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The long history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is filled with bloodshed, dislocation and trauma. But even by those relative standards, the current conflagration stands out. For one thing, it’s especially brutal. Not since the Holocaust have as many Jews been massacred at one time as were on October 7, when…

Doha positions itself as region’s lead mediator but balancing relations with Hamas and the west has become precarious

As the Israel-Hamas war rages, international and local monitoring groups in Gaza have been unable to keep up

As the Israel-Hamas war rages, international and local monitoring groups in Gaza have been unable to keep up

Gaza-based Qassam Brigades has been waging an armed resistance against Israeli occupation since its founding in 1992.

Once again, the Gaza Strip is at the epicentre of violence in the Middle East. This tiny 41km-by-13km band of territory on the Mediterranean, sandwiched between the often hostile neighbours of Israel and Egypt, has faced repeated rounds of violence in recent history – but the current war is the…

More than 90 people are reported to have been killed and 1,200 arrested by Israeli forces in the West Bank since 7 October

As the families of Mohammed Aliyan and Mahmoud Makleh mourn their deaths, they tell Kim Sengupta that they have learned to live with suffering but that Israel’s actions will only breed more fury

Not counting periodic cross-border skirmishes, Israel has fought three major wars against Hamas since withdrawing its forces from Gaza in 2005 – in 2008, 2014 and 2021. Each involved limited ground incursions, with Israeli soldiers in Gaza for about a fortnight.

Two weeks into the Israel-Hamas war, Fadi Quran, campaigns director for Avaaz, an NGO coordinating activists worldwide, is calling for a ceasefire in the interest of children on both sides.

Israel’s dilemma is that destroying Hamas would leave a power vacuum