A settler mayor defends the controversial construction, a far-right minister hails it is a nail in the coffin of a Palestinian state, and a Bedouin tribe member expects expulsion

Families are fleeing their homes in territory’s largest urban centre, say residents

IDF says preliminary investigation into Nasser hospital attack determined that Hamas had installed surveillance camera at site

About 50 other people, including medical staff, injured in the attack on southern Gaza’s last functioning hospital

Sources indicate Hamas's position is to either accept Israeli conditions for ending fighting or battle ‘until their last breath’

IPC organisation declares mass starvation as Israeli cabinet approves plans for takeover of Gaza City

More reservists will be drafted in the coming months, reaching a total of up to 130,000

Majority of Israeli public wants ceasefire but prime minister’s coalition partners do not

Binyamin Netanyahu criticised protests, adding ‘job must get done and Hamas must be defeated’

Palestinian Authority denounces incident as ‘an unprecedented provocation’

Bezalel Smotrich launches plan to revive long-stalled E1 project that divides the West Bank in two

Israel demands all humanitarian organisations provide lists of Palestinian staff in move which NGOs say will hamper work to address famine

Prime minister says Israel is ‘approaching end of the campaign’ against Hamas

Move to expand Israeli operations in the Palestinian territory would expel close to a million residents from their homes

The decision to expand the war came even though a clear majority of Israelis support a ceasefire that will bring home the hostages