8 h. ago Israeli strikes kill more than 60 people in Gaza, health officials say

Latest deaths come amid worsening humanitarian situation despite renewed hope for ceasefireAt least 62 people have been killed in Gaza by overnight Israeli strikes, according to health officials, as the humanitarian situation worsens in the besieged strip despite renewed hope for a ceasefire.Airstrikes began overnight on Friday and continued into Saturday morning, killing a dozen people near a displacement shelter near Palestine Stadium in Gaza City. A strike at midday on Saturday killed at least 11 people. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Qatar sees ‘window of opportunity’ for Gaza truce as dozens reported killed by Israel – Middle East crisis live

At least 34 people were killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes, health staff sayIran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that Iranians had given their “blood” during a 12-day war with Israel but “not honour”, AFP reports.“Iranians gave blood, not land; gave their loved ones, not honour; they withstood a thousand-ton rain of bombs, but did not surrender,” Abbas Araghchi said on his Instagram account, adding that Iran does not recognise the word “surrender”. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago The families of hostages held in Gaza hope for their own ceasefire after truce in Israel

The families of hostages held in Gaza have faced a 20-month-long nightmare

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4 d. ago Trump lashes out at Israel and Iran after ceasefire he brokered is violated

US president orders Israel to turn around its planes, warning bombing sorties would be ‘major violation’Middle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has reacted furiously after an Israel-Iran ceasefire he had brokered and taken credit for was violated within a few hours, ordering Israel to turn its warplanes around midair and abort their planned bombing sorties, which he warned would be a “major violation”.Israel claimed Iran had been the first to break the truce, saying it had shot down two ballistic missiles heading for northern Israel at about 10.30am, about two and a half hours after the ceasefire was announced. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Fragile truce appears to take hold after Trump rebukes Israel and Iran

US president had accused both sides of violating ceasefire

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4 d. ago Fragile truce takes hold after Trump rebukes Israel and Iran

US president had accused both sides of violating ceasefire

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4 d. ago Delicate truce takes hold after Trump rebukes Israel and Iran

US president had accused both sides of violating ceasefire

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8 d. ago Israel warns of ‘prolonged campaign’ against Iran as Europeans push for truce

Foreign ministers hold Geneva talks in bid to end war and keep US out of conflict

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3 w. ago Lebanese army warns Israeli airstrikes might force it to freeze cooperation with ceasefire committee

The Lebanese army has condemned Israel’s airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut, warning that such attacks are weakening the role of Lebanon’s armed forces that might eventually suspend cooperation with the committee monitoring the truce that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war

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4 w. ago Hamas ‘thoroughly reviewing’ Israel’s response to US ceasefire proposal

Draft reportedly includes release of 28 hostages in first week, 60-day ceasefire and aid for Gaza when deal signed offHamas has received Israel’s response to a US proposal for a Gaza ceasefire deal and is “thoroughly reviewing” it, even though the response does not meet any of the Palestinians’ “just and legitimate demands”, one of the militant group’s officials has said.On Thursday, the White House said Israel had agreed to the US truce proposal, and Hamas said it was reviewing the plan, although it described the agreement as more biased in favour of Israel than previous proposals. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Hamas says US ceasefire plan accepted by Israel does not meet demands to end war in Gaza

Draft reportedly includes release of 28 hostages in first week, a 60-day ceasefire and aid for Gaza as soon as deal signed offIsrael has agreed to a US ceasefire proposal for Gaza, the White House has said, and Hamas said it was reviewing the plan although its terms did not meet the group’s demands.As a US-backed system for distributing food in the shattered territory expanded, Israeli media reported that prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had told the families of hostages held in Gaza that Israel had accepted a deal presented by US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. Continue reading...

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