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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is “gravely concerned” about the repeated targeting of journalists in Gaza, his spokesperson said on Monday, after five reporters were killed in an Israeli airstrike.

Israel’s military said it targeted and killed prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al Sharif, alleging he had headed a Hamas militant cell and was involved in rocket attacks on Israel.

Al Jazeera, which is funded by the Qatari government, rejected the assertion, and before his…

Another Palestinian journalist on Monday succumbed to his injuries sustained in an Israeli strike that killed five Al Jazeera correspondents in Gaza City, taking the death toll of journalists to 238, local authorities said, Anadolu reports.

According to Gaza’s Government Media Office, Mohammed Al-Khalidi, a Palestinian journalist working for the Sahat news outlet, died of his injuries sustained in last night’s Israeli strike.

The death of Khalidi brought the…

US Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that Israel is “becoming almost a pariah state” over its war in Gaza and urged the US to halt military aid to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, accusing it of committing war crimes, Anadolu reports.

Asked if he believes in the notion of Israel as a Jewish state during CNN’s “State of the Union” program, Sanders said he does, but added Netanyahu’s actions have eroded global goodwill.

“What the…

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday slammed Israel’s plans to step up its military operation in Gaza as a ‘disaster waiting to happen’ and proposed an international coalition under a United Nations mandate to stabilise Gaza.

(Reporting by Michel Rose;Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)

The Israeli government has authorised Defence Minister Israel Katz to call up to 430,000 reserve soldiers until 30 November 2025, as part of preparations for a full occupation of Gaza City, according to the official broadcaster Kan.

The broadcaster said the decision aims to boost the army’s combat capabilities amid escalating military operations and follows cabinet approval on Friday to seize control of Gaza City, the central camps, and to displace one million…

Al-Jazeera has condemned what it described as the deliberate Israeli killing of its reporters and photographers in Gaza, calling it a “desperate attempt to silence voices ahead of the invasion of Gaza.”

Late on Sunday, Al-Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammad Qariqqa, along with three other team members, were killed when Israeli forces bombed a tent for journalists near al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, in the north of the Gaza Strip.

In its first…