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Middle East crisis live: Israel claims to have killed Hezbollah commander inside Lebanon

Israel’s military has issued a statement in which it claims to have killed “a commander in the Hezbollah Radwan force’s anti-tank missile system.”

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Middle east crisis live: Israel orders evacuations in southern Lebanon, including for refugee camp

The Israeli army’s evacuation call for several areas of south Lebanon on Thursday, includes a Palestinian refugee camp, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).

It warned it was poised to hit Hezbollah targets in those areas.

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Middle East crisis live: airstrikes hit Lebanon’s Baalbek and Bekka valley after Israel issues evacuation order

Strikes rocked the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek and its outskirts on Wednesday, an Agence France-Presse (AFP) correspondent reported, hours after Israel issued an evacuation call for the area.

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Fears for Gaza aid after Unrwa ban, as Guterres tells Israel ‘there is no alternative’

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Middle East crisis live: death toll rises in southern Lebanese city as Israeli army urges residents to evacuate

The Israeli army told residents in parts of Lebanon’s southern city of Tyre to leave immediately, warning that it would attack Hezbollah targets there.

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Israel’s plan to ban Unrwa from accessing Gaza marks new low in its relations with UN

Worsening relations between the United Nations and Israel appear to have reached a nadir with the imminent passage of a bill in the Israeli Knesset designed to make it impossible for the UN relief and works agency for Palestinians (Unrwa) to operate in Gaza and West Bank.

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Strike on Iran will make world understand Israel’s might, says defence minister

Planned airstrikes on Iran will make the world understand Israel’s military might, the Israeli defence minister, Yoav Gallant, has said.

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‘Utter ruin’: Gaza economy would take 350 years to return to pre-conflict level, UN says

Gaza’s economy has been left in “utter ruin” by the year-long war between Israel and Hamas, and it would take 350 years to return to its pre-conflict levels, the United Nations has warned.

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US investigation of IDF unit over alleged abuse against Palestinians could jeopardize aid

An Israeli military unit that has been accused of human rights abuses against Palestinian detainees is reportedly under investigation by the US state department in a move that could lead to it being barred from receiving assistance.

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Palestinians describe being used as ‘human shields’ by Israeli troops in Gaza

After they burned down his family home in northern Gaza, Israeli troops separated Ramez al-Skafi from his family and detained him. They had a particular job in mind for him, he said.