Yesterday
Israeli protesters surge into streets as Gaza tolls grows
The new protest came as health workers wrapped up the second phase of an urgent polio vaccination campaign in Gaza.
- Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
This Month
Netanyahu doubles down on Gaza strategy as he rides out latest storm
Ending the fighting now would leave the Israeli PM facing a reckoning with the failures of October 7 without being able to retort that he had destroyed Hamas.
- James Shotter
Israel braced for industrial action as ceasefire pressure grows
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in cities around the nation on Sunday, in what appeared to be the largest protests since the October 7 attacks.
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- Galit Altstein and Dan Williams
August
Hydrogen-powered skyscraper set for Egypt’s new desert capital
The 50-storey skyscraper will rise in a new capital being built from scratch in the desert east of Cairo.
- Aidan Lewis
Onus on Hamas as Israel backs plan to break ceasefire impasse
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the proposed accord “a bridging agreement” and acknowledged that not everything was spelt out in detail.
- Courtney McBride and Dan Williams
Blinken arrives in Middle East seeking Gaza ceasefire
The US secretary of state will meet on Monday with senior Israeli leaders including Benjamin Netanyahu, a senior State Department official said.
- Humeyra Pamuk
Deadly Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza, Lebanon despite truce talks
The new bloodshed came after the United States and its allies expressed optimism over ceasefire negotiations to end the war in Gaza.
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- Kareem Fahim, Mohamad El Chamaa, Suzan Haidamous, Frances Vinall and Victoria Bisset
Britain issues alert for Iran, Lebanon airspace as risks rise
Egypt issued a similar warning, as Western and Arab nations are seeking to head off a major regional conflict in the Middle East.
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- Joanna Plucinska and Rajesh Kumar Singh
Netanyahu clashes with security chiefs on Hamas deal
The Israeli PM is openly at odds with the defence establishment over an agreement that could ease soaring tensions in the region. Analysts blame domestic politics.
- Neri Zilber
Widespread boycotts in Muslim countries hammer Western brands
Consumers are shunning goods produced by companies such as Coca-Cola, KFC, Starbucks and Mondelez in protest against their perceived support for Israel in the war in Gaza.
- FT Reporters
US to push for Gaza ceasefire despite assassination setback
The US effort to secure a pause in the Israel-Hamas war and free Israeli hostages was thrown into question after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.
- Peter Martin and Jennifer Jacobs
July
Tough-talking Haniyeh was seen as more moderate face of Hamas
Ismail Haniyeh moved between Turkey and Qatar’s capital Doha, escaping the travel curbs of the blockaded Gaza Strip and enabling him to act as a negotiator in ceasefire talks.
- Samia Nakhoul and Stephen Farrell
Hamas continues ceasefire talks after Israeli strikes on military chief
Hamas has insisted that a deal would ultimately end the war, but has softened its position on some of its conditions.
- Neri Zilber
Israeli strike targets Hamas military commander, kills 90 in Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said “there still isn’t absolute certainty” that Mohammed Deif and a second Hamas commander, Rafa Salama, were killed.
- Mohamed Jahjouh
June
US, Europe warn Hezbollah to back off from Israel war
Western powers and Arab mediators issued the warning after Iran and Israel traded threats of what Iran said would be an “obliterating” war over Hezbollah.
- Ellen Knickmeyer and Aamer Madhani
Trio of big Tory donors drop campaign funding
A private poll by the donors showed Labour was on track for a “Tony Blair-style landslide”, according to two people familiar with its results.
- Lucy Fisher
Netanyahu aide: Gaza plan ‘not a good deal’, but Israel accepts it
In an interview with Britain’s Sunday Times, chief foreign policy adviser Ophir Falk said Joe Biden’s proposal was “a deal we agreed to”.
- Dan Williams
Netanyahu under pressure from far right to reject Biden ceasefire deal
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir said they would break up the government if it takes the deal.
- Sam Mednick and Wafaa Shurafa
May
Lessons in legacy-building from history’s most tenacious rulers
The NGV’s winter blockbuster will take a deep dive into what it meant to be pharaoh – and the complex power systems they needed to maintain their supremacy.
- John McDonald
Israeli says air strike that killed 35 in Rafah ‘under review’
The strike took place in Tel Al-Sultan neighbourhood in western Rafah, where thousands of people were taking shelter after many fled the eastern areas of the city.
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- Ethan Bronner