5 hours ago Netanyahu's home is targeted by drone, says Israel after Iran's Supreme Leader roared that 'Hamas is alive and will stay alive' after terror boss was killed

The government have confirmed there were no injuries and neither the Prime Minister nor his wife were home at their holiday house in Caesarea.

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9 hours 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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9 hours ago Watch: G7 defence ministers meet in Naples amid Middle East tensions and Ukraine crisis

G7 ministers are arriving in Naples for a defence summit today (19 October), amid rising global tensions.

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10 hours ago Watch live: G7 defence ministers meet in Naples amid Middle East tensions and Ukraine crisis

G7 ministers are arriving in Naples for a defence summit today (19 October), amid rising global tensions.

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27 hours ago Yahya Sinwar’s death raises ceasefire hopes and is a ‘moment of justice’ says Biden – Middle East crisis live

US president tells Netanyahu ‘let’s make this moment an opportunity to seek a path to peace, a better future in Gaza without Hamas’At least 28 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school turned shelter in the Jabaliya neighbourhood of Gaza City, amid accusations Israel intends to forcibly expel the remaining population in a renewed ground campaign.The bombing of Abu Hussein school in Jabaliya on Thursday killed 28, including doctors and several children, and injured dozens more, according to health officials, who warned the final toll was likely to be higher. Another 11 people were killed in two separate airstrikes in Gaza City, and it was unclear how many were killed in other strikes in central and southern Gaza. Continue reading...

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28 hours ago Hostages will not be freed until ‘aggression’ ends, says Hamas, after death of Yahya Sinwar – Middle East crisis live

Senior Hamas official says Sinwar’s death will only strengthen the groupAt least 28 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school turned shelter in the Jabaliya neighbourhood of Gaza City, amid accusations Israel intends to forcibly expel the remaining population in a renewed ground campaign.The bombing of Abu Hussein school in Jabaliya on Thursday killed 28, including doctors and several children, and injured dozens more, according to health officials, who warned the final toll was likely to be higher. Another 11 people were killed in two separate airstrikes in Gaza City, and it was unclear how many were killed in other strikes in central and southern Gaza. Continue reading...

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30 hours ago Hamas says it ‘cannot be eliminated’ after Yahya Sinwar killing: US pushes for Gaza ceasefire – Middle East crisis live

Group tells AFP news agency it cannot be defeated with the killing of its leadersAt least 28 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school turned shelter in the Jabaliya neighbourhood of Gaza City, amid accusations Israel intends to forcibly expel the remaining population in a renewed ground campaign.The bombing of Abu Hussein school in Jabaliya on Thursday killed 28, including doctors and several children, and injured dozens more, according to health officials, who warned the final toll was likely to be higher. Another 11 people were killed in two separate airstrikes in Gaza City, and it was unclear how many were killed in other strikes in central and southern Gaza. Continue reading...

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32 hours ago Israel condemns UN chief for not ‘welcoming’ Yahya Sinwar killing: US pushes for Gaza ceasefire – Middle East crisis live

Israeli foreign minister says UN secretary general António Guterres remains barred from entering IsraelAt least 28 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school turned shelter in the Jabaliya neighbourhood of Gaza City, amid accusations Israel intends to forcibly expel the remaining population in a renewed ground campaign.The bombing of Abu Hussein school in Jabaliya on Thursday killed 28, including doctors and several children, and injured dozens more, according to health officials, who warned the final toll was likely to be higher. Another 11 people were killed in two separate airstrikes in Gaza City, and it was unclear how many were killed in other strikes in central and southern Gaza. Continue reading...

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33 hours ago Iran says Yahya Sinwar killing will strengthen ‘spirit of resistance’: US pushes for Gaza ceasefire – Middle East crisis live

Iran says Muslims will ‘look up to martyr Sinwar’; Kamala Harris says death ‘an opportunity to finally end the war’At least 28 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school turned shelter in the Jabaliya neighbourhood of Gaza City, amid accusations Israel intends to forcibly expel the remaining population in a renewed ground campaign.The bombing of Abu Hussein school in Jabaliya on Thursday killed 28, including doctors and several children, and injured dozens more, according to health officials, who warned the final toll was likely to be higher. Another 11 people were killed in two separate airstrikes in Gaza City, and it was unclear how many were killed in other strikes in central and southern Gaza. Continue reading...

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