- + Can US floating pier improve Gaza’s critical aid pipeline?—An ambitious US maritime corridor is due to start operating off Gaza's coast in the coming days.
- + What did ICJ ruling mean in South Africa's genocide case against Israel?—The ICJ ruling has come under intense scrutiny, centring on the word "plausible". What did the court mean?
- + South Africa seeks halt to Israel's Gaza offensive—It says Israel must be forced to stop its operation in Rafah, in a fresh bid to the UN's top court.
- + Israel's Eurovision team accuse rivals of 'hatred'—Its national broadcaster says it faced hostility simply because "we are Israelis and we were there".
- + Israel claims it faced 'hatred' at Eurovision—Its national broadcaster says it faced hostility simply because "we are Israelis and we were there".
- + Why has the UN revised its Gaza death toll for women and children?—The UN says it is now relying on figures from the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza.
- + US says floating pier for aid anchored to Gaza beach—Hundreds of tonnes of aid is in Cyprus, where it will be loaded on to ships for delivery to the pier.
- + Israeli tank fire kills five IDF soldiers in north Gaza—The reported friendly-fire incident in Jabalia is one of the deadliest since the war began.
- + Five Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza 'by tank fire'—The reported friendly-fire incident in Jabalia is one of the deadliest since the war began.
- + Israeli minister attacks Netanyahu over Gaza future—There are growing signs of divisions within Israel's war cabinet over who should gover Gaza after the war.
- + US says floating pier for Gaza aid operational 'in days'—Hundreds of tonnes of aid is in Cyprus, where it will be loaded on to ships for delivery to the pier.
- + UN says gunmen were filmed in abandoned Rafah aid warehouse—Israel's military has released footage it says shows gunmen at an Unrwa facility in southern Gaza.
- + Battles intensify in Gaza's Jabalia and Rafah—Israeli forces and Hamas fighters say they are engaged in fierce clashes in north and south Gaza.
- + UN says Israeli tank attack killed staff member in Gaza—A UN security officer from India was killed and another injured after their vehicle was struck on Monday.
- + Biden plans to send $1bn arms shipment to Israel—The weapons transfer comes as Israeli tanks were spotted advancing deeper into residential areas of Rafah.
- + Israel and Egypt row over reopening Rafah border crossing—Israel says Egypt must reopen the crossing - but Egypt says Israel's military operation there is blocking aid.
- + UN says Indian staff member killed in Gaza—A member of the UN's safety team was killed in Rafah on their way to a hospital, the agency says.
- + UK deputy PM raises Neom death with Saudi Arabia—Oliver Dowden raises allegations in a BBC report that forces were "told to kill" for futuristic city.
- + Not lost for words: The reporter's stutter which left him—On a trip to Jerusalem, Sebastian Usher finds that a childhood trait departs without a murmur.
- + Almost 450,000 people have fled Rafah, UN says—Many streets in the southern Gaza city now lie empty, the UN says, as an Israeli operation continues.
- + Israeli protesters stomp on aid packages destined for Gaza—At least seven aid trucks were blocked and vandalised at a West Bank border crossing on Monday.
- + UN says staff member killed in Gaza—A member of the UN's safety team was killed in Rafah on their way to a hospital, the agency says.
- + UN says staff member killed in Rafah—A member of the UN's safety team was killed on their way to a hospital in Rafah, the agency says.
- + Israeli protesters block aid trucks destined for Gaza—Unverified video shows protesters throwing food packages onto the ground before stomping on them.
- + UK urged to confront Saudi leaders on Neom death—Human rights groups urge the UK to demand an independent investigation into the reported killing.
- + Dissident filmmaker flees Iran after jail sentence—Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced over his new film, which is to be premiered at the Cannes festival.
- + Migrant-smuggler arrested after BBC investigation—One of Europe’s most notorious people-smugglers, Barzan Majeed, says he transported thousands of people across the Channel.
- + Lebanon fears intensification of Israel's Hezbollah offensive—Its foreign minister tells the BBC it is concerned Israel will step up air strikes on Hezbollah.
- + Gaza war weighs heavily on Israel's memorial day—The country pauses united in grief, as questions grow about the results of Israel's war.
- + UN hopes for Gaza's new Western Erez aid crossing—The northern crossing point was opened on Sunday in a move aims to improve aid deliveries.
- + Israel stops to mark Memorial Day—A two-minute-long siren sounded across the country, and life briefly came to a halt.
- + Lebanon fears intensification of Israel's Hezbollah offensive—Its foreign minister tells the BBC it is concerned Israel will step up air strikes on Hezbollah.
- + Lebanon FM fears intensification of Israeli offensive against Hezbollah —Its foreign minister tells the BBC it is concerned Israel will step up air strikes on Hezbollah.
- + Gazans flee as Israeli forces go back into Jabalia—Fierce fighting is reported as Israel says it is targeting areas of where Hamas has regrouped.
- + Israel orders more evacuations as Rafah fighting intensifies—The Israeli military tells thousands of Palestinians to leave the city as it expands its military operation.
- + Crack in US-Israel alliance for first time in decades—President Biden's decision to pause an arms shipment to Israel has shaken the bedrock of a decades-old alliance.
- + Palestinian envoy: Israel plans to destroy, displace—Palestinian ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour details the impact of the war in Gaza on his people.
- + Israel orders more Rafah evacuations and reports face-to-face battles with Hamas—People in further areas of Gaza's southern city Rafah have been told to head to an "expanded humanitarian area" by the Israeli military.
- + Israel orders more Rafah residents to evacuate city—People in more areas of Gaza's southern city Rafah are told to head to an "expanded humanitarian area" by the Israeli military.
- + Israeli ambassador shreds UN charter with tiny shredder—Gilad Erdan condemned the passing of a resolution enhancing Palestine's rights within the organisation.
- + US says Israel may have breached international law using American weapons—State department says it is "reasonable to assess" that Israel used US-made weapons in ways inconsistent with its legal obligations.
- + UN assembly urges Palestine membership after vote—Passing the resolution is seen as symbolic, as the US is likely to use its veto in the Security Council.
- + How we found Europe’s most wanted migrant-smuggler—Barzan Majeed, aka Scorpion, is on the run after smuggling thousands of migrants into the UK.
- + Israeli operation leaves Rafah's hospitals overwhelmed—More than a million people are at risk of being deprived of medical care in Gaza.
- + Israel heads to Eurovision final, despite protests—Twenty-year-old singer Eden Golan makes the final, despite being booed during dress rehearsals.
- + Watch: Israel's Eden Golan responds as Eurovision protests rage—The contestant says she is "focused on the music" as 10,000 protest against Israel's participation.
- + UN says 80,000 have fled Rafah as strikes intensify—Israeli tanks reportedly mass close to built-up areas of the south Gaza city amid constant shelling.
- + Israeli police raid studio linked to Al Jazeera—The incident comes after Israel targeted another of the broadcaster's offices in Jerusalem on Sunday.
- + Half of Gaza water sites damaged or destroyed, BBC satellite data reveals—Hundreds of Gaza’s water and sanitation facilities have been damaged or destroyed.
- + Battle in east Rafah amid crossing reopening dispute—Israel says lorries arrived at the key Kerem Shalom crossing, but the UN says no aid entered Gaza.
- + Saudi forces 'permitted to kill' for new eco-city—An ex-intelligence officer tells the BBC he was permitted to shoot dead those resisting eviction.
- + Egypt probes shooting of Israeli-Canadian man—A group claiming responsibility for the attack says it was in response to Israel's actions in Gaza.
- + US bomb delay is biggest warning yet for Israel—By delaying a weapons shipment, the US is finally reaching for its biggest lever of influence over Israel.
- + Stories of the hostages taken by Hamas from Israel—It is thought more than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza after the 7 October attacks.
- + ‘Sustainable calm’ proposal splits Israel and Hamas—Israel says it has four issues with the draft ceasefire deal - including an end to war.
- + Bowen: Netanyahu knows Hamas survival amounts to his own defeat—The Israeli PM is facing hard decisions following Hamas's surprise acceptance of a draft ceasefire deal.
- + 'My children cling to me as dogs raid graves near our shelter'—In a tent yards from a cemetery, Rehab Abu Daqqa tries to shield her seven children from Rafah's horrors.
- + Pro-Palestinian protests heap pressure on Biden from left and right—Joe Biden is caught between students demanding peace, and Americans concerned the unrest is disrupting education.
- + Alarm in Israel at reports of possible ICC legal action over Gaza—Benjamin Netanyahu has called reports of possible International Criminal Court action "an outrage".
- + 'Qatar targeted my brother on Grindr - I want him home’—The British-Mexican man has HIV and has run out of his usual medication, says his family.
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