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

Fewer than 50,000 Christians now live in Palestine under threat from Israel's illegal occupation and attacks.

Several waves of explosions were heard across the capital, according to Kyiv Independent reporters on the ground, as well as in Kyiv Oblast, where power outages were reported in the town of Brovary an...

<article data-history-node-id="433091" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-warplanes-carry-out-out-intense-air-strikes-khan-younis-continue" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-warplanes-carry-out-out-intense-air-strikes-khan-younis-continue" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli warplanes carry out intense strikes in Khan Younis, continue shelling Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli warplanes on Friday carried out intense air strikes east of the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Wafa news agency said that artillery shelling and demolitions continued across the eastern areas of Gaza.&nbsp;</p> <p>At least four airstrikes targeted areas across Khan Younis, along with heavy gunfire from helicopters and Israeli military vehicles positioned around the city.</p> <p>The report said that Israeli forces also carried out large-scale demolition operations, destroying homes as&nbsp;warplanes launched an air strike in the area.&nbsp;</p> <p>In Rafah, Israeli helicopters fired on residential neighbourhoods, as Israeli naval ships continuously targeted the coast of Khan Younis.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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

<article data-history-node-id="433093" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-airstrikes-hit-lebanons-tuffah-region-bekaa-valley" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-airstrikes-hit-lebanons-tuffah-region-bekaa-valley" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli air strikes hit Lebanon’s Tuffah region, Bekaa Valley</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli military on Friday said it conducted air strikes inside Lebanon targeting what it described as Hezbollah's Radwan Force training ground and weapon storage.</p> <p>Lebanese media have reported multiple air strikes in the vicinity of the town of Bsaliya in the Tuffah region of southern Lebanon, and near&nbsp;the city of Hermel and Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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

Ceremony held at hospital destroyed by Israel highlights toll of two-year war on Gaza's medical system.

<article data-history-node-id="433104" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-palestinian-christians-recount-expulsions-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-palestinian-christians-recount-expulsions-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Video: Palestinian Christians recount expulsions by Israel </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Palestinian Christians tell the story of their expulsion from their homes by Israeli forces in 1948 in a resurfaced 2013 documentary titled The Stones Cry Out.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Palestinian Christians tell the story of their expulsion from their homes by Israeli forces in 1948 in a resurfaced 2013 documentary titled The Stones Cry Out. <a href="https://t.co/9IwScI9YnQ">pic.twitter.com/9IwScI9YnQ</a></p> — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2004486882139267345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="433078" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pope-leo-addresses-suffering-palestinians-and-others-his-christmas" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pope-leo-addresses-suffering-palestinians-and-others-his-christmas" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Pope Leo addresses suffering of Palestinians and others in his Christmas address</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-testid="rich-text">Pope Leo denounced the suffering of Palestinians during his Christmas address from St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday,&nbsp;</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">The pontiff said that Jesus identified with those "who have nothing left and&nbsp;lost everything, like the inhabitants of Gaza”.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">The pontiff demanded how the thousands of worshippers in attendance “can we not think of the tents in Gaza, exposed for weeks to rain, wind and cold” during mass.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">With most of Gaza's infrastructure destroyed, Palestinians are living in tents or in destroyed buildings with unexploded ordinances.</p> <p data-testid="rich-text">The pople prayed for “justice, peace and stability" in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria.</p> <p>The pope also spoke of the plight of the homeless across the globe and the destruction caused by war more generally in places like Sudan, Mali, Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia, and Ukraine, among others.</p> <p>"Fragile is the flesh of defenceless populations, tried by so many wars, ongoing or concluded, leaving behind rubble and open wounds," said the pope.</p> </div> </div> </article>