4 d. ago Israel has chosen military occupation over a ceasefire in Gaza. Where does this end? | Sanam Vakil

The latest escalation and attempts to dismantle the Palestinian leadership are utterly at odds with peace negotiationsSanam Vakil is a senior research fellow in the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham HouseAgainst the pleas and protests of hostage families desperate to secure the release of their loved ones, the Israeli government is moving ahead with the military occupation of the Gaza Strip. On 2 April, the defence minister, Israel Katz, announced plans to seize large areas of Gaza with the aim of eliminating Hamas’s remaining infrastructure and establishing new security zones that will split Gaza in two. This escalation, which began in mid-March with intensified airstrikes, is intended to encourage a mass exodus of the local population, and has led to substantial civilian casualties. Despite the international outcry over more than 50,000 deaths, 110,000 civilian injuries and significant displacement of Palestinians, the Israeli government rationalises and justifies ...

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7 d. ago Hamas issues worldwide 'call to arms' to fight Trump's plan to relocate two million Gazans

Netanyahu has said Israel is working towards a plan proposed by Trump to displace Gazans to other countries, which could include Egypt and Jordan.

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8 d. ago Hamas says it accepts a new ceasefire proposal but Israel makes counter

The Hamas militant group says it has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal

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8 d. ago Hamas says it accepts a new Gaza ceasefire proposal but Israel makes a counter

The Hamas militant group says it has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar

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1 week ago Trump wants a Nobel peace prize. Here’s how he can earn one | Ken Roth

We must persuade Trump to do the right thing – securing peace in the Middle East – for the wrong reasonDonald Trump’s instinctive deference to the Israeli government is at odds with his self-image as an expert dealmaker. Much as it may seem laughable that the president wants the Nobel peace prize, his quest may be the best chance we have for securing any US government regard for the rights and lives of Palestinians in Gaza.Trump currently seems to endorse the strategy of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of trying to pummel Hamas into accepting defeat. To force Hamas to release its remaining hostages and to disband its diminished military force, Netanyahu has resumed Israel’s strategy of starving and bombing Palestinian civilians. In less than a week, about 600 Palestinians have already been killed. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump wants a Nobel peace prize. Here’s how he can earn one | Kenneth Roth

We must persuade Trump to do the right thing – securing peace in the Middle East – for the wrong reasonDonald Trump’s instinctive deference to the Israeli government is at odds with his self-image as an expert dealmaker. Much as it may seem laughable that the president wants the Nobel peace prize, his quest may be the best chance we have for securing any US government regard for the rights and lives of Palestinians in Gaza.Trump currently seems to endorse the strategy of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of trying to pummel Hamas into accepting defeat. To force Hamas to release its remaining hostages and to disband its diminished military force, Netanyahu has resumed Israel’s strategy of starving and bombing Palestinian civilians. In less than a week, about 600 Palestinians have already been killed. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Unjustifiable’ Israeli attacks must end, warns Streeting after Netanyahu breaks Gaza ceasefire

Senior member of Starmer’s government warns ‘appalling conflict does nothing for Israelis or Palestinians’

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1 week ago Israeli hostage describes sexual assault by Hamas thugs and waking up half naked after kidnapping on October 7

Ilana Gritzewsky, 31, was taken from her home in an Israeli village near the Gaza border on October 7 before being released during a ceasefire in November 2023.

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2 w. ago Israeli airstrikes kill at least 65 people in Gaza in 24 hours, says health authority

Death toll includes women, children and journalists, nearly a week after Israel broke ceasefireIsraeli airstrikes have killed at least 65 people in Gaza in the past 24 hours, including women, children and two journalists, the Palestinian health authority said on Monday, nearly a week after Israel broke its ceasefire with Hamas.Palestinians in Gaza have again been fleeing for their lives after Israel launched its new offensive in the territory, which started on Tuesday last week with a wave of airstrikes that killed about 700 people, mostly civilians, ending two months of relative calm, according to the Palestinian health ministry in the territory run by Hamas. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘There was just wave after wave’: Gaza doctors recount horror of the last week

About a third of all casualties admitted to Nasser hospital were under 14, as Israeli airstrikes broke fragile ceasefireEarly on Tuesday morning, within minutes of the wave of Israeli airstrikes that broke the fragile two-month ceasefire which had brought some respite to Gaza, the emergency room of al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in the central town of Deir al-Balah was full.“At no point were there less than 65 people in ER, all with open wounds, mainly women and children The floor was awash with blood,” said Mark Perlmutter, a US-based volunteer orthopaedic surgeon working at the hospital that morning. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gaza’s ceasefire brought hope, but it was the calm before a brutal storm

New strikes are ‘just a beginning’ said Netanyahu, after Trump inspires Israel to seize territory with massive military onslaughtIn Gaza this weekend, the mood is darker than it has been at perhaps any time in this long, appalling war. Last Tuesday Israeli warplanes, tanks, artillery, drones and ships launched a wave of strikes, shattering the increasingly fragile pause in hostilities that had brought respite to the devastated territory for nearly two months. The ceasefire had also brought hope which, Palestinians in Gaza said, made the return to violence that much more unbearable.In a video statement last Wednesday, Israel Katz, Israel’s defence minister, called on 2.3 million people in Gaza to “banish Hamas”, saying “the alternative is complete destruction and ruin”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Berlin, London and Paris call for immediate return to Gaza ceasefire

Berlin, London and Paris call for immediate return to Gaza ceasefire  Yahoo

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2 w. ago As Israeli bombs fell, wounded children overwhelmed this Gaza hospital. Dozens died

When Israel unleashed a wave of bombardment this week, shattering Gaza's ceasefire, a hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis was overwhelmed with wounded children

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2 w. ago Netanyahu is waging war on Gaza and on us – his ‘enemies within’. It’s the path to autocracy | Aluf Benn

Israel’s PM wants to ‘transfer’ Palestinians from Gaza, purge his traditional domestic rivals – and keep the right wing in power for everAluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of HaaretzTurmoil has hit the streets of Israel once again, as thousands of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to oppose Benjamin Netanyahu’s dual effort to rekindle the war in Gaza, risking the lives of Israeli hostages there, and to dismiss senior civil servants who are struggling to halt Israel’s slide to autocracy.Early on Tuesday, the Israeli prime minister ordered the bombing of Gaza, ending a two-month ceasefire with Hamas and killing hundreds of Palestinians in the midst of Ramadan.Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of HaaretzDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago At least 58 killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, Palestinian medics say

New bombardment comes as Hamas says it is talking to mediators about how to restore ceasefire

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2 w. ago Dozens killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes on Gaza overnight, Palestinian medics say

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in fresh Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight, local health officials said on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Why has Israel launched strikes across Gaza – and what happens now over the ceasefire?

‘This offensive will continue as long as necessary, and will expand beyond air strikes,’ the military says

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2 w. ago Israel pounds Gaza again after ceasefire collapse as IDF denies deadly strike on UN headquarters

A temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was struck on January 19, bringing an end to more than 15 months of conflict - but the relative calm was shattered by Israeli bombs yesterday

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2 w. ago Israel pounds Gaza again after ceasefire collapse as Netanyahu warns airstrikes that have killed top Hamas officials are 'just the start'

A temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was struck on January 19, bringing an end to more than 15 months of conflict - but the relative calm was shattered by Israeli bombs yesterday

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2 w. ago Gaza doctors describe scenes of ‘armageddon’ after Israeli strikes shatter ceasefire

Medics could not cope with the injured and dying, as a total blockade on supplies meant they lacked basic necessities, including diesel for generators and essential surgical items like gloves, swabs, and syringes

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