Municipal workers spray tents in a displacement camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, to eliminate insects and other pests. AFP

'Nocturnal threat': Rodents and disease spread through Gaza’s camps

Proliferation of rats, flies and mosquitoes is risk to population already under attack

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CommentDespite US pressure, the Lebanon-Israel talks process should not be rushed

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on Israeli tactics in Lebanon

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Hezbollah fires at Israeli forces for first time since truce

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Israeli soldiers disciplined for vandalising Jesus statue

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Four of Gaza's Palestinian committee offer to quit over slow progress

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CommentWhy Gulf nations should be at the US-Iran negotiating table

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Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, centre, stands with settlers at the end of the resettlement ceremony at Sa-Nur in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on April 19, 2026. Israel on April 19 began resettling Sa Nur, a West Bank settlement evacuated 20 years ago, with senior ministers marking the occasion with declarations against Palestinian statehood and calls to resettle Gaza. AFP

Israeli ministers celebrate reopening of settlement 21 years after evacuation

Israel often issues Palestinians demolition orders with every new or claimed settlement

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Israel charges 'smuggler' with running lucrative black market deliveries to Gaza

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'The war hasn’t stopped': Lebanese doubt truce as Israel tightens grip on southern Lebanon

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Israeli military acknowledges soldier smashed Jesus statue in southern Lebanon

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On The RecordLebanon forced into Israel talks, says Geagea, as Hezbollah 'calls the shots'

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CommentThe US has secured a ceasefire in Lebanon. But its role shouldn't end there

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Lebanon ceasefire holds despite Israeli attacks in self-declared 'security zone'

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Samir Geagea says Lebanon has to 'do whatever in order to save our country'. The National
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On The RecordLebanon forced into Israel talks, says Geagea, as Hezbollah 'calls the shots'

Leader of largest Lebanese Christian party blames Iran-backed group for deadly war

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CommentThe US has secured a ceasefire in Lebanon. But its role shouldn't end there

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Lebanon ceasefire holds despite Israeli attacks in self-declared 'security zone'

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Return to south Lebanon: The ones who did and those who couldn't

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