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UN says lives of staff endangered in Israeli halt of Gaza polio vaccine convoy

Israeli soldiers halted a UN convoy involved in the recent polio vaccination drive in Gaza and detained two staff members for questioning, in an incident during which live shots were fired and vehicles damaged by a bulldozer, the UN has said.

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Khan Younis safe zone: Israel launches deadly strike on al-Mawasi, Gaza officials say

Israeli airstrikes on al-Mawasi “humanitarian zone” in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 19 people and injured a further 60, according to witnesses and medical officials in the blockaded Palestinian territory.

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Israeli strikes in Syria kill at least 25, war monitor says

Israeli jets have launched a substantial strike on targets in Syria, killing at least 25 people, according to an opposition war monitor that said it was one of the most violent such attacks in years.

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Ukraine war briefing: Putin dismisses Kursk incursion and says eastern Donbas region is main war aim

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UN’s Gaza polio vaccination campaign reaches 189,000 children in first phase

The United Nations children’s agency has said that a polio vaccination campaign to inoculate more than 640,000 children in Gaza is surpassing expectations at the end of the first phase of the programme.

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Benjamin Netanyahu putting his own interests before Israel’s, says Gantz

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What is the Philadelphi corridor, and why is it so important to Israel?

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Israel’s first nationwide strike starts amid anger over handling of hostage talks

Israel’s first nationwide general strike since the Hamas attacks of 7 October is under way, amid widespread public anger at the government’s handling of the war in Gaza after the discovery of the bodies of six hostages at the weekend.

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Israeli military launches fatal airstrike on humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said they carried out an airstrike on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza aimed at “armed assailants” trying to hijack it but the charity that organised the aid said people killed in the strike were employees of the transport company it was working with.

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US imposes sanctions on extremist Israeli settlers in West Bank

The US has announced new sanctions against extremist settlers in the West Bank who are funded by the Israeli government, as Washington steps up its attempt to rein in worsening settler violence.