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Bodies of six hostages held in Gaza recovered: Israel

The bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’ October 7 attack have been returned from the Gaza Strip, Israeli military confirmed on Tuesday.

Zelensky: Ukraine controlling 92 settlements In Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that his forces now control over 1,250 square kilometres of Russia's Kursk region.

Gazans ‘live among rubble’ amid relentless Israeli attacks: UN

The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has announced some Palestinians have no choice but to live in the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel across the blockaded Gaza Strip.

US claims Israel accepted latest Gaza ceasefire proposal, putting onus on Hamas

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has claimed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted a final, bridging proposal to finalize a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip and put the onus on Hamas to bring the agreement to a close.

UN says aid worker deaths soared after Israel launched war on Gaza

More than half of the 280 aid workers killed worldwide in 2023 died during the first three months of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, the United Nations has announced.

HRW: Yemen’s Hodeidah port attack by Israel likely ‘potential war crime’

Last month's Israeli air strikes on Yemen's port city of Hodeidah could constitute a war crime, Human Rights Watch has announced.

Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for Tel Aviv explosion

The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency described as "a terrorist attack".

47% of Israeli Jews say Tel Aviv should not obey international law in Gaza: Survey

A new poll has revealed that 47% of Israeli Jews believe Israel should not obey international law and moral values during the course of the current war in Gaza.

Zelensky says Ukraine aims to create Russia’s Kursk ‘buffer zone’

Ukraine’s military incursion into Kursk aims to create a “buffer zone” to prevent cross-border attacks by Moscow's forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Sunday, as his troops blew up a second bridge in the Russian border region.

Deadly blast rocks Tel Aviv, 1 killed

Israeli police are investigating an explosion in Tel Aviv that killed one man and injured another, local media reported on Sunday. Authorities suspect the victim may have been killed by his own bomb in a botched suicide bombing.

UN experts warn famine looming in parts of Yemen

Acute malnutrition is rapidly escalating in war-torn Yemen, with famine looming in four districts, United Nations experts have warned in a report.

Israeli security cabinet orders army to intensify Gaza military operation: Report

Israel has decided to escalate its fighting in the besieged Gaza Strip to improve its position in ceasefire and hostage swap negotiations, an Israeli news website has reported.

IAEA says safety at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant deteriorating after attack

The United Nations nuclear watchdog has warned that the safety at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was “deteriorating” after a nearby drone strike.

Israeli attacks kill dozens of civil defense personnel, injure hundreds in Gaza since start of war: Report

At least 82 civil defense personnel have been killed and over 720 others injured in Israeli attacks in the besieged Gaza Strip since early October last year, the agency reported on Sunday.

Hezbollah drone suspected of filming Israeli PM’s home: Report

A Hezbollah drone was suspected of infiltrating northern Israel and filming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house in Caesarea, reported the daily Israel Hayom.

18 members of same family killed in Israeli attack in Gaza

An Israel airstrike in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 18 people from the same family, even as mediators expressed optimism for an imminent ceasefire agreement after 10 months of Israeli war.

Gaza ceasefire talks produced no result: Hamas

Negotiations on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip have produced no result, Hamas's spokesman in Lebanon Ahmad Abdulhadi told Sky News in an interview.

Russia claims Ukraine firing Western-made missiles at civilian infrastructure

The Ukrainian military used Western-made munitions to target civilian infrastructure in Russia’s Kursk Region for the first time on Friday, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow claimed Saturday.

2 Palestinians killed in Israeli raid on vehicle in West Bank’s Jenin, Hamas vows retaliation

At least two Palestinians were killed Saturday in an Israeli drone strike that targeted a vehicle in the city of Jenin, northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Israel reduces Gaza Strip to over 42 mn tons of rubble: Report

Israeli strikes on residential areas in the besieged Gaza Strip have left more than 42 mln metric tons of debris across the Palestinian enclave, Bloomberg has reported.

At least 10 killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon, among deadliest since Gaza war

Israel's air raid on southern Lebanon has killed at least 10 people, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has announced, as the Israeli military claimed hitting a Hezbollah weapons storage facility.

UK trained Ukrainian troops ahead of Kursk attack: Report

Ukrainian soldiers involved in the incursion by Kiev’s forces into Russia’s Kursk Region, were trained by British military specialists in the weeks before the surprise attack, The Times daily has reported.

UN urges ‘polio pause’ in Gaza war to tackle virus

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for humanitarian pauses in the war in the Gaza Strip in order to conduct a polio vaccine campaign after the virus was detected in the besieged territory.

US, Qatar and Egypt say to work to finalise Gaza ceasefire agreement

The United States, Qatar and Egypt issued a joint statement on Friday, saying the mediators have put forward a “bridging proposal” that would allow the “swift” implementation of a deal that would end the war in the Gaza Strip and see the release of Israeli captives.

Ukraine links Kursk attack to ‘fair talks’

Ukraine’s lightning offensive into several Russian border regions is designed to persuade Moscow to engage in “fair” negotiations about its war in Ukraine, an aide to President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated.

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