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Hamas-run health ministry says 9,000 killed in Gaza since 7 October Israel says not informed of any recall of ambassadors with Bahrain Raffi Berg BBC Online Middle East editor The Israeli foreign ministry says it has not been informed about any decision by Bahrain to withdraw its ambassador from Israel, despite an announcement by Bahrain’s lower house …

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More than 100 foreign nationals and injured leave Gaza as border finally opens Israeli army says 15 soldiers killed in Gaza operation The Israeli army has announced 15 of its soldiers have been killed in Gaza since Tuesday. It’s an increase on the previous death toll of 11 which was reported by officials this morning. A …

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Dozens of deaths reported in Gaza refugee camp blast Israeli military yet to comment on explosion in refugee camp The Israeli military has not yet commented on the blast at the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has blamed an Israeli air strike for the blast, saying at least 50 …

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Israel offensive presses deeper into Gaza as tank seen on key road What are the Israeli military planning around Gaza City?   Jeremy Bowen International editor, reporting from southern Israel It’s very hard to work out what is exactly happening on the ground in Gaza because the Israelis are managing communications very, very carefully. At one point …

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Doctors in Gaza say Israel has told them to evacuate key hospital Summary Doctors and the Palestinian Red Crescent in Gaza say Israel has told them to evacuate a key hospital in Gaza City There are 400 patients being treated inside Al-Quds hospital and moving them is impossible, the Palestinian Red Cross says Around 14,000 civilians …

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  Israel pounds Gaza with non-stop strikes after overnight bombing causes ‘total chaos’ Turkey’s Erdogan says he will ‘declare Israel a war criminal’ Victoria Craig Reporting from Istanbul To a passionate crowd in Istanbul, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called Israel’s strikes in Gaza a “massacre,” and said the nation’s western allies were “the main culprit” …

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Divers search Maine river near shooting suspect’s car Maine’s ‘weak gun laws’ called into question During the press conference, a reporter asks about Maine’s yellow flag law and what officials knew about the suspect before the mass shooting. Concern that the law, meant to keep guns away from people experiencing mental health crises, was not followed …

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‘Armed and dangerous’ suspect still at large as 18 killed in Maine shooting Summary The suspect in shootings that killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night remains at large Police earlier named Robert Card, 40, as a person of interest, saying he is “armed and dangerous” State Governor Janet Mills warns the public …

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UN agency warns Gaza operation could end tomorrow without more fuel ‘Every day we say it can’t get worse, and then it does’ Deirdre Finnerty BBC News Earlier today, Ibrahim AlAgha, a 38-year-old Irish citizen in Khan Younis, Gaza, cycled past a shuttered supermarket and petrol station in the city – to get bread from …

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 Hamas-run ministry says 436 killed in 24 hours as Israel says hundreds of targets hit Israel says it has successfully ‘thwarted’ two Hamas drones We’ve an update on those two drones, which Hamas said earlier it had fired at southern Israel. The Israeli military says two drones were “identified crossing from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory” at …

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