Future of Unifil mission in Lebanon in doubt, but Ireland supports peacekeepers, Tánaiste Simon Harris says

The future of Irish troops in Lebanon will be dependent on a decision by the UN Security Council, Simon Harris will inform the Cabinet today as he confirms national support for the mission.

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Israel blames ‘technical error& for deadly drone missile that killed six children in Gaza

Israel has blamed a &technical error& for a missile strike that killed six children collecting water in Gaza.

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Israeli missile hits Gaza children collecting water, IDF blames malfunction

At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, were killed and more than a dozen others were wounded in central Gaza on Sunday, local officials said, in an Israeli missile strike which the military said missed its intended target.

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Israel kills six children queuing for water as Gaza death toll tops 58,000; Palestinian-American killed in West Bank

Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 19 people on Sunday, including six children at a water collection point, local health officials said, despite attempts by mediators to bring about a ceasefire.

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52 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes and shootings near aid site in Gaza

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including four children, hospital officials said on Saturday, while 24 others were fatally shot on their way to aid distribution sites.

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Ten children queuing for food among 16 killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

Sixteen Palestinians, including ten children and six adults, were killed in an Israeli airstrike while queuing for nutritional supplements in front of a clinic in central Gaza, a hospital says.

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