Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in first Christmas sermon
Leo laments conditions for homeless across globe and conflicts in Ukraine, Sudan, Mali and Thailand and Cambodia
Hamas
It is right to be careful about our language after Bondi. But we can’t fall silent on Gaza
Jewish people are not the State of Israel, no more than Irish people were the IRA. Equally, the people of Gaza are not Hamas. But hatred has no respect for logic
Hamas says it will not disarm. What does this mean for the peace process?
Israel is accused of near-daily strikes on Gaza, but says the militant group has been rearming
Israeli military says it has killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saed in Gaza strike
Saed thought to have helped plan October 2023 attacks on Israel
Flooding in Gaza destroys hundreds of tents and causes death of baby girl
Rahaf Abu Jazar died of exposure after water inundated her family’s tent in Khan Younis
Israel responsible for nearly half of global journalist killings this year, report finds
Reporters Without Borders says some 29 out of 67 reporters killed were based in Gaza
Trump to move to phase two of Gaza ceasefire plan next month, Israel committee told
Mediators suspect Netanyahu reluctant to move to next stage of truce as Hamas and Red Cross search for remains of final hostage
Netanyahu expects to meet Trump to discuss new phase of Gaza plan
Israeli PM says second stage of US president’s proposal for Palestinian enclave is close
Hamas returns body of Thai national leaving remains of one hostage unaccounted for in Gaza
More than 70,000 killed in Palestinian enclave since start of war with Israel continuing attacks despite ceasefire
US failure to mobilise international troops for Gaza deals blow to Trump’s peace plan
Countries that initially pledged troops are now hesitating, pointing to confusion over the force’s mandate
Israeli minister clashes with Ireland’s envoy to Tel Aviv over Herzog Park name row
Irish political leaders only responded to denaming plan after criticism from Israel, says Gideon Saar
Sinn Féin should study its own political history before demanding Herzog Park be renamed
Raymond McCreesh Park was given its name in 2001 following a proposal by the party
Hamas accuses Israel of killing and torture of Palestinian detainees
Alleged violations include severe beatings, scalding with boiling water, dog attacks and sexual assaults
Body of Israeli hostage returned from Gaza as vow to recover all dead hostages intensifies
Dror Or’s body is identified following forensic tests; attention now fixed on Thai national and one Israeli police officer still unaccounted for
Israel receives remains of hostage held in Gaza from Red Cross
Palestinian enclave’s health ministry reports 345 killed and 588 bodies recovered since fragile ceasefire began in October
At least 20 killed in wave of Israeli strikes on Gaza
Hundreds of Palestinians and at least three Israeli soldiers have been killed since truce in mid-October
Twenty years in an Israeli prison: ‘We will never accept being sent away. We’re not terrorists’
A Palestinian man released from Israel’s prison system is happy to be getting married, but ex-prisoners and their families tell of harsh conditions, inside and out
Israeli air strikes on Gaza Strip kill 33 people and injure 88 in 24 hours
Israel and Hamas continue to trade blame for ceasefire violations with 12 children among those most recently killed
Tens of thousands in Gaza still at ‘significant risk’ of starvation, says McEntee
Conversation ‘needs to be had’ with Israel about helping to fund Gaza reconstruction, new Minister for Foreign Affairs says
Israeli air strikes kill 25 Palestinians in Gaza, testing fragile ceasefire
Hamas and Israel have traded blame for what both call violations of the US-brokered truce
Israel steps up strikes on southern Lebanon aimed at blocking Hizbullah revival
Attacks on villages kill 14 people in past 24 hours, including 13 in Palestinian refugee camp
Israeli attack kills 13 people in Lebanese city of Sidon
Israel’s military claims it struck Hamas militants who it said were operating in crowded Palestinian refugee camp
UN vote to approve Gaza peace plan angers Israeli right-wingers
Netanyahu reiterates ‘opposition to a Palestinian state on any territory has not changed’ in response to far-right ministers
One of the oddest UN resolutions in history puts Donald Trump in supreme control of Gaza
Little appetite among the would-be troop contributors to new international stabilisation force
A precarious path to peace in Gaza
Indonesia, Azerbaijan and others could contribute troops to 20,000-strong international stabilisation force
UN Security Council votes to adopt US resolution on Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Text authorises an international stabilisation force which would ensure process of demilitarising Palestinian enclave
The militias fighting Israel’s shadow war from inside Gaza’s ‘Yellow Zone’
Israel has tried to nurture and arm rivals to fight Hamas in a combustible, decades-old strategy
Israel is stopping syringes and fridges reaching Gaza for vaccination programmes
More than 900,000 bottles of instant infant formula are also blocked
Israeli parliament advances death penalty Bill backed by far-right security minister
Proposed law is aimed at deterring ‘Arab terrorism’, says Itamar Ben-Gvir
Gaza: Aid agencies dispute US claims over supplies entering enclave since ceasefire
While US says ‘historic’ effort is underway to meet needs of Gazans, aid groups say less than a quarter of promised supplies have arrived
The Revolutionists: Jason Burke’s new book charts the rise of modern terrorism
Burke’s study follows the trajectory of international terror from 1970s revolutionary movements to the emergence of Islamist militancy
The Palestinians by Jonathan Dimbleby and Don McCullin: How the world’s inaction deepens tragedy
An unflinching indictment of failed diplomacy, rising extremism and human catastrophe in Gaza and the West Bank
What the proposed Gaza security force means: Troops, timetables and governance
Six Muslim countries have so far indicated that they will provide troops
Israel accuses Beirut of ‘dragging feet’ on Hizbullah, threatens to ‘intensify’ response
Lebanese government must honour commitment to disarm Iran-backed group, says Tel Aviv
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