Israel’s Supreme Court orders far-right minister to respond to petitions demanding his dismissal – Middle East Monitor

Israel’s Supreme Court today ordered far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to respond within six days to petitions demanding his dismissal. Israeli human rights groups accuse Ben-Gvir of interfering in operational police matters and have called for his dismissal. The extremist minister, however, argues that the police force falls under his authority as national security…

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5 children among victims of Israel’s attacks on Gaza ‘safe zone’ – Middle East Monitor

Five Palestinian children were killed yesterday in Israeli air strikes on tents sheltering displaced people in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis, a desolate coastal area in southern Gaza designated a “humanitarian safe zone” by the Israeli occupation military, Anadolu reported. A medical source told the news wire that ten others, most of them children, were…

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Leaked photos show hundreds killed in Iran’s brutal crackdown

Merlyn Thomas,correspondent, BBC Verify, Shayan Sardarizadeh,senior journalist, BBC Verifyand Ghoncheh Habibiazad,senior journalist BBC Warning: this story contains graphic content which some readers might find distressing Hundreds of photos revealing the faces of those killed during Iran’s violent crackdown on anti-government protests have been leaked to BBC Verify. The pictures, which are too graphic to show…

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