‘A disaster& & Israeli MPs vote to ban UNRWA aid agency

Israeli lawmakers passed two laws yesterday that could threaten the work of the main UN agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil, severing ties with it and deeming it a terror organisation.

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‘We have to be strong for the sake of our children& & Irish charity Trocaire employee and mother-of-three living in Lebanon

A mother who works for an Irish charity in Lebanon has said she tries to stay strong for her three children as their country is bombed.

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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 33 as truck is rammed into Tel Aviv bus stop killing one

Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 33 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials said yesterday, as Israel&s offensive in the hard-hit and isolated area entered a third week and the UN secretary-general called the plight of Palestinians there &unbearable.& Israel said it targeted militants.

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photo: Reuters

Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials said on Sunday, as the Israeli offensive in the hard-hit and isolated north entered a third week and aid groups described a humanitarian catastrophe. Israel said it targeted militants.

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Air strikes in Lebanon

Israel attacked military targets in Iran with pre-dawn airstrikes Saturday in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired on Israel earlier this month. The strikes marked the first time Israel&s military has openly attacked Iran.

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Secret Hamas files ‘reveal last orders& of leader Sinwar including to take care of hostages who are ‘our bargaining chip&

Secret documents appear to show assassinated Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar&s last written orders, which include instructions on what to do with Israeli hostages.

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