17 Jul 2023

Middle East correspondent Sebastian Usher

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 17 July 2023
A Palestinian holds a flag during a protest against Israeli army raid in Jenin, along Israel-Gaza border fence east of Gaza City July 3, 2023. Israel has stepped up operations in the northern West Bank, home to Jenin city and its adjacent refugee camp, a stronghold of Palestinian armed groups where there has been a spate of attacks on Israelis as well as attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinian communities. 
 (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto) (Photo by MAJDI FATHI / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

Photo: AFP / Majfi Fathi

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been trying to calm tension with a visit ot the West Bank city of Jenin.

Three government officers had been forced to leave a funeral for two fighters killed in a two day long Israel operation. They were driven away by angry crowds.

There have also been protests across Israel after the Government’s push to overhaul the judiciary.

The UN is speaking out about what it calls unacceptable conditions placed by the Syrian government on aid delivery to northwest Syria. And human rights groups are speaking out about Iran executing 354 people so far this year.