9 d. ago Ten Brits are accused of committing war crimes 'by targeting and killing civilians and aid workers' in Gaza while fighting for Israel

The alleged war crimes include 'running a bulldozer over a dead body' and a vehicle demolishing part of a hospital.

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2 w. ago ‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killed

A nurse, a civil servant and a teacher, among thousands of Palestinians detained without charges, were not informed their relatives had died in Israeli attacks• ‘He insisted we take him to the graves’: the Palestinian hostages coming home to catastropheFor six months after it became impossible, Ahmed Wael Dababish still dreamed of a simple reunion: the day he could once again hug his wife, Asma, his two daughters and his young son.A nurse from Gaza, Dababish last saw his family in the early hours of one night in December 2023, when Israeli troops attacked a school where they had sought shelter. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘He insisted we take him to the graves’: the Palestinian hostages coming home to catastrophe

Alaa Abu Zeid only discovered his wife and children had been killed after his release from an Israeli prison. His is a story repeated across Gaza• ‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killedMore than a year after his abduction by Israeli soldiers, the first thing Alaa Abu Zeid wanted to do on his return to Gaza was hold his wife and children. He didn’t know that Ali, his brother, would be the only person waiting when he arrived in Khan Younis earlier this month: Alaa’s wife, Hala, and all five of the couple’s children had been killed in an Israeli airstrike last summer.Abu Zeid, 48, the headteacher of a primary school funded by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Bureij in central Gaza, was arrested along with dozens of other men when Israeli troops raided the school turned shelter in December 2023. He would never see his family again. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Civilian death toll mounts in Gaza as Israel warns air strikes are 'just the beginning'

Benjamin Netanyahu warns ‘this is only the beginning’ after Israel-Hamas ceasefire collapses

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4 w. ago Civilian deaths from strikes on Gaza ‘appalling’, says Foreign Office minister

Lord Collins of Highbury said the UK Government is focused on trying to return to the ceasefire agreement.

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4 w. ago World leaders express outrage at Israel’s renewed bombing of Gaza civilians

Strikes said to target Hamas killed hundreds within hours including women and children, undermining ceasefireMiddle East crisis – live updatesWorld governments and UN officials have expressed horror and dismay at Israel’s resumption of strikes on Gaza that killed hundreds within a few hours on Monday, warning the assault could shatter a ceasefire that was intended to be permanent.Jordan, a US ally that has a peace agreement with Israel, called the strikes “aggressive and barbaric”. Egypt, which also has a diplomatic relationship with Israel and helped mediate the truce, called the bombing a “flagrant violation” of the ceasefire that took effect in mid-January. Continue reading...

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