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The Eurovision Song Contest final gets underway in Sweden's Malmo on Saturday with thousands of protesters expected to culminate a week of tensions surrounding Israel's participation during the Gaza war.

Awareness of diplomatic fallout has led Israel to downplay offensive, while return to north shows difficulty of eliminating Hamas

Israel calls for Palestinians in Gaza strip to move to humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi

It is not yet known whether Netherlands entrant Joost Klein will perform.

Israel's military operation in Gaza intensifies, leading to clashes, evacuations, and a humanitarian crisis.

Hundreds of thousands more people face displacement as military instructions suggest likely attack on centre of city

It was hardly a surprise that Israel’s Eurovision contribution would result in protests of some kind. Despite its own rules, the 68-year-old international song contest has for decades been used as a platform to express political views and geopolitical divisions. But the war in Gaza – and Israel’s imminent threat…

US President Joe Biden said Saturday that a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was possible as soon as "tomorrow" if the militant group released its hostages. Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza's southern city of Rafah, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its…

Israeli military drops leaflets ordering hundreds of thousands of people to leave the city. This blog is now closed.

The United States issued Friday a stunning criticism of Israel's use of American weapons in the Gaza war, after Israeli forces intensified operations around the southern city of Rafah, where more than a million displaced people are sheltering.

Report says that incomplete information from Israel made it difficult to assess specific cases of possible violations.