Russia claims Ukraine has lost almost half a million troops since start of war

Ukrainian military losses since February 2022 have reached almost 500,000, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu claimed on Tuesday.

Satellite images show Israeli soldiers gathered for Gaza escalation

Israel looks ready to escalate its devastating war on the Gaza Strip after stationing troops and vehicles at nearby army bases and outposts just outside the enclave, according to satellite imagery obtained and assessed by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification unit.

More bodies found in mass grave at hospital in Gaza

Emergency workers have recovered at least 35 more bodies from a mass grave within the Nasser medical complex in southern Gaza after the Israeli army withdrew from the neighborhood earlier this month.

At least 350 healthcare workers killed in Gaza since start of war: UN Special Rapporteur

At least 350 healthcare workers have been killed and 520 others injured in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, when the Israel-Hamas conflict escalated, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health Tlaleng Mofokeng has stated.

Russia warns New US aid package will just kill more Ukrainians

Washington’s $61 billion pledge to Kiev will make little difference on the battlefield, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, adding it will lead to new casualties among Ukrainians.

UK announces largest-ever aid package for Ukraine

The United Kingdom has jumped on the Ukraine aid bandwagon, revealing plans to provide the largest package of British military assistance, as Washington inches closer to approving some $61 billion in new funding for Kiev.

Ukraine believes US assistance won’t stop Russian army

A new US aid package will harden Ukraine’s resistance but will not be enough to stem the tide in the conflict with Russia, officials in Kiev and military analysts have told the Financial Times.

Israel gave no evidence UNRWA staff linked to Hamas: Report

Tel Aviv has not provided "any supporting evidence" to back up allegations that the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees employees are members of the armed groups that attacked Israel on 7 October, a review led by the former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna has revealed.

EU FMs agree to expand Iran sanctions over retaliatory attacks

The EU foreign ministers agreed in principle on Monday to expand sanctions on Iran following Tehran's missile and drone attack on Israel, carried out in response to Israel's assassination of seven Iranian military advisors in Damascus.

Israeli opposition leader calls on Netanyahu to resign over failures to predict Hamas attack

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down, following the resignation of the military intelligence chief over failures to predict the Hamas military operation on October 7, 2023.

Turkey’s president in Iraq to push for reset of bilateral ties, cooperation against PKK

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan began a rare visit to Iraq on Monday aiming to reset rocky bilateral relations with a raft of deals covering energy, trade and security cooperation against Kurdish PKK militants.

About 85 percent of Israelis have little or no trust in government: Poll

The public opinion poll by Israel’s Yediot Ahronoth media outlet and the Institute for Freedom and Responsibility of Reichman University suggests 85 percent of Israelis have little or no trust in their government.

US ‘not funding’ war in Ukraine: Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reiterated that the United States is “not funding” war in his country, emphasizing that Washington is helping "protect democracy" throughout the region.

NATO chief says member states have military personnel in Ukraine

NATO member states have military personnel stationed at their respective embassies in Kiev performing advisory functions, the military alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has told MSNBC News.

UNICEF urges halt to killing of Palestinian children

The killing of Palestinian children “needs to stop”, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has stressed.

Majority of Israelis don’t believe victory in Gaza war imminent: survey

A poll conducted for Israel’s Channel 13 shows 68 percent of respondents say that they do not believe in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement that Israel was “one step away from victory” in Gaza.

Israel pledges to increase ‘military pressure’ on Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the Israeli military will increase “pressure” on Hamas in a bid to secure the release of captives in the Gaza Strip. More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's onslaught against the besieged enclave since early October last year.

485 Palestinians killed by Israel in West Bank since start of Gaza war: Health Ministry

At least 485 Palestinians have been killed and 4,900 others injured in attacks by the Israeli army and illegal settlers in the occupied West Bank since last October, the Health Ministry has announced.

Nearly 200 bodies found in mass grave at Gaza hospital

Palestinian civil defence crews have uncovered a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza’s Khan Younis, with 180 bodies recovered so far, Al Jazeera has reported.

US new military assistance to Israel aggression against Palestinians

New United States military aid to Israel is an aggression against the Palestinian people, the Palestinian leadership has announced.

Washington pumping Kiev with arms to protract war ‘up till last Ukrainian’: Moscow

The United States is prepared to pour weapons into Ukraine as long as necessary and spares no Ukrainian lives to make sure that its proxy continues fighting Moscow, including via terrorist attacks and killings of journalists, the Russian Foreign Ministry has stressed.

Hundreds of Gazans contract respiratory illnesses: Report

Hundreds of cases in the Gaza Strip afflicted with respiratory illnesses were recorded in the hospitals due to residents resorting to igniting fires to cook food amid the shortage of cooking gas, the Media Office in the besieged enclave has reported.

Every 10 minutes, a Gaza child killed amid war: UNRWA

A child is killed every 10 minutes in the Gaza Strip amid the Israeli war on the besieged enclave, according to an assessment Saturday by the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).

Israeli PM says potential US sanctions on IDF ‘absurd’ despite rights violations against Palestinians

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rebuked reported Washington's plans to sanction an Israeli military unit which is under investigation for human rights abuses against Palestinians, in a Saturday post on X.

Israel kills 10, mostly children, in Gaza’s Rafah

An Israeli air raid on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least 10 people, including six children, hospital authorities said, as Tel Aviv pursues its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory.

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