At least one journalist has been killed and several others wounded in a shelling attack by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, according to witnesses and reporters at the scene. The Reuters news agency confirmed on Friday that Issam Abdallah, a videographer, was killed in the attack....

Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned Israel on Friday against laying siege to Gaza in the same way that Nazi Germany besieged Leningrad, saying a ground offensive there would lead to an "absolutely unacceptable" number of civilian casualties. Putin said Israel had been subjected to "an...

Middle East Eye’s Editor-in-Chief David Hearst has written about Israel’s wider ambitions beyond its current campaign in Gaza. Hearst writes that the Israeli government might be trying to force an exodus of Palestinians from Gaza into neighbouring Egypt. “On Friday, little doubt...

Doctor Mai al Kaila, the minister of health in Gaza, said that there is a “humanitarian and health catastrophe affecting the Gaza Strip” today, as electricity, food and water continue to be cut off in the besieged enclave.  Six hospitals in the Gaza Strip have completely stopped...