It is not clear if the US decision will affect Mahmoud Abbas's reported plans to travel to New York/ The US says it will deny or revoke visas for Palestinian officials wishing to travel to New York next month to attend the UN General Assembly session. Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed them ...
Ilan Weiss died defending Kibbutz Beeri on the day Hamas attacked/ The body of Israeli hostage Ilan Weiss has been recovered in an operation in the Gaza Strip, Israel's military has announced. Weiss, 56, was killed during Hamas's attack in southern Israel on 7 October 2023. The remains of a ...
Merlyn Thomas, Benedict Garman & Sebastian Vandermeersch/ Videos show where Israel struck Nasser Hospital at least four times/ Israel struck Nasser Hospital at least four times during its deadly attack in southern Gaza on Monday, an analysis of new video footage by BBC Verify has found. The ...
The UK, France and Germany have begun the process of restoring major UN sanctions on Iran - lifted under a 2015 deal - as tensions once again escalate over Tehran's nuclear programme. The move will trigger a so-called snapback mechanism, which could result in the return of sanctions in 30 days. ...
A view of an Israeli army checkpoint in Damascus, Syria on 27 August/ Israeli drone strikes near Damascus have killed six Syrian soldiers, Syria's government said, among a series of reported attacks this week. Syria's foreign ministry condemned Tuesday's strike as a violation of international ...
The Israeli army wants people to leave Gaza City before moving in/ Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has joined a White House meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss plans for post-war Gaza, the BBC has confirmed. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has said the US is putting ...
Journalists in Gaza work and sleep in tents near various hospitals/ "I never imagined that one day I would be living and working in a tent, deprived of the most basic human necessities - even water and a bathroom. "It's more like a greenhouse in the summer and a refrigerator in the winter," ...
How the double strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital unfolded/ The UN has said "there needs to be justice" following Israel's double strike on a Gaza hospital which killed at least 20 people, as an initial Israeli military probe said the strike had targeted a "camera positioned by Hamas". ...
Iran orchestrated 'dangerous acts of aggression' in Australia, says Albanese/ Australia has given Iran's ambassador seven days to leave the country after alleging the country's government directed antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. Intelligence services linked Iran to an arson attack ...
A man holds the equipment of journalist Hussam al-Masri who was filming a live TV feed from Nasser hospital/ A double Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza killed 20 people including journalists and health workers, according to the outlets they worked for, the World Health Organization and the ...
