Middle East crisis live: Israeli attack on tents housing journalists in Gaza kills at least two, say Palestinian medics

Airstrikes hit media tent outside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, say medics, injuring nine othersWelcome to our live coverage of the latest developments in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Israel’s continuing war on Gaza.Israel struck tents outside two major hospitals in the Gaza Strip overnight, killing at least two people, including a local reporter, and injuring nine, including six reporters, Palestinian medics said.At least three people were killed by Israeli attacks on the Zeitoun district of Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.US airstrikes on Sana’a yesterday killed at least four people and injured over 20 others, including women and children, according to health officials and local reports.Hamas said yesterday it had fired rockets at cities in Israel’s south in response to Israeli “massacres” of civilians in Gaza. Israel’s military said about ten projectiles were fired, but most successfully intercepted. Israeli emergency services said they were treating one person for shrapnel injuries.A war crimes complaint against 10 Britons who served with the Israeli military in Gaza is to be submitted to the Met police by one of the UK’s leading human rights lawyers. Continue reading...

Middle East crisis live: Israeli attack on tents housing journalists in Gaza kills at least two, say Palestinian medics

Airstrikes hit media tent outside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, say medics, injuring nine others

Welcome to our live coverage of the latest developments in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Israel’s continuing war on Gaza.

Israel struck tents outside two major hospitals in the Gaza Strip overnight, killing at least two people, including a local reporter, and injuring nine, including six reporters, Palestinian medics said.

At least three people were killed by Israeli attacks on the Zeitoun district of Gaza City, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.

US airstrikes on Sana’a yesterday killed at least four people and injured over 20 others, including women and children, according to health officials and local reports.

Hamas said yesterday it had fired rockets at cities in Israel’s south in response to Israeli “massacres” of civilians in Gaza. Israel’s military said about ten projectiles were fired, but most successfully intercepted. Israeli emergency services said they were treating one person for shrapnel injuries.

A war crimes complaint against 10 Britons who served with the Israeli military in Gaza is to be submitted to the Met police by one of the UK’s leading human rights lawyers. Continue reading...