Special Interest:
Middle East Conflicts
Israeli strike kills nine of Gaza doctor's children
An Israeli air strike on Gaza hit the home of a doctor and killed 9 of her 10 children.
Reported - 24/05/25
Israel to allow some aid into Gaza
Israel says it will allow a "basic amount of food" to enter Gaza following a 10 week blockade.
Reported - 18/05/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy90d929yyno
UK air strikes on Houthis in Yemen
The UK has launched air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen for the first time since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
Reported - 30/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k41z4g3pzo
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/30/uk-yemen-airstrikes-houthi-rebels
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 80
At least 80 people have been killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza, as reported by The Indonesian hospital.
Reported - 14/05/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqglvlwzx5o
US-Israeli hostage freed
Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander has been reunited with his family in Israel after being held captive by Hamas in Gaza for 19 months.
Reported - 12/05/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gr2qvzn0no
https://news.sky.com/story/american-israeli-hostage-edan-alexander-released-hamas-says-13366638
Israel attacks main airport in Yemen
The Israeli military has said it "fully disabled" Yemen's main airport in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthi rebels.
Reported - 06/05/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7050j07gedo
Hundreds join Gaza's largest anti-Hamas
Hundreds of people have taken part in the largest anti-Hamas protest in Gaza since the war with Israel began, taking to the streets to demand the group step down from power.
Reported by BBC News - 25/03/25
Israel security cabinet approves plan to 'capture' Gaza
Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan to expand its military offensive against Hamas which includes the "capture" of Gaza and the holding of its territory, according to an Israeli official.
Reported - 04/05/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy04km1zk0o
Houthi missile hits near Israel's main airport
A missile launched by Houthi rebels has struck near the main airport of Israel.
The missile, fired from Yemen by the Iran-backed group, landed near the main terminal of Ben Gurion airport on Sunday morning.
Reported - 04/05/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvqr00278no
US to stop attacking Houthis in Yemen
Donald Trump said the US would stop attacking the Houthis in Yemen because the group had "capitulated".
Oman confirmed it had mediated a ceasefire to stop the Houthis targeting shipping in the Red Sea.
Reported - 06/05/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y5yd08wy7o
Israel kills Hamas official in strike on Gaza hospital
An Israeli air strike on a hospital in Gaza killed a senior Hamas leader and an aide on Sunday evening.
Ismail Barhoum, the group's finance chief, was hit in Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis.
Reported - 24/03/25
Israeli air strike damages Gaza hospital
An Israeli air strike has destroyed part of al Ahli Arab Hospital, the last fully functional hospital in Gaza City.
Reported - 13/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr7l123zy5o
Israel changes account of Gaza medic killings
Israel's army has admitted its soldiers made mistakes over the killing of 15 emergency workers in southern Gaza on 23 March.
It was originally claimed troops opened fire because the convoy approached "suspiciously" in darkness without headlights or flashing lights, however mobile phone footage shows the vehicles did have lights on.
Reported - 05/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0xp969n69o
Israeli strike on Gaza City school kills 27
At least 27 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school in northern Gaza that was serving as a shelter for displaced families, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
Reported - 03/04/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4nlg6y5pxo
Netanyahu fires Israel's security chief
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired the head of the nation's security service - Ronen Bar - over the services "failure to anticipate the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas".
Reported - 21/03/25
Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv
Hamas says it launched three rockets at Tel Aviv - the first time the group is known to have fired back since Israel resumed its military offensive in Gaza.
Israel said it intercepted one of the missiles and the others fell into uninhabited land.
Reported - 20/03/25
Israel-Hamas ceasefire ends
The Israeli military has resumed air strikes in the Gaza Strip, with the Hamas-run health ministry reporting more than 400 Palestinians have been killed so far.
Reported - 18/03/25
Israel orders evacuation of Rafah
The Israeli military has issued a sweeping new evacuation order for Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip - the biggest since its operation in the Palestinian territory resumed earlier this month.
Reported - 31/03/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq80xqg31x8o
US launches air strikes on Yemen's Houthis
Aid workers killed in Israeli air strike
A team of charity workers has been killed in Israeli strikes in northern Gaza, the UK-registered Al Khair Foundation has told the BBC.
The charity said eight workers - including volunteers and journalists documenting their activities - were killed when their vehicles were targeted on Saturday.
Reported - 15/03/25
Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza
Israel ordered all of Gaza's electricity supply to be cut off on Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining Israeli hostages held in the territory.
Reported - 09/03/25
Syrian security forces accused of executing dozens of Alawites
US and Israel reject Arab alternative to Trump's Gaza plan
The US and Israel have rejected an Arab plan for the post-war reconstruction of the Gaza Strip that would allow the 2.1 million Palestinians living there to stay in place.
Reported - 05/03/25
Israel blocks entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza
Israel has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza as it demands Hamas agree to a US plan for a ceasefire extension.
Phase 1 of the ceasefire expired on Saturday.
Reported - 02/03/25
Remains of 4 hostages returned to Israel
Hamas has released 4 more coffins from Gaza. They contained the remains of hostages Shlomo Mansou, Ohad Yahalomi, Tsachi Idan and Itzik Elgarat.
In response Israel have released 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
Reported - 27/02/25
Three buses explode in Israel
Hamas returns bodies of 4 hostages
Hamas have returned the bodies of 4 hostages that were taken in the October 7th attack.
The victims are identified as Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, as well as Oded Lifschitz.
Reported - 20/02/25
Israeli troops stay inside south Lebanon
Israeli forces have pulled out from towns and villages in southern Lebanon but remain in five locations along the border in what the Lebanese government describes as a violation of a ceasefire deal.
Reported -18/02/25
Hostage exchange goes ahead
Hamas has released another three Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, after a week of worry that the ceasefire would fall apart.
Reported - 15/02/25
Hamas threatens hostage deal
Hamas says it is postponing the next scheduled release of Israeli hostages, blaming "Israeli violations of the ceasefire deal".
Three hostages held in Gaza are due to be freed on Saturday in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
Reported - 10/02/25