Israel: Journalist killed in Lebanon was in ‘active combat zone’ Rights groups say Israeli strike that killed Reuters reporter and injured others must be investigated as a war crime. Al Jazeera · Dec 8, 2023
US risks ‘complicity in war crimes’, says Human Rights Watch – as it happened This blog is closed The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2023
Israel's AI can produce 100 bombing targets a day in Gaza. Is this the future of war? Last week, reports emerged that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are using an artificial intelligence (AI) system called Habsora (Hebrew for “The Gospel”) to select targets in the war on Hamas in Gaza. The system has reportedly been used to find more targets for bombing, to link locations to Hamas… The Conversation · Dec 8, 2023
IDF instructions on Gaza refuge zones cruel ‘mirage’, say aid agencies Those who have fled to ‘humanitarian zone’ in south-west Gaza bemoan total lack of shelter and barely any food The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023
Female IDF Soldiers Prove Their Valor In Battle With Hamas Heroic actions of female troops put to rest the debate over their role in combat units Zenger · Dec 7, 2023
US says Israel ‘cannot’ let rate of Gaza civilian casualties continue Secretary of State Antony Blinken says there is a ‘gap’ between Israel’s words and actions on protecting cilivians The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2023
Israel pounds ‘250 Gaza targets in a day’ as UN chief warns order may break down Twenty people killed in airstrikes that hit two homes in Rafah, a town to which IDF told Palestinians to flee The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023
UAE asks for UN security council to vote on draft resolution demanding humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2023
Israel-Hamas Conflict: Israeli Army Encircling Hamas' Gaza Leader's House; Houthi Official Issues Stark Warning On Day 62 of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Israeli troops have advanced deeper into Khan Yunis, the hometown of the terror group's top leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. International Business Times · Dec 7, 2023
Israel plans to destroy Hamas tunnels by flooding them with seawater Israel is planning on forcing Hamas to abandon its vast tunnel network beneath Gaza by flooding them with seawater, US officials have said. The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2023
Israel’s focus turns to Khan Younis as it hunts for Hamas leaders Gaza’s second biggest urban concentration now being depicted as Hamas’s ‘centre of gravity’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2023
UN chief warns Gaza aid delivery could collapse as Israel and Hamas fight house-to-house UN secretary general says situation ‘fast deteriorating into catastrophe with potentially irreversible implications’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2023
Attack on Gaza: Israeli rhetoric fuels fears of ethnic cleansing as IDF assault continues to push south Over the past eight weeks, with only a brief pause, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have carried out a relentless attack on Gaza. Day by day the death toll has grown. According to the latest figures from Gaza’s health ministry nearly 16,000 Palestinians have been killed, most of them civilians. The Conversation · Dec 6, 2023
Israeli forces and Hamas fighting house-to-house battles in Gaza – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023
International Business Times · Dec 6, 2023 Israel-Hamas Conflict: Israeli Forces Expand Offensive, Encircle Gaza's Second Largest City On Day 61 of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Israel expressed regret over the casualties on the Lebanese Armed Forces' side after an Israeli shelling targeting Hezbollah assets killed one Lebanese soldier and injured three others.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2023 ‘Apocalyptic’ conditions in southern Gaza blocking aid, top UN official says Martin Griffiths says continuing offensive has ended any possibility of meaningful humanitarian operations
The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2023 Israel faces difficult phase of war with fighting in north and south Gaza Israeli forces pushing towards southern city of Khan Younis and engaged in battles for key urban areas in the north
The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2023 Israel’s use of disproportionate force is a long-established tactic – with a clear aim The strategy goes well beyond defeating an opponent: it seeks to destroy key infrastructure and the economy, says academic Paul Rogers
The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2023 Israel says fighting in Gaza is most intense since start of ground offensive IDF steps up attacks in north and south and says it has raided Hamas HQ, as increase in civilian deaths reported
The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023 IDF says it regrets killing of Lebanese soldier – as it happened This blog has now closed. Read our full report on the latest developments in Gaza here and our report on a UN meeting to hear accounts of sexual violence committed by Hamas on 7 October here.
Dynamite News · Dec 5, 2023 Israeli-Hamas War: Gaza death toll rises above 15,800, says Hamas-run Health Ministry The Israel Defence Forces (IDF), meanwhile, said Hamas had deliberately embedded itself among civilians so that Gazans would bear the consequences of "Hamas atrocities." Read further on Dynamite News:
Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2023 Binyamin Needham: British teenager killed in Gaza while fighting for Israeli forces Binyamin Needham, 19, was killed just two days after being deployed in the territory
International Business Times UK · Dec 5, 2023 Fighting In Gaza Resumes As Israel Pushes Civilians Further South The conflict between Hamas and Israel is pushing Palestinian civilians further south and making them question whether anywhere is truly safe.
Pedestrian.tv · Dec 5, 2023 Israeli Forces Have Entered Southern Gaza In New Stage Of War: ‘People Don’t Know What To Do’ Israeli forces have begun an invasion of southern Gaza, according to a New York Times analysis, in what is being described as a military operation that could “decide the fate” of Gaza and the Palestinian people.
Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2023 London-born teenager killed in Gaza while fighting for the IDF Binyamin Needham, 19, was killed just two days after being deployed in the territory