<article data-history-node-id="432795" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/jewish-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-under-israeli-police-protection" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/jewish-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-under-israeli-police-protection" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque under Israeli police protection</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="79" data-start="0">Jewish settlers stormed&nbsp;the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque&nbsp;in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday, escorted by Israeli occupation police.</p> <p data-end="417" data-start="231">Eyewitnesses said hundreds of settlers arrived in organised groups, toured the mosque’s courtyards and carried out Talmudic rituals under the protection of Israeli forces, Wafa reported.</p> <p data-end="581" data-start="419">Israeli authorities continued to enforce tight restrictions on Palestinian access to the site, limiting entry to the sanctuary as settlers carried out the visits.</p> <p data-end="770" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="583">The measures coincided with the fifth day of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, during which Palestinian worshippers say Israeli forces have intensified restrictions&nbsp;around the Al-Aqsa&nbsp;mosque.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Western media rushed to link the Bondi beach attack to Palestine solidarity, echoing pro-Israel narratives that try to silence Gaza outrage, writes Rabeea Eid.

<article data-history-node-id="432797" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-hospitals-report-new-casualties" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-hospitals-report-new-casualties" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza death toll rises as hospitals report new casualties</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="228" data-start="95">Gaza hospitals recorded one new fatality and 13 injuries over the past 24 hours as Israel’s assault on the enclave continues, the Palestinian health ministry reported on Thursday.</p> <p data-end="381" data-start="232">Rescue teams say several victims remain buried under rubble or stranded on roads, with ambulances and civil defence crews still unable to reach them.</p> <p data-end="381" data-start="232">Since the ceasefire on 11 October 2025, health authorities report: 395 have been killed,&nbsp;1,088 wounded, 634 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble.</p> <p data-end="381" data-start="232">Palestinian health officials say Israel’s genocide has killed 70,669 people and wounded 171,165 others in Gaza since 7 October 2023.</p> <p data-end="381" data-start="232">Hospitals also confirmed the death of one-month-old Saeed Asaad Abdeen due to extreme cold, raising the number of weather-related deaths to 13.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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