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In an interview with FRANCE 24, Israel's former prime minister Ehud Olmert (2006-2009) said he believes Israel will be able to eliminate Hamas's military capabilities in Gaza, but he expressed regret at Palestinian civilian casualties from the Israeli offensive and stressed that time for the operation was "limited". Olmert said…

Clinicians hold placards of nearly 200 colleagues killed in Israeli bombardment and call on Rishi Sunak to push for urgent ceasefire

Iranian foreign minister says wider regional conflict inevitable as death toll among militant group rises to 78

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Intensified conflict in Gaza as hostilities near medical facilities escalate, drawing international reactions.

The Jordan River is a winding, 200-plus-mile run to the east of Israel and the occupied West Bank

US warplanes conducted air strikes on a weapons storage facility in Syria used by Iran-backed militants on November 8 in retaliation for the growing number of attacks on US military interests in the region, the second such strikes in less than two weeks. The strikes illustrate the delicate balancing act…

Highly experienced operatives are part of efforts to free the more than 200 people taken into Gaza during the 7 October attack

The PM describes Israel’s bloody campaign as disproportionate’ as a left-wing politician calls for sanctions.