35 minutes ago ‘All of this is to displace people’: Nabatieh reels from Israeli attacks on Lebanon

Airstrikes Israel says are targeting Hezbollah have killed the city’s mayor as well as civil defence workersMiddle East crisis: latest news updatesHussein Jaber, the head of Nabatieh’s civil defence station, picked his way through a mess of shattered concrete and twisted metal piled knee high, surveying what was left of the city’s Ottoman open-air market, built in 1910 and destroyed by Israeli airstrikes last Saturday.“When we were kids, everyone would come here to buy their things. This market wasn’t just for Nabatieh, but for all the villages around,” said Jaber, 30, gesturing at the ruined promenade, still smoking five days later. Continue reading...

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72 minutes ago Middle East crisis live: drone launched at Netanyahu’s house, spokesperson says, as Israel bombards Gaza

Spokesperson says Israeli prime minister was not in the vicinity and there were no casualtiesG7 defence ministers started talks on Saturday against a backdrop of escalation in the Middle East and mounting pressure on Ukraine as it faces another winter of fighting, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).Italy, holding the rotating presidency of the G7 countries, organised the body’s first ministerial meeting dedicated to defence, staged in Naples, the southern city that is also home to a Nato base. Continue reading...

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