Middle East crisis live: Iranian military chief warns Israel of ‘bitter consequences’ over weekend’s airstrikes
Comments from commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps come as country mulls response to attacks
Israeli forces have detained at least 12 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank over the last day, according to a joint statement by the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society.
The detentions were reported by Wafa, the Palestinian news agency, as having occurred across various areas, including Hebron, Nablus and Bethlehem.
Israel’s reputation as a democracy would be “deeply harmed” if the Knesset pressed ahead with bills this week that would end all Israeli government cooperation with the Palestinian relief agency Unrwa, the UK’s Middle East minister has said.
Hamish Falconer said such a move at a time when the humanitarian crisis in Gaza was catastrophic and worsening would “neither be in Israel’s interest or realistic”.
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