Rescuers are searching through rubble after the Lebanese health ministry said 18 people were killed and dozens injured in an Israeli strike near a hospital in Beirut The strike hit a residential area ...

We will shortly be closing today's page but there is plenty more BBC coverage of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Earlier today our correspondent Orla Guerin filmed inside the Beirut hospital ...

We've confirmed a fourth tower block in the Gaza Strip has been demolished in as many days. Israel has accused Hamas - without providing evidence - of using them for "terrorist activity" We're ...