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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.

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Israel-Gaza war: Israeli forces claim to have killed prominent Hezbollah member in attack on Lebanon’s Ayta al-Jabal – as it happened

The IDF said Friday that Israeli forces, using an airforce aircraft, attacked the area of Eita al-Zut in southern Lebanon and killed a prominent Hezbollah member Muhammad Mahmoud Najam.

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Israel launches reprisal strikes against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

Israel launched strikes on more than 10 areas across southern Lebanon, a spokesperson for the army said, hours after Hezbollah launched more than 50 rockets and a swarm of drones, hitting homes in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights and wounding one person.

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Biden approves nuclear strategy refocusing on China threat – report

Joe Biden has approved a US nuclear strategy to prepare for possible coordinated nuclear confrontations with Russia, China and North Korea, according to a New York Times reported on Tuesday.

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Russia-Ukraine war live: 120,000 Russians flee border areas, says state media; Zelenskiy says situation in Ukraine’s east is ‘difficult’

Over 122,000 Russians have fled the border regions amid Ukraine’s Kursk invasion, according to Russian media.