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Israeli communications minister seeks shutdown of Al Jazeera bureau

Israel's communications minister said on Sunday he was seeking a possible closure of Al Jazeera's local bureau, and accused the Qatari news station of pro-Hamas incitement and of exposing Israeli soldiers to potential attack from Gaza.

'Fierce And Non-Stop Fighting' As Russia Attacks Avdiivka In Eastern Ukraine

'Hamas kept firing at our car': Thai evacuees recount attack

15 citizens return home; authorities look for more aircraft as 6,000 wait

US advises its citizens in Gaza to move closer to Egypt's Rafah crossing

Washington worked with Egypt, Israel and Qatar to try to open the Rafah crossing for limited hours on Saturday afternoon to allow Palestinian-Americans to leave, a senior State Department official told reporters.

'Top secret' documents seen by Sky News suggest Hamas attack may have been planned for a year

The documents, written in Arabic, are said to have been recovered by Israeli soldiers and emergency responders. They suggest Hamas militants planned to target civilian populations and take hostages.

Israeli Forensic Teams Describe Signs Of Torture, Abuse

Around 90% of the military dead have been identified and teams are half way through identifying civilians, said Rabbi Israel Weiss, former army chief rabbi. He said many bodies showed signs of torture as well as rape.

Israel's invasion of Gaza was planned for this weekend but has been delayed by "a few days," in part because of cloudy conditions, according to the New York Times

Egypt refuses foreigners passage from Gaza except as part of aid agreement - Foreign Affairs - Egypt

Arab states say Palestinians must stay on their lands as war escalates

Calls for a humanitarian corridor or an escape route for Palestinians from Gaza as a conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has escalated have drawn a blunt reaction from Arab neighbours.

Israeli strike hits Syria’s Aleppo airport

Iran sends warning to Israel through the UN against ground offensive in Gaza

Israeli cabinet ministers heckled out of hospitals as they try to visit the wounded

Palestine: Violence spreads to the West Bank. Thirty one dead — recorded in less than a week — represents one-sixth of all Palestinians who have lost their lives in the West Bank so far this year, which is the bloodiest week on record for two decades

The scale of the massive attack from Gaza and the subsequent bombings on the area have overshadowed the 31 Palestinians killed there in less than a week

‘It was a plague’: Killarney becomes first Irish town to ban single-use coffee cups: A blanket ‘bring or buy’ reusable scheme has been introduced in the town, which was getting through 23,000 cups a week

A blanket ‘bring or buy’ reusable scheme has been introduced in the town, which was getting through 23,000 cups a week

NATO's Stoltenberg says Turkiye agrees to move ahead with Sweden's NATO bid

Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan, has agreed to forward to Parliament Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, on the eve of a NATO...

Hezbollah launches attack on 'Israeli army' positions in border region

Hezbollah launches attack on 'Israeli army' ....

Israel Is ‘Very Sorry’ For Attack That Killed Journalist Issam Abdallah

IDF says they are 'very sorry' over the killing of Lebanese journalist Issam Abdallah in an airstrike.

Israel gives Palestine's Red Crescent until 1300 GMT to evacuate Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society received an order from Israeli forces on Saturday with a new deadline to evacuate its Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City by 1300 GMT (16:00 pm local), according to a statement.

Senior Russian diplomat found dead in hotel in Turkey

Police are investigating the death of a senior Russian diplomat found dead in a hotel in Turkey, while experts are checking CCTV footage and...