Gaza War
latest news & developments
Mideast war: Treasury rallies to cushion blow
As Iranian conflict rattles oil markets and raises economic risks for South Africa, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is building a scenario plan to assess the implications for…
Iran’s envoy in South Africa defends retaliatory attacks on US bases in the Middle East
Ambassador Mansour Shakib Mehr said Tehran’s actions ‘are directed at military bases used against us’
Hamas mourns Yahya Sinwar, vows no hostage release until war ends
In August, Netanyahu called Sinwar ‘the only obstacle to a hostage deal’
Israel says Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar has been killed in Gaza
US President Joe Biden said Sinwar’s death marked “a good day” for Israel, America, and the world
Israel hits Beirut again in second day of strikes
Hezbollah and its arch-foe Israel have been exchanging near-daily cross-border fire since the Gaza war erupted last October
OPINION: Israel’s crackdown on calories
Was the terrible murder of seven aid workers part of the use of food as a weapon, which has claimed its first lives in Gaza?
Hamas studies truce proposal six months into Gaza war
Foreign governments and humanitarian groups have persistently urged Israel not to carry out an operation in Rafah for fear of mass civilian casualties
Gaza desolation: Was it worth it?
Israel’s ‘victory’ has left Gaza City in ruins, but the 50-day war has strengthened Hamas’s influence.
International law fails to protect civilians from warmongers
Recent events show that international and humanitarian law are often no more than forms of convenient discourse for those at war.
Tweeting pictures of mutilated children is obscene
How many pictures of dead children do you need to see before you understand that killing children is wrong?
Israel says meeting heavy resistance within Gaza
Israeli forces say they were met with heavy resistance from Hamas when they pounded multiple sites across the Gaza Strip.
Weekend 101: Bond, Jacob Bond
The Nkandla fire rages on, the battle in the Gaza Strip flares up and the new Bond film is set to hit cinemas with a bang. Stay in the know, watch Weekend 101.
UN compilers split over Gaza report rebuttal
The UN has roundly rebuffed remarks by South African judge Richard Goldstone that cast doubt on the report into the Gaza war.
Despite flaws, Goldstone Report changed behaviour
Israelis do not forgive his initial findings, but Richard Goldstone’s United Nations report is a powerful deterrent against a repeat of the war.
Israel demands UN bin Goldstone Report
Israel demanded on Sunday that the United Nations bin a report critical of its deadly 2008-2009 offensive on Gaza.