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, Two olive pickers hurt in settler attack in Deir Jarir, Turnout hits 16.7% by 10am as Israelis vote, Israeli forces turn two Far'un homes into barracks, families removed, Six-year-old girl dies of gunshot wounds in al-Mawasi, Israel turns back 23-member delegation bound for Birzeit conference, Sixty MEPs urge Kallas to call sanctions meeting on Israel, Settlers torch three cars in Umm Safa overnight, All entrances to Ramallah closed on election morning
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About

First the flash, then the facts

Barq means lightning. Light arrives before the thunder; news arrives before the detail. Barq says which is which.

What Barq is

Barq News reports Palestine in English as it happens: Gaza, the West Bank, Jerusalem, the prisoners, the politics and the world's response, and the ordinary life that goes on around them.

Speed matters in breaking news, and so does saying how sure we are. Every story on Barq carries three things in the same place: the minute it was first seen, its status, and the sources it rests on.

The three states

Developing

The first reports are in and the story is still moving. Figures may change; when they do, the change is shown, not hidden.

Confirmed

The main facts are reported by named sources and are not in dispute. The story may still grow.

First seen 09:42

The earliest time the story appeared in the reporting we cite, in Jerusalem time. It is a timestamp, not a claim that we were first.

How we report

Each story says where it comes from, with a link to every source. Casualty figures are given as the source gives them, with its name: the Gaza Health Ministry, the Palestinian Red Crescent, the United Nations, the Israeli army. We do not publish photographs of the dead or of children in distress.

The flash map places each story where it happened. Dots fade with age, the way a lightning map fades a strike: violet in the first day, paler over the week, grey after it.

Corrections

When a fact changes, the story says what changed and when. Nothing is quietly rewritten.