Middle East crisis: Authorities recover further bodies at Nasser hospital from mass grave, say reports – as it happened
by The Guardian
The Guardian— Emergency services say 310 bodies have been found in past week as UN rights chief says he is ‘horrified’ by reports. This live blog is closedA source close to Hezbollah said an Israeli strike deep into Lebanon killed a fighter of the Iran-backed militant group on Tuesday as he was travelling in a vehicle, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.The strike hit the Abu al-Aswad area near the coastal city of Tyre, about 35 kilometres (22 miles) from the border, an AFP journalist reported. Continue...
The Guardian—Middle East crisis: More than 200 bodies recovered from temporary mass graves in Nasser hospital, local authorities say – as it happened. Residents return to site in search of bodies of loved ones following withdrawal of Israeli forces last month. This live blog is closedIsrael has yet to provide evidence of Unrwa staff terrorist links, Colonna report saysHaaretz reports that Israeli security forces have arrested two people suspected of carrying out a car ramming in Jerusalem. Three people are reported to have been injured.Aharon Haliva, who was the general in command of the IDF’s military intelligence directorate on 7 October,...
The Jerusalem Post—Gazans discover mass grave near Nasser Hospital -report. Gazans have reported discovering a mass grave with over 200 bodies on Monday near the Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip.The Qatari-based news outlet Al-Jazeera published a report on the matter claiming that Palestinian civil defense members and paramedics have retrieved "300 bodies buried in this mass grave by the Israeli military." The IDF has rejected these claims in an official statement in response to the reports saying that they are "baseless and...
The Guardian—Middle East crisis: Rafah operation could result in ‘slaughter’, UN official says – as it happened. UN humanitarian office spokesman says hundreds of thousands of lives could be at risk and there would be a huge impact on aid operationsDaniel Hurst is Guardian Australia’s foreign affairs and defence correspondent.The Australian government faces a decision next week on whether to support admitting Palestine as a full member of the UN and is swapping notes with allies including South Korea and Germany. Continue reading