5 hours ago More than 100 people killed in latest Israeli bombings in Gaza, say medics

UN special coordinator says ‘nightmare in Gaza is intensifying’ and calls for immediate end to violenceMiddle East crisis – live updatesAt least 87 people have been killed or are missing and 40 injured after intense Israeli airstrikes overnight in the north of the Gaza Strip, part of the country’s ferocious renewed assault on the area, medics in the besieged Palestinian territory have said.In the past 24 hours 108 people had been killed in bombings across the territory, according to local health officials on Sunday. “The nightmare in Gaza is intensifying. Horrifying scenes are unfolding in the northern strip amidst relentless Israeli strikes and an ever-worsening humanitarian crisis,” Tor Wennesland, the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, said in a statement. Cont...

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7 hours ago ‘At least 87 people dead or missing’ after Israeli strikes in northern Gaza

Gaza health ministry says another 40 people were injured in strikes on the town of Beit Lahiya

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9 hours 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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10 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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11 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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35 hours ago Israel blames Iran for drone attack assassination bid on Netanyahu's home

The Israeli Defence Forces said three drones were fired from Lebanon into Israel, with two shot down by air defences but a third hitting a building in the upmarket town of Caesarea

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36 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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37 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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40 hours ago Palestinian hospital patients burned alive in Israeli air strike should shame Labour into action

Since coming into power, the Labour government has suspended just 30 out of 350 licences to sell arms to Israel

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