7 h. ago Gaza truce talks stall as 28 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes overnight

Sources say the talks are faltering over the extent of Israeli forces' withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave

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8 h. ago UN says fuel shortage in Gaza at ‘critical levels’ – Middle East crisis live

A lack of fuel means ‘lifelines will vanish for 2.1 million people’, the UN saidIsraeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including four children, hospital officials said on Saturday, the Associated Press (AP) reports. The four children and two women were among at least 13 people who were killed in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, after Israeli airstrikes pounded the area starting late on Friday, officials in Al-Aqsa Martyr’s hospital said.Another four people were killed in strikes near a fuel station, and 15 others died in Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, according to Nasser hospital. The Israeli military said in a statement that over the past 48 hours, troops struck approximately 250 targets in the Gaza Strip, including militants, booby-trapped structures, weapons storage facilities, anti-tank missile launch posts, sniper posts, tunnels and additional Hamas infrastructure sites. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago 28 Palestinians including children killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

Hospital officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 28 Palestinians in Gaza including four children

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3 d. ago Gaza doctors say Israel's killing of a prominent colleague leaves a hard

When the onetime director of a Gaza Strip hospital was killed by an Israeli airstrike, he joined a growing list of prominent Palestinian doctors who have died during 21 months of war that has devastated the territory’s health system

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7 d. ago Israeli airstrikes kill 14 Palestinians in Gaza, another 10 people die seeking food

Israeli airstrikes killed 14 people in the Gaza Strip, while another 10 Palestinians were killed separately as they sought food in the embattled enclave, hospital officials said

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8 d. ago ‘No other explanation’: children of slain Gaza doctor say he was deliberately targeted

Family of Dr Marwan al-Sultan says the Israeli airstrike ‘precisely’ hit the apartment block the cardiologist and his relatives occupiedThe children of Dr Marwan al-Sultan, director of Gaza’s Indonesian hospital and one of the territory’s most senior doctors, said they believed their father was deliberately targeted in the Israeli airstrike that killed him on Wednesday.Sultan died when an Israeli missile was fired into the apartment block in Gaza City where he and his extended family were staying after their displacement from northern Gaza. His wife, daughter, sister and son-in-law were also killed in the attack. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Israeli strikes kill 15 in Gaza, while shootings kill 20 people waiting for aid

A hospital official in Gaza says Israeli airstrikes killed 15 Palestinians in Gaza early on Friday, while another 20 people were killed in shootings while waiting for aid

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1 week ago ‘Shock and grief’ as senior doctor killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

Marwan al-Sultan, a renowned cardiologist and director of the Indonesian hospital, is the 70th healthcare worker to be killed by Israeli attacks in the past 50 days, says Palestinian medical organisationAn Israeli airstrike has killed one of Gaza’s most senior doctors in a “catastrophic” loss to the already decimated healthcare system. A number of family members were reported to have been killed alongside him.Dr Marwan al-Sultan, a renowned and highly experienced cardiologist and director of the Indonesian hospital in the Gaza Strip, is the 70th healthcare worker to be killed by Israeli attacks in the last 50 days, according to Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), a Palestinian medical organisation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Donald Trump reiterates calls for ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas – Middle East crisis live

US president says online ‘make the deal in Gaza’ and ‘get the hostages back’ as he says he believes a ceasefire can be reached within a weekDuring the 12-day war, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 627 civilians and injured nearly 4,900 others in Iran, according to official figures.The war on Iran – cast as a preemptive attack for self-defence – was launched by Israel and later joined in by the US. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hamas chief 'who masterminded October 7 attack' is killed by Israeli airstrike, IDF say

In a post on X, the IDF reported that it has 'eliminated 'Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa - 'one of the founders of Hamas' military wing.'

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2 w. ago Israel airstrikes in Gaza kill 49 overnight including refugees and some in homes

The strikes began late Friday and continued into Saturday morning, among others killing 12 people near the Palestine Stadium in Gaza City, which was sheltering displaced people, and eight more living in apartments, according to staff at Shifa hospital where the bodies were brought

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2 w. ago An Israeli strike kills 18 Palestinians in central Gaza as turmoil mounts over food distribution

Palestinian hospital officials say an Israeli airstrike has hit a street in central Gaza, killing 18 people

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2 w. ago Iran vows to kill 50,000 US soldiers in revenge as massive Israeli airstrike on Republican Guard HQ wipes out 'hundreds' of elite troops and spies

LIVE UPDATES: Follow live coverage from the conflict in the Middle East after Donald Trump called for an Iranian regime change, less than one day after the US bombed the country's nuclear sites.

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3 w. ago Iran claims Israel has 'mainly' killed women and children in escalating air strikes as IDF releases footage of ballistic missile attack on Tehran's 'nuclear programme HQ'

Iran has today claimed that Israeli airstrikes have mostly killed women and children, as the two nations took part in massively escalating tit-for-tat strikes against each other.  

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4 w. ago Israel launches devastating airstrike on Iran's nuclear sites killing top military leaders

The operation raised the potential for all-out war between the countries.

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4 w. ago US will help to defend Israel ‘if needed,’ Trump confirms to Fox News after warning Netanyahu against bombing Iran

Donald Trump advised Benjamin Netanyahu against attacking Tehran three days before Israel launched wave of airstrikes that killed military leaders, prompting retaliation by drone

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4 w. ago Iran vows 'severe punishment' on Israel after top commander killed in airstrikes: Live updates

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked President Donald Trump for his support while celebrating strikes on Iran which 'took out top Revolutionary Guard generals.'

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4 w. ago Who is Hossein Salami? Revolutionary Guard Chief guard is killed in Israeli strike

Iranian state media has confirmed the death of Hossein Salami, the commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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last month Attack dogs: how Europe supplies Israel with brutal canine weapons

Military dogs involved in attacks on Palestinian civilians – including children – are likely to have been exported from European countries, investigation findsWarning: readers may find some of the details in this piece distressingIt was only seconds after soldiers entered the Hashash family’s home in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank that the dog attack began. As military raids rolled out across her neighbourhood one morning in February 2023, Amani Hashash says she took her four children into a bedroom. When she heard Israeli military coming into their home she called out that they were inside and posed no threat.Moments later the bedroom door was opened and a large, unmuzzled dog launched itself into the room, plunging its teeth into her three-year-old son, Ibrahim, who was asleep in her lap. Continue reading...

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