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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.

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Israeli forces kill at least 10 Palestinians in West Bank raids

Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians in the West Bank in overnight raids and airstrikes that they said were intended to contain attacks on Israelis using Iranian-supplied arms.

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Middle East crisis live: Israeli military says Gaza hostage rescued in complex operation

It said Qaid Farhan Alkadi was recovered in “a complex rescue operation” and said his medical condition was normal, Reuters reported.

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Patients forced to flee al-Aqsa hospital in Gaza after Israeli evacuation order for nearby areas – Middle East crisis live

We reported in an earlier post that one of Gaza’s last functioning hospitals – the al-Aqsa martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah – has been emptying out in recent days as Israel has ordered the evacuation of nearby areas.