Israeli bombardment kills six, injures dozens in Yemen’s Sanaa
The Israeli military has bombed the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Israeli and Yemeni officials say, as tensions in West Asia continue to escalate amid Tel Aviv’s war on Gaza.
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‘Death follows us everywhere’: Israel pounds Gaza City as it vows to press on with offensive
Israeli air strikes hit areas around Gaza City on Sunday, local civil defence said, as the military pressed ahead with plans for a major offensive on what it sees as the last stronghold of Hamas. Fighting also escalated in Jabalia, just north of the c…
‘Sanaa wasn’t a statistic’: Baby who ‘knew nothing but war’ dies of malnutrition as Gaza crisis deepens
A toddler died in hospital as a result of prolonged nutritional deficiency and a lack of baby formula. Tara Cobham reports on the devastating impact the Israel-Hamas war is having on Palestinian children
Erdogan’s wife urges Melania Trump to speak up for Gaza’s children
Turkey’s First Lady has written to her US counterpart Melania Trump, asking her to show the same concern for Gaza’s children as she has shown for those of Ukraine.
Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz offers political truce to help secure Gaza hostage deal
Former defence minister Benny Gantz on Saturday offered to join Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a unity government to help secure the release of hostages held in Gaza. Reliant on far-right allies to remain in power, Netanyahu has launched…
US warns of Daesh, al-Qaeda expansion, commends partners in Iraq, Syria, Somalia
The US Embassy in Baghdad has announced that Washington remains deeply concerned about the continued operations and territorial expansions of the Daesh and al-Qaeda terror groups, stressing that it will continue to prioritize partnerships with allies …
‘Far too late’: Palestinians despair as famine spreads in Gaza
Desperate Palestinians holding pots and plastic containers rushed to receive rice at a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Saturday, just a day after the United Nations declared a famine in the war-ravaged region. AFP footage from Gaza’s largest city, tar…
Israel destroyed Gaza’s water plants. Now a deadly condition is spreading like wildfire
As hospitals in the strip struggle to cope with a stream of injured people, doctors are also battling the rise of a rare disease that has left children paralysed. Alex Croft speaks to medics on the front line
Women and children among 25 killed in new Israeli strikes as famine declared
Hospital officials say Palestinians sheltering in tents or seeking scarce food aid were among those killed by Israeli strikes
Israeli data reveals 83 percent of Gaza war dead are civilians
A classified Israeli military database has disclosed the vast majority of Palestinians killed in Gaza are civilians, according to a joint investigation by The Guardian, +972 Magazine, and Local Call.