1 hour ago Government using ‘every avenue’ to make message on Gaza aid clear, says minister

Development minister Anneliese Dodds said she is ‘extremely concerned about the situation in northern Gaza’.

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4 hours ago 'At least 19 killed including children in Israeli strike at school sheltering people in Jabalia, northern Gaza', medics claim

Dozens were also injured in the strike, according to a health ministry official, who said: 'There is no water to extinguish the fire. There is nothing.'

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7 hours ago In its assault on northern Gaza, Israel has taken its depraved campaign to new depths | Owen Jones

Healthcare facilities burn, food and water are blocked and drones shoot their fleeing targets. Yet we cannot say we were not warnedThe killing fields of northern Gaza speak of a crime that was confessed to long ago. The Israeli state is creating “a lifeless desert” and an “unliveable wasteland”, says Médecins Sans Frontières, “effectively emptying out the whole north of the Strip of Palestinian life”. Even by the standards of Israel’s year-long genocidal assault, this autumn’s attacks on the north have been defined by shocking levels of depravity. Yet almost a year ago, this very outcome was detailed on the pages of a seemingly obscure British journal.Giora Eiland is a retired Israeli general who – according to US diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks – described Gaza as “a huge concent...

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22 hours ago Family tell of seeing mother and son burned to death in Gaza hospital blaze

Images of Shaban al-Dalou, 19, being engulfed by flames have added to mounting outrage at Israeli conduct of warThe brother of a teenage Palestinian computing student who burned to death in a blaze sparked by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital compound has described how he tried to save his injured sibling as flames engulfed tents.“I heard the sound of bombing, I looked out and saw very black smoke next to our tent,” said Mohammed al-Dalou, speaking to Reuters at the location of the strike in Deir al-Balah, where charred ground and twisted debris lay between still standing tents. Continue reading...

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23 hours ago US demands proof that Israel does not have starvation policy in northern Gaza

Pressure grows on Israel to allow in more aid, as UN ambassador says US ‘will be watching’ its actions on the groundMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US has demanded proof on the ground that Israel does not have a policy of starvation in northern Gaza as it turned up the pressure on the Netanyahu government to allow more aid into the territory.The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told the security council on Wednesday at a meeting convened by France UK and Algeria that such a policy “would not just be horrific and unacceptable” but also had “implications under international and US law”. Continue reading...

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28 hours ago UK considering sanctions for Israeli ministers amid ‘dire’ situation in Gaza

The UK, along with France and Algeria, has called an urgent UN Security Council meeting to discuss the lack of aid entering northern Gaza.

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30 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Lebanese governor decries ‘massacre’ after mayor among those killed in Israeli attack

Mayor of Nabatiyeh among those killed in Israeli strikes on the municipality of the southern Lebanese city, where Hezbollah hold sway, authorities saidAid has arrived in northern Gaza for the first time in two weeks, according to an update by Cogat, the Israeli body that oversees the Palestinian territories and coordinates with aid groups.In a social media post shared on Wednesday morning, Cogat said that 145 humanitarian aid trucks, containing food, hygiene products, baby formula, and shelter equipment, had entered Gaza via the Kerem Shalom and Erez crossings.A convoy of 28 trucks entered Gaza directly through Gate 96. The rotation coordination of humanitarian personnel has been successfully completed. 12 bakeries are operational in Gaza, 4 bakeries in northern Gaza, and 8 bakeries sou...

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