Middle East

Right now, there is no sign of life in many southern villages. People have fled, leaving towns deserted. About 90,000 Lebanese have become displaced, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). On the Israeli side, about 80,000 people have been evacuated. Source link

Chef José Andrés gave a eulogy at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC to honour the World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers killed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza on 1 April. The founder of the charity said that Israel’s explanation of the incident wasn’t “good enough” and added that …

The Israeli prime minister says the invasion will proceed “with or without” a truce with Hamas. Source link

But all five units remain eligible for US military aid after Israel took action, the state department says. Source link

The secretary of state calls Israel’s latest offer for a hostage release “extraordinarily generous”. Source link

BBC Arabic‘s Adnan El-Bursh covered the conflict as he and his family were displaced multiple times. Source link

The aid organisation had stopped distributing food in Gaza after an Israeli strike killed seven workers. Source link

“He had lost his kids, his grandkids, his home,” Sam recalls, “and he’s alone in the corner of this dark hospital, maggots going out of his wounds and he was screaming: ‘The worms are eating me alive please help me.’ That was just one just one out of… I don’t …

To others, though, that is a typical security and military perspective, one that celebrates technological success while missing the bigger political picture. The more pessimistic analysts argue that if Iran wanted to inflict significant damage on Israel, it could have refrained from giving advance warning, broadened its targets, launched a …

The family of a Hamas-held hostage say they will keep fighting for his safe return. Keith Siegal’s wife Aviva Siegal, centre, and daughters Ilan, right, and Shir, left, spoke after a video was published by Hamas showing Mr Siegal, who has been held captive since the deadly 7 October attacks. …

“I always try to explain to people that ‘rape’ is a really big word,” she said. “It’s not only the act. Even when a guy stands in front of your door, and you’re sitting down, and he’s staring at you for 10 minutes straight, five to six times a day, …

The Yemeni rebel group says its latest attack targeted the Andromeda Star. Source link

The controversial National Security Minister was taken to hospital after his car overturned. Source link

Joan Donoghue, who has just retired as president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), spoke to BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur about the case brought by South Africa to the ICJ over alleged violations of the Genocide Convention by Israel. Ms Donoghue explained that the court decided the Palestinians had …

Once unthinkable, the pioneering production marks the latest cultural expansion in the desert kingdom. Source link

Two million meals a day could be delivered via sea to feed people in Gaza, the US says Source link

Sabreen was born by emergency C-section after Israel bombed a house in Rafah, killing her family. Source link

Hamas issues a proof-of-life video of US-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin, abducted on 7 October. Source link

The current war began when Hamas attacked Israeli communities near Gaza, killing about 1,200 people, mainly civilians, and taking about 250 hostages. Israel’s subsequent campaign of aerial bombardment and ground operations in Gaza has killed 34,183 people, mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run health ministry there. Source link

Six months of conflict have also taken a heavy economic toll. Source link