Four-day-old twins killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrike as father registered births | First Thing

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Four-day-old twins have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza while their father went to register their birth, he has said, as Israel continued its bombardment of the territory.

What are the latest updates in the war? The US has approved the sale of $20bn in fighter jets and other military equipment to Israel, as the Pentagon says it is committed to the security of Israel". The approval comes as western diplomats have scrambled to prevent a major conflagration in the Middle East, after Iran and its allies blamed Israel for the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last month.