The oldest complete waqfiyya inscription known in the Islamic world has now been deciphered: engraved on a soft limestone, the waqf entails the endowment of two farmsteads in 9th century Palestine, complete with quality animals needed to work the land

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  Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court, in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued a warrant of arrest for Hamas leaderMohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, for war crimes committed from at least 7 10 23

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  The situation in the north of the Gaza Strip has been described as 'apocalyptic' by UN aid chief Joyce Msuya

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  The Health Ministry of the Gaza Strip accused the Israeli army of being responsible for a drone attack during which a clinic where polio vaccines were being administered was hit

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  1000 women and children in need of medical care will soon be evacuated from Gaza to Europe, according to the head of the European section of the World Health Organisation

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