The response to the pandemic led to "enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error", a report says.

"The UK, Canada, and other allied nations who partner with the United States on counternarcotics efforts have ample evidence that the US is unlawfully killing people at sea," said Human Rights Watch.

Annual report accuses Israel of being the primary perpetrator of journalist deaths, ahead of cartels and organised crime groups

<article data-history-node-id="432455" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-chief-denounces-israeli-polices-seizure-agencys-jerusalem-assets" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-chief-denounces-israeli-polices-seizure-agencys-jerusalem-assets" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Unrwa chief denounces Israeli police's seizure of agency's Jerusalem assets</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The chief of the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees denounced the Israeli authorities' seizure of assets from its east Jerusalem compound on Monday, which police told AFP was part of a debt-collection operation.</p> <p>"Today in the early morning, Israeli police accompanied by municipal officials forcibly entered the Unrwa compound in East Jerusalem," Philippe Lazzarini said on X.</p> <p>With trucks and forklifts, the authorities took "furniture, IT equipment and other property", and the compound's United Nations flag was replaced with an Israeli one, Lazzarini added.</p> <p>Lazzarini has been declared persona non grata by Israeli authorities, who banned his agency from operating inside the country early this year.</p> <p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>The compound in occupied east Jerusalem has been empty of Unrwa staff since January, when the Israeli law banning its operations took effect after a months-long battle over its work in the Gaza Strip.</p> <p>Earlier on Monday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a statement strongly condemning Israeli authorities' "unauthorised entry" into the east Jerusalem compound.</p> <p>"This compound remains United Nations premises and is inviolable and immune from any other form of interference," he added, urging<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Israel&nbsp;to "immediately take all necessary steps to restore, preserve and uphold the inviolability of Unrwa premises and to refrain from taking any further action".</p> <p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> </div> </div> </article>

Quds News Network (QNN) is the largest independent and comprehensive Palestinian youth electronic news network.

Former UK leader loses out on key role in transitional authority after objections from Arab and Muslim nations Tony Blair will not occupy a key position on Donald Trump’s Gaza “peace council” after Arab and Muslim nations were reported to have objected to the involvement of the former UK prime minister. According to the Financial Times (FT), Blair has been quietly dropped from consideration for Trump’s “board of peace”, which Trump has said he would chair himself. Continue reading...

TONY Blair has been dropped from Donald Trump's proposed "board of peace" in Gaza, according to a report.

<article data-history-node-id="432456" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-two-palestinians-killed-israeli-attacks-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-two-palestinians-killed-israeli-attacks-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">At least two Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>At least two Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Monday evening by Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.&nbsp;</p> <p>The report said one Palestinian was killed as a result of shelling on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. A Palestinian woman was also killed by an Israeli drone strike in Halawa camp in Jabalia, in northern Gaza.&nbsp;</p> <p>An Israeli drone attack targeting the tents of displaced people in Gaza City also wounded scored of Palestinians.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israel has continued to launch strikes on Gaza in defiance of a two month old ceasefire.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Dr. Mutsafa Barghouti, a prominent physician and Palestinian leader, said the statement "indicates dangerous Israeli intentions of annexing 53% of the little Gaza Strip, and to prevent reconstruction of what Israel destroyed in Gaza."

At least 110 Palestinian detainees have died since far-right Israeli national security minister took office, local media says

At least 110 Palestinian detainees have died since far-right Israeli national security minister took office, local media says

Eighty-two percent of British people believe Israel should be excluded from competition in 2026, after the European Broadcasting Union gave Israel the green light to compete

Liberal Democrat campaigner and Amnesty International say they have had Palestine symbols and leaflets removed

<article data-history-node-id="432411" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/netanyahu-says-israel-will-keep-syrian-territories-it-seized" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/netanyahu-says-israel-will-keep-syrian-territories-it-seized" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Netanyahu says Israel will keep Syrian territories it seized</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-testid="rich-text">Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will remain in the territories it seized in Syria, Haaretz reported.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">"We very much hope that we will be able to reach a demilitarisation agreement for southern Syria and also take care of our Druze brothers," Netanyahu said at a meeting with Israeli ambassadors.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">"But we want to keep these assets," he added.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">His comments came after&nbsp;Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/syria-president-accuses-israel-exporting-crises-distract-gaza-massacres">reiterated his call</a> for Israel to withdraw from territories seized by Israel since December last year, and said&nbsp;negotiations were underway with the United States for an Israeli withdrawal.</p> <p>Israeli forces crossed into southern Syria following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad&nbsp;government on 8 December 2024, and continue to occupy a United Nations buffer zone - the strategic heights of Mount Hermon - which overlooks Israel, Lebanon and Syria.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Gaza dominates the Doha Forum as experts warn political pressure from nation states undermines international law.