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A former head of the Israeli national security council has called for a siege on northern Gaza. Interviewed on Sky News’ The World, Major General Giora Eiland said the 400,000 people located there should be given 10 days to leave and those who stay should be designated combatants. The retired general is one of a

Israel has named the four teenage victims of a Hezbollah drone strike on a military base – as at least 23 people were reportedly killed in an attack on a central Gaza school. Local hospitals said the school in Nuseirat was sheltering people displaced by the war when it was hit on Sunday night. Israel

For two weeks Israel has scored stunning successes against Hezbollah and made steady progress. Last night its enemy struck back with remarkable accuracy and timing. The soldiers had been sitting down for their evening meal when the drone struck. The videos they took in the aftermath show scenes of bloodshed and chaos as they race

An Indian politician who had close ties to Bollywood stars has been shot dead in Mumbai weeks before a state election. Baba Siddique, who was known for throwing lavish parties, was shot multiple times outside his son’s office in the country’s financial capital on Saturday evening, police said. The 66-year-old was taken to Lilavati Hospital

The man who was prime minister of Lebanon during the last Israeli invasion of the country in 2006 has both Israel and Hezbollah in his sights. Talking to me in the hills above Beirut, Fouad Siniora says the Israeli forces are killing too many civilians in Gaza and in Lebanon. He says the targeting of

For the first time in almost half a century, Israel is at war during the Jewish day of atonement, Yom Kippur. The streets are empty, driving is forbidden. Religious observant Jews are at home. Others walk the traffic-free boulevards here in Tel Aviv. The seaside city is in the eye of the storm in the

The residential district in central Beirut where the airstrike struck is claustrophobic. The buildings that still stand around the site of destruction are about seven to eight storeys tall. This area was packed with people when it was attacked. Middle East latest: Fear and chaos after deadly Israeli strike Image: Several buildings were destroyed in

They say Metula is the most bombed town in Israel. You needn’t be there for long to see why. The Israeli military has kept the area closed for much of the war, telling journalists it’s been too dangerous to visit. Metula is surrounded on three sides by the border with Lebanon and therefore Hezbollah, the

A UN inquiry has accused Israel of carrying out a concerted policy to destroy Gaza’s healthcare system in actions that amount to war crimes and “extermination”. Navi Pillay, a former UN high commissioner for human rights who is chairing the inquiry, said Israel has carried out “relentless and deliberate attacks on medical personnel and facilities”

Former Premier League footballer George Baldock has died at the age of 31. The Greek defender was found on Wednesday in a swimming pool at his home in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada, police sources told the Reuters news agency. His cause of death remains unknown. Baldock spent seven years at Sheffield United, having

Hurricane Milton reduced a US meteorologist with 33 years’ experience reporting on hurricanes to tears live on air. What prompted the moment, said NBC’s John Morales afterwards, was atmospheric pressure. “It’s funny how millibars can get a nerd to lose it,” he said. Falling barometric pressure is the best predictor of the growing intensity of

A father and his three children who have been missing for three years have been spotted walking through a rural area of New Zealand. Police said officers had launched a major search following the “credible sighting” of Tom Phillips, along with his two daughters and son. They were seen hiking through a bush area near

Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall in the US just days after Hurricane Helene caused more than 200 deaths and widespread devastation across several states. But what do we know about the hurricane so far and what does it mean for people in its path? Where is the hurricane now and when will it

The suspect in the Madeleine McCann case has been cleared of a string of sex attacks in Portugal, unrelated to the missing British toddler. Christian B, as he is known under privacy laws, had denied three rapes and the sex abuse of two young girls while he was living on the Algarve coast. During a

No matter what political or military changes we see in the Middle East by 7 October 2025, it will certainly be a more fragmented region. No individual power will create more coherence than the current state of affairs. This level of conflict won’t last at this level of intensity for another year. If Israel can’t

A generation of children and young adults in Gaza are coping with devastating amputations after a year of brutal war.  It’s left a terrible legacy, with thousands – many of them babies – coping with missing limbs. Warning: This story contains images and descriptions readers may find distressing Those in Gaza like Jihad have absolutely

Dunya is holding a photo. Seven smiling faces look back at her, a snapshot of the lives of friends who worked and socialised with each other. She is in the middle of the picture, beaming. Now, her smile has gone. This photo was taken just over a year ago, at a birthday party towards the

The mass of Israeli tanks and armoured personnel carriers was impossible to hide. Dozens of beige-coloured military vehicles had amassed in a dirt field in northern Israel, a few miles away from the border with Lebanon. Follow latest: Frontrunner to replace Hezbollah leader ‘unreachable’ – reports They appeared overnight earlier in the week but were

After months of conflict and tens of thousands of deaths, fighting continues between Israel and Hamas, with the Middle East appearing to be on the brink of a wider war. In this story, Sky News looks back at what has happened between the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023 and the same date a year

As Israel marks the anniversary of the Hamas attack, it’s thought that 97 hostages are still yet to return home. While some have been killed, rescued by IDF forces, or returned home in an exchange, many remain unaccounted for. According to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represents the families of those who were