The Guardian

In today’s newsletter: Why Benjamin Netanyahu ordered new attacks on dozens of sites in Gaza – and what happens nextGood morning. Just before 2.30am local time, Israel launched airstrikes on dozens of targets across Gaza.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s office blames Hamas’s refusal to release hostages for IDF strikes that are reported to have killed at least 30 peopleIsrael’s military said it was conducting “extensive strikes on terror targets” in Gaza early

Ivy League school is latest US university to make step with aim to make it affordable to ‘more students than ever’Harvard University is offering free tuition to more students, the Ivy League school announced on

Diane Abbott says a wealth tax of 2% on people with assets over £10m would raise £24bn a yearAmanda Spielman, the former head of Ofsted, has accused the government of putting the interests of teaching

Thinktank says unauthorised absence is ‘a leading cause’ of performance gap between disadvantaged pupils and peersUnauthorised school absence is a leading cause of the widening performance gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in England,