UN rejects Israeli plan to control all aid flowing into Gaza

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has rejected a new Israeli proposal to control aid deliveries in Gaza, saying it risks &further controlling and callously limiting aid down to the last calorie and grain of flour&.

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Uproar at court hearing over Benjamin Netanyahu&s bid to sack Israeli intelligence boss

Israel&s Supreme Court began a hearing yesterday into prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu&s bid to sack the head of the domestic intelligence service amid an uproar from shouting protesters that forced the judges to clear the court.

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Israeli troops clear land in Gaza as new report tells of ‘kill zone&

Israeli troops could be seen clearing ground and building watch towers yesterday in parts of Gaza they have seized in recent days in a renewed offensive that the United Nations says has already captured or depopulated two-thirds of the enclave.

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Iran in ‘great danger& if it doesn&t agree nuclear deal, warns Donald Trump

US president Donald Trump has said the US will hold direct talks with Iran about its nuclear programme.

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‘We&re trying to understand why this happened& & Israel changes its account over killing of 15 aid workers in Gaza

The Israeli military has provided new details that changed its initial account of the killing of 15 emergency workers near the southern Gaza city of Rafah last month, but said investigators were still examining the evidence.

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Israeli airstrike kills Hamas commander ‘in violation of ceasefire&

Israel killed a commander of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in an airstrike on southern Lebanon yesterday, further testing a ceasefire that halted last year&s war between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

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