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New trial in Rome of four Egyptians accused over Giulio Regeni killing

Defendants are being tried in absentia over kidnapping and murder of Italian student in 2016

Four Egyptian security officials have gone back on trial in absentia in Rome on charges related to the kidnap and murder of an Italian student in Cairo.

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US urges Israel to drop plans for Rafah ground offensive

The US has proposed a UN security council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire and for Israel not to go ahead with a planned offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza.

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Gaza’s largest functioning hospital ‘completely out of service’, say health officials

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Middle East crisis live: Egypt ‘setting up contingency area’ in case of Rafah exodus

Egypt is preparing an area at the Gaza border which could accommodate Palestinians in case an Israeli offensive into Rafah prompts an exodus across the frontier, four sources told news agency Reuters, in what they described as a contingency move by Cairo.

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Middle East crisis live: Israeli military says it has ‘credible intelligence’ that Hamas held hostages in Nasser hospital

The Israeli military said it had “credible intelligence” that Hamas had held hostages at the hospital and that the remains of hostages might still be inside, reports AP.

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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.