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Middle East crisis live: ‘Military operations in Rafah could lead to slaughter in Gaza,’ says UN

Martin Griffiths, el subsecretario general de la ONU para Asuntos Humanitarios y Coordinador de Socorro de Emergencia, dijo que el escenario "que hemos temido durante mucho tiempo se está desenrollando a una velocidad alarmante".

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Two-state solution ‘not rewarding Hamas’, Cameron tells Lords – UK politics live

Cameron: I have personally challenged the Israel government over incidents in Gaza

Speaking in the House of Lords, foreign secretary has said that he has personally challenged the Israeli government over individual incidents in Gaza.

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Middle East crisis live: UK government ‘deeply concerned’ about planned offensive in Rafah

The official spokesperson for Rishi Sunak, the UK’s prime minister, said they were “deeply concerned” about the prospect of a military offensive in Rafah.

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Biden criticises Israel’s military campaign in Gaza as ‘over the top’

Joe Biden has described Israel’s military response in Gaza as “over the top” and said he is seeking a “sustained pause” in fighting that has claimed the lives of almost 28,000 Palestinians in Gaza in four months.

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Middle East crisis live: Israel bombs overcrowded Rafah as UN warns of ‘humanitarian nightmare’

Israeli forces bombed areas in the southern border city of Rafah where more than half of Gaza’s population is sheltering on Thursday, a day after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a proposal to end the war, reports Reuters.

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Middle East crisis: IDF reportedly believes more than a fifth of remaining Israeli hostages are dead

The New York Times is reporting that at least 32 of the 136 remaining Israeli hostages captured by Hamas are dead, according to an internal assessment conducted by the Israeli military.

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Houthis claim fresh attacks on British and US ships in Red Sea

The Houthis say they have successfully targeted a British and a US ship in the Red Sea, casting doubt on the effectiveness of three waves of US-UK strikes on missile sites belonging to the group in Yemen.

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How a US mining firm sued Mexico for billions – for trying to protect its own seabed

Local fishers helped halt underwater mining off Baja California’s coast in 2018. But then an obscure international legal process was put into motion

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Middle East crisis live: US targets Houthi drone base with further strikes inside Yemen

American forces have carried out strikes in Yemen against 10 attack drones and a ground control station belonging to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, according to the US military.

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Iran not seeking war with US but ‘not afraid of it’, says military chief

The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has vowed the country is not afraid of war with the US, as the Pentagon weighs how directly to respond to the killing of three US servicemen in a drone attack in Jordan.