Seems like, the controversy around the Adidas Olympics ad campaign featuring supermodel Bella Hadid is not going to end anytime soon. A day after the German sportswear brand dropped Hadid, a vocal pro-Palestinian, several reports have claimed that the model is planning to take legal action against the renowned footwear company.

Bella Hadid vs Adidas? Supermodel reportedly planning to take legal action over ad campaign

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday it was a moral and strategic imperative to protect Palestinian civilians in the war between Israel and Hamas and that the humanitarian catastrophe in besieged Gaza was getting worse.

Protecting Palestinians a moral imperative, Pentagon chief tells Israeli Defence Minister Gallant

In a hospital located in northern Gaza, a pediatrician expressed his helplessness in aiding over half of the infants under his care due to severe food shortages.

Doctor warns of serious risks to babies due to malnutrition in Gaza

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated on Tuesday (Feb 27) that Israeli forces are systematically preventing civilians from entering Gaza, making it more difficult to provide help in what has turned into a lawless conflict zone.

UN body accuses Israel of systematically blocking access to aid in Gaza Strip

The Israel-Gaza conflict has disrupted preparations by the Palestinian team for their 2026 World Cup qualifier against Lebanon on Thursday, but the players are determined to put on a good showing, a team official and player said.

Gaza-Israel conflict takes toll on Palestinian players, admits PFA official

US Representative Rashida Tlaib on Friday (Nov 3) accused President Joe Biden of supporting a "genocide" against Palestinians in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and warned of repercussions in next year's election.

Israel-Hamas war: US Representative accuses Biden of supporting genocide against Palestinians

Amid the chaos of the recent Hamas attack in southern Israel, a man from Kibbutz Mefalsim made a daring escape from over a dozen armed Hamas operatives in his Tesla Model 3 Performance.

Tesla driver outruns Hamas gunmen in wild chase, Elon Musk reacts

Palestinian factions signed a reconciliation deal in Algiers on Thursday, vowing to hold elections by next October in their latest attempt to end a rift that has now lasted more than 15 years.

Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah sign reconciliation deal in Algiers

Three Palestinians were killed and 12 others were wounded on Friday during an Israeli army raid in Jenin, a stronghold of armed Palestinian factions in the occupied West Bank.

Three Palestinian gunmen killed in Israeli army raid in Jenin

The Catholic archbishop in Jerusalem on Monday strongly criticised Israel's "police invasion" last week of a Christian hospital ahead of the funeral of slain Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh.

Jerusalem bishop condemns 'police invasion' at journalist's funeral

Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian man after he stabbed two officers at a gate to Jerusalem's walled Old City on Monday, a police statement said. It was the second such incident in two days.

Palestinian killed after stabbing two Israeli police officers in Jerusalem, police say

In a city with deep political, religious, and cultural divisions, a small group of Israelis Jews and Palestinian Arabs in Jerusalem are attempting to break the barrier by learning Hebrew and Arabic from each other based on the idea of speed dating.

Breaking barriers: Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem learn each other’s language—‘speed dating’ style

Palestinians who have been facing eviction in Jerusalem have rejected a proposal from Israel's Supreme Court that they rent their homes from a Jewish settlement organization.

Palestinians reject offer to end Jerusalem evictions threat

Israel on Wednesday said that it is issuing 16,000 work permits for Palestinians from West Bank to work in its construction and hotel industries. Now, the total number of work permits for Palestinians in Israel will stand at 100,000.

Israel to issue 16,000 new work permits for Palestinians

Arab countries, including four that last year agreed to normalise relations with Israel, have condemned a weekend of violence after hundreds of Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli security forces.

Arab nations hit out at Israel over Jerusalem violence

Twenty-two Palestinians were wounded in overnight clashes with Israeli police in annexed east Jerusalem, the Red Crescent said Thursday, as tensions flare over a controversial land rights case.

Jerusalem clashes wound 22 Palestinians as land rights tensions mount

As Mike Pompeo became the first US diplomat to visit a West Bank settlement, watchdog reports suggest that Israel is moving ahead with settlement plans in East Jerusalem. On this week's The West Asia Post, Ghadi Francis tells you how PM Netanyahu's new settlement plans could test his ties with a Biden White House. For more such stories, keep watching the West Asia post with Ghadi Francis every Friday at 8:30 PM IST, only on WION.

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