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  • Israel shares video of cramped, bloody tunnel where hostages were held and killed

    Blood on the ground of a dark, cramped tunnel sealed by an iron door, bullets and a chess set are seen in a video released by the Israeli military of the passageway deep underground where it said six slain hostages were held and killed by Hamas. The video was filmed by the military last Friday, its spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said, as a forensic team investigated the hostage deaths. It was released to the public on Tuesday after it had been viewed by their families and the Israeli security cabinet.

  • Hamas no longer exists as a military force, says Israel’s defence minister

    Hamas “no longer exists” as an organised military force, Israel’s defence minister has said.

  • Israeli official proposes ‘safe passage’ for Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar: Report

    Israel has proposed giving safe passage out of the Gaza Strip to Hamas’s leader Yahya Sinwar in exchange for freeing hostages it kidnapped from Israel during the Oct. 7 terrorist attack and giving up control of the strip, a senior Israeli official told Bloomberg News on Tuesday. Israel’s hostage envoy, Gal Hirsch, told the media…

  • Israel launches multiple airstrikes on southern Lebanon, killing Hezbollah special forces commander

    Israel has launched multiple strikes on southern Lebanon over the last day, including one which killed a senior Hezbollah commander.

  • Israeli soldiers rammed UN vehicles with bulldozer and fired shots before letting them go, says UN spokesperson

    The situation “escalated quickly” after the Israeli military stopped the convoy at a checkpoint and demanded to take two of its 12 passengers for questioning, according to the spokesperson.

  • At least 19 killed and more feared buried in Israeli airstrike on Gaza humanitarian zone targeting Hamas militants

    The strike hit an area that Israel itself had designated as a humanitarian zone for displaced people. Israel said the operation targeted Hamas fighters there.

  • Russia pushes back Ukrainian troops in some areas of Kursk, commander says

    MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian forces have begun a significant counter-offensive against Ukrainian troops who smashed their way into western Russia last month, and have taken some territory back, pro-Moscow war bloggers and a senior Russian commander said. Ukraine on Aug. 6 launched the biggest foreign attack on Russia since World War Two, bursting through the border into the region of Kursk with thousands of troops supported by swarms of drones and heavy weaponry, including Western-made arms. Major General Apti Alaudinov, who commands Chechnya's Akhmat special forces fighting in Kursk, said that Russian troops had gone on the offensive and taken back control of about 10 settlements in Kursk, TASS reported.

  • Blinken warns of 'consequences' over killing of US-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi

    The US secretary of state has told Sky News there will be "consequences" for the killing of a US-Turkish activist by Israeli troops. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was shot in the head in Beita, near Nablus, on Friday during a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Antony Blinken said Israel had provided details of its preliminary investigation "and the actions that were taken are totally unacceptable".

  • Indian state imposes curfew and shuts internet after fresh wave of ethnic clashes

    Indian authorities on Tuesday imposed an indefinite curfew and shut down the internet in some parts of the northeastern state of Manipur following protests from students against a fresh wave of ethnic violence, which has roiled the state for more than a year. At least nine people have been killed and several injured in the last 10 days as armed groups launched drone attacks and rockets from home-made devices. Manipur, a state of 3.7 million people tucked in the mountains on India's border with Myanmar, has been embroiled in ethnic clashes since May of last year.

  • Protesters Gather Outside Presidential Debate in Philadelphia

    Large crowds of protesters gathered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump faced off in a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center on September 10.This footage, filmed by Karen Closkey, shows a large group pro-Palestine protesters marching through the streets of Philadelphia, as well as a smaller group of pro-Israel demonstrators.An earlier clip shows a truck hauling a statue of Trump dressed in a prison uniform near the debate site.According to local media citing authorities, police arrested around “half a dozen protesters” on Tuesday night.The Philly Palestine Coalition, who organized the pro-Palestine protest, called for “a permanent ceasefire and arms embargo” in an Instagram post. Credit: Karen Closkey via Storyful

  • Hamas says ready to implement ceasefire without new conditions

    The Palestinian Hamas group said on Wednesday that its negotiators reiterated its readiness to implement an "immediate" ceasefire with Israel in Gaza based on a previous U.S. proposal without new conditions from any party. The Palestinian group said in a statement that their negotiation team, led by senior official Khalil al-Hayya, met mediators on Wednesday including Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Egypt's intelligence chief Abbas Kamel in Doha to discuss the latest developments in Gaza. Lingering issue include control of the Philadelphi corridor, a narrow stretch of land on Gaza's border with Egypt, persisting.

  • Sudanese rebels appear to be posting self-incriminating videos of torture and arson on social media

    Footage that seems to show fighters glorifying abuse of prisoners with ‘little fear of consequences’ could be used in war crimes prosecutions

  • What is al-Mawasi and why did Israel attack a ‘safe zone’?

    The IDF says their latest deadly strikes targeted Hamas terrorists operating in the Khan Younis humanitarian area

  • Biden condemns ‘totally unacceptable’ death of American activist killed by IDF in the West Bank

    President Joe Biden on Wednesday condemned the death of American activist Aysenur Eygi, who was killed at a protest last week in the occupied West Bank by Israeli soldiers.

  • An Israeli strike on a Palestinian tent camp kills at least 19

    DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike hit a crowded Palestinian tent camp early Tuesday in Gaza, killing at least 19 people and wounding 60, Palestinian officials said. Israel said it targeted senior Hamas militants with precise munitions. The strike occurred in Muwasi, a sprawl of camps along the coast that Israel designated as a humanitarian zone for hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians to seek shelter from the nearly year-old Israel-Hamas war.

  • New York City museum fires three employees for wearing keffiyehs

    New York City's Noguchi Museum said on Wednesday it fired three employees after they violated its updated dress code by wearing keffiyeh head scarves, which have become an emblem of solidarity with the Palestinian cause. Across the world in protests demanding an end to Israel's war in Gaza, demonstrators have worn the black-and-white keffiyeh head scarf, saying it identifies with Palestinian self-determination.

  • Israeli defense chief says a temporary truce with Hamas is possible. Ending the war is another story

    Israel’s defense minister says the window is closing on an opportunity to reach a temporary cease-fire deal with the Hamas militant group that he believes could also bring calm to the country’s volatile northern border with Lebanon. Speaking to reporters, Yoav Gallant said that conditions are ripe for at least a six-week pause in fighting that would include the release of many of the hostages held in Gaza. “Israel should achieve an agreement that will bring about a pause for six weeks and bring back hostages,” he said.

  • Borrell blasts Israel over ‘human-made tragedy’ in Gaza

    Borrell’s comments came as part of a series of blistering remarks targeted at Israel during his visit to Egypt’s Rafah border crossing on Tuesday.

  • ‘We are all Jenin together’: West Bank city seeks normality after IDF’s deadly raids

    Palestinians go back to work but struggle to see positive future after destruction of Israel’s 10-day raid that killed 21 in city

  • Israeli strike on Gaza humanitarian zone kills 19, Hamas-run health ministry says

    An Israeli army strike on a tent camp in a humanitarian zone in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis killed at least 19 people and wounded 60 others, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave said Tuesday after the civil defence agency provided an earlier death toll of 40. The Israeli army said it targeted a Hamas command centre in the Al-Mawasi area, which the military had designated a safe zone. Hamas said the claim that its fighters were at the scene was a "blatant lie". Read