Middle East

A year on from the ceasefire in Gaza, Israel continues to carry out near-daily strikes on the territory – saying it is targeting Hamas operatives – and maintains control of more than half of it. More than 74,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since 7 October …

More than half a million first-time voters will cast their ballots in this election, which many Israelis see as existential for Israel’s future security and identity. Polls suggest it will be a tight race, and the new young voters could help decide the result. More than 16% are planning to …

A BBC team witnessed one of several settler attacks during an olive harvest near Khirbet Abu Falah on Friday, which a local official said injured 12 Palestinians, including four dual Palestinian-American citizens, as well as Heidi Levine. The veteran photojournalist, who was wearing a flak jacket clearly marked “PRESS” on …

Bangladeshi authorities say they were not informed of the recent execution of two Bangladeshi nationals in the holy city of Mecca until after it had taken place, local media reports. A Bangladeshi man and woman were executed last Wednesday after being convicted of committing an “indecent act” inside a mosque, …

Families currently receiving the WFP food handouts complained to the BBC that already these were insufficient and gave them little diversity in their diets. “The flour isn’t enough and the food boxes aren’t enough either,” said Dalal al-Dahdouh, who is living in the ruins of her home in Gaza City …

A delegation of European diplomats has been attacked by masked Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Belgium condemned the assault on its consul general and the other envoys and called for Israel to bring those responsible to justice. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also condemned what they called “the …

A delegation of European diplomats has been attacked by masked Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Belgium condemned the assault on its consul general and the other envoys and called for Israel to bring those responsible to justice. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also condemned what they called “the …

A delegation of European diplomats has been attacked by masked Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Belgium condemned the assault on its consul general and the other envoys and called for Israel to bring those responsible to justice. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also condemned what they called “the …

American journalist Heidi Levine of the Washington Post was injured in the attack. She described how dozens of settlers ambushed her as she was reporting at the scene. “I got jumped,” she said. “I was on the ground and they were kicking me and I was trying to hold onto …

Two security personnel have been killed in a Houthi missile attack targeting the presidential palace in the port city of Aden in southern Yemen, which is the seat of the internationally recognised government. Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani told the BBC that the prime minister and other ministers were unhurt when …

The decision not to publish a final report has added to tensions that threaten to break apart the charity, which was founded in 1949. Associations in the UK, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, France and the Netherlands – which contributed significant funds to the organisation’s budget – have since decided to leave …

BBC Verify gathered 61,000 reports from BBC News and Reuters which mentioned Gaza, the West Bank or Lebanon, published between 7 October 2023 and 19 August 2026. We built an AI search engine to look through those reports for incidents where people may have been injured or killed by Israeli …

Merchant vessels have come under repeated attack in the Strait of Hormuz – which connects the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea – and elsewhere in the Middle East since the US and Israel’s war with Iran began in February. At least 24 seafarers have been killed …

Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has set aside the death sentence handed to a Sri Lankan migrant worker over a comment he made on Facebook, Colombo’s Deputy Foreign Minister Arun Hemachandra said. Anojan Sivarasa, 27, was sentenced to death in September after a Saudi appellate court convicted him of blasphemy against …

It was a journey at high speed through the desert – in a pick-up truck with armed fighters in the back. We were travelling with Yemen’s pro-government forces, catching glimpses of the Arabian Sea, and forbidding mountain peaks in the distance. Houthi rebels were dislodged from here just days ago, …

Two strikes on the international airport in the Saudi capital of Riyadh have left 14 dead and more than 300 injured. There have been a series of other attacks earlier in the week. CCTV footage from inside King Khalid International Airport shows people taking cover as one of the missiles …

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has vowed to respond to the attacks on the kingdom’s airports and oil and gas facilities by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement. It comes after the Houthis fired missiles in strikes across Riyadh, killing at least 14 and injured more than 300 in two strikes on the …

Yemen has been devastated by a civil war that began in 2014, when the Houthis ousted the government from Sanaa. The conflict escalated in 2015, after the Saudi-led coalition intervened in an attempt to restore the government’s rule. A four-year-old informal ceasefire began to unravel in July, when the Houthis …

Three Saudi nationals have been killed in two attacks on the international airport in the capital, Riyadh, the country’s civil aviation authority has said after Yemen’s Houthis said they targeted the facility. The attacks also resulted in “injuries to a number of Saudi citizens and residents of various nationalities”, the …

A tanker has been struck by “multiple projectiles” north of Qatar in the Gulf, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency. The incident happened 51 nautical miles (94km) from Madinat al-Shamal and there were casualties reported, the UKMTO said. Maritime intelligence firm Vanguard identified the vessel as the …