The Guardian: Smoke rises after an Israeli attack in Gaza. A witness said the strike targeted the Asqalan prayer hall, which is home to many Gaza residents displaced during the Israeli incursion. More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state.

Gaza

Smoke rises after an Israeli attack in Gaza. A witness said the strike targeted the Asqalan prayer hall, which is home to many Gaza residents displaced during the Israeli incursion. More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state.  Photograph: Omar Ashtawy/HL/Getty Images

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Gaza

Palestinians walk past the rubble of collapsed buildings at Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Grassroots Labour groups in the UK are gearing up for a conference showdown with Andy Burnham over Gaza, as the party’s members seek to force the prime minister to recognise Israel’s actions as a genocide and impose a full arms embargo Photograph: Ramzi Abu Amer/JNA/ZUMA/Shutterstock

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Jannatah, West Bank

Israeli settlers confront left-wing activists in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian village of Jannatah. Violent settler attacks in the occupied West Bank under direct Palestinian rule have almost doubled since 2025, as settlers pursue a self-proclaimed ‘great settlement revolution’ in the very heart of the territory earmarked for a Palestinian statePhotograph: Ilia Yefimovich/AFP/Getty Images

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