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Live coverage of all the latest developments in the Middle East

  • View of destruction following an Israeli attack in Khan Younis, Gaza. Follow live for latest updates in the Israel-Gaza war.

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    Israel-Gaza war live: Deadly weekend of strikes draws condemnation with fate of senior Hamas commander unclear

    Saturday’s attack on Khan Younis that left more than 90 dead draws criticism; Hamas concealing fate of Mohammed Deif says IDF
  • Palestinians carry someone on a makeshift stretcher

    Israel-Gaza war: IDF says 7 October mastermind ‘struck’ in Gaza attack reported to have killed 90 – as it happened

    Hamas says 90 people killed and almost 300 injured in attack – but it is unclear if Mohammed Deif is among them
  • Palestinians in the Shujaiya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City.

    Israel-Gaza war: US mediators making progress on ceasefire deal but still ‘gaps to close’, says Biden – as it happened

    In his Nato news conference, the US president acknowledged concerns about Israeli actions despite his overall support
  • Mourning Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Martyr's Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.

    Israel-Gaza war: Hamas accuses Israel of ‘stalling’ over ceasefire negotiations – as it happened

    Group says that mediators have not provided any updates over negotiations about a deal to end the war
  • A child sits on rubble after a house was destroyed by an Israeli strike.

    Famine spreading throughout Gaza, UN says, after more children die from malnutrition – as it happened

    International human rights groups condemn ‘intentional and targeted starvation campaign’ by Israel
  • A Palestinian boy checks the damage in a house hit by Israeli bombardment in Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip on 7 July

    Israeli minister says hostage deal with Hamas would be ‘humiliation’ as Netanyahu offered ‘political safety net’ by opposition – as it happened

    Yair Lapid says he will offer Benjamin Netanyahu political support if he reaches a hostage deal after fears such a move could lead to collapse of government
  • Israeli police extinguish a fire lit by anti-government protestors near Shoresh, Israel.

    Hamas ‘waiting for response’ on Gaza deal as Israeli protesters accuse Netanyahu cabinet of ‘total failure’ over hostages – as it happened

    Hamas says is has left ceasefire response with mediators while protesters in Israel pressuring the government to reach a hostage deal
  • Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip.

    Israel-Gaza war as it happened: hopes rise over hostages and ceasefire deal

    Hamas has reportedly accepted a US proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and men
  • Aftermath of an attack by Israeli warplanes in Gaza City.

    Hopes grow over ceasefire between Israel and Gaza as US hails proposal as ‘breakthrough’ – as it happened

    A senior US official said a new proposal by Hamas could lead to a pact that would be a step to a permanent ceasefire
  • An injured Palestinian child in hospital following the Israeli attack on Gold Market (Qissariya Market), at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City.

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

    Mediators including Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been trying for months to secure a ceasefire and the release of 120 remaining hostages
  • Displaced Palestinians in east Khan Younis.

    Israel reportedly kills senior Hezbollah commander in drone strike – as it happened

    Senior field commander killed in Israeli strike outside southern Lebanese city of Tyre, Reuters reports
  • 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.

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

    Reports of eight dead in IDF strikes in southern Gaza city on Tuesday after order to evacuate Gaza’s second-largest city
  • Palestinian doctor Muhammad Abu Salamiya stands with a group of men behind a lectern

    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’
  • Israeli soldiers stand guard near the Israeli-Gaza border overlooking the Shujaiya neighbourhood near Gaza City

    Middle East crisis: Israeli and Palestinian forces fighting ‘above and below ground’ in northern Gaza – as it happened

    Israel’s military says ‘large number’ of militants dead in Shujaiya area near Gaza City amid reports of bodies in streets
  • Supporters of Iran-backed Hezbollah chant slogans in Beirut.

    Middle East crisis: Iran sounds warning on Israeli ‘aggression’ in Lebanon – as it happened

    Islamic republic’s UN mission says an ‘obliterating war will ensue’ if Israel launches ‘full-scale military aggression’ in Lebanon
  • Palestinians gather to fill water vessels near one of the strip's few functioning desalination plants in Deir al-Balah.

    UN issues warning over disease in Gaza as sewage and rubbish problems grow – as it happened

    Unrwa director says ‘stench in Gaza is enough to make you kind of immediately nauseous’
  • US secretary of defence Lloyd Austin and Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant meet in Washington.

    Israel-Gaza war: Israel warns it could take Lebanon ‘back to the Stone Age’ – as it happened

    Yoav Gallant said Israel is preparing for war with Hezbollah but stressed that his government preferred a diplomatic solution
  • Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest plans to end their military exemption in Jerusalem in April.

    Middle East crisis: Israeli supreme court ends military exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews – as it happened

    Move has potential to bring down Netanyahu’s ruling coalition
  • A man walks past destroyed apartment buildings after an Israeli raid in Jenin, occupied West Bank on 14 June.

    Israel-Gaza war: ‘My life’s mission is to thwart establishment of Palestinian state,’ says Israeli minister – as it happened

    Bezalel Smotrich, finance minister, restates his position that occupied West Bank should be permanently part of Israel
  • Benjamin Netanyahu

    US withholding arms shipments, says Netanyahu, days after Washington denies claim – as it happened

    Israeli prime minister told his Cabinet that there had been a ‘dramatic drop’ in US weapons deliveries
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