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<article data-history-node-id="432239" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-israeli-attacks-continue-after-ceasefire" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-israeli-attacks-continue-after-ceasefire" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza death toll rises as Israeli attacks continue after ceasefire</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="75" data-start="0">At least 70,117 people have been killed in the Gaza genocide since Israel launched its war on the besieged enclave in October 2023, with an additional 170,999 wounded, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.</p> <p data-end="75" data-start="0">In the past 48 hours, hospitals across the territory received five bodies, including four new fatalities and one recovered body, and 13 wounded patients.</p> <p data-end="75" data-start="0">Since the ceasefire on October 11, at least 360 people have been killed by Israeli, 922 wounded, and 617 bodies recovered, underscoring the continued human cost of Israel’s war.</p> </div> </div> </article>

The director worked with theatre colossus Tom Stoppard on two smash hits. Here, he remembers their heated rehearsals, the night they stayed up watching Jaws – and the last four cigarettes they smoked ...

<article data-history-node-id="432203" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-uproot-hundreds-trees-belonging-palestinian-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-uproot-hundreds-trees-belonging-palestinian-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers uproot hundreds of trees belonging to Palestinian in West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli&nbsp;</a>settlers stormed&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian&nbsp;</a>agricultural land south of Hebron in the occupied&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/tags/west-bank" target="_blank">West Bank</a>&nbsp;on Monday,&nbsp;destroying hundreds of olive and grape trees, vandalising infrastructure and bulldozing fields.&nbsp;</p> <p>According to local&nbsp;<a href="https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/164829" target="_blank">media outlets&nbsp;</a>and Bedouin rights group&nbsp;<a href="https://www.arab48.com/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/2025/12/01/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86-850-%D8%B4%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%A8-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9" target="_blank">Al-Baydar</a>, about 850&nbsp;olive and grape trees were uprooted in Khirbet Khallat al-Homs, southeast of Massafer Yatta.</p> <p>Al-Baydar&nbsp;said that settlers from the Susya settlement bulldozed and destroyed large tracts of agricultural land in the&nbsp;area.</p> <p>Approximately 500 grapevines and 350 olive trees belonging to the Obeid al-Masri family were damaged by the settlers.</p> <p>"The Khallat al-Homs area has long witnessed daily violations," the organisation said, noting that settlers have used Palestinian land for grazing their own livestock.</p> <p>The organisation warned that settler attack threaten "the stability of farmers and directly affects their livelihoods".</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-settlers-uproot-hundreds-palestinian-owned-trees-hebron">Israeli settlers uproot hundreds of trees belonging to Palestinian in West Bank</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Israeli soldiers and settlers prevent Palestinian villagers from accessing their olive harvest in Hebron, occupied West Bank, on 12 October (AFP/Hazem Bader)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4183d8f7-dbda-4957-b52e-611aac408af0" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/israeli-soldiers-settlers-restrict-palestinians-reaching-olive-harvest-fields-october-2025-afp.jpeg" width="1400" height="788" alt="Israeli soldiers and settlers prevent Palestinian villagers from accessing their olive harvest in Hebron, occupied West Bank, on 12 October (AFP/Hazem Bader)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Israeli soldiers and settlers prevent Palestinian villagers from accessing their olive harvest in Hebron, occupied West Bank, on 12 October (AFP/Hazem Bader)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <section>&nbsp;</section> </div> </div> </article>

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