The Latest Breaking News from Gaza

The Department of Foreign Affairs said there has been no official confirmation whether the nine-year-old Irish-Israeli girl will be set free.

Israeli PM says conflict is not over after negotiation of four-day truce to release hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

The deal divided the Israeli cabinet, and likely Hamas too – for now it suits their interests, but this is a very fragile pause, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

School students have rallied in Melbourne to show solidarity with Palestinians, blocking traffic at a major intersection.

Intellectuals clash over how to reconcile country’s commitment to defence of Israel amid bloodshed in Gaza

Letters: Samuel Moyn, Amia Srinivasan, Chandra Talpade Mohanty and others respond to a statement issued by German academics on the situation in Israel and Gaza

Relatives of some of the 240 hostages say it is like ‘Russian roulette’ waiting to hear who will come out

Israel’s PM facing pressure from all sides as some say ceasefire agreement does not go far enough

The Associated Press is publishing an updated visual analysis of the deadly Oct. 17 explosion at Gaza’s Al-Ahli Hospital

Houses in centre of strip said to have been targeted, killing 81, with 60 more believed dead in north

In a recently published book Steven Friedman, who has written extensively on the political and social aspects of apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa, explores the racist underpinnings of the west’s responses to Israel’s war in Gaza. This is an extract from the book, Good Jew, Bad Jew.