Special Interest:
Middle East Conflicts
Anti-Hamas militia leader killed in Gaza
Palestinian militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab, of the Popular Forces group, has been killed in Gaza.
Reported - 04/12/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0nd088e09o
Israeli air strikes on tents near Khan Younis
5 Palestinians were killed, including 2 children, and several wounded when Israeli aircraft shot at tents for displaced people west of Khan Younis.
Reported - 03/12/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnv21m0zpjmo
Israel identifies hostage remains
Israel has identified the body it received via the Red Cross on Wednesday as Thai agricultural worker, Suthisak Rintalak. There is now 1 hostage body remaining with Hamas after a recent return was found to not be a hostage.
Reported - 03/12/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6x2j4g3z7o
Israeli troops kill surrendering men
Israeli security forces have been captured on video shooting dead two Palestinians who appeared to have surrendered in the occupied West Bank.
Reported - 27/11/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8dyqzm0rp4o
Israel confirms identity of returned Gaza hostage body
Israel has confirmed that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) handed over the body of deceased Israeli hostage Dror Or on Tuesday. Two more hostage bodies remain in Gaza.
Reported - 26/11/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c17x0xjqj21o
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/26/middleeast/israel-hamas-deceased-hostage-dror-or-intl-hnk
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation ends aid operations
The US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says it is winding down its aid operations in the Palestinian territory, after almost six months.
Reported - 25/11/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj01jr13277o
Israel strikes Beirut
Israel has carried out an air strike on Beirut, Lebanon, targeting a senior member of the militant group Hezbollah.
Reported - 23/11/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn81j54xjx1o
Israeli strikes across Gaza
At least 25 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, after Israeli forces allegedly were fire upon.
Reported - 19/11/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62e27j69q9o
Israeli strikes near refugee camp in Lebanon
At least 13 people have been killed in an Israeli strike near a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon.
Reported - 18/11/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l73j781y9o
https://news.sky.com/story/israeli-strike-on-palestinian-refugee-camp-kills-13-says-lebanon-13472484
Israeli settlers torch mosque
Israeli settlers torched a mosque and sprayed it with graffiti in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, amidst record numbers of settler attacks on Palestinians.
Reported - 14/11/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwykze63r2xo
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/middleeast/west-bank-mosque-graffiti-settlers-intl
Israel and Hamas exchange prisoner bodies
Israel has confirmed the identities of 3 deceased hostages whose bodies it received from Hamas via the Red Cross in Gaza on Sunday, prompting the country to release 45 Palestinian bodies.
Reported - 03/11/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ep044jz47o
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-hostages-gaza-5b6743d9791fcc271eb65b39e192726f
Israeli military's ex-top lawyer arrested
The former top lawyer in the Israeli military, Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, has been arrested over the leaking of a video that allegedly shows severe abuse of a Palestinian detainee by Israeli soldiers.
Reported - 03/11/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0kpd97qqko
Further Israeli strikes on Gaza
At least 104 Palestinians were killed in a wave of Israeli strikes in Gaza on Tuesday night, with Israel claiming it will still honour the ceasefire.
Reported - 29/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjdy5eevn2o
British officers sent to Israel
British planning officers have been sent to Israel to join a US-led multinational taskforce to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza.
Reported - 21/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly9jqzvzy9o
Israel launches airstrikes on Rafah
The Israel Defense Forces says it has carried out air strikes on Rafah after an attack by Hamas on its troops in Gaza.
Reported - 19/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2kpx7yyq9pt
Hamas accused Israel
Hamas has accused Israel of breaching the ceasefire by 'killing at least 24 people' since Friday.
Reported - 16/10/25
Gaza ceasefire deal signed in Egypt
World leaders have signed the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement during a summit in Egypt.
Reported - 13/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8r0xm84e4go
Israel approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release plan
Israel has approved the first phase of a Gaza deal which will lead to a ceasefire and the release of hostages, starting with the partial withdrawal of troops within 24 hours.
Reported - 10/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx2nzlj2j4kt
Fresh airstikes on Gaza
At least 20 people have dead in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, following news that Hamas has reportedly agreed to part of the US proposed peace plan, including to release all hostages.
Reported - 04/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn0xvnxqj2xt
Gaza peace plan proposed
A 20 point plan to end the war in Gaza has been accepted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and is now in the hands of Hamas.
Reported - 30/09/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70155nked7o
Israeli strike on Yemen's Houthis
The Israeli military has launched retaliatory airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, killing at least 9.
Reported - 25/09/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rvmx60g07o
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0926/1535436-yemen-israel/
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza City
More than 80 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, most of them in Gaza City.
Reported - 25/09/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9j4190171o
Yemen drone attack on Israel
At least 20 people have been injured in southern Israel after the Israeli military said a drone was launched from Yemen.
Reported - 24/09/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m4plxy30wo
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/24/people-injured-drone-strike-israel-eilat
Attack near West Bank-Jordan crossing
Two Israeli military personnel have been shot dead near a border crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan.
Reported 18/09/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5qv0qmgmjo
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/18/attack-at-jordan-west-bank-crossing-kills-two
Marco Rubio visits Israel
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Israel to discuss the war in Gaza following Israel's attack on Hamas members in Qatar, as well as the ongoing offensive in Gaza City.
Reported - 14/09/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1795pv8g7eo
Israeli airstrikes in Qatar
Israel has launched airstrikes in Doha, Qatar, targeting Hamas leaders who were meeting there to discuss peace proposals.
It is believed that at least 5 of the targets were killed.
Reported - 09/09/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c78m71vl91vt
https://news.sky.com/story/doha-strikes-hamas-latest-israel-idf-qatar-gaza-live-updates-13427415
Syria accuses Israel of air strikes
Israel has carried out air strikes in the central and western parts of Syria.
Reported - 09/09/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c79v1351ello
UN condemns Israel
A United Nations commission of inquiry says Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza because there are reasonable grounds to conclude that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been enacted.
Reported - 16/09/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8641wv0n4go
https://news.sky.com/story/un-commission-says-israel-is-committing-genocide-in-gaza-13431987