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Israel acknowledges it is backing armed alternatives to Hamas in Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has “activated” some clans that are opposed to Hamas, but witnesses say the fighters he was referring to have been looting aid while Israeli soldiers watch.
- by Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy and Sam Mednick
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
My grandmother fled the Holocaust. Now it’s time for Jews to abandon Israel
Until Israeli politics can radically reorient itself, it’s time to construct a vision of Jewishness that’s independent of the state that pretends to act on our behalf.
- by Josh Szeps
Fourteen countries on UN Security Council voted for Gaza ceasefire. One country held out
The draft resolution called for an immediate and permanent end to fighting, as a humanitarian crisis grips the enclave that is home to more than 2 million people.
- by Michelle Nichols, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Crispian Balmer
‘A place of killing’: The US aid agency sowing chaos in Gaza
Images of desperate Palestinians penned behind fences and accounts of soldiers shooting civilians have plagued the controversial new US aid project.
- by Henry Bodkin and Ruwaida Amer
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Gaza aid sites closed as Israel declares ‘combat zones’
Palestinian sources and witnesses said Israeli forces fired on people heading towards an aid distribution hub on Tuesday, killing at least 27.
- by Mohammad Jahjouh and Samy Magdy
‘Cover-up’: How a brief stopover turned into horror ordeal for passengers on Flight 149
The British Airways Boeing 747 was about to take off from Heathrow when a mystery group of men were ushered on board. Hours later, all hell would break loose.
- by Ed Cumming
‘Death trap’: Dozens killed waiting for food in Gaza
Witnesses said Israeli forces fired on crowds waiting before dawn for a controversial new aid distribution site to open.
- by Mohammad Jahjouh and Samy Magdy
Israel accepts Gaza ceasefire plan, US says, as Hamas reviews draft
This week’s chaotic start to a new aid operation has raised international pressure on Israel to get more food into Gaza and halt the fighting.
- by Gram Slattery, Michelle Nichols and Nidal al-Mughrabi
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
When Israel acts shamefully, we Jews must be willing to be ashamed of it
One measure of our capacity to love Israel is our willingness to be ashamed of it when it acts shamefully – not because we hate it, but because we long for it to be better.
- by Nicola Redhouse
‘See you in heaven’: Four Palestinians killed storming UN food warehouse in Gaza
In a desperate attempt to get something to eat, hundreds of people burst into the warehouse, shouting and shoving each other and even ripping off pieces of the building to get inside.
- by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Melanie Lidman
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Death and injuries in gunfire and chaos as crowds overrun Gaza aid hub
At least one Palestinian is dead and 48 others wounded after a crowd was fired upon while they overran a new food aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip.
- by Mohammed Jahjouh, Samy Magdy, Nidal al-Mughrabi, Melanie Lidman and Wafaa Shurafa
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