Mother of Israeli hostage angered by Donald Trump&s claim of three hostage deaths

Ruhama Bohbot was at home watching the news when she heard US president Donald Trump say something new: Three of the 24 hostages Israel considered to be alive in Gaza had probably died.

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Israeli strikes on crowded market and school housing families kill at least 48

At least 48 people were killed yesterday in Israeli airstrikes on a school that housed families displaced by the conflict and which was located close to a crowded market and restaurant in Gaza City, local health authorities said.

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Israeli airstrikes shut down Yemen&s main airport

Israel&s military said it launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, fully disabling the country&s international airport in the capital, Sanaa, and striking several power plants.

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‘What is left to bomb?& is the question people of Gaza ask amid rubble of their homes and dwindling food supplies

Israel&s plan to expand its Gaza ­offensive, displace people within the enclave and take control of aid distribution has horrified Gazans who have already suffered multiple displacements and food shortages during 19 months of conflict.

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Taoiseach accuses Israel of ‘war crimes& over blockading of aid into Gaza

The Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, has accused Israel of war crimes over the blocking of food, medicine and other essential supplies into Gaza.

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Bel Trew: How Trump&s dark vision for Gaza has emboldened Israel to seize whole strip

The conditions that families in Gaza are being forced to endure are beyond what any of us could imagine in our worst nightmares, and the world has greeted that unprecedented suffering with a shrug.

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