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Battles rage around Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, Israel says 170 gunmen dead
Al Shifa, the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital before the war, is now one of the few healthcare facilities even partially operational in the north of the territory.
- by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Bassam Masoud
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ISIS group claiming Moscow attack ‘fixated on Russia’
This week a US general warned ISIS-K “retains the capability and the will to attack US and Western interests abroad in as little as six months with little to no warning.”
- by Eric Schmitt
Russia, China veto UN resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
The US-sponsored resolution called for an immediate ceasefire to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians.
- by Edith M. Lederer
Ban on Palestinian workers grinds Israel’s construction sites to a halt
Across Israel, building sites are idle, adding up to an estimated $1.2 billion in lost output each month.
- by Galit Altstein
Houthis tell China, Russia their ships won’t be targeted in Red Sea
In exchange, the two countries may provide political support to the Houthis in bodies such as the United Nations Security Council.
- by Sam Dagher and Mohammed Hatem
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The cold calculation behind our aid cuts to Gaza
The accusations against the United Nations agency helping Palestinians in Gaza are murky, but the consequences have been painfully clear.
- by Waleed Aly
A 170-kilometre-long desert skyscraper? A subterranean city? Inside MBS’s Saudi dream
Saudi Arabia’s sci-fi-style giga-project is bankrolled by a regime not known for supporting individual liberties, but it has the support of a surprising number of Australians.
- by Nick Bryant
Jared Kushner suggests Israel ‘clean up’ Gaza’s ‘very valuable’ waterfront
Donald Trump’s son-in-law and former White House adviser was charged with coming up with a Middle East peace plan. He has a new idea.
- by Meg Kinnard
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israeli forces ‘deep inside’ Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza
Hamas released a statement saying the attack by heavily armed Israeli troops, drones and tanks at dawn amounted to a “war crime”.
- by Fares Akram
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Netanyahu’s line of credit with Biden has almost run out
The US president desperately needs an end to the carnage in Gaza, but the Israeli PM’s grip on power rests on the war continuing.
- by Dan Perry and Gilead Sher
First aid shipment for Gaza arrives, second ready to sail from Cyprus
The main UN agency operating in Gaza said on Saturday that one in three children under age 2 in northern Gaza is now acutely malnourished and famine is looming.
- by Stamos Prousalis