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Qatar sees ‘window of opportunity’ for Gaza truce as dozens reported killed by Israel – Middle East crisis live

ByJane Clinton

At least 34 people were killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes, health staff sayEmirates extended its cancellation of flights to and from Iran’s capital Tehran until July 5 due to the “regional situation“, it said in a statement on Saturday, Reuters rep…

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IDF opens inquiry into possible war crimes after deaths near Gaza aid sites

ByJason Burke and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza

Israel Defense Forces to examine growing evidence of shootings of Palestinians trying to obtain foodThe Israeli military has launched an investigation into possible war crimes following growing evidence that troops have deliberately fired at Palestinia…

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18 killed in Israeli strike targeting Gaza police distributing flour, officials say

ByJason Burke in Jerusalem

Attack at market is latest in series by Israeli forces that have killed hundreds of civilians seeking aidMiddle East crisis – live updatesEighteen people have been killed in an Israeli strike targeting Palestinian police distributing flour in a market …

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Middle East crisis: US-backed Gaza aid system is ‘killing people’, says UN chief – as it happened

ByYohannes Lowe

António Guterres says people are being killed ‘simply trying to feed themselves and their families’Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said that “the Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza is slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid” as it called…

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Friday briefing: How ​years of ​siege, ​war and ​blockade ​led to ​the ​unravelling of Gaza’s ​economy

ByAamna Mohdin

In today’s newsletter: Once sustained by agriculture and industry, Gaza’s economy has been dismantled​, leaving nearly every resident dependent on aid and the hope of a future that feels increasingly out of reachGood morning. While much of the world’s …

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Europe’s leaders have let us down on the Middle East | Letters

ByGuardian staff

Readers decry the timidity of European governments and their failure to criticise Israel’s and Donald Trump’s attacks on IranThank you, Nesrine Malik, for articulating so lucidly the righteous anger that so many of us feel for the way in which mos…

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Europe’s leaders have let us down on the Middle East | Letters

ByGuardian staff

Readers decry the timidity of European governments and their failure to criticise Israel’s and Donald Trump’s attacks on IranThank you, Nesrine Malik, for articulating so lucidly the righteous anger that so many of us feel for the way in which mos…

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Members of British Jewish body suspended after criticising Israel to launch appeal

ByHarriet Sherwood

Board of Deputies representatives hit by disciplinary action say they remain ‘deeply concerned’ about Gaza warMiddle East crisis – live updatesThirty-six elected representatives to the UK’s largest Jewish organisation are to appeal against disciplinary…

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Seven Israeli soldiers killed in Hamas attack in southern Gaza Strip

ByWilliam Christou in Jerusalem

Hamas militants plant bomb on Israeli military vehicle in Khan Younis, causing it to catch fireMiddle East crisis – live updatesSeven Israeli soldiers have been killed in a Hamas attack in the southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said on Wednesday…

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‘Like a trap’: NHS surgeon describes death of nephew, 16, at Gaza food point

ByGeneva Abdul

Mohammad went missing after becoming separated from his uncles. His family later found his body mutilated beyond recognitionMohammad’s family spent four days searching for him after he became separated from his uncles at a food distribution point in no…