The Latest Breaking News from Gaza

UK Prime Minister Sunak Visits Israel Amid Gaza Conflict

Sunak aims to prevent escalation of conflict, meets with Netanyahu and regional officials

Zenger · Oct 19, 2023

‘We back your right to go after Hamas – we want you to win’ Sunak tells Israel

‘We want you to win’: PM tells Israeli leaders they have ‘right and duty’ to respond with military action

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Over 30 Muslim religious groups in Kashmir condemn Gaza hospital attack

As many as 30 Muslim bodies under the banner of Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on October 18, condemned the bombing of a hospital in Palestine’s Gaza “in an Israeli air strike”. The National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also expressed their concern.  

The Hindu · Oct 19, 2023

Israel-Gaza war live: Eight Palestinians killed in West Bank as British citizens told to leave Lebanon

Rishi Sunak has arrived in Israel to meet leaders and call for the spread of violence in the Israeli-Hamas war to be avoided

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Afternoon Update: Biden announces Gaza aid deal; boy killed in quad bike crash; and changes to Netflix’s basic tier

The US president secures an agreement with Israel and Egypt to allow aid delivery of 20 trucks into Gaza

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2023

Thursday briefing: Israel, Hamas and the world react to the explosion at al-Ahli Arab hospital

In today’s newsletter: While it remains unclear exactly what happened at the site of the blast, it could already change the course of the conflict

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

Israel-Gaza war: Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah calls for end to ‘massacres’

The captain of Egypt’s national football team has been criticised for not speaking out in defence of the Palestinians.

Al Jazeera · Oct 19, 2023

‘Can’t stay silent any more’: Rage in Lebanon over Israel’s war on Gaza

Pro-Palestinian rallies held near US, German embassies in Lebanon to express anger at Israel’s ‘war crimes’ in Gaza.

Al Jazeera · Oct 19, 2023

Israel defence minister tells troops they will soon see Gaza – as it happened

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The Guardian - US · Oct 19, 2023

Humza Yousaf’s mother-in-law ‘can’t take another night’ in Gaza, SNP MP says

Elizabeth El-Nakla and her husband, Maged, have been trapped in Gaza since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023