An Israeli air strike on a hospital courtyard in the Gaza Strip has killed at least four people and sent flames sweeping through a packed tent camp for people displaced by the war, leaving dozens with severe burns, according to Palestinian medics. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir el-Balah was already struggling … Read more
The humanitarian crisis in the northern Gaza Strip deepened on Saturday as an Israeli bombardment killed at least 20 people, trapped thousands more and prompted one of the area’s last functioning hospitals to issue desperate pleas for assistance. Israeli airstrikes overnight and into Saturday hit the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza, even as the Israeli … Read more
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Israeli leaders, protesters mark Oct. 7 anniversary ABC News Israel marks October 7 attack anniversary as Middle East conflict escalates CNN Senate Republicans mark Oct 7 attack 1 year out as Israel-Hamas war continues Fox News A year from Oct 7, tens of thousands killed and fears of a ‘forever war’ NBC News ‘The land is … Read more
The IDF has sealed a major section of Hezbollah’s underground infrastructure in southern Lebanon, the military reported Saturday evening. Forces from the Paratroopers Brigade, Yahalom Unit, and Northern Command Combat Engineering Unit, under the 98th Division, destroyed 250 meters of underground tunnels and facilities used by Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces. The underground network was identified … Read more
The repeated blasts in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Israel has been carrying out air strikes this week, have driven Zeina Nazha and her young daughter to camp on a city beach, seeking safety from the war in Lebanon. She and some others from those suburbs, known as Dahiyeh, are sleeping on blankets either under the open … Read more
State-run Syrian Arab News Agency says TV anchor killed in Israeli attack on Syrian capital. Three civilians have been killed and nine others wounded in Israeli strikes on Syria’s capital Damascus, state-run media has reported. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) earlier reported that its television anchor Safaa Ahmad was killed on Tuesday in “treacherous … Read more
Some 100,000 people have fled to Syria from Lebanon in a bid to escape Israeli air raids, according to the head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). “The number of people who have crossed into Syria from Lebanon fleeing Israeli airstrikes – Lebanese and Syrian nationals – has reached 100,000,” Filippo Grandi said on X … Read more
Israeli strikes on Friday, which are now known to have killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, concluded a week of Israeli strikes on southern areas of the Lebanese capital, Beirut. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas has been analysing numerous videos shot from multiple vantage points to investigate the incident. Lebanese officials say 11 people were killed and … Read more
“I call again for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the return of the sausages — the hostages — and a recommitment to the two state solution, a recognized Palestinian state alongside a safe and secure Israel.” The mix-up comes just before Starmer heads to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he said … Read more
Heads of UN agencies say they cannot do their jobs ‘in the face of overwhelming need and ongoing violence’. Leading United Nations officials have demanded “an end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe” in the Gaza Strip nearly one year into the war between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas. “These atrocities must end,” … Read more