Hamas has confirmed the killing of its senior commander Raed Saad in an Israeli attack in Gaza in the highest-profile assassination of a senior figure in the Palestinian group since the October ceasefire deal.
The Israeli military had said on Saturday it had killed Saad in an attack near Gaza City. At least 25 people were wounded in the latest Israeli attack in Gaza.
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Hamas’ Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya in a video statement on Sunday accused Israel of violating the October ceasefire agreement.
“In the wake of Israel’s continued violations, including the latest assassination of a Hamas commander just yesterday, we call on the mediators and especially the US administration and US President Donald Trump as the main guarantor of the agreement, to force Israel to respect the ceasefire deal and to implement it,” he said.
Since the ceasefire started in October, Israel has continued to attack Gaza daily – reaching nearly 800 times and killing at least 386 people – in a clear breach of the agreement, according to authorities in Gaza.
Police in Australia say they are responding to a developing incident at Sydney’s Bondi Beach after media outlets reported a shooting incident.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported shots at the beach on Sunday, saying multiple people had been injured. Television networks Sky and ABC aired footage showing people lying on the ground.
The New South Wales (NSW) police said two people were in custody, adding that the operation was ongoing.
“Anyone at the scene should take shelter,” they posted on X, calling on the public to avoid the area.
A spokesperson for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government was aware “of an active security situation in Bondi”.
“We urge people in the vicinity to follow information from NSW Police,” said the spokesperson.
A manhunt is under way for the perpetrator behind a shooting attack at Rhode Island’s Brown University in the United States that killed two people and wounded nine, eight of them critically.
A shelter-in-place order was in effect early Sunday on the campus of the prestigious Ivy League university and surrounding neighbourhoods in Providence, as law enforcement searched for the assailant.
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Here’s what we know so far.
What happened?
On Saturday afternoon, a suspect with a firearm entered Brown’s Barus and Holley building, home to the school of engineering and the physics department, where students were taking exams.
Two people were killed and eight critically injured when the attacker opened fire, with a ninth sustaining injuries from bullet fragments, officials said. The victims are yet to be publicly identified, although the university president, Christina Paxson, has said she was told they were students.
University authorities became aware of the shooting at about 4:05pm local time (21:05 GMT), when emergency responders received a 911 call, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said.
Seventeen minutes later, the university issued its first emergency update, warning that there was a gunman near the engineering building and advising those present to silence their phones and hide.
Law enforcement swept the building, but the suspect had left the scene.
Who is the shooter?
Officials have released a video of the as-yet unidentified suspect, a male possibly in his 30s and dressed in black.
The Providence deputy police chief, Timothy O’Hara, said the attacker might have worn a mask, but officials were not certain.
Smiley said officials did not believe there was any “specific, ongoing threat” posed by the attacker, who is believed to have fled along a usually busy street of restaurants and coffee shops.
What do we know about the manhunt?
More than 400 law enforcement personnel have been deployed in the hunt, canvassing the local area while a lockdown order remains in place on the campus and surrounding neighbourhoods.
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have been drawn into the effort, working alongside local and state police.
Police said investigators had retrieved shell casings from the scene of the shooting and were also looking into why the target was selected as part of the investigation.
What has President Donald Trump said?
The US president told reporters at the White House that he had been briefed on the “terrible” situation.
“All we can do right now is pray for the victims and for those that were very badly hurt,” Trump said.
He published a retraction on his online platform, Truth Social, after erroneously posting that a suspect had been detained, echoing a similar incorrect claim by the university in the early hours after the attack.
What is there to know about the university?
Brown, a member of the prestigious Ivy League of elite private universities in the northeastern US, is one of the oldest universities in the country.
Raphinha struck twice late in the second half as Barcelona secured a hard-fought 2-0 victory over a resolute Osasuna side on Saturday, extending their lead at the top of the La Liga standings to seven points.
Hansi Flick’s men now sit on 43 points, comfortably clear of second-placed Real Madrid, who have a game in hand and are set to play at Alaves on Sunday.
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Barcelona dominated from the outset, enjoying an eye-watering 80 percent possession and firing 24 shots compared with just three from Osasuna.
However, the visitors’ disciplined five-man defensive line, combined with several outstanding saves from goalkeeper Sergio Herrera, frustrated the home side for much of the match.
The Catalans thought they had broken the deadlock in the 23rd minute when Ferran Torres nodded home a looping header from Marcus Rashford’s cross after a short corner routine.
However, a lengthy VAR review ruled the goal out for a marginal offside in the build-up.
The best chance of the first half came in the 40th minute, as teenager Lamine Yamal darted down the right flank before delivering a pinpoint cross to Torres. The striker unleashed an audacious overhead kick but sent the ball wide of the far post.
Osasuna’s resilient back five held firm as Barcelona swarmed forward in the second half, with Rashford testing Herrera’s acrobatics from a free kick early after the interval.
Yamal remained a constant menace down the right, tirelessly driving at defenders, but the visitors absorbed wave after wave of pressure.
Barcelona finally broke down Osasuna’s deep defensive block in the 70th minute when Pedri’s incisive pass cut through the visitors’ defence, finding Raphinha in his stride.
The Brazilian forward took a controlled touch before unleashing a thunderous strike from the edge of the area, the ball arrowing inside the left post.
Raphinha sealed the win in the 86th minute. A deflected cross from Jules Kounde on the right found the Brazilian unmarked at the far post, and he calmly volleyed the ball into an empty net, giving the scoreline a more comfortable look.
“It’s very commendable [what Osasuna did] because they were very compact and we struggled to break them down,” Barca defender Gerard Martin told Movistar Plus. “But with patience and a lot of ball possession, we know that goals always come, and we finally found them.”
Raphinha, centre, scores Barcelona’s first goal in the 70th minute [Albert Gea/Reuters]
Dublin, Ireland – When I was accepted to Trinity College Dublin, I imagined a fresh start, new lectures, late-night study sessions and a campus alive with possibility.
The plan was clear: begin my studies in September 2024 and finally step into the future I had worked so hard for.
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But when September came, the borders of Gaza were shut tight, my neighbourhood was being bombed almost every day, and the dream of university collapsed with the buildings around me. Trinity sent me a deferral letter, and I remember holding it in my hands and feeling torn in two.
I didn’t know whether to feel relieved or heartbroken. That letter became a strange symbol of hope, a reminder that maybe, someday, my life could continue. But everything else was falling apart so quickly that it was hard to believe in anything.
My family and I were displaced five times as the war intensified. Each time, we left something behind: books, clothes, memories, safety.
After the first temporary truce, we went home for a short time. But it no longer felt like the place we had built our lives. The walls were cracked, windows shattered, and floors coated in dust and debris.
It felt haunted by what had happened.
I knew I had to go
I’m the middle child among three siblings. My older sister, Razan, is 25, and my younger brother, Fadel, is 23.
You might think being a middle child spares you, but during the war, I felt responsible for them. On nights when bombings shook the building and fear crept into every corner, I tried to be the steady one. I tried to comfort them as I trembled inside.
Then, in April 2025, my name appeared on a small, restricted list of people allowed to leave Gaza. About 130 people could cross at that time, dual-nationality holders, family reunification cases and a handful of others. My name on that list felt unreal.
The morning I approached the crossing, I remember the long, tense line of people waiting, gripping documents, holding bags, clutching their children’s hands. No one talked.
When two IDF officers questioned me, I answered as steadily as I could, afraid that something, anything, might go wrong and they’d send me back.
When they finally waved me through, I felt relief and guilt at the same time.
I didn’t call home until I got to Jordan. When my mother heard my voice, she cried. I did, too. I told her I was safe, but it felt like I had left a part of my heart behind with them.
Alagha had to leave her mobile phone behind in Gaza; this is one of the few photos she still has, of her mother embracing her on her graduation day in Gaza [Courtesy of Rawand Alagha]
My family is now in Khan Younis, still living through the chaos.
I arrived in Amman on April 18, my heart heavy with the weight of what I had escaped. The next morning, I boarded a flight to Istanbul, with nothing around me feeling real.
The sounds of normalcy, laughter, announcements, and the rustle of bags were jarring after the constant bombardment. I had been living in a world where every sound could signal danger, where the air was thick with fear and uncertainty.
I felt like a ghost, wandering through a world that no longer belonged to me.
Finally, after hours of flying, waiting, being screened and watching departure boards, I landed in Dublin. The Irish air felt clean, the sky impossibly open. I should’ve been happy, but I was engulfed by crushing guilt, the joy overshadowed by the pain of separation.
I wasn’t completely alone. A Palestinian colleague from Gaza had arrived in April 2024, and two friends were also in Ireland. There was an unspoken understanding between us.
“You recognise the trauma in each other without saying a word,” I often tell people now. “It’s in the way we listen, the way we sit, the way we carry ourselves.”
Back in Gaza, my daily life had shrunk to pure survival: running, hiding, rationing water, checking who was alive. Bombings hit every day, and nighttime was the worst. Darkness makes every sound feel closer, sharper.
You don’t sleep during war. You wait.
Those nights, the silence was deafening, punctuated by the distant echoes of explosions. I would lie awake, straining to hear danger.
The darkness wrapped me like a suffocating blanket, amplifying every creak of the building, every whisper of the wind.
During the day, people on the street moved quickly, eyes darting, alert.
Water was a precious commodity; we would line up for hours at distribution points, often only to receive a fraction of what we needed. It was never enough.
No human should live like that
Five times, we fled in search of safety, packed in minutes, hearts racing with fear.
In one building where dozens of displaced families stayed, people slept on thin mattresses, shoulder to shoulder. Children cried quietly, adults whispered, trying to comfort one another, but every explosion outside sent ripples of panic through the rooms.
No human being should have to live like that, but millions of us did.
As I sit in Dublin, I carry the weight of my family’s struggles with me, a constant reminder of the life I left behind.
The guilt of survival is a heavy burden, but I hold onto hope that one day, I can return and help rebuild what has been lost.
Even now, far from Gaza, I feel it. You don’t leave war behind; you carry it with you like a second heartbeat.
A workshop at the University of Dublin welcoming the Palestinian students [Courtesy of Rawand Alagha]
Watching a world I’m not part of yet
I often stop in the campus courtyards. Not just because they’re beautiful, though they are, but because I need those moments to remind myself that I survived.
The laughter of children here feels foreign, a reminder of joy that has been stolen from so many.
Walking through Trinity College today feels surreal. Students laugh over coffee, rush to lectures and complain about assignments. Life moves so seamlessly here.
I message my family every day. Some days, they reply quickly. Other days, hours pass with no response. Those silent days feel like torture.
But I’m determined. Being here is about rebuilding a life, about honouring the people I left behind.
Survival comes with weight.
I carry the dreams of those who couldn’t leave. That responsibility shapes the way I move through the world; quieter, more grateful, more aware.
I hope someday I can bring my family to safety. I hope to finish my studies, rebuild my life and use my voice for people still trapped in war.
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