Chef José Andrés, who led the effort, explains how the mission to take 200 tons of food by sea with the Spanish ship ‘Open Arms’ was made possible with help from Cyprus, Jordan and UAE
Negotiations for a second pause in hostilities have run aground a few days before the start of the holy month of Ramadan. The Islamist group wants guarantees that it will be indefinite, while Israel is concerned about how many of the hostages are dead
Marwan Barghouti, who Hamas has included in negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza and the exchange of hostages, has been imprisoned since 2002 and is emerging as a possible post-war figure of unity
The sanctions announced by the US, Canada, the UK, France, Spain and New Zealand represent an element of pressure on the Israeli government, which supports the movement
Talks resume in Cairo, and the issue of hostages is the main stumbling block. According to Hamas, 15 children have now died of starvation or dehydration in the Gaza Strip
The Israeli government calls what happened a ‘tragedy’ and points to a stampede and hit-and-runs by Gazan drivers, while the Palestinian Authority speaks of an ‘atrocious massacre’
Relatives and friends of the more than 130 people being held in the Strip are demanding that Israeli authorities prioritize an agreement to bring them home
The Netanyahu government continues to support violent Jews occupying Palestine despite international sanctions against them, according to the United Nations and human rights organizations
The residents of this West Bank city, who live in the shadow of 800 Jewish settlers and under watch by 2,500 soldiers, say that they are suffering more degrading treatment since Israel’s offensive on Gaza
The goal of the negotiations with Qatar and Egypt, which have been in talks with Hamas envoys for days, is the six-week cessation of hostilities sought by U.S. President Joe Biden
Over one million Palestinians forcibly displaced to Gaza’s border with Egypt are surviving in increasingly inhumane conditions. Now, they face an Israeli military incursion with nowhere else to turn to
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ignoring calls from the international community, including the United States, to avoid the humanitarian disaster that a military incursion in the southern Gaza area would entail
The Israeli army is intensifying attacks on Rafah in the south of the Strip, while Egypt and Qatar are attempting to bring the parties in the conflict closer to a ceasefire agreement
Israel’s prime minister insists he will not accept a deal with Hamas ‘at any price’ as the Palestinian militia seeks prisoner releases and withdrawal of troops from the Strip
Fear spreads among the hundreds of thousands of displaced people crowded into southern Gaza, trapped along the border with Egypt, an area turned into a ‘pressure cooker of despair,’ according to the U.N.
Demonstrators managed to stop trucks bound for the Strip in the port of Ashdod to press for the release of the hostages still being held after the Hamas attacks of October 7
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 68 reporters have been killed during the Israeli offensive. ‘We are not machines. We have feelings,’ says one of the Palestinian journalists who spoke to EL PAÍS
The Israeli army, stationed behind the neighboring concrete wall, has stepped up raids and arrests in a community of 5,500 inhabitants, where half of the population are minors
‘Did they have to shoot? Don’t know. But I can’t blame the soldiers,’ says Lidor Kalai, the friend of the deceased drummer, who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7
In the West Bank city, the scene of weekly raids, 12 people have died and hundreds have been arrested. Soldiers left insulting graffiti and recorded a video mocking Islam inside a mosque
Father Munther and other Christian clergy made an appeal to the White House for a ceasefire. ‘There they celebrate Christmas with presents and lights, and here they send us weapons and the machinery of war’