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GAZA: The head of a prominent media institution in Gaza and two other journalists were killed during the weekend in Israel’s offensive in the territory, their relatives said on Sunday, adding to the dozens of reporters who have died in the six-week conflict. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said the weekend deaths raised to 48 the number of journalists and media workers it had confirmed killed in the region since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent Israeli offensive.

As the war enters its 635th day, these are the main developments.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were longest-married presidential couple, having wed in 1946 when he was 21 and she was 18.

Military publishes video of what it describes as tunnel, running 55 metres in length and dug under the medical facility.

LONDON: Ex-Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan has condemned the US as complicit in the “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians in Gaza during an interview with Hadley Gamble for TIME magazine. He also blamed the White House and the administration of President Joe Biden for a failure to demand a ceasefire and said history would judge the US as having escalated the conflict. “(Biden) is a participant in the war, he gave (Israeli prime minister Benjamin) Netanyahu the license to kill children,” he said.

Australia finish the cricket tournament with a run of nine straight wins, after starting with back-to-back defeats.

Houthi spokesman says group's fighters have hijacked the ship, reportedly owned by an Israeli businessman.