What are Israel’s aims in launching Gaza ground invasion? Limited information suggests IDF seeking to encircle Gaza City – but urban warfare can confer significant advantages to defenders The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023
More than 20,000 Israeli troops engaged in fierce fighting with Hamas ‘deep inside’ Gaza Clashes intensify as Israeli Defence Forces attempt to isolate the strip The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2023
Israeli forces battle Hamas around Gaza City, as military says 800,000 have fled south Israeli ground forces are attacking Hamas militants and infrastructure in northern Gaza The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2023
Colombia recalls ambassador to Israel – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2023
Tanks and troops target Gaza City in major escalation of Israel ground offensive Deeper push into the besieged territory comes as airstrikes continue and aid agencies say humanitarian crisis is worsening as supplies run out The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023
Israeli forces appear to be advancing on Gaza City from two sides Witnesses report Salah al-Din Road cut as Israel expands assault, in apparent effort to divide strip in two The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023
First Thing: Israeli air force says it has struck 600 targets in a day Military strikes include area near Al-Azhar University in Gaza City. Plus, Matthew Perry’s troubled life and foreshadowed death The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023
Heavy clashes as Israeli tanks briefly reach Gaza City outskirts Heavy clashes reported as Israeli forces escalate offensive inside Gaza Strip. Al Jazeera · Oct 30, 2023
Anguish of Gaza residents as phones return to life with news of those lost As 36-hour blackout imposed by Israel ended, phones were flooded with news of people killed in intensified bombardment The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2023
UK politicians lack humanity, says son of doctor trapped in Gaza People with families in Gaza call on British government to help get them out and to join calls for ceasefire The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2023
Please keep marching for Palestine – your protests are giving hope to the people of Gaza The demonstrations in our name make us feel that we are heard, and our cries are not in vain, says Nowar Diab, a student from Gaza City The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2023
Furniture for firewood, radios for news: Israel’s siege throws life in Gaza back decades Families displaced from north face overcrowding, rationed drinking water, and the ever present threat of death from the air The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023
People with disabilities not spared by Israel’s war machine on Gaza Strip Bombs, lack of electricity and roads damaged by Israeli offensive make life impossible for disabled people in Gaza. Al Jazeera · Oct 27, 2023
Israeli troops mount second ground raid into Gaza Troops attack targets in eastern Gaza City and pre-dawn bombardments reportedly kill dozens The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023
The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023 Israel strikes outskirts of Gaza City during second ground raid in as many days Israeli forces backed by fighter jets and drones have carried out a second ground raid into Gaza in as many days
Salon · Oct 26, 2023 Israeli strike kills journalist's family Wael Al-Dahdouh was reporting live near Wafa Hospital in Gaza City when someone spoke to him about his family
The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2023 EU leaders unanimously call for humanitarian corridors – as it happened This blog is closed. See our Israel-Hamas war coverage here.
Al Jazeera · Oct 25, 2023 ‘Our voices will go on’: Dahdouh’s Al Jazeera team stands behind him Gaza bureau chief’s colleagues pay tribute to the veteran reporter as he mourns his family killed in Israeli air raid.
Al Jazeera · Oct 25, 2023 ‘How will I give birth?’: Dangers of a Gaza pregnancy amid Israeli bombing Gaza has 50,000 pregnant women who lack treatment, access to doctors and adequate healthcare centres.
Al Jazeera · Oct 25, 2023 We ‘die slowly every single day’: What survival means for one Gaza family After a displaced family of eight narrowly escape an air attack, they contemplate what the war means for their future.
The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023 Two weeks ago she was thriving. Now, a middle-class mom in Gaza struggles to survive Yousra Abu Sharekh's life was turned upside down within days after Israel declared war on Gaza days after Hamas' bloody rampage over two weeks ago
Al Jazeera · Oct 23, 2023 Where are Gaza’s neighbourhoods destroyed by Israel? The Palestinian enclave – home to 2.3 million people – is 365sq km (141sq miles) and is made up of five governorates.
WEKU · Oct 23, 2023 For Palestinian Christians, a Sunday spent mourning civilians killed at a Gaza church Services across the Holy Land memorialized the Palestinian civilians killed Thursday when an Israeli airstrike hit the Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza City, where some 400 people were sheltering.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023 Doctors, poets, families, babies: victims of Israel’s war on Gaza The IDF says it has targeted Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants, but thousands of civilians, including children, have been killed
The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2023 AP visual analysis: Rocket from Gaza appeared to go astray, likely caused deadly hospital explosion An Associated Press analysis of more than a dozen videos found that the deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital Tuesday was likely caused by a rocket fired from inside Palestinian territory that veered off course and broke up in the air before crashing back to the ground