general strike against the government's handling of the Gaza war and refusal to come to a deal to secure the return of Israeli hostages. Reuters
Israel's trade unions declare general strike amid hostage killings

Protests took place across on Sunday in response to the continuing war in Gaza

MENASeptember 01, 2024
Holly Johnston
Missiles explode on the deck of the Greek-flagged oil tanker MV Sounion. Houthi handout via Reuters
Damaged oil tanker to be towed as Houthis announce new ship attack in Gulf of Aden

MV Sounion has been on fire since being struck on August 21

MENASeptember 01, 2024
Holly Johnston
The bodies of, clockwise from top left: Almog Sarusi, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Carmel Gat and Ori Danino were recovered from Gaza overnight. AP
Hostage relatives demand ceasefire deal as bodies recovered from Gaza

Captives' families lead calls to 'bring Israel to a halt' in nationwide rallies across Israel

MENASeptember 01, 2024
Holly Johnston
A nurse administers polio vaccine drops to a Palestinian child at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. EPA
Israel pauses attacks on Gaza as UN begins polio vaccinations

First three-day pause began on Sunday as children in enclave await inoculation

MENASeptember 01, 2024
Holly Johnston
EU foreign commissioner Josep Borrell had little support for his sanctions plan. EPA
EU divided over Israel sanctions as West Bank on precipice

Foreign commissioner Josep Borrell receives little support for imposing penalties on Israeli ministers

MENAAugust 29, 2024
Sunniva Rose
A Palestinian family flees an Israeli raid in Nour Shams camp, near the city of Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank. AFP
Israeli offensive on occupied West Bank enters second day as death toll climbs to 17

A disabled Palestinian man is reportedly among those killed in the large-scale raid that began on Wednesday, according to Wafa news agency

MENAAugust 29, 2024
Holly Johnston
Yemen's Houthis have agreed to allow tugboats and rescue ships to access the damaged crude oil tanker Sounion in the Red Sea a week after they attacked it. EPA
Houthis allow tug boats to reach leaking Red Sea oil tanker

Vessel operator Delta Tankers is attempting to move the burning Greek-flagged MV Sounion, which is carrying 150,000 tonnes of crude

MENAAugust 29, 2024
Holly Johnston
A flooded road in Sanaa, Yemen's rebel-held capital. There are nearly 164,000 suspected cholera cases across the country, says the UN. EPA
Dozens killed and missing in Yemen floods

Monsoon rains leave at least 86 dead and raise fears of cholera outbreak, with more downpours forecast

MENAAugust 29, 2024
Holly Johnston
Workers unload a shipment of polio vaccines at a Health Ministry depot in Gaza on Sunday. AFP
First shipment of polio vaccine arrives in Gaza

Unicef says aim is for 640,000 children to be vaccinated in the Palestinian enclave amid a high risk of the disease spreading

MENAAugust 26, 2024
Holly Johnston
A Palestinian man inspects the damage after the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Hamad City in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on August 24. EPA /
Baby among latest killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid calls on PM Netanyahu to 'go yourself' to Cairo for negotiations

MENAAugust 25, 2024
Holly Johnston
Supporters and families of Israeli hostages during a protest outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv. EPA
Hostage body recovery in Gaza increases pressure on Netanyahu

Families of the hostages have long accused the Prime Minister of prioritising his political career over reaching a ceasefire deal

MENAAugust 21, 2024
Holly Johnston
Palestinians inspect a car damaged in an Israeli air strike, in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 17, 2024. Reuters
Hamas confirms two leaders killed in Israeli attack on Jenin

Militant group said the men were key figures in occupied West Bank operations

MENAAugust 18, 2024
Holly Johnston
A view of Mount Sinjar from the school in Kocho, northern Iraq, where Yazidi villagers were taken by ISIS before being massacred. Florian Neuhof for The National
Ten years after ISIS massacre, Kocho Yazidis remember and rebuild

On August 15, 2014, almost all the men in Kocho in northern Iraq were killed, and the women and children taken into captivity

MENAAugust 15, 2024
Holly Johnston
Palestinians mourn family members killed in Israeli bombardment on Gaza. AFP
Palestinian death toll passes 40,000 amid Israeli assault on Gaza

Most of the dead are women and children, according to the Health Ministry

MENAAugust 15, 2024
Holly Johnston
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