Top US diplomat tours Arab states in effort to avoid wider war over expected Israeli invasion of Gaza Strip Israel and Hamas at war – live updates The US’s most senior diplomat has urged Israel to take every possible precaution to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza as he called for […]

Jewish and Palestinian communities take to the streets as police increase presence around schools, synagogues and mosques Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across the Middle East and in parts of Asia, Europe and the United States in support of Palestinians and condemnation of Israel as it intensified its strikes […]

As dawn broke last Saturday over the 40-mile Gaza-Israel barrier, once confidently described as an “iron wall”, Hamas struck at the eyes and ears of Israel’s defence. It was shortly before 6.30am at the end of a Sukkot week of holiday when explosive devices, dropped from above by drones, made […]

Thousands pack into cars and trucks or leave on foot after Israel told them to go, as violence flares in East Jerusalem and West Bank Israel and Hamas at war – live updates Thousands of people have been fleeing to the southern half of Gaza before an expected ground invasion […]

Sharone Lifschitz and Noam Sagi urge international action to return their respective family members Israel and Hamas at war: live updates The British children of elderly hostages abducted by Hamas have pleaded for their return as they described the invasion of Israel as a “second Holocaust”. The parents of Sharone […]

Hundreds of thousands displaced as even conflict-weary Palestinians fear they are in uncharted territory Israel and Hamas at war – live updates There were places in Gaza where, even in times of conflict, Palestinians once felt marginally safer than elsewhere. Urban centres, the calculation went, were better placed to avoid […]

Now that most of the Hamas attackers are reported dead, troops and festival-goers are retrieving belongings scattered in the atrocity Israel and Hamas at war: live updates Half-poured bottles of Johnnie Walker Red whisky, vodka and arak sat on the bar. In the camping area, some chairs were still beside […]

Ground forces are gathering near the border, as UN says that Gaza is dangerously close to running out of food and water Israel-Hamas war: live updates The US pledged to send more arms to Israel on Thursday ahead of an expected ground assault in Gaza against Hamas, as the UN […]

Palestinian death toll rises to 1,537, according to Gaza’s health ministry; IDF says ground offensive will launch ‘when opportune and fit for our purposes’ Israel-Hamas at war: What we know on day seven In previous encounters, says Nebal Farsakh, there would always be some time without airstrikes. “But now, there […]

Once popular with Israelis as a weekend getaway, Be’eri is now indelibly associated with a massacre Israel and Hamas at war – live updates The smell of death hits you at the entrance to kibbutz Be’eri. Until Saturday morning Be’eri had a population of 1,200, the largest of the 12 […]