Best photos of June 17: Air raid shelter in Tel Aviv to migrants in France

People take shelter in an underground car park in Tel Aviv amid a fresh barrage of Iranian rockets. Israel's military said air raid sirens sounded in several areas of the country after identifying missiles launched from Iran. AFP

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• The National

Israel and Hamas on UN blacklist for violence against children for second year running

Israel and Hamas are back on a UN "list of shame" for grave abuses against children in conflict zones for the second year running. An annual report for 2024, issued by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and released on Friday, identified nearly 20 conflict zones worldwide where the rights of children under 18 have been violated. The report includes a list that names groups and armed forces responsible for abuses such as killing and maiming children, recruiting minors for violence, kidnappings, denying humanitarian aid and sexual violence. The report for 2024 said more than 8,500 incidents had been verified in Israel and Palestine - the highest globally - with 2,917 Palestinian and 15 Israeli children killed or maimed. The October-December 2023 period saw a sharp spike, with 1,637 Palestinian children killed and 1,147 injured, compared to two Israeli child deaths. 'These figures represent real children whose lives have been violently torn from them, whose schools have been bombed, and who have been left without access to life-saving humanitarian aid,' said Bethany Ellis, director of Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict. The report also called out Israel's military operations in Lebanon, where more than 500 children were killed or injured last year. Violence against children in war zones around the world surged to 'unprecedented levels' last year, with the highest number of grave abuses recorded in nearly three decades. The report documented a 25 per cent surge in severe abuses against children compared to 2023, continuing a worsening trend. 'In 2024, violence against children in armed conflict reached unprecedented levels, with a staggering 25 per cent surge in the number of grave violations,' the report said. A total of 41,370 violations were verified – 36,221 committed in 2024 and 5,149 from prior years but newly confirmed – the highest since the UN began systematic monitoring. The figure surpasses 2023's record, which itself saw a 21 per cent rise from 2022. More than 4,500 children were killed and 7,000 injured, with minors enduring 'the brunt of relentless hostilities and indiscriminate attacks', the report said. It also noted a sharp increase in children suffering several acts of abuse, with 22,495 such cases recorded. 'The cries of 22,495 innocent children who should be learning to read or play ball but instead have been forced to learn how to survive gunfire and bombings, should keep all of us awake at night,' said Virginia Gamba, special representative of the UN Secretary General for children and armed conflict. 'This must serve as a wake-up call. We are at the point of no return."

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Palestine Action to be proscribed as a terror group after break-in at UK's largest airbase

The British government will move to ban the activist group Palestine Action and proscribe it as a terrorist organisation, after two activists broke into the UK's largest airbase on Friday on electric scooters and damaged two Royal Air Force (RAF) planes. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will submit a statement before parliament on Monday which if passed will make it illegal to be a member of the group, the BBC reported. Footage shared by Palestine Action purported to show two protesters riding scooters towards the RAF planes on the runway at the Brize Norton airbase, where they used "repurposed fire extinguishers to spray red paint into the turbine engines" and "caused further damage using crowbars". The activists then evaded security and escaped the base. The group announced on its website on Friday that the airbase was targeted because flights leave daily from there "for RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, a base used for military operations in Gaza and across the Middle East". The British base on Cyprus, RAF Akrotiri, is just a 40-minute flight from Tel Aviv. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters From there, RAF Shadow aircraft have conducted hundreds of surveillance flights over Gaza throughout Israel's war on the Palestinian enclave. A security review has begun at military bases across Britain, and South East counter terrorism police said its specialist officers were investigating the incident with Thames Valley Police and the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Prime Minister Keir Starmer branded the action as "disgraceful" and an "act of vandalism". Palestine Action said in a post on X that "we exposed Britain's direct involvement in the genocide, and how ordinary people can act to stop it. "In response, the political establishment rush to call us "terrorists", whilst they enact the worst crimes against humanity. "No amount of smears or intimidation tactics will waver our solidarity with Palestine." Secrecy surrounding Gaza surveillance flights The planes the activists damaged were Airbus Voyagers, which carry military cargo and refuel fighter jets and military aircraft. In response to questions about its surveillance flights over Gaza, the MoD has repeatedly insisted they are in support of "hostage rescue". Earlier this year, Luke Pollard, minister for the armed forces, said during a debate that Britain "shares an important, long-standing and broad strategic partnership with the state of Israel". He said that surveillance flights over Gaza are "solely in support of hostage rescue" and that information is passed on "only if we are satisfied that it will be used in accordance with international humanitarian law". Pro-Palestine activists on electric scooters damage RAF planes and evade capture at UK airbase Read More » The MoD also said last year that it "would consider any formal request from the International Criminal Court to provide information relating to investigations into war crimes". However, there is significant secrecy surrounding much of what the RAF Akrotiri airbase is used for. Last month, MEE reported that the UK government blocked Labour MP Kim Johnson from asking about Israeli bombers using the Cyprus airbase. Palestine Action have carried out a series of high-profile actions during Israel's war on Gaza. PA activists were arrested on terror charges after an action in August when activists drove a modified van into the research and development hub of UK-based Israeli arms company, Elbit Systems, in Filton, Bristol. They are currently being held in remand.