Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said yesterday that more than 5,000 people have been killed in the besieged Palestinian enclave since Israel launched its withering bombing campaign more than two weeks ago.

Israel yesterday stepped up strikes on Gaza killing at least 266 Palestinians as fears of a wider conflict grew.

An Iranian Revolutionary Court has handed out long prison sentences to two women journalists over their coverage of the death in custody of Mahsa Amini last year, state media reported yesterday.

The lives of at least 120 newborn babies on incubators in war-torn Gaza’s hospitals are at risk as fuel runs out in the besieged enclave, the UN children’s agency warned yesterday.

On October 15, Iran issued a stinging public ultimatum to its arch-enemy Israel: Halt your onslaught on Gaza or we’ll be forced to take action, its foreign minister warned.

On October 15, Iran issued a stinging public ultimatum to its arch-enemy Israel: Halt your onslaught on Gaza or we'll be forced to take action, its foreign minister warned

Israeli strikes on Sunday put out of service war-torn Syria's two main airports, state media reported citing a military source, with the transport ministry saying flights were re-routed to Latakia

Twenty trucks carrying aid crossed into Gaza yesterday, the first convoy of humanitarian supplies since Israel began a devastating siege 12 days ago and after further heavy Israeli bombardment overnight that killed dozens of Palestinians.

Bangladesh will observe a one-day state mourning today for the Palestinians killed in recent Israeli attacks. The cabinet division made the announcement in a notification issued on Thursday.

Thousands of tonnes of “life and death” aid for Gaza should be delivered soon, the United Nations said yesterday, to relieve a “beyond catastrophic” situation after unrelenting Israeli bombing in response to an unprecedented Hamas attack. 

Bangladesh will observe a one-day state mourning tomorrow for the Palestinians killed in recent Israeli attacks.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant yesterday told troops gathered at the Gaza border that they will soon see the Palestinian enclave “from inside”, suggesting an expected ground invasion with the aim of annihilating Hamas could be nearing.

Israel is vowing to wipe out Hamas in a relentless onslaught on the Gaza Strip but has no obvious endgame in sight, with no clear plan for how to govern the ravaged Palestinian enclave even if it triumphs on the battlefield.

Palestinians combed through the debris of the devastated Gaza hospital to collect the dead yesterday, the day after a strike killed hundreds in the facility.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has cancelled a planned meeting with US President Joe Biden, following an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital on Tuesday that killed hundreds, a senior Palestinian official said

An Israeli air strike yesterday killed about 500 Palestinians at a Gaza hospital crammed with patients and displaced people.

Israeli Indiscriminate and relentless air strikes on Gaza continued yesterday defying ceasefire calls, as the death toll in the Palestinian enclave rose past 3,000, about one-third of them children. 

Iran has banned the teaching of all foreign languages, including English and Arabic, in kindergartens and primary schools, with immediate effect, state media reported yesterday.

The world’s biggest book fair in Frankfurt lamented a “disaster” yesterday after publishing groups from several predominantly Muslim countries withdrew in protest at organisers’ support for Israel.

The UN’s World Food Programme said the food situation in the besieged and blockaded Gaza Strip was worsening, with only four or five days of stocks left in the shops.