
ISRAELI air strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least eight people, including two children aged seven and nine and their parents, Palestinian officials said today.
The latest Israeli killing spree comes as a Lebanese government minister close to Hezbollah said his country was about to give its “positive position” on a new plan to pause the fighting with Israel.
But in the southern city of Khan Younis, a 10-year-old child was wounded when the Israelis attacked a tent where displaced people were sheltering, according to the Civil Defence.

Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE

ROGER McKENZIE looks at the gradual demise of US’s nefarious influence around the world and the complexity of impending freedom