Hamas confirms four of five people killed during raid in village of Deir al-Ghusun were from its armed wingMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli forces killed five Palestinians in an overnight raid in a village near the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry and the Israeli military said on Saturday.Hamas confirmed...

Dozens of students at the University of Mississippi gathered this week to protest against Israel’s war in Gaza and call for the state’s flagship university to be transparent in its potential dealings with Israel. There were hundreds of counter-protesters, in contrast to the few dozen pro-Palestine protesters. The counter-protesters included individuals...

Egyptian and US mediators report signs of compromise, but many analysts remain pessimisticMiddle East crisis – live updatesHopes of a ceasefire in Gaza rose on Saturday as a Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo to continue indirect talks, with what is believed to be a response to a new proposal, reportedly agreed by Israel, to halt fighting for an initial...

Hamas and US CIA officials will meet Egyptian mediators on Saturday, according to an Egyptian security sourceIsraeli warplanes have attacked targets in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, after a rocket was launched towards the Ein Hashlosha kibbutz in Israel on Friday, the IDF has said.The Israeli army said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, that the rocket...

War in Gaza, US campus protests, missile strikes in Kharkiv and floods in Kenya: the last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalistsWarning: this gallery contains images that some readers may find distressing Continue reading...

People in Jerusalem express little sympathy with anti-war demonstrators, with some accusing them of hatred for IsraelAt the Jerusalem theatre on Thursday night, concertgoers and staff expressed a mixture of anger, sadness and defiance as weeks of pro-Palestinian protests across dozens of US college campuses reached a tumultuous climax 6,000 miles away.The...