Finally some good news -- 13 #Israel hostages released from #Gaza today, alongside 12 from #Thailand & 1 from the Philippines.

Let's hope the pause in hostilities lasts so these numbers rise & families who have nothing to do with any war with #Hamas are re-united.

A video showing Shani Louk’s limp and half-naked body was viewed by millions.

In an exclusive interview with Cordelia Lynch her brother shares his relief at the news of her death.

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Gaza is currently the most dangerous place in the world to be a:

✍️ Journalist (31 killed - Committee to Protect Journalists)
⛑️ Aid worker (62 UNRWA staff killed)
👧 Child (3,195 killed - Save the Children International)

I’m a Jew, I’ve written extensively about my family history so I won’t rehearse it here. I’ve always felt the legacy is ethnic but also moral, about trying to stand up for those who are denied rights and whose voices go unheard. I felt compelled to 1/3

Sky's International Correspondent alex rossi discusses the Israeli news conference which saw PM Benjamin Netanyahu say the second phase of the war had begun, with Israeli ground operations expanding inside Gaza itself.

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Last time there was a ground invasion of Gaza, in 2014, Benzi Sanders was one of the soldiers sent in. Those fateful weeks transformed him into a human rights and anti-occupation activist.

Watch his interview with Sky News' Mark Austin 👇
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The Nation is heartbroken by the news that an Israeli airstrike has seriously injured poet & journalist Ahmed Abu Artema and killed his young son. In his most recent piece, he begged for the world to help Gaza. We share his plea again now.

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Qatar's senior hostage negotiator doesn’t really do interviews. His job is too sensitive to talk to journalists much. He’s chosen this moment to give his only iv in this war because he sees a window of opportunity. Will Israel take it and get them out? news.sky.com/video/share-12…

The Saudi Foreign Minister فيصل بن فرحان tells me “the Arabs are serious” when it comes to restarting the peace process…

“If we are not willing to overcome all the difficulties, all the challenges, all the history, then we will never have a real peace…”

'What Israel is doing has nothing to do with Hamas, it is revenge', says Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot.

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Some of the most measured voices I’m hearing on here, the ones who seem most serious about ending this agony, seem to come from Israelis whose loved ones have just been murdered or abducted by Hamas.

Some examples… 🧵 ⬇️

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett defends cutting off energy to the Gaza Strip, stating that he will not provide electricity or water to his 'enemies'.

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BREAKING: UN says Israel's evacuation order of 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza is 'impossible'

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WOW -- 6,000 bombs in 6 days, in 365 km2 #Gaza .

For comparison, the international anti- #ISIS coalition dropped an average of ~2,500 bombs **per month, across 46,000 km2 in #Syria & #Iraq .**

#Gaza 's death toll is now 1,420+, including 447 children & 248 women.

Some have started asking me why as a practicing Jew have I said nothing about the unthinkable dispicable atrocities committed by terrorists in Israel.

Frankly I've struggled to process it, and felt the combined gutteral fear for relations in Israel, anxiety about possible…

Hezbollah source telling Sky News no infiltrations and no drones #lebanon

The IDF says after reports regarding an infiltration from Lebanon into Israeli air space, no impacts were identified in Israeli territory. IAF aircraft and IDF soldiers are conducting searches. We’ve seen flares over southern #Lebanon

U.S. embassy spokesperson Jake Nelson: 'The U.S. Embassy in Beirut has not evacuated and is open and operating normally. Reports saying otherwise are false. For more information and travel advisories, visit our embassy website.'

Sky News is not reporting that Israeli babies were beheaded as their chief correspondent on the ground didn't see evidence and Israel has declined to confirm it 3 times.

The unverified claim nevertheless leads the Times, Telegraph, Mail, Express, Indpendent, Sun and Metro.

Children were killed in Kfar Aza watch sky’s report but no official confirmation of 40 babies beheaded news.sky.com/story/how-the-…