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Fighting has reached the gates of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza: Israeli ground troops have almost fully encircled the medical buildings which it says sit above Hamas’s underground headquarters in Gaza City. Hamas and hospital staff deny the claims and say Israeli forces have trapped patients and civilians inside in…

For the past month, the world’s attention has reeled at the violence in Israel and Gaza. Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine has ground on, day by day, metre by metre. Fierce fighting has continued in the north-eastern Donetsk region as a Russian offensive has attempted – thus far unsuccessfully –…

Poland said it would be investing the money in arming Poland with ‘modern weapons’

Ukraine’s ‘window of opportunity’ before Russia gets chance to regroup over winter is closing, experts warn

New footage purports to show Britain-made Challenger 2 tank destroyed in combat for first time, Andy Gregory reports

Russia’s easily replenished ‘concrete wall’ has forced Kyiv to rethink its tactics – but hopes for a ‘hell for leather’ breakthrough remain, reports Andy Gregory

Any attempt to breach Ukraine’s northern border would make no logistical sense, experts tell The Independent

Any attempt to breach Ukraine’s northern border would make no logistical sense, experts tell The Independent

Pressure for a ‘Hollywood-style’ breakthough against Russia’s forces is unrealistic, war analysts tell The Independent

Further battalions of Leopard, Abrams and Challenger tanks could eventually be a game-changer, Andy Gregory reports

Such attacks can look like "fireworks" but could in fact be dangerous incendiary weapons, experts warn, which burn at around 2,000 degrees Celsius and cause excruciatingly painful burns to the skin.