Israel News Review

Mediators move closer to securing Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:30:40 -0300

Progress on deal, which calls for ‘serious’ talks to permanently end the war, comes as Trump prepares to meet Netanyahu

Extreme heatwaves may cause global decline in dairy production, scientists warn

Elsie McDowell — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:00:55 -0300

Israel-based study finds that by 2050 average daily milk production could be reduced by 4% as a result of worsening heat stress

Dairy production will be threatened by the increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves, a study has found.

Drawing on records from more than 130,000 cows over a period of 12 years, the researchers report that extreme heat reduces dairy cows’ ability to produce milk by 10%.

Israel’s actions offend us more than Bob Vylan | Letters

Guardian Staff — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:05:06 -0300

Readers on the controversy over the rap group’s appearance at Glastonbury festival, livestreamed by the BBC

I do appreciate Marina Hyde’s irony and dry humour, I really do (Glastonbury chanters or the Southport hate-tweeter – throw the book at one, you must throw it at them all, 1 July). However, whether the Glastonbury incident constituted a criminal offence or not, her lumping together of Bob Vylan and Lucy Connolly is a case of intellectual apples and pears.

During last year’s riots, people were actually attacking and attempting to burn alive asylum seekers in hotels. No one is in a position to attack the Israel Defense Forces, who are the ones allegedly committing war crimes – eg burning and blasting people to death in cafes populated by students on the shores of the Mediterranean – and a military force that our own government is still giving arms and intelligence assistance to.

The BBC dropped Gaza: Doctors Under Attack but its images will stay with you

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:31:36 -0300

Now on Channel 4, the film investigates the detention and killing of Palestinian medics — and illustrates why the corporation needs to find a way to tell such stories

The BBC dropped ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ but its images will stay with you

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:31:36 -0300

Now on Channel 4, the film investigates the detention and killing of Palestinian medics — and illustrates why the corporation needs to find a way to tell such stories

Israel steps up deadly bombardment of Gaza before ceasefire talks

Jason Burke in Jerusalem — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 12:52:11 -0300

Officials say about 90 people killed since Wednesday night as Israeli security cabinet prepares for meeting

Israel has escalated its offensive in Gaza before imminent talks about a ceasefire, with warships and artillery launching one of the deadliest and most intense bombardments in the devastated Palestinian territory for many months.

Medics and officials in Gaza reported that about 90 people were killed overnight and on Thursday, including many women and children. On Tuesday night and Wednesday the toll was higher, they said. Casualties included Marwan al-Sultan, a cardiologist and director of the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza, who died in an airstrike that also killed his wife and five children.

UN expert asks states to cut trade ties with Israel over ‘genocidal campaign’ in Gaza – as it happened

Jane Clinton (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:53:51 -0300

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here

by Annie Kelly, Hoda Osman, Geneva Abdul

Tributes have been paid to one of Gaza’s most senior doctors who was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

UN expert asks states to cut trade ties with Israel over ‘genocidal campaign’ in Gaza – Middle East crisis live

Jane Clinton (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:50:12 -0300

‘The situation in the occupied Palestinian territory is apocalyptic,’ UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese said

by Annie Kelly, Hoda Osman, Geneva Abdul

Tributes have been paid to one of Gaza’s most senior doctors who was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

BBC to drop ‘high risk’ live performances after Bob Vylan Glastonbury set

Michael Savage Media editor — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:04:41 -0300

Broadcaster admits making mistakes before and during punk duo’s show in which they chanted ‘death to the IDF’

The BBC has said it was wrong to believe the punk duo Bob Vylan were “suitable for live streaming with appropriate mitigations” for their performance at Glastonbury festival, despite ranking them as “high risk” before the event.

In a statement signalling there would be repercussions for those blamed for the failure, the corporation said any musical performances deemed to be high risk would now not be broadcast live or streamed live.

Global firms ‘profiting from genocide’ in Gaza, says UN rapporteur

Julian Borger in Amman — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:48:35 -0300

Report by Francesca Albanese singles out companies such as Palantir and calls for prosecutions

The UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories has called for sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel and for global corporations to be held accountable for “profiting from genocide” in Gaza.

A report by Francesca Albanese to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday points to the deep involvement of companies from around the world in supporting Israel during its 21-month onslaught in Gaza.

Turkey and Israel risk sliding towards confrontation

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:10:28 -0300

The fallout from the Iran war could end up igniting the region’s next great rivalry

Dozens reported killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza overnight – Middle East crisis live

Jane Clinton — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 05:54:17 -0300

Gaza’s health ministry says the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in this conflict has now passed 57,000

The Associated Press is reporting on how the summer heat in Gaza has set off a “domino effect”, intensifying hardship for its two million inhabitants.

Aid groups have long warned that reduced water availability, crippled sanitation networks, and shrinking living spaces threaten to cause illnesses. This scorching summer coincides with a lack of clean water for the majority of Gaza’s population, most of whom are displaced in tented communities.

The truth about Iran’s nuclear programme – podcast

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 23:00:16 -0300

After 12 days of bombing by Israel and the US last month, opinions vary about the extent of the damage caused to Iran’s nuclear facilities. Patrick Wintour and Rouzbeh Parsi explain why and what could happen next

When the 12-day war against Iran was launched, Israel said it was because the Islamic Republic was on the verge of developing a nuclear bomb. US intelligence reports from earlier in the year told a different story. Now the war is over and confusion remains – has Iran’s nuclear programme been destroyed?

The Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour, tells Michael Safi what we know – and why we don’t know more – about what the conflict actually achieved. While Rouzbeh Parsi, a historian who studies Iran’s nuclear programme explains why the ambiguity around Iran’s intentions are partly a deliberate strategy. Yet, he says, it is one that has been a dangerous gamble for the country – and one which seems to have cost them dearly. What will the Iranian regime do next? Could it abandon its programme or will it decide to race towards making a bomb?

Senior doctor killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza – video

Guardian Staff — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:58:26 -0300

An Israeli airstrike has killed one of Gaza’s most senior doctors alongside a number of relatives. Dr Marwan al-Sultan was a renowned and highly experienced cardiologist and director of the Indonesian hospital in the Gaza Strip. According to the Healthcare Workers Watch, he is the 70th healthcare worker to be killed by Israeli attacks in the last 50 days. His daughter, Lubna al-Sultan, said: 'The war must stop. We are hungry, we are scared, we have lost people'

‘Shock and grief’ as senior doctor killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

MPs vote to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:41:33 -0300

MPs back UK government’s proposal by 385 votes to 26 to ban the pro-Palestinian activist group

Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal

Jason Burke in Jerusalem — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:50:37 -0300

Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crime

The Israeli military used a 500lb (230kg) bomb – a powerful and indiscriminate weapon that generates a massive blast wave and scatters shrapnel over a wide area – when it attacked a target in a crowded beachfront cafe in Gaza on Monday, evidence seen by the Guardian has revealed.

Experts in international law said the use of such a munition despite the known presence of many unprotected civilians, including children, women and elderly people, was almost certainly unlawful and may constitute a war crime.

Ban on Palestine Action will rebound on Labour | Letters

Guardian Staff — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:21:46 -0300

Dr Lynne Jones recalls her treatment under the law as a Greenham Common activist in the 80s. Plus, letters from a reader whose daughter is awaiting trial, Claire Jauffret and Rev Graham Murphy

In 1983, along with thousands of other women, I cut down sections of the fence around RAF Greenham Common, which was to house nuclear weapons in the form of cruise missiles (Greenham Common women urge new generation to ‘rise up’ against nuclear threat, 27 July).

Arrested and fined £50 for criminal damage, I was jailed for a couple of weeks for refusing to pay the fine. After the missiles arrived in 1984, I joined Cruisewatch actions, which, by obstructing the convoys on the road and throwing paintballs at them, prevented any missile deployment exercises taking place in secret. Again the charges were not severe. Arrested on Salisbury Plain on one occasion, my friends and I were released without charge. Women who did more than £10,000 worth of damage by painting the Blackbird spy plane in 1983 also had their charges dropped.

Trump claims Israel ready for Gaza peace deal as he seeks ceasefire

Andrew Roth in Washington amd Jason Burke in Jerusalem — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:23:59 -0300

Hamas says it is reviewing US truce proposal, but it is unclear what terms Israel has agreed to

Donald Trump has claimed that Israel is ready to agree to a peace deal with Hamas as he seeks to broker a ceasefire in the Gaza war that has claimed almost 60,000 lives, but it is unclear what conditions specifically Israel has agreed to.

In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday night, the US president wrote: “Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize the 60 Day CEASEFIRE, during which time we will work with all parties to end the War.”

‘Shock and grief’ as senior doctor killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

Annie Kelly and Hoda Osman — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:18:28 -0300

Marwan al-Sultan, a renowned cardiologist and director of the Indonesian hospital, is the 70th healthcare worker to be killed by Israeli attacks in the past 50 days, says Palestinian medical organisation

An Israeli airstrike has killed one of Gaza’s most senior doctors in a “catastrophic” loss to the already decimated healthcare system. A number of family members were reported to have been killed alongside him.

Dr Marwan al-Sultan, a renowned and highly experienced cardiologist and director of the Indonesian hospital in the Gaza Strip, is the 70th healthcare worker to be killed by Israeli attacks in the last 50 days, according to Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), a Palestinian medical organisation.

Bob Vylan performance at Manchester festival cancelled amid Glastonbury row

Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:08:00 -0300

Punk rap duo dropped as headliners for Radar festival as police investigate anti-IDF chant at Glastonbury

Bob Vylan have been banned from playing a Manchester festival a day after they said they were being “targeted for speaking up” on Palestine during a controversial Glastonbury set.

The punk rap duo will no longer play the headline slot at Radar festival this weekend. The act is the subject of a police investigation for leading crowds in chants of “death, death to the IDF”, referring to the Israel Defense Forces.

Trump claims Israel ready for Gaza peace deal in bid to boost Hamas ceasefire talks

Andrew Roth in Washington amd Jason Burke in Jerusalem — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:23:53 -0300

Muted reaction in Israel to statement, as US president urges Hamas to accept deal ‘because it will not get better’

Israel-Gaza war: latest updates

Donald Trump has claimed that Israel is ready to agree to a peace deal with Hamas as he seeks to broker a ceasefire to the war in Gaza that has claimed almost 60,000 lives.

In a post on Truth Social, the US president wrote: “Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize the 60 Day CEASEFIRE, during which time we will work with all parties to end the War.”

Hamas reviews new ceasefire proposals after Trump claims Israel is ready for peace deal – as it happened

Tom Ambrose (now); Jane Clinton and Kate Lamb (earlier) — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:47:31 -0300

This blog is now closing, you can read more of our Israel-Gaza war coverage here

The Red Cross has warned that Gaza’s few functioning medical facilities are overwhelmed, with nearly all public hospitals “shut down or gutted by months of hostilities and restrictions” on supplies.

A few photos of the state of healthcare in Gaza.

Trump says Israel has agreed to conditions for 60-day ceasefire with Hamas

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:42:46 -0300

Qatar and Egypt will deliver the proposal to the group, according to US president

Israel-Gaza war live: Hamas reviews new ceasefire proposals after Trump claims Israel is ready for peace deal

Tom Ambrose (now); Jane Clinton and Kate Lamb (earlier) — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:12:55 -0300

Militant group insists any proposal must bring an end to the war in Gaza

Full report on Trump’s ceasefire claim

A few photos of the state of healthcare in Gaza.

Israel-Gaza war live: Hamas says it is ‘ready’ for ceasefire but stops short of accepting Trump’s plan

Jane Clinton (now) and Kate Lamb (earlier) — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:23:22 -0300

Militant group insists any proposal must bring an end to the war in Gaza

Full report on Trump’s ceasefire claim

A few photos of the state of healthcare in Gaza.

Caution has turned to cowardice – the BBC is failing viewers with its Gaza coverage | Karishma Patel

Karishma Patel — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 07:01:36 -0300

The craven failure to broadcast Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is just the latest example of skewed journalistic values over Israel’s war

Tonight, audiences can finally watch Gaza: Doctors Under Attack on Channel 4 and Zeteo. This timely film was originally produced for the BBC by award-winning production company Basement Films. The BBC has been delaying it since February, arguing it couldn’t go out before a review into an entirely different film, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, had culminated. That was a poor editorial decision with no precedent. But poorer still: after months of leaving the film in limbo, last week the BBC announced it wouldn’t air it – leaving it for Channel 4 to pick up.

Why? The BBC said it might create “the perception of partiality”. You’d be forgiven for thinking this was lifted from a dystopian novel. Perception, after all, has nothing to do with impartiality – at least in an ideal world. The BBC seems to have said the quiet part out loud. Impartiality, as far as it’s concerned, is about PR, optics and managing the anger of certain groups, rather than following the evidence and championing robust journalism – no matter who’s angered, no matter how it looks.

More than 400 media figures urge BBC board to remove Robbie Gibb over Gaza

Tara Conlan — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 05:55:38 -0300

Miriam Margolyes, Alexei Sayle and Mike Leigh among signatories to letter criticising Jewish Chronicle ties

More than 400 stars and media figures including Miriam Margolyes, Alexei Sayle, Juliet Stevenson and Mike Leigh have signed a letter to BBC management calling for the removal of a board member, Robbie Gibb, over claims of conflict of interest regarding the Middle East.

The signatories also include 111 BBC journalists and Zawe Ashton, Khalid Abdalla, Shola Mos-Shogbamimu and the historian William Dalrymple, who express “concerns over opaque editorial decisions and censorship at the BBC on the reporting of Israel/Palestine”.

Israel-Gaza war live: Trump says Israel has agreed terms for 60-day ceasefire, urges Hamas to accept deal

Jane Clinton (now) and Kate Lamb (earlier) — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:10:24 -0300

US president says in social media post he hopes Hamas will accept deal because ‘it will only get worse’

Full report on Trump’s ceasefire claim

A few photos of the state of healthcare in Gaza.

Trump says Israel has agreed to conditions for 60-day ceasefire

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 03:05:46 -0300

US president says Qatar and Egypt will deliver the proposal to Hamas

Sabotage suspected as mystery blasts hit oil tankers

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 01:00:21 -0300

Five vessels hit with limpet mines this year shortly after visiting Russian ports

How oil traders called the Middle East war

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 01:00:00 -0300

The oil market predicted the twists and turns of the Israel-Iran conflict

‘The scenes were beyond anything imaginable’: busy Gaza seafront cafe devastated by airstrike

Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:56:13 -0300

Witnesses describe explosion, flames and a plume of smoke as peaceful scene at al-Baqa transformed into a horror

Early afternoon was a busy time in the al-Baqa cafe, on the waterfront in Gaza City. Under the wooden slatted roof, seated at plastic chairs and tables, were dozens of Palestinians seeking respite from the relentless 20-month war that has devastated much of the bustling, vibrant town.

On one side was the Mediterranean, blue and calm to the horizon. On the other, battered apartment blocks, wrecked hotels and the close-packed tents of displaced families.

‘Beyond anything imaginable’: dozens killed at busy Gaza seafront cafe

Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:56:13 -0300

Witnesses describe explosion, flames and smoke plumes as airstrike transforms peaceful scene at al-Baqa into a horror

On one side was the Mediterranean, blue and calm to the horizon. On the other, battered apartment blocks, wrecked hotels and the close-packed tents of displaced families.

Witnesses describe grim aftermath of Israeli strike on busy Gaza cafe

Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:08:28 -0300

Women, children and elderly people among at least 24 killed by attack that turned beach spot into scene of carnage

Witnesses have described the bloody aftermath of an Israeli strike on a crowded seaside cafe in Gaza, which left at least 24 dead and many more injured on Tuesday.

Al-Baqa cafe, close to the harbour in Gaza City, was almost full in the early afternoon when it was hit by a missile, immediately transforming a scene of relative calm amid the biggest urban centre in Gaza into one of carnage.

Trump must lead the way to a comprehensive Middle East peace deal

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:00:09 -0300

Whatever path we choose will shape the region’s future for decades

BBC chief faces questions over failure to pull live stream of Bob Vylan IDF chant

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter and Jamie Grierson — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:13:35 -0300

Tim Davie was informed of incident while at Glastonbury but live stream of stage continued to be aired in hours after

The BBC’s director general is facing questions over why he did not pull the live-stream footage of Bob Vylan after being informed during a visit to Glastonbury of the chants calling for the death of Israeli soldiers.

Tim Davie, who has led the BBC for nearly five years, was told of the chanting of “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]” by Bob Vylan’s vocalist after it had been broadcast live on the BBC on Saturday afternoon.

In Gaza we watched Iranian missiles go by, heading for Israel. That war is over – it seems ours will never end | Hassan Abo Qamar

Hassan Abo Qamar — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 07:21:01 -0300

For two years, we’ve waited for a final ceasefire that has never come. Peace will be delayed as long as our lives are considered disposable

Last Tuesday night, Donald Trump announced on social media that Iran and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire, ending what he called a “12-day war”. It was the second war this year, after India and Pakistan’s four-day conflict, to start and end under Trump’s watch. They followed another, earlier conflict between Lebanon and Israel during President Joe Biden’s term.

Here in Gaza, all eyes were fixed on the Iran-Israel conflict. Even cut off from the internet, people found ways to follow the news – on the radio, or by catching weak phone signals by climbing to high rooftops or walking near the sea, or just by staying up all night watching the sky, where some of the missiles launched from Iran could be seen from Gaza. Many wondered if Trump, the man who once promised to stop “endless wars”, would seize the moment to stop not only war on Iran but also the genocide in Gaza.

Hassan Abo Qamar is a Palestinian writer and journalist based in Gaza

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Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away?

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 05:09:21 -0300

One of the consequences of Israel’s 12-day conflict with Iran was a drop-off in attention paid to the war in Gaza, where a terrible humanitarian situation deteriorated even further. This is a timeline of what happened

In the weeks leading up to Israel’s war with Iran, which it launched on 13 June, there had been little let-up in its offensive in Gaza. A tenuous ceasefire had broken down in March, and a wave of airstrikes followed, as well as an 11-week blockade on all aid. Though some humanitarian assistance was allowed in from late May, military action intensified at the same time.

Growing numbers of desperate Palestinians were being killed as they sought scarce food either from looted aid convoys or from distribution hubs set up by the new, secretive Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a group backed by Israel and the US as an alternative to the existing, much more comprehensive UN-led system. Rolling IDF “evacuation orders” covered much of the territory.

Tuesday briefing: How weakened is Iran after Operation Midnight Hammer – and where might it go from here?

Philip Oltermann — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 02:52:51 -0300

In today’s newsletter: With its nuclear capabilities down but not out and domestic support strong, the question is where Iran goes next

Good morning. The term “cakeism” – the false belief that one can simultaneously enjoy the benefits of two mutually exclusive choices – may forever be associated with the Brexit negotiations, when keeping the advantages of EU membership while also shedding its costs became the UK’s official bargaining position.

But the appeal of cakeism endures, and over the last week the US president’s approach to the conflict with Iran has started to look distinctly gateau-shaped. Donald Trump wants the glory of a decisive victory on the battlefield but is not so keen on the long-term repercussions that come with it: tit-for-tat retaliations, unforeseeable conflict spillage, focused diplomacy, or even regime change – the kind of talk the Maga movement associates with Trump’s predecessors.

Welfare | Downing Street’s plans to see off a major Labour welfare rebellion were in chaos on Monday night, amid continued brinkmanship between MPs and the government over the scale of the concessions. There was significant division between government departments over how to respond to rebels’ demands ahead of the knife-edge vote on Tuesday.

UK news | Police have formally opened a criminal investigation into comments made by Bob Vylan and Kneecap at Glastonbury after reviewing video and audio footage of the performances. Meanwhile on Monday, the BBC said that it should not have allowed chants of “Death to the IDF” at Bob Vylan’s performance to be broadcast.

Crown Estate | King Charles is set to receive official annual income of £132m next year, after his portfolio of land and property made more than £1bn in profits thanks to a boom in the offshore wind sector.

Arms trade | Britain’s decision to allow the export of F-35 fighter jet components to Israel, despite accepting they could be used in breach of international humanitarian law in Gaza, was lawful, London’s high court has ruled. The judges ruled that the “acutely sensitive and political issue” was “a matter for the executive … not for the courts”.

Crime | A 92-year-old man who evaded justice for almost 60 years has been convicted of raping and murdering a woman in Bristol, after a review by a cold case police team and scientists. Officers believe the 58-year gap between the crime and the conviction may be the biggest in modern English policing history.

Gulf oil companies slow $60bn acquisition spree as crude prices fall

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 01:00:16 -0300

Adnoc and Aramco shift focus to dividends in tougher environment for deals

Trump lifts most US sanctions on Syria

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:01:00 -0300

President’s executive order also reviews Damascus’s designation as state sponsor of terrorism

Israeli airstrike on popular Gaza beachside cafe leaves at least 30 dead – video report

Guardian Staff — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:39:05 -0300

At least 30 people including women, children and a local journalist were killed on 30 June in an Israeli airstrike on a beachfront cafe in Gaza City, medics have said. Israeli missiles killed at least 60 people across Gaza in some of the heaviest attacks in weeks as Israeli officials were due in Washington for a new ceasefire push by Donald Trump. Israeli tanks pushed into the eastern areas of Zeitoun suburb in Gaza City and shelled several areas in the north, while aircraft bombed at least four schools after ordering hundreds of families sheltering inside to leave, residents said

Israel launches waves of Gaza airstrikes after new displacement orders

Palestine Action spraying paint is not terrorism. As ministers abuse their powers, I feel a duty to speak out | Juliet Stevenson

Juliet Stevenson — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:02:21 -0300

We have laws to deal with crimes linked to protest. What this is really about is a government complicit in the Gaza atrocities seeking to silence dissent

Juliet Stevenson is an award-winning actor

Strongly worded emails are not doing it. Appeals to MPs are not doing it. Taking to the streets in our hundreds of thousands with banners and placards is not working. Elected representatives from every party in parliament have stood in the Commons and asked the government to act. Some government ministers themselves have condemned Israel’s starvation of Palestinians in Gaza. Every poll of public opinion shows that the nation demands we stop arming Israel, and wants to see an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire. But none of these things are working.

Keir Starmer and his cabinet remain impervious to all calls for humanitarian intervention, and Israel is still killing children in Gaza with the support of the British government.

Juliet Stevenson is an award-winning actor

Israel launches waves of Gaza airstrikes after new displacement orders

Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:28:46 -0300

Scores of Palestinians reported killed as senior Netanyahu adviser due to arrive in Washington for ceasefire talks

Middle East crisis – live updates

Israel ramped up its offensive in Gaza on Monday, with new displacement orders sending tens of thousands of people fleeing the north of the devastated territory and waves of airstrikes killing about 60 Palestinians, according to local officials and medical staff.

The violence in Gaza came as a senior adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, was due to arrive in Washington for talks on a new ceasefire, a day after Donald Trump called in a social media post for a deal to end the 20-month war and free 50 hostages held by Hamas.

Israel continues deadly Gaza attacks ahead of potential US talks on ceasefire – Middle East crisis live

Tom Ambrose (now); Yohannes Lowe and Joe Coughlan (earlier) — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:56:13 -0300

At least 38 people have been killed on Monday as Israeli officials are due in Washington for a new ceasefire push by the US

Here are some of the latest images being sent to us over the newswires from Gaza:

As we mentioned in a previous post, Israel is continuing its relentless bombardment of Gaza after tens of thousands of Palestinians fled eastern parts of Gaza City in the north of the territory on Sunday after Israel warned of a major new offensive.

Israel continues deadly Gaza attacks ahead of potential US talks on ceasefire – as it happened

Tom Ambrose (now); Yohannes Lowe and Joe Coughlan (earlier) — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:56:13 -0300

At least 38 people have been killed on Monday as Israeli officials are due in Washington for a new ceasefire push by the US

Here are some of the latest images being sent to us over the newswires from Gaza:

UK’s sale of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is lawful, high court rules

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:52:50 -0300

Rights group loses challenge despite government accepting they could be used in breach of humanitarian law in Gaza

Britain’s decision to allow the export of F-35 fighter jet components to Israel, despite accepting they could be used in breach of international humanitarian law in Gaza, was lawful, London’s high court has ruled.

The ruling after more than 20 months of litigation will be a relief to ministers who feared that if the court declared the UK sale of F-35 parts illegal, British involvement in the highly lucrative Lockheed Martin F-35 consortium would be put at risk.

Netanyahu says Iran war creates ‘new opportunities’ to free Gaza hostages

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:37:57 -0300

Israeli prime minister’s comments come as country expresses interest in building ties with Lebanon and Syria

Trust in UN’s nuclear watchdog is broken, Iranian president says

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:33:40 -0300

European nations defend IAEA chief as Tehran accuses him of failing to condemn Israeli and US attacks on nuclear sites

Trust in the UN nuclear inspectorate is broken inside Iran, the country’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has told Emmanuel Macron, as European nations issued a statement in defence of its head.

The two men spoke as Iranian officials said the total number of Iranian deaths during the 12-day air war with Israel and the US had risen to 935 people, including 38 children and 132 women.

BBC says it ‘should have pulled’ Glastonbury live stream of Bob Vylan anti-IDF chants

Michael Savage — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:48:56 -0300

Broadcaster says footage from festival contained ‘utterly unacceptable’ antisemitic sentiments

Middle East crisis – live updates

The BBC has said it regrets not cutting the livestream of Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury performance, saying it contained “utterly unacceptable” antisemitic sentiments.

The corporation and its director general, Tim Davie, have come under significant pressure from Keir Starmer and the regulator, Ofcom, following the broadcast on Saturday in which musician Bobby Vylan – of the punk-rap duo Bob Vylan – led chants of “Free, free Palestine” and “Death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]” in relation to the conflict in Gaza.