UN experts say eight detainees are at “critical risk”, accuse the UK government of failing in its duty of care

The Israeli Army Radio reported that the suspect, who was a reservist, also shot two Palestinians in the same area

More than 400 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire agreement in October

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US president said strikes targeted fighters accused of attacking Christian communities in Nigeria's northwest region

<article data-history-node-id="432917" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-demolish-apartment-building-near-al-aqsa-mosque" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-demolish-apartment-building-near-al-aqsa-mosque" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces demolish apartment building near Al-Aqsa Mosque, displacing residents</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces on Monday demolished a residential building in the Wadi Qaddum neighbourhood, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The building contained 13 apartments and housed approximately 100 people, the report said.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israelis forces closed off the Wadi Qaddum area and&nbsp;a large force of the army, accompanied by bulldozers, stormed the neighbourhood and destroyed the residential building.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432918" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-seal-ramallah-town-set-checkpoints" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-seal-ramallah-town-set-checkpoints" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces seal Ramallah town, set up checkpoints </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces on Monday sealed the town of Atara by closing the iron gate and erected a checkpoint at the entrances to Nabi Saleh and Aboud, north of Ramallah, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The report said that Israeli soldiers stopped and searched several vehicles and checked the IDs of their passengers, causing severe traffic congestion in the area.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432861" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-storm-west-bank-town-al-zawiya" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-storm-west-bank-town-al-zawiya" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces storm West Bank town of al-Zawiya</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces have stormed the occupied West Bank town of al-Zawiya, west of Salfit.</p> <p>At dawn on Saturday several military vehicles carried out raids on homes, warehouses and workshops, according to the Wafa News Agency.</p> <p>Several men were reportedly assaulted and detained by Israeli soldiers.</p> <p>Israeli forces also raided the house of the town's mayor, Amir Shuqair, and arrested his son, according to Wafa.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432501" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-civil-defence-removes-15-bodies-al-shifa-hospital" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-civil-defence-removes-15-bodies-al-shifa-hospital" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title"> Civil defence recovers bodies of 15 Palestinians killed by Israel from 'mass grave' in al-Shifa hospital area </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8">The Palestinian Civil Defence has recovered the bodies of at least 15 Palestinians from the al-Shifa Hospital courtyard area in Gaza City.</p> <p>The discovery comes as part of work to retrieve Palestinians killed by Israel and buried in what Gaza’s Government Media Office said was a "mass grave" discovered in May 2024.&nbsp;</p> <p>The total number of bodies recovered from Gaza’s largest medical facility is now 113, underscoring the scope of Israeli killing in the area.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Several bodies remain missing on the hospital grounds, as work is still ongoing to retrieve them,” the Palestinian Civil Defence said.&nbsp;</p> <p>It added that four of the bodies had not been identified.</p> </div> </div> </article>

National security minister is supporting a legislation that would allow death sentences for Palestinian prisoners

<article data-history-node-id="432437" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ben-gvir-flaunts-noose-knesset-hearing-execution-bill-palestinians" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ben-gvir-flaunts-noose-knesset-hearing-execution-bill-palestinians" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Ben Gvir flaunts noose at Knesset hearing on execution bill for Palestinians</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="116" data-start="0">Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir turned up to a Knesset National Security Committee session on Monday wearing a bright yellow pin shaped like a gallows noose, as lawmakers debated a proposed bill that would introduce the death penalty for Palestinians accused of resisting the Israeli occupation.</p> <p data-end="810" data-start="551">The gesture, designed to provoke, came as Ben Gvir and other members of his extremist Jewish Power party attended the hearing ahead of the bill’s second and third parliamentary readings, despite mounting legal and ethical objections to the proposal.</p> <p data-end="1118" data-start="812">Ben Gvir publicly championed execution as an acceptable tool of state violence. “One of the options by which the law will enforce a death penalty for terrorists,” he said, according to Haaretz. “Of course, there is the option of the gallows, the electric chair, and there is also the option of anesthesia.”</p> <p data-end="1314" data-start="1120">A day earlier, the committee’s legal advisers warned that the bill raises serious constitutional problems, casting doubt on its legality and compatibility with even Israel’s own legal framework.</p> <p data-end="1825" data-start="1549">Ben Gvir dismissed those concerns, boasting about alleged support from within the medical community. “Since it was announced that doctors would not want to help with the law, I have received a hundred calls from doctors saying, ‘Itamar, just tell me when,’” the minister said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432013" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-warplanes-conduct-fresh-air-strikes-southern-lebanon" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-warplanes-conduct-fresh-air-strikes-southern-lebanon" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli warplanes conduct fresh air strikes in southern Lebanon</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli Air Force on Thursday launched fresh air strikes in southern Lebanon,&nbsp;Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported.</p> <p>Al Jazeera reported that Israel launched raids on the outskirts of the Mahmudiya area in southern Lebanon.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

252 Venezuelan immigrants in the United States were flown to El Salvador in the dead of night and indefinitely imprisoned at the Salvadoran mega-prison CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center. The det...

<article data-history-node-id="431477" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-fire-tear-gas-palestinian-farmers-near-bethlehem" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-fire-tear-gas-palestinian-farmers-near-bethlehem" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces fire tear gas at Palestinian farmers near Bethlehem</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="460" data-start="207">Several Palestinian farmers in the village of al-Rashayida, east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, suffered tear-gas inhalation after Israeli forces attacked them while they were ploughing their land, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.</p> <p data-end="754" data-start="462">The head of the village council told the Palestinian news agency Wafa that Israeli forces have been targeting farmers in the Wadi Ayash area for the third consecutive day.</p> <p data-end="754" data-start="462">Soldiers reportedly fired live rounds, tear gas and stun grenades at residents working their fields, leaving a number of them struggling to breathe.</p> </div> </div> </article>