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New wave of missiles from Iran targets Tel Aviv and Haifa in Israel – video

ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian

Iran launched a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early Monday, triggering air raid sirens across the country as emergency services reported projectiles and shrapnel falling in Israel’s north and centre, killing four and injuring at least 80 people…

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In Gaza, Israel destroyed its reputation. Attacking Iran is a belated and dangerous attempt to restore it | Nesrine Malik

ByNesrine Malik

Losing credibility Netanyahu has acted to diminish Iran while he still can, and in doing so regain support from his alliesThere are two ways of looking at events in the Middle East over the past year and a half. One is that the response to 7 October 20…

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Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert

ByMark Townsend

UN rapporteur calls for move as food deliveries are attacked and starvation becomes a weapon of war in Gaza and SudanUN peacekeepers should be routinely deployed to protect aid convoys from attack in places such as Gaza and Sudan, a senior United Natio…

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Iran strikes Tel Aviv and Haifa as Israel conflict enters fourth day

ByGuardian staff

Casualties reported in central Israel as G7 leaders were set to meet in Canada with the battle between the two regional enemies set to dominate the agendaMiddle East crisis – live updatesExplainer: what we know so far in the Israel-Iran conflictIranian…

Israeli police responding to reports of projectile debris

ByWar Watch

The police say they have received reports of projectile debris falling in multiple areas in Israel. “Police and bomb disposal units are currently operating at the scenes,” the Police said on X. “The Israel Police urges all residents to avoid gathering near impact sites to prevent danger to life and to enable emergency teams to…

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Ali Khamenei: ruthless defender of Iran’s revolution with few good options left

ByJason Burke International security correspondent

The Iranian supreme leader is backed into a corner, a situation he has spent his life doing his best to avoidWhen he appeared in public for the first time in five years in October, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, had an uncompro…