47 minutes ago Middle East crisis live: UN says ‘nightmare in Gaza intensifying’ after 87 people reported killed or missing in Israeli strikes in north

UN special coordinator says ‘relentless’ Israeli strikes mean nowhere is safe for civilians after attack on Beit Lahiya At least 42,603 Palestinian people have been killed and 99,795 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Sunday.Of those, 84 Palestinians were killed in the latest 24-hour reporting period, according to the ministry, which has said in the past that thousands of other dead people are most likely lost in the rubble of the territory. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Israeli strikes on northern Gaza leave at least 87 dead or missing, Palestinian officials say

Gaza’s Health Ministry says 87 people are dead or missing after Israeli strikes on multiple homes in northern Gaza

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2 hours ago Middle East crisis live: at least 87 people killed or missing in Israeli strikes on Beit Lahiya, health ministry says

Gaza health ministry updates toll after strike in northern Gaza; Israel earlier claimed figures were exaggerated At least 42,603 Palestinian people have been killed and 99,795 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Sunday.Of those, 84 Palestinians were killed in the latest 24-hour reporting period, according to the ministry, which has said in the past that thousands of other dead people are most likely lost in the rubble of the territory. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli strike on Gaza residential building kills at least 73 people, officials say

Israel says number of dead exaggerated after strike on town of Beit Lahiya in northern GazaAs we mentioned in the opening summary, the Israeli military has launched another round of airstrikes on the Lebanese capital, targeting Beirut’s southern suburbs in particular. Here are some of the latest images of the aftermath of the attacks sent to us over the newswires:Israel struck dozens of south Lebanon villages and towns overnight and targeted Nabatiyeh city for a third time this week, Lebanese state media reports. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Why Sinwar’s ‘warrior death’ will win him martyr status in Gaza and beyond

Intrigue surrounds the Hamas leader’s defiant final moments, but an exalted afterlife as Palestine’s champion now seems certainA discrepancy in the official Israeli account of Yahya Sinwar’s final moments has emerged since his death which appears likely to add fuel to the martyr’s cult fast developing around the Hamas leader.The Israeli autopsy carried out on Sinwar concluded that he died from a gunshot wound to his head, at odds with the initial Israel Defense Forces (IDF) version which implied he was killed by a tank shell fired into the wrecked building where he made his last stand. Continue reading...

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20 hours ago Drone attack launched on Benjamin Netanyahu’s house, Israeli government says

Attempted strike on the Israeli prime minister’s home comes after more than 50 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza

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24 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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27 hours 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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28 hours ago Israeli air strike kills 33 in Gaza refugee camp as Hizbollah launches rocket attack

Chances of a ceasefire deal remain remote despite death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

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