MIDDLE EAST
LEBANON
Son of businessman close to the LF says he was assaulted by Hezbollah supporters at Antonine University in Zahle
PRESS FREEDOM
Over two dozen global news organisations call on Israel to allow Gaza access
GAZA
Israel intercepts aid ships in international waters
GAZA
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 5 people, including a 9-year-old boy, medics say
BOYCOTT
Jury bars Russia and Israel from Venice Biennale awards
WAR CRIMES
Israel using water access as 'weapon' in Gaza: MSF
INTERVIEW
Bennett-Lapid merger does not yet appear likely to alter the electoral balance
Netanyahu says Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks require continued military action in Lebanon
FOCUS
In the Palestinian West Bank and in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, symbolic municipal elections held
PALESTINE ELECTIONS
Palestinian leader's loyalists win local elections, including some in Gaza
ELECTIONS
Palestinians called to vote in municipal elections, first ballot since Gaza war
GAZA WAR
Gaza civil defense says Israeli strikes killed 9
FOCUS
Iraq at the crossroads between the United States and Iran?
PROFILE
Who is Avraham Zarbiv, the Israeli army rabbi demolishing houses in southern Lebanon
FIELD REPORT