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A Palestinian girl stands amid the rubble of her destroyed home in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, after the recent cross-border war between Israel and Hamas. (Photograph by Fatima Shbair/ Getty Images)

Israelis and Palestinians end dark year, with no end in sight to war

Heavy bombardment, and a ground invasion launched three weeks into the war, have reduced vast areas of Gaza to a ruined wasteland and killed at least 21,822 people, mostly women…

People inspect damage to their homes caused by Israeli air strikes on December 28, 2023 in Rafah, Gaza. More than 20,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed since the 7 October Hamas attacks in Israel, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry. Whilst 93 per cent of 2.3 million Gazans are “acutely food insecure,” according to the World Food Programme. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

Israel bombs Gaza as UN warns civilians face ‘grave peril’

Israeli forces heavily bombed the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday as the centre of fierce combat moves steadily south where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are…

Israel-Hamas truce enters final day with talk of extension

Attention has turned to whether the truce will be extended before its scheduled end early on Tuesday morning

South African higher academic institutions have called for a ceasefire and the promotion of education in Palestine-Israel

Israel and Hamas agree truce, release of 50 hostages

In the first major diplomatic breakthrough in the war, Palestinian militants will release during a four-day truce 50 women and children kidnapped during their October 7 raids

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA – NOVEMBER 6: People search through buildings, destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The Israeli army has expanded its military assault. The Gaza strip, a besieged Palestinian territory, is under heavy bombing from Israel in response to the large-scale attack carried out on October 7 by Hamas in Israel. The international community is stepping up pressure for a humanitarian truce. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

Israel intensifies Gaza strikes despite ceasefire calls

Israeli troops and Hamas fighters engaged in house-to-house combat in densely populated Gaza, where the war has sent 1.5 million people fleeing to other parts of the territory in…

Smoke rises from explosions during rocket strikes in Gaza on October 28, 2023 seen from Sderot, Israel. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Israel pounds Gaza as Red Cross warns of ‘intolerable suffering’

Families of Israeli hostages want Israel to accept Hamas’s proposal of exchanging Palestinian prisoners for the hostages, but Israel’s president made no commitment.

Volunteers from the Qatari and Egyptian Red Crescent humanitarian organisations unload aid destined for the Gaza Strip at el-Arish airport in Egypt’s northern Sinai peninsula on October 22, 2023. (Photo by CALLUM PATON/AFP via Getty Images)

US pledges ‘flow’ of aid to Gaza

The United Nations estimates Gaza needs about 100 trucks a day to meet the needs of its 2.4 million residents

Workers from the Palestinian Red Crescent unload lorries carrying humanitarian aid after they entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt via the Rafah border crossing on October 21, 2023. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

First relief convoy enters Gaza devastated by ‘nightmare’ war

A Hamas spokesman said ‘even dozens’ of such convoys could not meet Gaza’s needs, especially as no fuel was being allowed in to help distribute supplies

GAZA CITY, GAZA – OCTOBER 7: A bicycle was targeted and two young Palestinian militants were killed near the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel on October 7, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza. The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a missile attack on Israel today, with fighters simultaneously crossing the border from Gaza. Israel has declared a state of war. (Photo By Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

Israel says at ‘war’ after rare militant infiltration from Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said ‘we are at war’ and vowed severe retaliation after ordering an extensive mobilisation of Israeli army reserves

Palestinians say truce reached with Israel to end deadly escalation

Israel also lifted restrictions on civilian movements in communities around the Gaza border on Monday morning

Surveillance technology is increasingly being used to monitor civilians.

Gaza protests bring bloodshed but scarce gain as anniversary looms

Thousands of Palestinians have gathered at least weekly along the border in protests dubbed the Great March of Return

UN cans Gaza marathon after Hamas bans women runners

Gaza’s third international marathon has been cancelled after the ruling Hamas movement refused to allow women to run.

Egypt reopens Rafah border with Gaza

Egypt has reopened its Rafah border crossing with Gaza, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in four years.

Hamas blames Israel as prisoner talks drag on

Hamas blamed Israel on Tuesday for stalling efforts to swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a captured soldier.

Islamist leader killed in Gaza clashes

A radical Islamist sheikh was among 22 people killed and 120 hurt when Hamas police stormed a Gaza mosque, emergency services said on Saturday.

UN counts damage in Gaza

Senior United Nations officials examined the extent of war damage in Gaza on Thursday.

Calm reigns in Gaza ahead of visit by UN chief

Tension eased in Gaza early on Tuesday as a fragile ceasefire entered its third day, with residents struggling to absorb the devastation.

Gaza skies calm as Israel halts offensive

The skies over Gaza remained calm on Sunday morning for the first time in 22 days as Israel unilaterally halted its onslaught.

Peace efforts intensify as Gaza toll tops 1 000

Israel struck fresh targets on Thursday and waged street battles in Gaza as the international community stepped up efforts to broker a truce.

Israel, Hamas locked in fierce Gaza City clashes

Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen fought fierce clashes around the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.