9 h. ago Israeli strikes over past 24 hours killed at least 38 people in Gaza, Palestinian officials say

Civil defence agency says some people are still under rubble after attacks on Deir al-Balah and JabaliyaIsraeli strikes over the past 24 hours have killed at least 38 people in Gaza, health officials in the Palestinian territory have said, bringing the death toll to more than 100 in less than three days.An attack on a tent housing displaced people in the central city of Deir al-Balah killed a mother and her two children, according to Gaza’s health ministry. Another strike in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza killed at least five, including two women and a child, it added. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Nine of a doctor's 10 children are killed in Israel's latest strikes in Gaza

Gaza's Health Ministry says the bodies of 79 people killed by Israel strikes have been brought to hospitals in the past 24 hours

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65 h. ago At least 23 people killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza as Israel lets minimal aid in

At least 23 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight as Israel pressed ahead with its military offensive and let in minimal aid to the strip

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4 d. ago Israeli troops fire ‘warning shots’ at 25 diplomats visiting occupied West Bank

Shots force delegation representing 31 countries, including Italy, Canada, Egypt and UK, to run for coverMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli troops have fired “warning shots” at a group of 25 diplomats who were visiting Jenin, in the Israel-occupied West Bank, on an official mission organised by the Palestinian Authority to observe the humanitarian situation there.The Israeli military said the visit had been approved, but the delegation “deviated from the approved route” and Israeli soldiers fired warning shots to distance them from the area. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 60 people, local health officials say

Israeli strikes overnight and into Tuesday have killed at least 60 people across the Gaza Strip

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7 d. ago Israel begins major ground operation in Gaza after killing ‘more than 130 people’ in latest airstrikes

Israel announced a renewed assault on the enclave after the latest ceasefire talks failed

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7 d. ago Gaza ceasefire talks continue as Israel carries out fresh wave of strikes

Netanyahu signals openness to deal but lays out conditions while territory’s hospitals ‘overwhelmed’ with casualties• Middle East crisis – latest updatesCeasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have been continuing in Qatar for a second day as Israeli warplanes and artillery launched a fresh wave of strikes across Gaza, killing at least 103 people, according to health officials in the Palestinian territory.The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, signalled on Sunday that Israel was open to a deal with Hamas that would include “ending the fighting” in Gaza, but laid out conditions that have been repeatedly refused by the militant Islamist organisation. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 75 people, hospitals and medics say

Hospitals and medics in the Gaza Strip say Israeli strikes across the Palestinian enclave killed at least 75 people

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8 d. ago Million Palestinians could be relocated to Libya under US plans, report claims

Gaza health officials say more than 250 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes since Thursday, in a return to some of the deadliest bombing campaigns of the war

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9 d. ago Middle East crisis live: ‘a lot of people are starving’ in Gaza, says Trump, as Israeli strikes kill dozens

Widespread attacks across northern Gaza with survivors warning that people are trapped under the rubbleIsraeli airstrikes kill at least 80 as Trump talks of turning Gaza into ‘freedom zone’Donald Trump on Friday said the United States would have the situation in Gaza “taken care of”, telling reporters that people were starving in the besieged Palestinian territory.According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the US president told reporters during the final leg of his Gulf tour:We’re looking at Gaza. And we’re going to get that taken care of. A lot of people are starving.Missing this historic opportunity would be a resounding failure that will be remembered in infamy for ever. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Israeli strikes kill at least 20 people in Gaza as Trump wraps up his Middle East visit

Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people in the northern Gaza Strip, as U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his Middle East visit

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1 week ago Israeli airstrikes kill at least 80 as Trump says he wants to turn Gaza into a ‘freedom zone’

Violence over last 48 hours diminishes hopes that US president’s visit to Middle East would lead to pause in hostilitiesIsrael launched a new and intense wave of airstrikes and artillery shelling on targets across Gaza on Thursday morning, killing at least 80 people, as faltering talks on a new ceasefire continued in Qatar and Donald Trump said he wanted to see the US “make” the devastated territory “into a freedom zone”.Trump’s statement recalled the plan he put forward in February for the US to take control of Gaza to allow for its reconstruction as a luxury leisure and business hub. The scheme implied the possible permanent displacement of much or all of its population of 2.3 million and triggered global outrage. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 54 people killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says

A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis

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1 week ago Israeli bombing wave kills dozens in Gaza including at least 22 children, say reports

Bombardment signals new escalation after Netanyahu said Israel would ‘go in with full force to complete the operation’Middle East crisis – live updatesAn intense wave of Israeli bombing has reportedly killed dozens of people in Gaza, including many children, signalling a new escalation at a critical moment in regional politics.The exact number of deaths from the attacks was unclear, with estimates ranging from about 30 to more than 50, making it one of the highest tolls in a single morning for many weeks. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 48 people, including 22 children, hospitals say

At least 22 children were killed in Gaza overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday in a punishing series of Israeli airstrikes on homes in northern Gaza

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1 week ago Israel hits Gaza hospitals in deadly strikes after pause to allow release of Edan Alexander

The strikes reportedly killed at least 18 people and came after Benjamin Netanyahu announced the military would enter the strip ‘with full force’Israeli strikes on hospitals in Gaza on Tuesday reportedly killed at least 18 people, after a brief pause in fighting which saw the release of 21-year-old Israeli-American Edan Alexander, who had been in Hamas captivity since the 7 October 2023 attack.The strikes hit the European Hospital complex near Khan Younis and left large craters gouged into the ground and cracks in the courtyard outside the European Hospital complex, images from the AFP news agency show. A damaged bus was lodged in a hole in the road. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on Israel and Gaza: Trump can stop this horror. The alternative is unthinkable | Editorial

The US president has the leverage to force through a ceasefire. If he does not, he will implicitly signal approval of what looks like a plan of total destructionDonald Trump would like a big foreign policy win as he embarks on his tour of the Middle East this week. He could secure one – and save lives – by demanding that Israel agree to a lasting ceasefire in exchange for the release of all hostages held in Gaza. He might prefer to avoid the issue, but no other leader has the leverage to force its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to end this war. If Mr Trump instead backs Israel’s current proposals, he will put the US imprimatur on what looks like a plan of total destruction.Israel’s attacks have already killed more than 52,000 people in Gaza, according to local health authorities – the vast majority of them civilians, many of them children. Bakeries, hospitals and schools have been obliterated. Aid has been blocked for two months. Gaza faces famine. Last week, Isr...

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2 w. ago Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 10 people, mostly women and children

Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday killed 10 people in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children

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2 w. ago Protesters arrested as Columbia calls in New York police to clear Gaza solidarity sit

Columbia Spectator reports protesters who staged library ‘emergency rally’ blocked from leaving by campus security officers unless they show IDColumbia University calls in police to clear pro-Palestinian protestersBritain is in “active discussions” with US officials over the extraordinary 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the US proposed by Donald Trump, as it tries to protect one of its biggest creative industries.“We are already in active discussions with the top of the US administration on this subject. We are working hard to establish what might be proposed, if anything, and to make sure our world-beating creative industries are protected,” creative industries minister Chris Bryant told parliament. Continue reading...

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2 w. 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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