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Prime minister rejects ceasefire calls, saying army’s advance in Gaza puts pressure on Hamas ‘monsters’

The IDF’s strategy is becoming more targeted than expected, suggesting Netanyahu is responding to US pressure, says Bilal Saab, an associate fellow at Chatham House

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A military spokesman told British Jews that some pro-Palestinian campaigners were ‘thinly-veiled Israel and Jew haters’.

Mourners struggle to come to terms with scale of loss and vast ground operation to come

Kim Sengupta speaks families who have faced three weeks of anguish, now beset by fears over what Israel’s ground operation could mean for those held captive by Hamas. Using their voice to pile pressure on the government to negotiate, they are becoming a highly-sensitive issue for Benjamin Netanyahu

As 36-hour blackout imposed by Israel ended, phones were flooded with news of people killed in intensified bombardment

Thousands of Gaza residents broke into warehouses and distribution centers of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency, grabbing flour and "basic survival items," the organization said on Sunday.

Head of refugee agency says wheat, flour and hygiene supplies taken as Israel continues its bombardment