500 killed in Gaza hospital massacre

Diplomats renewed calls for aid to the besieged Gaza Strip while Iran's foreign minister said Israel would not be allowed to act there, warning of "preemptive action" in the coming hours.

Thousands of Palestinians have evacuated Gaza City for southern areas of the enclave, after Israel warnings. Hamas has asked them to stay put.

Israel’s merciless bombardment of Gaza violates international law

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After our spiritual journey to the Old City and West Bank, the realities of life caught up to us.

The death toll from five days of ferocious fighting between Hamas and Israel rose sharply overnight as Israel kept up its bombardment of Gaza Wednesday after recovering the dead from the last communities near the border where Palestinian militants had been holed up.

Hamas is holding Israeli soldiers and civilians hostage and has threatened to execute a captive for each home in Gaza hit without warning, but despite Israel razing sections of Gaza and more airstrikes overnight there was no indication Hamas had carried out its threat.

Over 260,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip, as heavy Israeli bombardments from the air, land and sea continue to hit the Palestinian enclave.

Stories of the conflict between Hamas and Israel as they happen. 

Israel's total siege of the Gaza Strip is banned under international law, the United Nations human rights chief said today

The death toll rose to 900 in Israel, which has retaliated with a withering barrage of strikes on Gaza, raising the death toll there to 687.

'We are putting a complete siege on Gaza... No electricity, no food, no water, no gas -- it's all closed'

The spiraling violence threatens to start a major new war in the Middle East.

Israeli troops fought to regain control of the desert around the Gaza Strip and evacuate people from the embattled border area on Monday, as the death toll from the war with Hamas surged above 1,100 by the third day of clashes.

More than 600 killed in Israel; at least 370 Palestinians dead

The system quickly determines whether a rocket is on course to hit a populated area; if not, the rocket is ignored and allowed to land harmlessly

Whenever a country’s social contract unravels, conditions become ripe for rumours and absurdities to circulate.

Like Israel, Saudi Arabia wants a formalised security agreement, even if that accord may not target Iran as explicitly as Israel’s request does.

Since the beginning of the year, attacking Palestine has been Israel’s way of diverting people’s focus from political tensions at home.