21 h. ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli attack on tents housing journalists in Gaza kills at least two, say Palestinian medics

Airstrikes hit media tent outside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, say medics, injuring nine othersAs we mentioned in the opening summary, ten Britons have been accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza. Here is some more of the story, written by the Guardian’s legal affairs correspondent Haroon Siddique:Michael Mansfield KC is one of a group of lawyers who will on Monday hand in a 240-page dossier to Scotland Yard’s war crimes unit alleging targeted killing of civilians and aid workers, including by sniper fire, and indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, including hospitals.The report, which has been prepared by a team of UK lawyers and researchers in The Hague, also accuses suspects of coordinated attacks on protected sites including historic monuments and religious sites, and forced transfer and displacement of civilians. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Israeli military changes account of Gaza medics’ killing after video shows attack

Phone footage contradicts IDF claims vehicles were not using emergency lights when troops opened fireIsrael’s military has backtracked on its account of the killing of 15 Palestinian medics in Gaza last month after footage contradicted its claims that their vehicles did not have emergency signals on when Israeli troops opened fire. The military said initially it opened fire because the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” on nearby troops without headlights or emergency signals. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations late on Saturday, said that account was “mistaken”.The almost seven-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday was recovered from the phone of Rifat Radwan, one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle. It shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lights. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Israeli military changes account of Palestinian medics’ killing after video showed attack

Phone video contradicts IDF claims vehicles were not using emergency lights when troops opened fireThe Israeli military has backtracked on its account of the killing of 15 Palestinian medics by its forces last month after phone video contradicted its claims that their vehicles did not have emergency signals on when troops opened fire on them in the Gaza Strip. The military said initially it opened fire because the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” on nearby troops without headlights or emergency signals. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations late on Saturday, said that account was “mistaken”.The almost seven-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday was recovered from the phone of Rifat Radwan, one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle. It shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lig...

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42 h. ago Israel’s military admits it made ‘mistake’ over killing of Gaza medics

The UN and Palestinian Red Crescent have demanded an independent inquiry into the killing of the paramedics and emergency workers

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60 h. ago Video footage appears to contradict Israel’s account of Gaza medic killings

The Israeli military has previously said soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’

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63 h. ago Phone footage appears to contradict Israel's account in troops' killing of 15 Palestinian medics

A video on the phone of one of 15 Palestinian medics killed by Israeli forces in Gaza shows that their emergency vehicles had their lights and sirens flashing and their logos clearly visible when they came under a barrage of gunfire from troops lasting more than five minutes

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64 h. ago Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza medics

Israel says soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’ but footage shows clearly marked ambulancesMobile phone footage of the last moments of some of the 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers killed by Israeli forces in an incident in Gaza last month appears to contradict the version of events put forward by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).The almost seven-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday was recovered from the phone of Rifat Radwan, one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle. It shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lights. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Israeli bombing of Gaza school housing displaced Palestinians kills at least 27, say medical officials

Most of those killed were women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry

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4 d. ago At least 27 killed as Israeli strike hits a school in Gaza, say medical officials

The bodies of 14 children and five women were recovered from the school in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, say officials

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7 d. ago Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinian medics and buried them in a mass grave, UN says

Palestinians held funerals for 15 medics and emergency responders killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza

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8 d. ago Red Cross federation ‘outraged’ at deaths of Red Crescent medics in Gaza

Secretary general says he is ‘heartbroken’ by the news, after Israeli military says it fired on ‘suspicious vehicles’ that were later found to include ambulancesThe Red Cross federation voiced outrage on Sunday after eight medical colleagues were killed while on duty in the Gaza Strip.The world’s largest humanitarian network said in a statement: “The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies [IFRC] is outraged at the deaths of eight medics from PRCS [Palestine Red Crescent Society], killed on duty in Gaza.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Middle East latest: Israeli strikes on Gaza killed 23 people overnight

Palestinian medics said Israeli strikes killed at least 23 people in the Gaza Strip overnight into Tuesday

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2 w. ago ‘Sadistic’ double murderer who tortured French students sues jail bosses over broken Xbox

Nigel Farmer was jailed after two French PhD students were stabbed hundreds of times in a ‘horrific’ attack - but has whiled away his sentence playing video games

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2 w. ago ‘Sadistic’ double murderer who tortured French students sues MOJ after prison officers broke his Xbox

Nigel Farmer was jailed after two French PhD students were stabbed hundreds of times in a ‘horrific’ attack - but has whiled away his sentence playing video games

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2 w. ago Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills five including senior Hamas figure

Ismail Barhoum and medics die in attack, which Israel says was based on extensive intelligenceAn Israeli airstrike on Sunday night hit the largest hospital in southern Gaza, killing five people, including a Hamas political leader and Palestinian medics, the militant group has said, in an attack that wounded others, causing a large fire.The Gaza health ministry said the strike hit the surgery department at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. The Israeli military said its attack followed extensive intelligence and used precise munitions to minimise harm at the site. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago At least 58 killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, Palestinian medics say

New bombardment comes as Hamas says it is talking to mediators about how to restore ceasefire

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2 w. ago Dozens killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes on Gaza overnight, Palestinian medics say

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in fresh Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight, local health officials said on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes overnight killed dozens in Gaza, Palestinian medics say

Israeli strikes overnight killed dozens of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, medics in the territory said Thursday

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3 w. ago Terror group shares sick cryptic video after Trump vowed to unleash hell on them

The video begins with a single American flag resting on a coffin, but as the camera pans out it shows dozens of flag-draped coffins floating in waters near destroyed Navy ships.

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3 w. ago Lawyers claim Diddy’s infamous hotel ‘attack’ video has been altered

The music mogul’s lawyers claim CNN altered the video then ‘destroyed the original footage’

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