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
Israelis are incensed after IDF troops killed three hostages in the Strip on Friday, shouting ‘terrorists!’ as the captives waved a white flag
Netanyahu tries to iron out differences with the United States, thanking it for delivering weapons for the war and vetoing the UN call for a ceasefire
Hamas has continued to resist and killed nine Israeli soldiers in an ambush in the same northern neighborhood where it put troops at risk in 2014
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’
Washington’s decision to veto a ceasefire, despite desperate appeals from organizations on the ground, has worsened the situation in the Palestinian enclave
Refaat Alareer, the teacher and writer who had shared the hardships of war with EL PAÍS, was killed along with six family members in an Israeli attack
Just under 100 protesters, who were stripped of their banners, demanded that Israel take control of holy Muslim sites
Aisha, 16, and Bilal, 18, returned to their village in southern Israel after being included in the hostage-prisoner exchange but left their father and another sibling behind in the hands of Hamas
The members of the kibbutz, which was attacked by Hamas on October 7, are living temporarily in a hotel. Next summer, they will be welcomed in another location, but it will be several years before they can return home
The Israeli army renewed its attacks on the Strip after intercepting a missile shortly before the deadline at 7 a.m. local time
Women and young people freed through the Israel-Hamas truce explain how conditions hardened after the October 7 attacks, with beatings, overcrowding, humiliation and insults
The parties have announced a temporary ceasefire agreement that will last until Friday morning and allow for a new exchange of hostages and prisoners
20 Israeli hostages and 60 Palestinian prisoners are expected to be released between Tuesday and Wednesday
Residents of the Strip take advantage of the beginning of the truce to look for food and try to find out if their loved ones are still alive
The agreement, which also involves the entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip, was to begin to be implemented Thursday morning. Shortly before its entry into force, the Israeli national security advisor clarified that it would not take place before Friday due to last minute differences
The pact is expected to come into force on Thursday and will allow for the release of 50 Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners. The agreement also includes allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza
The authorities in the Strip fear that, in addition to the more than 14,000 people killed during the war, there are between 5,000 and 6,000 unrecovered bodies
Qatar, which is acting as a mediator, said this is the closest the sides have been to reaching an agreement in the 46 days of war
The 708-kilometer long barrier has left residents’ homes surrounded by Israeli settlements and makes it difficult for Palestinians to access their lands
The director of the largest medical center in the Palestinian enclave accuses the Israeli military of taking corpses and performing military operations in the emergency, radiology, neonatal and burns areas of the complex
The current conflict has exacerbated the traditional institutional disregard of a community of more than 300,000 people who have few basic services and scarce protection against Hamas attacks