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Quran memorisers in Gaza overcome devastation from war, reciting the holy book as a source of hope and strength.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Rami Ayyub CAIRO/JERUSALEM, March 16 (Reuters) - Envoys from U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" have met representatives of Hamas in Cairo in an effort to safeguard the Gaza ceasefire, under serious strain since the United States and Israel began bombing Iran, three sources told Reuters. The weekend meeting is the first publicly reported since the start of the Iran war between the Palestinian militant group and the board, a new international body personally headed by Trump, which has been tasked with overseeing post-war Gaza.

Supreme Court rejects prosecution to extend their remand, saying that while the allegations against them were 'repulsive', there was no indication they posed a public risk The post Shin Bet chief’s brother, 4 others released to house arrest in Gaza smuggling case appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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A French jihadist presumed dead is to be tried in absentia Monday accused of "genocide" in the first such trial in France over Islamic State group crimes against the Yazidi minority in the Middle East. IS seized large swathes of Syria and neighbouring Iraq in 2014, declaring a so-called "caliphate" there.

The U.S. military is identifying the six service members who died last week when a KC-135 refueling plane crashed in western Iraq

March 15 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Sunday it had released $2 million from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies (CFE) to support the health response in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria amidst the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. The conflict has triggered a large-scale population movement, the WHO said last week, estimating that more than 100,000 people in Iran have relocated, and up to 700,000 people in Lebanon have been internally displaced.

UN peacekeepers fired on during patrols in southern Lebanon UN peacekeepers say their patrols came under fire three times on Sunday in southern Lebanon. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said the incidents occurred while troops were carrying out routine patrols near their bases. “Today, Unifil peacekeepers were fired upon, likely by non-state armed groups, on three separate occasions while conducting patrols around their bases,” the mission said in a statement. According to Unifil, two patrols returned fire “in self-defense and after brief exchanges, the patrols resumed their planned activities”. The peacekeeping force said no personnel were injured in the incidents, which come just two days after another Unifil position in the south was hit by gunfire.

UN peacekeepers said they were fired upon "likely by non-state armed groups" in south Lebanon on Sunday, while a Hamas source said an Israeli strike killed an official from the Palestinian militant group. Israel said no direct talks were planned with Lebanon to end the latest war with militant group Hezbollah. which has been raging for two weeks. The statement came a day after a Lebanese official said Beirut was preparing a delegation to negotiate with Israel.

Diplomatic efforts come amid threat of an Israeli ground invasion in southern Lebanon and sustained air raids.

Hezbollah says 'large barrage of rockets' targeted Israeli soldiers near border Hezbollah said it launched a “large barrage of rockets” targeting a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the Khallat al-Mahafir area south of the Lebanese border town of al-Adisa. The group said the attack was part of ongoing military operations along the southern Lebanese border, where exchanges of fire between Hezbollah forces and the Israeli army have continued amid the wider regional conflict.

Sources report Lebanon preparing delegation for talks with Israel, while Guterres drums up humanitarian support.

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For nearly two weeks Israel has been pounding swathes of Lebanon. Bel Trew reports from Tyre in the south of the war ravaged country, as it is locked in a fierce battle with the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah

JERUSALEM, March 14 (Reuters) - Israel and Lebanon are expected to hold direct talks in the coming days, their first since the start of the Iran war that has drawn Lebanon deeper into conflict, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Saturday, citing two sources with knowledge of the matter. U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will be involved in the talks that may be held in Paris or in Cyprus, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's confidant Ron Dermer leading the Israeli delegation, Haaretz said.

We can still avert starvation even as the country faces the worst outlook in years.

CAIRO, March 14 (Reuters) - The Palestinian Iran-aligned militant group Hamas has called on Iran to not target neighbouring countries, while still reaffirming Tehran's right to respond to the U.S.-Israeli attacks. This is the first time the group has publicly commented on Iranian policies. It has expressed solidarity with Iran during the war but appeared to steer clear from threatening any retaliatory actions so far.

Sandstorm hits Gaza, impacting displaced Palestinians

Why Yemen’s Houthi rebels haven’t joined Iran vs US-Israel war yet  The Indian Express

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