The Latest Breaking News from Israel

Washington faces UN showdown over fresh resolution for Gaza ceasefire

US may feel impelled to protect Israel with veto again as UAE prepares security council motion

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

Any attempt to run Gaza like the West Bank will fail – and Hamas will benefit

The next administration is more likely to appear by default than by design, says Tahani Mustafa, senior Palestine analyst at the International Crisis Group

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

First Thing: Personal attacks dominate Republican presidential debate

Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis make case to be alternative to Donald Trump. Plus, how a community in France learned to go zero waste

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

Israel’s war on Gaza: Can Guterres’s use of UN’s Article 99 bring peace?

The rarely used rule will allow the US secretary-general to make an appeal for peace to the Security Council.

Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2023

Fatah In Freefall As Hamas And Israel Wage War

Fatah, the largest Palestinian party, has seen its popularity plunge during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, from where the Islamists violently ousted rivals Fatah in 2007.

International Business Times · Dec 7, 2023

Displacement, death, hunger as Israel’s war on Gaza enters third month

Fighting rages as Israeli troops press further south with ‘carpet bombardment of entire neighbourhoods’.

Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2023

‘A frenzy of judgement’: artist Candice Breitz on her German show being pulled over Gaza

The Jewish artist’s exhibition was cancelled when she commented on the Israel-Hamas war. She argues that Germany is weaponising false charges of antisemitism to chilling and repressive effect

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

Israel's map and evacuation messages for Gaza are adding to the chaos

The U.S. said Israel should create safe zones to minimize civilian deaths from Israeli airstrikes. But Palestinians and international aid groups say the zones have been inadequate or nonexistent.

WEKU · Dec 7, 2023

Strikes on Gaza's southern edge sow fear in one of the last areas to which people can flee

Israeli forces struck the southern Gaza town of Rafah twice overnight, sowing fear in one of the last places where civilians can seek refuge

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2023

‘No other land is home’: Amid Israel bombs, a Gaza City family won’t leave

Israel says it has given families a chance to flee Gaza City. But the Abu Shahla family won’t quit their city.

Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2023