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Reportedly, according to the hamas run health ministry an israeli airstrike on the Maghazi camp in central Gaza killed 45 people and a strike on Jabalia, 4 km north of Gaza city killed 50 people. According to the report, the israeli ministry said the strike killed a senior hamas commander and caused the collapse of hamas’ underground infrastructure.

Reportedly, eight rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel on Saturday, six were intercepted. According to the report, hundreds of the family members of hostages taken by hamas on October 7 rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Reportedly, the u.s. secretary of state met with middle eastern leaders in Jordan on Saturday and reiterated u.s. support for humanitarian pauses. According to the report, the israeli defence ministry said it will allow a four hour window on Sunday for palestinians to evacuate south.

According to reports, Hezbollah has targeted Israel from across the border in Lebanon for the past month. Reportedly, the leader who has been in charge since 1992 and has close links with Iran’s Ayatollah Khameni has praised the October 7 hamas attack on Israel in his first speech about the war. According to a report, lebanese israeli wars were the result of a border conflict and access to water. Reportedly, hezbollah, a shia muslim organisation was established in the early 1980s to oppose Israel and has participated in lebenese elections since 1992. According to the report, in 2006 a cross border raid by hezbollah resulted in israeli troops invading southern Lebanon to fight Hezbollah but they survived and have since increased their fighters and obtained more weapons.

According to a report, Israel said it has completed an encirclement of Gaza city. Reportedly, the hamas run health ministry in Gaza says that more than 9,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7. According to the report, the u.s. secretary of state met with the israeli prime minister to discuss concrete steps to protect Gaza civilians. Reportedly, about 100 british nationals are on the list of people approved to leave Gaza via the Rafah crossing into Egypt.

According to the report, the leader of hezbollah is due to speak as the lebanese group intensifies its attacks on Israel. Reportedly, Israel’s military says it is on very high alert along the northern border with Lebanon ahead of the speech.

According to a report, as the israeli defence force moves deeper into Gaza, dismantling hamas infrastructure the leader of hamas said he is willing to enter into political negotiations in favour of a two state solution with Jerusalem being the capital of Palestine.

Reportedly, Israel has allowed over 170 trucks carrying food and medicine into Gaza during the past two weeks, they have not allowed the transport of fuel claiming hamas will use it to operate their weapons system and ensure its members will use it to hide in network tunnels that need electricity and ventilation.

According to a report, Israel has been bombing Gaza since the October 7 hamas attacks that killed 1,400 people. Reportedly, airstrikes continue in Gaza, Israel says over 300 targets were hit. According to the report, the israeli ground offensive continues, the israeli defence force says it has been attacked by anti tank missiles and machine gun fire. Reportedly, on Monday the israeli prime minister rejected calls for a ceasefire.

According to a report, eighteen palestinians were killed when a church was damaged on Thursday night. Reportedly, Israel said its jets were targeting a nearby hamas base used to fire rockets, and was reviewing the incident. According to the report, Egypt said it was opening the Rafah crossing, but Israel said the entrance of aid is yet to be decided. Reportedly, dozens of trucks are backed up at Rafah, carrying food, water and medicine but no fuel, it is believed only twenty will be allowed to cross. According to the report, hamas has offered to release some hostages in return for an immediate ceasefire.

According to a report, hundreds of people were killed in an airstrike at the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza city, both sides say they are not to blame. Reportedly, most if not all those killed were sheltering in the carpark. According to the report, around 6,000 people were sheltering in the carpark on Saturday, it was hit by an israeli airstrike and many left leaving about a thousand. Reportedly, a witness said the rockets came from a fighter jet, and the explosions sparked fires.

According to the report, anger spilled on to the streets in Samaria as protestors clashed with palestinian authority security forces who responded by firing teargas. Reportedly, the world health organisation has urged the israeli military to reverse the evacuation orders issued to 20 hospitals in northern Gaza.

According to reports, there have been nine coups in Africa since 2020. Reportedly, Mali was the first, followed by another coup against the interim government in 2021; 2021 also saw coups in Mali, Chad and against the civilian military government in Sudan. Burkina Faso staged two coups in 2022 and 2023, and 2023 saw coups in Niger and Gabon. There have been four coup attempts in other african nations, most with public support. According to the report, at the heart of the discontent that has surfaced as support for coups are hard economic factors and corrupt administrations culminating in a deepening inequality and mistrust of the elite.

Reportedly, public support for elections are on the decline, according to an african political analyst, citizens of african countries are not seeing the dividends of democracy. With regard to democratic values, is it democracy if people do not have a choice?

According to a report, preparations for Israel’s ground offensive is in advanced stages. Reportedly, on Monday morning thousands of people congregated at Gaza’s rafah crossing, Cairo following reports that it would temporarily be reopened. According to the report, the u.s. president who visits Israel on Wednesday is pushing for the reopening of the crossing to let in humanitarian aid and let out foreign passport holders. Reportedly, Israel has hit the area around the crossing three times since it began its air offensive. According to the report, dozens of vehicles carrying fuel and aid supplies remain at the egyptian side of the crossing, waiting for permission to enter.

According to a report, the u.s. secretary of state who is visiting Tel Aviv is concerned about possible regional escalation, Israel are evacuating residents who live close to the border with Lebanon. Reportedly, Mr Blinken said the rafah Gaza crossing near Cairo will open as many congregate, including a thousand aid workers trying to get out. According to the report, Egypt has set up a field hospital near the crossing, but officials are anxious to avoid an exodus and depopulate Gaza.

Reportedly, israelis haven’t negotiated a safe corridor for aid yet. According to the report, the israeli defence force say 199 people have been taken hostage by hamas in Gaza.