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The pilot who pulled off what Kyiv considers a coup tells EL PAÍS his battalion had been pursuing the objective for some time, although a stroke of luck was also involved

In small groups, Russian soldiers dressed in civilian clothes are trying to take up positions in the nearly destroyed city of Kupiansk

Russian troops are harassing the town of Dobropillya in Donetsk, where only a few hundred residents remain

Recruits aged between 18 and 24 receive training before going to the front after enlisting as volunteers

Kyiv avoids triumphant statements despite the US president’s apparent support for the country’s recovery of all territory invaded by Russia

At least 39 farming and herding communities have been wiped out in the West Bank by Israeli militants during the Gaza war, according to estimates by an Israeli NGO

Druze on both sides are pressing the Jewish state to protect them from the Arab country’s new regime

Avivit John is among the few residents who have moved back to Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the communities most severely affected by the Hamas massacre

Residents of Beersheba, where a missile killed four people just ahead of the truce, are skeptical of the return to calm prompted by Trump

The Pentagon said that the attack on America’s largest military installation in the Middle East has caused no casualties

The Soroka medical center, near Gaza, often receives soldiers wounded in attacks in the Strip and hostages freed by Hamas

The bombing of the medical center has left 40 people injured from broken glass and trauma

Despite the estimated effectiveness of 90%, dozens of projectiles launched by Tehran managed to hit densely populated areas of the Jewish state and critical infrastructure such as military or energy facilities

Israel and Iran escalate their conflict with evacuation orders in Tehran and Tel Aviv

The mayor of the town where a projectile killed four women believes the intended target was the nearby city of Haifa, home to Israel’s largest oil refinery

A dozen soldiers work from a home workshop to transform civilian-use devices provided by the government or private entities into weapons

Tehran, promising a ‘severe’ response, launches 100 drones toward Israeli territory. The United States maintains it did not participate in the offensive ordered by Netanyahu

Ukraine is trying to recover a coal deposit essential to the steel industry in the disputed Pokrovsk region, under daily pressure from Russian drones

The agreement will serve to maintain aid to Kyiv at a time when the two sides are nowhere near to sitting down to negotiate peace

Volodymyr Zelenskiy cuts trip to South Africa short and insists on intensifying ‘diplomatic efforts’ to reach a ceasefire

Kyiv opposes Washington’s plans while the UK downgrades ceasefire negotiations in London to a meeting of technical experts after Secretary of State Marco Rubio canceled his attendance

The boy’s father laments the inaction of Washington and asks Trump to ‘stop sending weapons that kill his citizens’

A bombing of UN facilities has left at least 19 dead. Families of the hostages accuse the Israeli government of prioritizing territorial gains over the return of their loved ones

Residents doubt that Hezbollah has been defeated and some are not confident of returning to their homes despite the ceasefire and an Israeli military presence

Donald Trump’s decision to lift the sanctions that Joe Biden had applied gives free rein for the intensification of attacks on Palestinian villages

After more than 15 months of war and nearly three weeks of the ceasefire, the Israeli prime minister has yet to eliminate the Islamist movement with which he is compelled to negotiate. Neither he nor Trump have proposed a viable post-war government in their plan to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip