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  • Smoke rises above trees on a hillside near a road. A man is standing on the road taking a picture with his phone

    Hezbollah says it has fired 200 rockets into Israel after killing of commander

  • Mariyah Ali outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London

    Birmingham University censoring student beliefs over Gaza camp evictions, court hears

  • Destroyed buildings near the border with the Gaza Strip and southern Israel on 2 July.

    Israel never targets innocents intentionally

  • An injured Palestinian child in hospital following the Israeli attack on Gold Market (Qissariya Market), at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City.

    Middle East crisis live
    Israel-Gaza war: Israel studying new Hamas response to ceasefire proposal – as it happened

  • Israel has approved ‘largest West Bank land grab in 30 years’, watchdog says

  • ‘Nothing compensates for the stolen years’: the Afghan women rebuilding shattered dreams in Iran

  • Four pro-Palestine protesters arrested after scaling roof of Australia’s Parliament House to unfurl banners criticising Gaza war

  • Palestinians ride a cart past near buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardments in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip

    About 90% of people in Gaza displaced since war began, says UN agency

  • Displaced Palestinians in east Khan Younis.

    Middle East crisis live
    Israel reportedly kills senior Hezbollah commander in drone strike – as it happened

  • Mohamed Ould Ghazouani standing in a car waving to supporters.

    Three people die after arrests at election protests in Mauritania

  • A hand posting a vote into a ballot box

    ‘It’s irrelevant’: Iran’s record low election turnout shows little faith in process

  • Palestinians, who fled the eastern part of Khan Younis, walk after they were ordered by the Israeli army to evacuate their neighbourhoods. Follow live for latest updates in the Israel-Gaza war.

    Middle East crisis live
    Fresh strikes on Khan Younis as UN secretary general says ‘no place safe in Gaza’ – as it happened

  • Palestinians carrying belongings cross road in front of vehicles

    Palestinians flee Khan Younis as eight reported dead after Israeli strikes

  • A brass sign reading Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office shows a reflection of a brick building.

    From conflict to the climate – what are the UK parties’ international plans?

  • A motorbike drives past buildings destroyed during previous Israeli military fire on the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab, near the border with northern Israel.

    Israel risking disastrous war against Hezbollah for political reasons, says former US official

  • The Mother of All Lies review – pursuing the truth of Morocco’s brutal dictatorship years

  • In a class of their own: three Olympic sportswomen talk about overcoming war, hardship and the Taliban

  • Freed Gaza hospital director accuses Israel of torture during detention – video

    The head of the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital alleges Israel tortured him across seven months of detention without charge
  • Mohammed Abu Salmiya is reunited with a relative amid a throng of greeters and photographers

    Freed Gaza hospital head accuses Israel of repeated torture

    Al-Shifa’s Mohammed Abu Salmiya alleges Israel tortured him across seven months of detention without charge
  • Palestinian doctor Muhammad Abu Salamiya stands with a group of men behind a lectern

    Middle East crisis live
    Israel-Gaza war: al-Shifa hospital director release sparks row in Israel; army needs 10,000 soldiers, Israel defence minister says – as it happened

    Itamar Ben-Gvir, far-right internal security minister, describes release of 50 Palestinian detainees as ‘security recklessness’
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