Breaking: Sad to report that baby Sabreen al Sakani has died. We reported on the extraordinary story of her birth in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike that killed her parents and three year old sister. She died yesterday in Emirati Hospital, Rafah.

Satellite images show two new tent encampments in southern Gaza as the Israeli army appears to be preparing for an offensive in Rafah, where 1.5 million people are sheltering.

The UN says a major offensive there could lead to a humanitarian disaster. bbc.com/news/world-mid…

'We will be very grateful if it's approved on Saturday.'

As the House looks set to vote on a Ukraine bill this weekend, 🇺🇦 PM Denys Shmyhal told us Ukraine will be watching closely to see how the vote goes

'The attacks [by settlers in the West Bank] were of an unprecedented scale… there were soldiers who were not only allowing them to do whatever they wanted but also providing them protection,” Ziv Stahl, director of the Israeli group Yesh Din, told me. bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Israeli military confirms that Iran has launched an attack with drones which are now flying towards the country

Israel-Gaza briefing: World watches nervously to see what Iran does next bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid… with thanks to Sanam Vakil صنم وكىل Esfandyar Batmanghelidj Raz Zimmt & Ali Vaez #Iran #israel

Hamas says it has sent its response to a Gaza truce, saying it is sticking with its demands for a permanent ceasefire, complete withdrawal of Israeli troops, the return of displaced people, and intensification of aid.
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Israel cancels school trips and other youth activities planned for the coming days and limits gatherings to 1,000 as the military is on high alert due to a possible Iranian attack.

7 current and former US officials have told the BBC that Biden's pressure on Israel after the World Food Kitchen attack hasn’t gone far enough and will fail to stem the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. It “doesn’t meet the moral urgency” said one.

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The biggest sign of US pressure for a deal in Gaza is the fact that the head of the CIA was sent to Cairo for the latest talks.

But former Israeli negotiator Gershon Baskin told me it remained unclear whether Netanyahu and Hamas were ready for a truce.

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I left her home in the #Syrian capital #Damascus in 2013, soon after the start of the civil war. Recently I was able to travel back for the first time in years, finding a country both very familiar and utterly changed.

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Israel military sacks senior officers over killing of aid workers in Gaza, as its inquiry finds strikes were “serious violation of commands' bbc.in/3vJfIZl

A doctor at an Israeli field hospital set up at a detention centre to hold arrested Gazans says prisoners have had their legs amputated due to handcuff injuries, are kept handcuffed and blindfolded, fed through straws and defecate in diapers. haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Extraordinary detail from Haaretz.com of the tragic Israeli attack on the World Central Kitchen team. An Israeli drone fired three missiles one after the other at the cars, targeting an armed man who was not even in the convoy.
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The IDF says 9,000 terrorists have been killed since the Gaza war began. Defense officials and soldiers, however, tell Haaretz that these are often civilians whose only crime was to cross an invisible line drawn by the IDF / yaniv kubovich יניב קובוביץ
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On the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing hundreds of trucks with aid wait to enter Gaza.

Charities blame Israel for inspections that are slow and arbitrary.

UN chief António Guterres told me: “It’s obvious that these obstacles are part of the way this war is being conducted.”

More than fifty senior journalists across the broadcasting industry at Sky News BBC News (UK) CNN International Channel 4 News ITN NBC News ABC News CBS News have signed an open letter calling for ‘unfettered access’ to #Gaza

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NEW: She survived an airstrike in Gaza but had no idea what became of her family. A destroyed warehouse reveals details of deadly Israeli attack - w/ Abeer Salman, Mick Krever, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Jomana Karadsheh Scott, Benjamin Brown, Ivana Kottasová and many others
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'Who will call me Dad?' Tears of Gaza father who lost 103 relatives. Why Ahmad Al-Ghuferi no longer wants to go home - our report with Stuart Phillips, ⁦Naomi Scherbel-Ball⁩ & Gaza colleagues bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…