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  • Woman reading Israel Haaretz on an iPad

    Israeli government orders officials to boycott left-leaning paper Haaretz

  • People walk down a road with bags, bikes and wheelchairs loaded with belongings

    Hundreds flee north Gaza as IDF orders more evacuations amid intense airstrikes

  • Zvi Kogan had not been seen since Thursday.

    Rabbi in UAE killed in ‘antisemitic terror incident’, says Israel

  • Rafael Grossi and Masoud Pezeshkian shake hands

    Iranian minister to meet European counterparts after nuclear offer rejected

  • Labour left urges Starmer to speak up for human rights on Saudi Arabia trip

  • Gunman dead, police injured in shooting near Israeli embassy in Jordan

  • From left: Yoav Gallant, Benjamin Netanyahu and Mohammed Deif were all the subjects of ICC arrest warrants issued last week.

    The Observer view: ICC’s Israel arrest warrants are a test the world must not fail

  • Two people hug in front of graffiti portraits of Gaza-held hostages on a wall in Jerusalem

    Hamas says Israeli female hostage killed in north Gaza combat zone

  • Benjamin Netanyahu looking reflective, standing with his chin in his hand

    Palestinians hail Netanyahu arrest warrant as landmark moment in fight against occupation

  • Rescue workers and others search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, early on Saturday

    At least 20 killed and 66 wounded by Israeli bombing of Beirut homes

  • Revealed: Saudi Arabia accused of modifying official Cop29 negotiating text

  • ‘Protect the climate for whom?’: Palestinians highlight Gaza at Cop29

  • A long flow of lava leading to flames in the distance

    Twenty photographs of the week
    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • Jonathan Freedland

    Benjamin Netanyahu is a wanted man – and he has only himself to blame

    Jonathan Freedland
  • Footage shows moment Israeli strike flattens building in Beirut's southern suburbs

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    The moment an Israeli strike flattens building in south Beirut – video

  • Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

    Middle East crisis live
    Middle East crisis: Netanyahu thanks Orbán for invite after ICC warrant, saying Hungary on ‘side of justice and truth’ – as it happened

  • Hungary invites Netanyahu to visit as world leaders split over ICC arrest warrant

  • UAE urges countries to honour fossil fuels vow amid Cop29 impasse

  • Rights and freedom
    Dreams of jewellery, phones and makeup: how young Iraqi girls are lured into marriage

  • Yoav Gallant, Benjamin Netanyahu and Mohammed Deif.

    ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged Gaza war crimes

    Joe Biden describes as ‘outrageous’ the warrants for Israeli PM and former defence minister, which put them at risk of detention if they go to some other countries
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