Gaza Strip
Israeli mother pleads for her son as body of Thai hostage recovered
Hamas says the Israeli military has surrounded the area where Matan Zangauker is being held in Gaza, and that any harm that comes to him during a rescue attempt would be Israel’s responsibility.
- Sam Mednick and Mohammad Jahjouh
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- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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.
- Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy and Sam Mednick
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.
- 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.
- Henry Bodkin and Ruwaida Amer
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- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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.
- Mohammad Jahjouh and Samy Magdy
Melbourne University students face expulsion over Gaza protest
Two students at the prestigious institution face expulsion and another two have been threatened with suspension over their sit-in at an academic’s office last year.
- Noel Towell
‘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.
- 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.
- Gram Slattery, Michelle Nichols and Nidal al-Mughrabi
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- 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.
- Nicola Redhouse
Hundreds of desperate Palestinians storm into a WFP warehouse in Gaza
Hundreds of desperate Palestinians storm into a WFP warehouse in Gaza.
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