Antonio Pita

Little information is coming out of the Strip due to a communication and internet blackout after “massive and significant” bombardments

UN denounces war crimes in conflict for first time and Palestinian refugee agency warns many will soon starve to death

Tanks and infantry entered the northern end of the Strip for several hours in a targeted raid aimed at ‘preparing the next stages of combat,’ while airstrikes continue to kill hundreds every day and deepen the humanitarian crisis

The Palestinian territory has recorded 82 fatalities as a result of clashes with Israeli soldiers and ultranationalist settlers since the Hamas attack on October 7. It is a pace unseen since the end of the Second Intifada in 2005

The government delays the green light for the operation, which Biden has asked to postpone, according to ‘The New York Times,’ while Israel strikes with increasing severity killing 436 people in 24 hours, according to the Gazan Ministry of Health

A minority of citizens are staying put in their homes near Gaza, despite fear of a new attack and the insistence of the authorities

Civil society groups are organizing vigils, murals and banners for the more than 200 people kidnapped in the enclave, while Israel decides whether to negotiate their release or try to rescue them

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant explains the stages of his country’s political and military plans in the Strip. Bombardments and the imminent ground incursion are the first step

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres flew to Egypt to try to unblock the delivery of urgently needed food, water and medicine. Dozens of trucks are waiting at the Rafah crossing on the border

President Joe Biden defended Israel’s version about an errant Palestinian rocket having accidentally caused the massacre at a hospital in the Strip

Jordan has canceled the four-party summit that the president had planned to attend with King Abdullah and his counterparts from Egypt and the Palestinian National Authority

Health centers barely have any drinking water, food, medicine or beds left to care for the injured, whose numbers keep rising as a result of ongoing Israeli airstrikes

The evacuation of a bordering city suggests that a ground invasion against Hamas is imminent

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have joined a mass exodus towards the south of the Strip amid bombings and scenes of chaos and desperation

United Nations and aid groups say such a rapid exodus to the south will cause untold human suffering. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says this is ‘only the beginning’

Last week’s attack left thousands of day laborers trapped in Israel. Frightened, they took taxis to the West Bank or were left there by the police after being arrested. Now they are sleeping in a crowded sports center

The scale of the massive attack from Gaza and the subsequent bombings on the area have overshadowed the 31 Palestinians killed there in less than a week

Fear reigns among the 2.2 million residents of the Strip, which is under bombardment by Israel, and where the only power plant is no longer working and the water supply is in danger

Shelling on the Strip intensifies and Hamas responds with a barrage of rockets on Ashkelon. Syria and Lebanon fire shells on Israeli territory

Israel claimed to have found 1,500 dead bodies of militiamen on its soil, as 200,000 Palestinians in Gaza sought refuge. An Israeli attack killed two senior Hamas officials

Islamic movement says it will begin executing Israeli civilian hostages for every new unannounced Israeli airstrike

Analysts believe the success of the surprise operation by the Gaza militias lies in Israel’s overconfidence and the lack of intelligence information and preparation in the middle of the Jewish holiday

The Israeli Army has still not regained control of the entire territory and continues to fight against Palestinian militia members who infiltrated the country

Gaza militia members are demanding the release of all Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the return of the captives. In the past, the Jewish state has paid a high price in swaps for soldiers, living or dead

The deadly Palestinian coordinated action comes amid rapprochement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, anathema to the Islamist movement that rules Gaza

The establishment of relations between Riyadh and the Jewish state would be a triumph for Washington. Biden is scheduled to meet Netanyahu next week in New York to discuss ‘integration in the region’

Israel’s lead negotiator of the 30-year-old agreement is an optimist, but warns that the country’s leaders can either lead it ‘to peace or war’