Wafaa Shurafa

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  • GazaMiddle East

    Thousands of Palestinians return by foot to rubble as Gaza ceasefire takes hold

    By Wafaa Shurafa, Melanie Lidman, and others
  • People walk with humanitarian aid packages that they received from a distribution centre run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), at the so-called “Netzarim corridor”, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, on September 30, 2025. The US president on September 29 laid out a plan to end the war in Gaza and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he backed the proposal. The two allies demanded approval by Hamas, whose October 7, 2023 attack triggered a massive Israeli offensive, with Netanyahu warning he will “finish the job” if Hamas says no. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)Middle East

    Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas partially accepts his peace plan

    By Wafaa Shurafa, Bassem Mroue, and others
  • A Palestinian vegetable merchant shows worn-out Israeli currency Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)Finance

    Inside Gaza’s world of ‘cash brokers’ as currency disappears: ‘We lose nearly half of our money just to be able to spend it’

    By Wafaa Shurafa, Samya Kullab, and others
  • Men carry a body of a child killed in an airstrike carried out by IsraelEnvironment

    A 2 a.m. airstrike carried out by Israel struck a media tent, killing a local reporter and wounding six other journalists

    By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, and others
  • Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7 last year that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on October 27, 2024. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Netanyahu says he’s talked to Trump 3 times since the election as Israel strikes Lebanon, Gaza

    By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, and others
  • explosion in cityFinance

    Israel says it will attack Hezbollah’s financial arm ‘all over Lebanon’

    By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, and others
  • Yahya Sinwar, head of the Palestinian Islamic movement HamasPolitics

    Benjamin Netanyahu hails ‘the start of the day after Hamas’ after leader Yahya Sinwar is killed

    By Melanie Lidman, Wafaa Shurafa, and others
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Gaza cease-fire is up to Hamas now, White House says

    By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, and others
  • KnessetPolitics

    Israeli parliament stormed by dozens of family members of Hamas hostages, demanding deal to secure release

    By Melanie Lidman, Wafaa Shurafa, and others
  • Prince Faisal bin FarhanPolitics

    Saudi Arabia won’t normalize relations with Israel absent path to Palestinian state, top diplomat says

    By Melanie Lidman, Wafaa Shurafa, and others