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The Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia was expelled from a conference on the genocide in Rwanda.

Israel's foreign ministry said Avraham Neguise was removed from an African Union conference held in Addis Ababa after other attendees said they would not take part alongside him.

In a statement, the Israeli foreign ministry said they would "take the necessary diplomatic steps with the relevant parties to clarify the seriousness with which we view this incident."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu added 400km to a flight to the US to avoid being arrested over an outstanding International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant.

Netanyahu avoided the airspace of Ireland, Iceland and the Netherlands as Israeli officials believe the countries would enforce the ICC warrant.

He arrived in Washington DC on Sunday night for a series of swiftly arranged meetings with US President Donald Trump and senior US officials.

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has openly admitted that Tel Aviv is deliberately starving Palestinians, declaring on Monday: “Not even a single grain of wheat will enter the Gaza Strip.”

His comments came in response to a report by Yedioth Ahronoth, which revealed that the Israeli military was preparing to allow aid into Gaza—even without a prisoner exchange deal.

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate has denounced an Israeli attack near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, which burned a journalist alive and left nine others wounded.

In a statement, the syndicate condemned what it called a “horrific and heinous massacre” against reporters sheltering in a tent in the hospital courtyard.

Helmi al-Faqawi, a journalist with Palestine Today TV, was killed after being trapped inside as the tent went up in flames.

The syndicate has urged the International Criminal Court to take immediate action and called on the UN Security Council to intervene without delay.

A war crimes complaint against 10 British nationals accused of committing war crimes for the Israeli military in Gaza will be handed to the Metropolitan Police on Monday.

A team of legal experts, including prominent human rights lawyer Michael Mansfield, will submit a 240-page report with the Met’s war crimes team on behalf of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC). 

The full report and identities of the accused have not been made public for legal reasons but the 10 people accused include Israeli dual nationals.

They are accused of crimes including murder, extermination, attacking civilians and the deportation or forcible transfer of a population.

“In the last 18 months we have witnessed international crimes unfold. Our leaders have done little if anything to prevent the suffering of millions of innocent Palestinians,” Mansfield said.

Save the Children’s’s spokesperson in Gaza has delivered a grim warning, stating that 15,000 children have been killed in the ongoing conflict. In an interview with Al Jazeera, the official described the appalling scale of displacement, with 1.9 million people now uprooted from their homes.

“Indiscriminate attacks on civilians and health workers have left no safe place for children, civilians, or health staff in Gaza,” they said.

The humanitarian crisis continues to escalate as over 50 trucks of aid remain stuck, unable to reach those in desperate need, said Save the Children’s.

A 14-year-old Palestinian-American, Omar Mohammad Rabea, was shot dead by the Israeli army in Turmus Ayya, a West Bank town, on Sunday. 

Rabea, along with two other Palestinian-American boys, aged 14 and 15, were also shot and wounded at the entrance to the town. 

The mayor, Adeeb Lafi, confirmed that two of the teens were rushed to a medical centre, while the third, Rabea, was detained by Israeli soldiers before being pronounced dead. Israel’s military confirmed it killed what it called a “terrorist.”

"Two of them were transported by ambulance to a nearby medical center and then to the hospital. The army arrived at the scene and detained the third injured boy, who is 14 years old and holds US citizenship," Lafi said.

The Palestinian health ministry confirmed Rabea's death, attributing it to "occupation forces."

The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza since dawn today has risen to 13, as Israeli air strikes continue multiple areas across the besieged Strip.

Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart De Wever has made it clear: if Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu set foot in Belgium, he wouldn’t be arrested.

Speaking to VRT television on Thursday, De Wever dismissed the idea, saying practical considerations take precedence over ethics when it comes to international diplomacy.

“There is such a thing as realpolitik. Within that framework, practical considerations prevail over ethical ones,” he said. “I don’t think there is a single European country that would arrest Mr Netanyahu if he went there. France, for example, wouldn’t - and I don’t think we would either.”

His remarks came as Hungary, just ahead of Netanyahu’s state visit, announced it had begun the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), raising further questions about Europe’s stance on war crimes and accountability.

Israeli air strikes have killed nine Palestinians across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Monday, as bombardment intensifies in multiple areas.

An Israeli air strike on Wadi al-Arayes Street in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood has killed at least three Palestinians, reported Al Jazeera Arabic.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touched down in Washington on Sunday—after taking a detour of roughly 400 kilometres to avoid airspace over countries that might enforce the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant.

Israeli officials feared that if Netanyahu’s plane were forced into an emergency landing, nations like Ireland, Iceland, and the Netherlands could move to detain him, Haaretz reported.

The ICC warrant is linked to Israel’s war on Gaza and allegations of war crimes.

Israeli forces have shelled a tent sheltering journalists near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.

At least two people were killed, and several others have been wounded, including Al Jazeera photojournalist Mahmoud Awad.

The Quds News Network confirmed that one of those killed was a journalist called Helmi al-Faqawi.

The Palestinian outlet says another journalist, Ahmed Mansour, sustained severe injuries and burns from the attack.

At least seven other journalists were also wounded in the attack.

They are Ahmad Mansour, Hassan Eslaih, Ahmad Al-Agha, Mohammad Fayek, Abdallah Al-Attar, Ihab Al-Bardini and Mahmoud Awad.

Since launching its war on Gaza in October 2023, Israel has killed more than 200 Palestinian journalists.

Good morning Middle East Eye readers, here some are the latest updates on Israel's war on Gaza:

Israeli forces are pounding Gaza with relentless air strikes, killing at least 43 Palestinians since Sunday morning. Medics on the ground report that makeshift shelters were among the targets, burying families under rubble.

• Forced evacuations: Israel’s military has ordered Palestinians in five Deir el-Balah neighbourhoods to flee after intercepting rockets fired toward Ashdod and Ashkelon. Hamas’s Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility, calling it payback for Israel’s "mass killings" in Gaza.

• West Bank execution: Israeli troops shot dead a 14-year-old Palestinian-American boy near Turmus Aya.

• US attacks Yemen: American forces bombed Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, killing at least four people, Houthi rebels say.

• Lebanon under fire: Israel also struck southern Lebanon, levelling parts of Zibqin and killing two—a week after a raid on Beirut.