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      Fumes from tear gas fired by Israeli forces during clashes in the occupied West Bank. AFP

      Israeli politicians show little desire for curbing settlers' West Bank rampage

      Although many Israelis agree attacks on Palestinians are a problem, even left-wing leaders have sided with settlers in recent clashes

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      Italy and Saudi Arabia oppose Israeli annexation efforts in West Bank

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      A tent camp in Gaza city. More than half of Gaza's population has been displaced several times. Reuters

      Palestinians divided over planned 'humanitarian city' in Rafah

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      UAE's floating hospital fits 51 Palestinian patients with prosthetic limbs

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      Prisoners released from Israeli custody arrive at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. Getty Images

      Israel releases 60 Palestinian detainees from harsh prison conditions

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      Woman loses unborn child after Israeli army stops ambulance at Nablus checkpoint

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      British celebrities launch online auction to support Gaza scholarships

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      UK minister Falconer tells of anguish over Gaza after cabinet reshuffle

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      New Hamas leader elected by narrowest of margins with Gaza's backing

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      • A growing number of countries are putting age-based restrictions on social media use. AFP

        CommentShould society treat social media use like other addictions?

      • Air France has extended its suspension of flights to the UAE and Saudi Arabia. EPA

        Airlines suspend Middle East flights amid renewed US-Iran conflict

      • Tadej Pogacar is a five-time Tour de France champions but has yet to win the Vuelta. EPA
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        Pogacar ponders whether to take on Vuelta and tick another title off list

      • The shelter at the Birds and Pets Market in Warsan can house up to 200 cats. Photo: Dubai Media Office
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        Dubai’s new animal shelter draws crowds eager to adopt stray cats

      • Argentina captain Diego Maradona and England captain Peter Shilton shake hands before their 1986 World Cup quarter-final at Estadio Azteca, the match explored in the new documentary The Match. Photo: Goodfellas

        New documentary revisits Maradona's 'Hand of God' and 1986 World Cup clash

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      Vague promises, few guarantees: Lebanese officials bank on winning over US President, a risk that could prove costly

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      Smoke rises following Israeli controlled explosions in Kfar Tibnit, seen from Nabatieh in southern Lebanon. AFP

      Israeli drones hit south Lebanon's Nabatieh as military demolishes homes

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      UN rights chief warns Israeli actions in Lebanon could amount to war crimes

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      People queue to receive meals from a charity kitchen in the central Gaza Strip. AFP

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      Hamas's new leader, Khalil Al Hayya, has served as the group's lead negotiator in talks to implement a US peace plan for Gaza. AFP

      New Hamas leader elected by narrowest of margins with Gaza's backing

      Khalil Al Hayya's leadership credentials rest heavily on his association with October 7 attacks on Israel

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      Gaza reconstruction to cost seven times more than three previous wars combined

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      EditorialGaza shows what truces without rules look like

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      New York Mayor Mamdani urges US to enforce ICC arrest warrant for 'war criminal' Netanyahu

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      US reaches deal with Saudi Arabia on civilian nuclear programme

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      Engine oil shortage deepens Gaza's water crisis as pumps and tankers grind to halt

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      Israeli president warns of threats to October election

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      Nawaf Salam, Lebanese Prime Minister, said the 'return of life' to southern Lebanon was a 'national objective to which the state was committed'. AFP

      Lebanese Prime Minister hails 'beginning of Israeli withdrawal' from country

      Nawaf Salam plants national flag in rubble of Zawtar Al Gharbiyeh in symbolic assertion of sovereignty

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      Today's cartoonShadi's take on Gaza's crumbling ceasefire

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      Israeli strike kills family of six in Gaza city

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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

      Comment

      ICC vote to decide fate of chief prosecutor Karim Khan

      Europe

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

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      Lebanese army soldiers set up a checkpoint at a position in southern Lebanon. AFP

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

      The only alternative – to exit the framework agreement with Israel – would be to say that resistance must prevail

      Comment

      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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