Middle East
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Middle East Israeli militias committed war crimes against Gazans, testimony shows
An Israeli officer's testimony on militias sent to commit war crimes in Gaza is documentary evidence, but Ahmed…
Middle East Israeli think tank funds anti-UN lobbying
Misgav Institute paid Mercury Public Affairs to push Congress and the White House toward full US withdrawal from the UN…
Middle East Israeli general wants Gaza ruined forever
A former Israeli general says Gaza should stay ruined for generations, as displaced families behind the Yellow Line…
Middle East Netanyahu rejects Gaza plan his government secretly pursues
Netanyahu says Israel rejects Trump's 15-point Gaza plan, but for Gaza's population the war and the hunger continue…
Middle East Israel demolishes widow’s family home
Israeli forces blew up the home of Farouq Ramadan's widow and five daughters, three weeks after he was killed in a…
Middle East Britain helps fly the war on Iran
A US bombing campaign killing Iranian civilians is being flown in part from two British bases, with no Commons vote and…
Middle East New York eyes Netanyahu arrest over Gaza starvation
New York is weighing an ICC arrest of Netanyahu as Gaza's starvation toll grows, while Britain won't say if it would do…
Middle East US strikes evacuate 211 cancer patients from Ahvaz Hospital
US strikes beside Iran's Shahid Baqaei children's cancer hospital in Ahvaz forced 211 chemotherapy patients onto…
Middle East Israel seeks to join Iran bombing that killed 35
US strikes have killed dozens of Iranian civilians this month; Israel is lobbying to join in while British bases keep…
Middle East Cabinet unleashes Shin Bet on Arab citizens
Israel's cabinet has handed its secret police the policing of Arab towns, funded by stripping the very budget built to…
Middle East Iran threatens Middle East oil halt over US blockade
Iran threatens to halt Middle East energy exports after US strikes killed 35 civilians and broke a ceasefire British…
Middle East Iranian fishermen killed as Trump tears up Iran ceasefire
Iranian fishermen were killed as Washington tore up its ceasefire, and the Hormuz standoff triggered by the escalation…
Middle East Israeli-trained Kaplan poaches Labour’s staff
Ex-Labour staffers keep joining a firm run by a former Israeli military intelligence officer as the party chooses its…
Middle East Israeli Foreign Ministry paid Reform £50,000 for trip
Israel's foreign ministry paid over £50,000 for a Reform UK delegation trip that toured occupied land while Gaza…
Middle East US bombing hits Bushehr reactor perimeter
A firefighter died and Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant was hit as the US resumed bombing, tearing up a ceasefire signed…
Middle East US strikes kill 14 as millions mourn Ayatollah
While millions mourned Ayatollah Khamenei across Iran and Iraq, US strikes killed 14 more Iranians and hit the rail…
Middle East 1.7m Gazans stripped of UNRWA aid by Trump’s Board
Trump's Board of Peace has told the UN to defund UNRWA and fund its own 'Hamas-free' zones instead, while 1.7m Gazans…
Middle East 73,000 Palestinians dead; marked by Elbit’s system at 1,000 daily
An Elbit Systems general told a London arms conference his AI system found 850,000 targets as Gaza's confirmed dead…
Middle East Headteacher struck; occupation won’t end
A drone strike killed a Nabatieh headteacher as Israel keeps troops in south Lebanon with no date to leave.
Middle East Gaza doctor dying in Israeli cell after 18 months with no charge
Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, who ran Gaza's last functioning hospital in the north, is close to death in Israeli custody, his…
Middle East Boy, 16, killed in Qalandiya raid
Israeli forces shot dead a 16-year-old boy and trapped a Palestinian family in a car with a stun grenade during the…
Middle East Israeli strike kills mother, baby in Gaza’s ‘safe zone’
Diana Abu Daraz, 23, and her baby daughter Siwar were killed leaving their tent in Gaza's al-Mawasi 'safe zone'…
Middle East Netanyahu’s own spies reject destruction claim
Israeli intelligence refused to back Netanyahu's claim that Iran's nuclear programme was destroyed, a new report…
Middle East US Tomahawk killed 120 Iranian schoolchildren
Iran's funeral for Khamenei draws millions as evidence mounts that Washington's assassination gamble killed diplomacy…