Middle East

Israeli Medics Face ICC Complaint Over Torture of Gaza Detainees

Hind Rajab Foundation seeks an investigation into medical complicity at Sde Teiman as the World Medical Association meets in Rotterdam

Gaza’s Year of ‘Ceasefire’: Children Killed, Disease Spreading and Families Facing Another Winter in Tents

Three years after Israel's genocide began, Palestinians remain trapped between continuing Israeli attacks and a reconstruction process that has barely advanced. Behind the diplomatic promises are bereaved children, inaccessible homes and families struggling to survive.

‘We Are Dead in Gaza’: Three Years of Destruction, Displacement and the Struggle to Survive

A year after a ceasefire took effect, Palestinians in Gaza are still being killed, displaced families are struggling to obtain food and water, and Israeli aircraft continue to circle overhead, according to testimony broadcast on the third anniversary of 7 October. From Gaza City, journalist Akram al-Satarri described a territory where the destruction of homes, the separation of families and the search for missing bodies continue to shape daily life.

Israel Is Tearing Itself Apart Warn Former US Officials as Gaza War Deepens Crisis

Israel is tearing itself apart under the strain of prolonged war, bitter political divisions and the consequences of its devastation of Gaza, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson and retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson have warned, as a reported American intelligence assessment raises the prospect of civil conflict and state collapse.

Former CIA Analyst Says US Soldiers’ Parents Told Him Nuclear Defence Units Are Deploying to Kuwait

Larry Johnson’s unverified account follows Donald Trump’s threats to destroy Iran, raising questions about preparations for a wider conflict and the possibility of nuclear escalation.

Archive Genocide Releases Gaza Evidence Map on Eve of 7 October Anniversary

A new map connects more than 35,000 videos and photographs to Gaza locations as the wider archive passes 200,000 media records and preserves the names of 72,835 people killed.

Gaza’s Returned Dead: Organ-Removal Allegations Remain Unresolved as UN Calls for Investigators

Eight months after doctors in Gaza alleged that Palestinian bodies returned by Israel bore evidence of organ removal, renewed United Nations demands for access to human remains have underlined the obstacles to establishing what happened to the dead.

Pope Mourns Christian Mother and Daughter Killed by Israel After Leaving Church Shelter in Gaza

*Maysa Abu Daoud and her daughter Mary had moved from a church refuge into a rented flat. An Israeli strike killed them alongside another mother and daughter and a young man, leaving a 14-year-old mourning two generations of his family.*

Britain Threatens Mass Expulsion of Israeli Diplomats

Up to 27 Israeli diplomats could be expelled from London if Israel forces Britain’s East Jerusalem consulate to close, threatening a historic rupture in relations.

Gaza in Ruins as US Protection Shields Israel from Accountability

With Gaza’s economy devastated and Netanyahu addressing the UN under an ICC arrest warrant, former UN official Craig Mokhiber challenges the gap between Israel’s growing isolation and meaningful action. His warning extends to Trump’s threats against Iran and the contest to choose the next UN chief.

Europe Turns to Private Enterprise to Close the Gap as BOARD Attracts Support from Over 200 European CEOs

Europe is renting its future rather than building it. It relies on others for its energy, its computing power and much of the capital its companies need to grow. Its leaders are pushing reform of markets and regulation to improve the conditions, but policy alone cannot build what Europe now rents. That falls to its companies, and in large part to the growth-stage private businesses that have had little voice in the debate about Europe’s future.

Gaza Anger Breaks Old Political Loyalties in Britain and Beyond

Labour’s electoral setbacks, an American protest vote and gains for the French left show how outrage over Gaza is reaching the ballot box — as Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja is arrested outside Labour’s conference.

Ireland’s Protest Puts Sporting Boycotts in Focus as Gaza’s Athletes Are Killed and Stadiums Destroyed

Bowed heads and refused handshakes marked Ireland’s victory over Israel. Behind the protests lies the destruction of Palestinian sporting life: footballers killed, athletes losing limbs, and grounds reduced to rubble or turned into shelters.

‘These Crimes Are Ongoing’: NAZA Directors Defy Threats as Gaza Killing Systems Reach New York Screens

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor have brought Israeli military insiders’ accounts of mass civilian killing to an American audience, confronting citizenship threats, official denunciations and the responsibility of the country funding Israel’s armed forces.

‘It Will Shame the World’: Ireland’s Gaza Warning as New Google Earth Satellite Images Reveal Shattered Cities

Micheál Martin warns of a reckoning when Gaza’s full horrors are revealed. Satellite assessments document damage across more than four-fifths of its structures, while Israel’s restrictions on independent foreign reporting continue to obstruct scrutiny and families face another winter in tents and unsafe buildings.

A Home in a Truck, a Childhood at Work: Five Lives in Gaza’s Ruins

A mother preparing for another child after losing three, a boy working through his childhood, a displaced grandmother, a lecturer and a skateboarder reveal how war has transformed the most ordinary acts of living.

“Gaza Is the Most Inhumane and Most Shameful Concentration Camp of Our Time”

Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called Gaza a concentration camp as world leaders confronted Israel over genocide allegations, demanded protection for Palestinians and questioned whether international law could survive without enforcement.

Samson in the Rubble: The 1991 Book That Explains Israel's Most Dangerous Hour

Thirty-five years ago Seymour Hersh dragged Israel's secret bomb into daylight, along with the doctrine of last-resort annihilation built around it and the American officials who chose not to see either. Reread now – with Israel fighting on every front and the paymaster in Washington finally wavering – 'The Samson Option' is the most unsettling book on any shelf.

Netanyahu’s UN Gaza Genocide Denial Draws Walkout, Arrests and Rebukes from Three States

Iran called for Israel’s expulsion from the UN as Türkiye and Qatar rejected the Israeli prime minister’s attacks. Outside, police arrested protesters opposing his visit.

Gaza Mother Gives Birth After Israeli Airstrike Killed All Three of Her Children

Alaa Hessi named her newborn Waseem after the eldest son she lost. In the final weeks of her pregnancy, she was living in a tent above her destroyed home, struggling to find nourishment and a safe place for her baby.

US Sanctions Plan Threatens ICC as UN Findings on Gaza Grow

More than two years after Navi Pillay presented findings of extermination, forcible transfer and starvation, new UN reports have widened the record. Arrest warrants remain outstanding, while the ICJ’s written timetable runs to 2029.

Gaza’s Children Face Deafness After Israeli Bombardment, as Deaths and Injuries Mount

Hearing damage is adding to the lasting injuries suffered by Gaza’s children, while humanitarian organisations warn that restrictions on treatment and supplies are prolonging the harm.

Twenty Thousand Names on a Shroud: Gaza's Dead Children Brought Before the World

A vast memorial has carried the names of Palestinian children to the UN's doorstep, as research points to a much greater death toll and international arrest warrants address alleged crimes that include the starvation of children.

United Passenger Flights Carried Israeli Weapons Components, Investigation Finds