<article data-history-node-id="432738" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/canadian-lawmakers-denied-entry-west-bank-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/canadian-lawmakers-denied-entry-west-bank-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Canadian lawmakers denied entry to West Bank by Israel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A Canadian delegation that includes six members of parliament was denied entry into the occupied West Bank by Israel on Tuesday, CBC News reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The travelers were reportedly asked to sign waivers deeming them potential safety threats if they entered the territory. They declined, and were not allowed entry.</p> <p>The Toronto Star cited Israeli concerns about the trip's funding.&nbsp;</p> <p>An Israeli official told the paper that because the funding can be traced back to Islamic Relief - a designated terror group in Israel - the delegation could not enter the occupied West Bank.&nbsp;</p> <p>Islamic Relief has not confirmed that it provides funding to Canadian Muslim Vote, which is the group that reportedly organised the trip.&nbsp;</p> <p>Islamic Relief is one of the foremost aid groups in North America, and caries out humanitarian work both domestically and internationally.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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The unconventional profile of the new leader of Britain's Green Party, who embraces 'eco-populism' and has made social justice a central focus, has allowed his historically marginal party to claim the political space to the left of Labour.

Pro-Palestine activists strongly deny that 'globalise the intifada' is antisemitic or a call for violence

Unrwa warns Palestinians are 'freezing to death', while Israel continues its strikes on the enclave

<article data-history-node-id="432732" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-newborn-dies-exposure-while-heavy-rains-cause-buildings-collapse" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-newborn-dies-exposure-while-heavy-rains-cause-buildings-collapse" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza newborn dies of exposure while heavy rains cause buildings to collapse</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A newborn baby has died of hypothermia in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">Gaza,&nbsp;</a>while heavy rains have destroyed several&nbsp;already fragile structures in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;territory.</p> <p>The&nbsp;health ministry in Gaza announced the&nbsp;death of Mohammed Khalil Abu al-Khair, a two-week-old boy who died due to a severe drop in his body temperature caused by the cold weather.&nbsp;</p> <p>The infant's family had brought him to the hospital's&nbsp;intensive care unit two days ago, but he died on Monday.&nbsp;</p> <p>Khair is one of 13 children&nbsp;who have died in recent days due to worsening weather conditions, as Storm Byron hits the Palestinian enclave.&nbsp;</p> <p>For over two years,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel&nbsp;</a>has severely restricted the provision of goods into Gaza, including winter clothes and shelters, with only limited supplies entering as part of international aid.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-newborn-dies-exposure-heavy-rains-buildings-collapse">Read more:&nbsp;Gaza newborn dies of exposure while heavy rains cause buildings to collapse</a></h3> <div alt="torrential rains gaza city" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="563ebaa2-09a7-472b-a75a-a168873acc62" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/displaced-palestinian-winter-gaza-city-15-december-2025-afp.jpg" width="4719" height="2655" alt="torrential rains gaza city" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>

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