7 hours ago Israeli drone strike kills 5 journalists in Gaza sparking global outrage

An Israeli drone strike killed five journalists outside a Gaza hospital, drawing condemnation from media groups and raising concerns over attacks on press freedoms during the ongoing conflict

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8 hours ago World Health Organisation chief was at Yemen airport during Israeli airstrike that killed two: Shocking footage shows travellers rushing out in panic

Israeli forces struck the airport in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa earlier today - killing at least two people.

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8 hours ago World Health Organisation chief was at Yemen airport during Israeli airstrike that killed two

Israeli forces struck the airport in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa earlier today - killing at least two people.

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10 hours ago Five Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza as Israel also strikes Yemen

Head of the World Health Organization and other UN staff reportedly safe after strikes on Sana’a airport in YemenFive Palestinian journalists were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their vehicle in central Gaza, their employer has said, while Israel has also struck several areas in Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen in air raids.Faisal Abu al-Qumsan, Ayman al-Jadi, Ibrahim al-Sheikh Khalil, Fadi Hassouna and Mohammed al-Lada’a were sleeping in their broadcasting truck, marked as press, when it was targeted in a direct strike by the Israeli military, witnesses told Palestinian media. Another 32 people were killed in other Israeli pre-dawn strikes across the territory, the local health ministry said. Continue reading...

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12 hours ago Middle East crisis live: WHO chief at Yemen airport during Israeli airstrikes; Netanyahu says attack ongoing ‘until we complete the job’

Houthi television reports say three people were killed in Israel’s strikes on Yemen; Israel says airstrikes target military infrastructureAn IDF reservist soldier was killed in fighting in the central Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said.The 35-year-old was named as Amit Levi, the Jerusalem Post reported.The Israeli army justifies or excuses this targeting by claiming it is aimed at individuals involved in Palestinian organisations and cells.However, on the ground, these individuals were on journalistic assignments, residing in press vehicles and covering events.May God take revenge on them, may God take revenge on them. He’s the one that makes the news and broadcasts the crimes to the world, this is what they do to them. Continue reading...

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16 hours ago Israeli airstrike kills five Palestinian journalists outside Gaza hospital

Several young men attended the funeral outside the hospital, many of them sobbing. The bodies were all wrapped in white shrouds, with blue press vests draped over them

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20 hours ago Middle East crisis live: 14 security personnel killed in Syria after clash over former prison officer

Security personnel and three armed men killed in Tartous province after forces sought to arrest officer linked to Sednaya prison, says Syrian Observatory for Human RightsHello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza and developments in the Middle East more widely.Fourteen security personnel from Syria’s new authorities and three armed men were killed in clashes in Tartous province when forces attempted to arrest an officer linked to the notorious Sednaya prison, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.Five journalists were killed when their vehicle was struck in the vicinity of Al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat in central Gaza, health authorities said. Palestinian media and local reporters said the vehicle was marked as a media van and was used by journalists to report from inside the hospital and Nuseirat camp. The journalists worked for the Al-Quds Al-Youm television channel. The Israeli army said its air force attacked the vehicle in a “targete...

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21 hours ago Israel kills 5 journalists in latest Gaza attacks as three babies freeze to death

Babies die from hypothermia as temperatures plummet in makeshift camps

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22 hours ago At least 14 security personnel of new Syrian regime killed in ‘ambush’ by Assad loyalists

Interim administration says security forces ambushed while ‘performing their tasks of maintaining security and safety’

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