Israel PM’s comments follow reports that the US was planning measures against an IDF battalionAt least 34,097 Palestinian people have been killed and 76,980 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since 7 October, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Sunday.An estimated 48 Palestinians were killed and 79 others injured in the past 24 hours, the ministry added. Continue reading
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...
Israel has started to meet commitments it made to Joe Biden on allowing aid into the north of Gaza, says White House national security spokespersonThe Gaza health ministry on Sunday reported at least 66 Palestinians had been killed in the past 24 hours.In central Gaza, Mohammed al-Hattab said he found his one-year-old baby in the rubble after an Israeli airstrike hit the Nuseirat refugee camp over the weekend. Continue reading
British government doing everything it can to prevent assault on Rafah while civilians shelter there, says deputy foreign secretary Andrew MitchellAl Jazeera is carrying a quote from Hamas spokesperson Osama Hamdan. It quotes him saying:It’s clear from the Israeli paper that they are still insisting on two major issue: they don’t want a complete ceasefire and they are not talking – in a serious way – about the withdrawal from Gaza. In fact, they are still talking about their presence, which...
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,...
US officials say military operation carried out, without giving further details; Iran state media says air defences fired and airspace closed in some areasWhat we know so far about Israel’s strike on IranFollow all our Middle East crisis coverageIt’s 7:24am in Tehran and 6:54 In Tel Aviv. Let’s get a reminder of what we know so far:US officials have confirmed that Israel has carried out military operations against Iran but did not describe those operations.The Israeli military has told news...
War has left estimated 37m tons of debris in area, requiring years of work with ‘100 trucks’, says Pehr LodhammarSee all of our Israel-Gaza war coverageA premature Palestinian infant, rescued from her mother’s womb by an emergency caesarean section shortly after the woman was killed by an Israeli airstrike, has died, her uncle said Friday.Associated Press reports Rami al-Sheikh said Sabreen Jouda died in a Gaza hospital on Thursday after her health deteriorated and medical teams were unable to...
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The World Central Kitchen said on Sunday that it would resume operations in the Gaza Strip with a local team of Palestinian aid workers, nearly a month after the Israeli military killed seven of the organization’s workers in targeted drone strikes on their convoy.
GENEVA: More than 70 per cent of the global workforce is exposed to risks linked to climate change that cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each year, the International Labour Organization said on Monday, adding governments would need to act as the numbers rise. Workers, especially the world's poorest, are more vulnerable than the general population to the dangers of climate extremes such as heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and hurricanes because they are often the first exposed or exposed for...
The aid organisation had stopped distributing food in Gaza after an Israeli strike killed seven workers.
The World Central Kitchen aid organization said on Sunday it would resume operations in the Gaza Strip four weeks after seven of its staff members died in an Israeli aerial attack. "We have been forced to make a decision: stop feeding altogether during one of the worst hunger crises ever, ending our operation that accounted for 62 percent of all international non-governmental organization aid, or keep feeding knowing that aid, aid workers, and civilians are being intimidated and killed," World...