The Latest Breaking News from Gaza

‘Targeted attack’: Al Jazeera journalist’s wife, children killed in Gaza ‘safe area’

“Help us to stay alive,” stated Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh’s 15-year-old son Mahmoud and seven-year-old daughter Sham in a message on social media, days before they were killed along with their mother in what the journalist called a “targeted” Israeli airstrike in Gaza.

Newslaundry · Oct 26, 2023

Israel stages large overnight ground raid into Gaza Strip

The brief ‘targeted’ incursion comes ahead of a widely expected ground invasion after nearly three weeks of air strikes.

Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: US announces extra funding for Ukraine; Russia criticises Kyiv-backed peace talks – as it happened

Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, announces additional security assistance ; Moscow says talks in Malta without its presence will be ‘counterproductive’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2023

Israeli troops launch brief ground raid into Gaza ahead of expected wider incursion

Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023

Afternoon Update: US mass shooting kills at least 16; Sydney woman found dead identified; and Gen Z want less sex on screen

A man is reported to have opened fire at a bowling alley and bar in Maine’s second-largest city of Lewiston in the US

The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2023

Gaza needs billions in aid to reverse years of restrictions, UN trade body

The Gaza Strip needs billions of dollars in international economic aid to compensate for years of restrictions that have stifled its economy and curbed its development, according to a report published on Wednesday by the United Nations trade body.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 26, 2023

The thousands calling for a ceasefire and peace deserve better than abuse and belittlement

Politicians and much of the media ignore, stereotype and demonise protestors. This lack of engagement is a risk to us all, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023

EU leaders unanimously call for humanitarian corridors – as it happened

This blog is closed. See our Israel-Hamas war coverage here.

The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2023

Israel-Hamas live: US hits targets in Syria as Palestinian ministry publishes names of 7,000 dead

US president Joe Biden says he has ‘no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are using’

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023

Two more resolutions to halt Israel-Gaza war fail at UN Security Council

Elected members to work on new draft resolution amid growing frustration at council’s failure to act.

Al Jazeera · Oct 26, 2023