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07.08.2025 15:52 The key meeting comes amid reports of tensions between Netanyahu and military chiefs opposed to the plan.

07.08.2025 01:12 Observers are baffled at how Hamas can pay officials as Gaza is isolated and largely reduced to rubble.

07.08.2025 01:12 Four commercial trucks were looted in central Gaza along unsafe roads controlled by Israel, private contractor says.

07.08.2025 01:12 Lebanon's cabinet has said it wants to establish a state monopoly on arms by the end of the year.

05.08.2025 18:50 The plan will involve a complete takeover of Gaza, but reportedly faces opposition from military chiefs.

04.08.2025 18:00 Families want the Israeli PM to prioritise the hostages' release as reports suggest Benjamin Netanyahu may prefer escalating military action in Gaza.

04.08.2025 13:20 "End the war", said the letter to Trump by a former prime minister as well as former heads of Israeli intelligence agencies.

04.08.2025 08:30 Dozens are missing after a boat carrying more than 150 migrants, many believed to be Ethiopian, sank in bad weather.

04.08.2025 03:10 Hamas said it would allow Red Cross access if humanitarian aid corridors were opened into Gaza.

03.08.2025 22:40 The Palestine Red Crescent Society accuses Israel of a "direct" strike - Israel says it is reviewing the claim.

03.08.2025 17:50 Far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir prayed at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound, violating a decades-old arrangement.

03.08.2025 02:30 Evyatar David's family says Hamas is starving him, as the group shows a video of him being kept in a tunnel.

02.08.2025 21:40 Negotiations between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire and the release of hostages stalled last week.

02.08.2025 07:00 Some say Britain's decision is an important first step – while others worry it won't make a real difference.

02.08.2025 07:00 The Palestinian student, who arrived in France in July, has had her university accreditation withdrawn.