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Welcome to our live coverage of the latest developments in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Israel's continuing war on Gaza.
Gaza's health ministry said yesterday that 730 Palestinian people had been killed in Israeli attacks since the country's military resumed intensive bombardments across the strip last Tuesday, including about 60 people in the past 24 hours.
Israeli attacks have killed at least 23 Palestinians, including seven children, since midnight in Gaza, according to Al Jazeera and the Associated Press. Most of the attacks reportedly targeted areas in south and central Gaza.
The victims include three children and their parents who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their tent near the southern city of Khan Younis, according to Nasser hospital which has received dead bodies throughout the war.
Three people were killed in an airstrike on a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp, according to the Awda hospital, while an Israeli airstrike on a residential building killed 5 people in Gaza City, according to officials. Palestinian children inspect the destruction after an Israeli airstrike on tents in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. Photograph: APAImages/REX/Shutterstock
In other news: Hossam Shabat , a journalist for the Al Jazeera Mubasher channel , was killed in northern Gaza on Monday. Witnesses told the network that his car was targeted in the eastern part of Beit Lahiya . Earlier in the day, Mohammad Mansour , a reporter who worked for Palestine Today , was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis.
The Israeli military issued more calls to evacuate parts of northern Gaza, telling Palestinians to head towards 'known shelters' even though there is no guarantee of safety there. 'Terrorist organizations are once again returning to and firing rockets from populated areas... For your safety, head south toward the known shelters immediately,' the Israeli military spokesperson wrote on X, after issuing similar warnings for the northern towns of Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun .
In extraordinary blunder, top Trump cabinet members added the Atlantic magazine editor to a Signal group chat discussing secret military plans for recent attacks in Yemen. The major security breach sparked bipartisan outrage and calls from one Democratic group for Pete Hegseth to resign as defence secretary.
The Israeli military said earlier today it struck targets – 'Tadmur and T4' - at two Syrian military bases in Homs province, claiming they hosted 'military capabilities'.
Israel's defence ministry has announced the creation of an administration dedicated to the 'voluntary departure of Gaza residents to a third country', drawing outrage from Egypt, which borders Gaza and Israel. Cairo expressed 'its strong condemnation' of the creation of the authority. Share
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