20 h. ago Israeli strikes across Gaza kill more than 40 people as Israel prepares to ramp up its offensive

Hospital officials say Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 48 people, including women and children

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68 h. ago Middle East crisis live: Israel approves plans to intensify Gaza operations

Plan could mark a significant escalation in fighting in the beleaguered territoryIsraeli ministers on Monday agreed to ramp up the war against Hamas in Gaza, an official said.Associated Press reported Israel has plans to capture more territory in the beleaguered Palestinian enclave and call up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers. The plan, which the official said would be gradual, could mark a significant escalation in the fighting in Gaza, which resumed in mid-March after Israel and Hamas failed to agree on an extension to an eight-week truce. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. On Sunday, Israel’s military chief of staff, Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, said the army was calling up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers and said Israel would “operate in additional areas” in Gaza and continue to strike militant infrastructure. Israel already controls roughly half of Gaza’s territory, including a buffer zone along the border with Israel as well as three corrid...

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7 d. ago Middle East crisis live: US backs Israel’s stance on Unrwa at ICJ hearing

US official tells international court of justice about ‘serious concerns’ over agency’s impartialityThere is now a live feed from the international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague, where the US is giving evidence (see 8.52am). You may need to refresh the blog to see it.An Iranian man convicted of espionage and intelligence cooperation with Israel was executed on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Middle East latest: At least 12 killed overnight by Israeli strikes in Gaza

At least 12 people including children were killed overnight in Gaza by Israeli strikes, hospital workers said Wednesday

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1 week ago Gaza Health Ministry reports 51 deaths from Israeli strikes, bringing overall toll to over 52,000

Hospitals in the Gaza Strip have received the remains of 51 Palestinians over the past 24 hours, killed in Israeli strikes

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1 week ago 49 killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza over 24 hours, as mediators scramble to restart ceasefire

Health officials in Gaza aid that at least 49 people were killed by Israeli strikes in the last 24 hours and Arab mediators are scrambling to restart a ceasefire

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1 week ago Middle East latest: Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 28 people, Palestinians say

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli strikes have killed at least 28 people, mostly women and children

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2 w. ago Children in school shelter among 25 killed in wave of Israeli strikes on Gaza

Israel launches wave of airstrikes as Arab negotiators make new ceasefire proposalAt least 25 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza, including 11 in the bombing of a school turned shelter, the strip’s civil defence agency said, as Israel’s war against Hamas in the besieged Palestinian territory grinds on despite a new ceasefire proposal from Arab mediators.Intense Israeli bombings hit several areas of Gaza on Wednesday, killing 11 in a school sheltering displaced people in al-Tuffah, a neighbourhood of Gaza City. The strike ignited a huge fire that claimed most of the casualties, said a civil defence spokesperson, Mahmoud Bassal. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza and destroy heavy equipment needed to clear rubble

Israeli strikes have killed at least 14 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, and destroyed bulldozers and other heavy equipment that had been supplied by mediators to clear rubble

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2 w. ago I have no choice but to keep up war in Gaza, says Netanyahu as Israel continues to pummel territory with air strikes after breaking ceasefire deal

The Israeli Prime Minister is under growing pressure at home not only from families of hostages and their supporters but also from Israeli soldiers who question the continuation of the war.

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2 w. ago Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in the last 48 hours, Palestinians say

Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 90 people have been killed by Israeli strikes in the last 48 hours

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2 w. ago Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassador

Israeli airstrikes across Gaza have killed at least 17 people including children as the new U.S. ambassador to Israel made his first public appearance in Jerusalem

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2 w. ago Wave of Israeli airstrikes kill at least 40 people across Gaza, says Hamas

Missiles hit encampments for displaced Palestinians as talks on response to Israel truce offer ‘almost complete’A wave of Israeli air strikes on encampments for displaced Palestinians has killed at least 40 people across Gaza, as Hamas officials said consultations on response to Israel truce offer “almost complete”.Civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal said two Israeli missiles hit several tents in the al-Mawasi area of the southern city of Khan Yunis, resulting in at least 16 deaths, most of them women and children, and 23 others were wounded. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Wave of Israeli airstrikes kill at least 40 across Gaza, says civil defence agency

Missiles hit encampments for displaced Palestinians as talks on response to Israel truce offer ‘almost complete’A wave of Israeli airstrikes on encampments for displaced Palestinians has killed at least 40 people across Gaza, as Hamas officials said consultations on response to Israel truce offer “almost complete”.Civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal said two Israeli missiles hit several tents in the al-Mawasi area of the southern city of Khan Younis, resulting in at least 16 deaths, most of them women and children, and 23 others were wounded. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israeli strikes on Gaza 'kill family of 10 including five kids', health officials say

The UN has raised alarm over Israel’s blockade stopping food and supplies entering Gaza – where two million people are said to rely on one million prepared charity meals a day

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3 w. ago One person killed and several wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza hospital

Airstrike prompts UN warning that humanitarian crisis is at its worst since fighting broke out 18 months agoOne person has been killed in an Israeli missile strike on a hospital in Gaza, just as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was making a visit to the war-torn territory.The attack on Tuesday occurred two days after another major hospital was targeted, fuelling warnings from the UN that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is now the worst it has been since conflict began. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Israel strikes Gaza hospital as pressure mounts on Benjamin Netanyahu over hostages

Israeli troops have hit another Palestinian hospital in Gaza as pressure from loved ones and military campaigners mounts on PM Netanyahu to enter into ceasefire talks with Hamas

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3 w. ago Medics killed and wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza hospital

Airstrike prompts UN warning that humanitarian crisis is at its worst since fighting broke out 18 months agoA medic has been killed in an Israeli missile strike on a hospital in Gaza.The attack on Tuesday came two days after another major hospital was targeted, fuelling warnings from the UN that the humanitarian crisis in the territory is now the worst it has been since conflict began. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Middle East latest: Israeli strike on Kuwaiti Field Hospital in Gaza kills medic and wounds several

An Israeli airstrike hit Tuesday the northern gate of the Kuwaiti Field Hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing a medic and wounding nine other people, a spokesman for the hospital said

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3 w. ago Israel’s latest strike on Gaza hospital is ‘appalling’, says Archbishop of York

Patients were forced to evacuate and a girl died as people fled the Anglican-run Al-Ahli Hospital.

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