Relatives mourn for Firas Al Masri, his wife and their four children, who were killed in their sleep, in the morgue of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza. EPA

Israeli strike kills family of six in Gaza city

Deadly attack latest in surge of Israeli violence across enclave despite ceasefire

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Civil resistance meets Israeli incursion into southern Syria

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CommentLebanon has no option but to make the ‘pilot zones’ deal with Israel fly

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ICC vote to decide fate of chief prosecutor Karim Khan

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Aid workers and journalists blocked from Israeli-occupied south Lebanon villages

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Lebanese army enters Zawtar Al Gharbieh after Israeli withdrawal

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Gaza residents say ceasefire exists only on paper

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Israeli soldiers drive on the border with the Gaza Strip as right-wing activists gather in an attempt to cross over into the embattled territory on July 19, 2026. AFP

Trump's board waters down Gaza reconstruction with small housing plan

Plan to set up portable cabins for displaced Palestinians near southern city of Rafah

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'We have no future here': Lebanese families tell story of nation in collapse

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Israeli plan to use crocodiles to secure prisons holding Palestinians

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AnalysisEgypt and Turkey's growing alliance puts old rivalry aside and alarms Israel

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Will Keir Starmer's Gaza blind spot taint his Middle East legacy?

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Knesset dissolves ahead of October election after Netanyahu legislative push

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EditorialDon't condemn Lebanon to repeat its past

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A pro-Palestine supporter outside Downing Street. The Starmer government's support for Palestinian rights 'tended to be very begrudging', analysts say. Reuters

Will Keir Starmer's Gaza blind spot taint his Middle East legacy?

For a UK prime minister so wedded to the rule of law, the failure to apply the same legal standards to Israel as he did to Russia will not be forgotten by his critics as he steps down

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Knesset dissolves ahead of October election after Netanyahu legislative push

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EditorialDon't condemn Lebanon to repeat its past

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Eisenkot condemns 'insane' alleged plot to install Ahmadinejad as Iranian leader

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