Several hundred worshipers are taking refuge in two churches, which have been stock piled with supplies. One of them, however, was hit by an Israeli attack
The Hamas attack and Israel’s offensive are changing the rules of the game in the region, slowing down normalization efforts and putting many Arab nations in an uncomfortable position
People from all ranks have been called out for speaking too forcefully — or not forcefully enough — making it nearly impossible to come up with a unifying message when passions run deep on all sides
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who hosted the summit, again rejected any talk of driving Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians into the Sinai Peninsula and warned against the ‘liquidation of the Palestinian cause’
Warning signs abound on several fronts: an invasion of Gaza, violence in the West Bank, a Hezbollah attack, U.S. regional involvement, Islamic terrorism and Islamophobia
Palestinians on the Strip have only three liters of water a day, because Israel is blocking the supplies and energy needed to keep supply and distribution facilities running
Only 20 trucks moved in from Egypt, which the UN said was insufficient. More than 200 trucks carrying roughly 3,000 tons of assistance have been positioned near the Rafah crossing for days
Hundreds of soldiers surrounded by tanks and armored vehicles await the order to advance and occupy the Strip by land as part of a three-phase plan announced by the Israeli Minister of Defense
The proposal faces a tough path to approval: the Republican-led House of Representatives, which must agree to it, remains paralyzed and without a speaker
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
Beijing sent a special envoy to the Middle East to push for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the latest sign of its ambition to play a larger role in the region
The threats came after the Council on American-Islamic Relations updated banquet programming to focus on human rights issues for Palestinians. The group is urging members of Congress to promote a ceasefire in Gaza
Oil markets are already stretched by cutbacks in oil production from Saudi Arabia and Russia and expected stronger demand from China, the head of the International Energy Agency said
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
The tragic history of the Jewish people has created the current tragedy of the Palestinian people. Israel’s domination of the Palestinians has no justification
The humanitarian crisis is deepening in the south of the Strip, where people fled after Israel’s ultimatum. But many are finding that they are not safe there either
The Pentagon has stressed that the arrival of warships in the region is not designed to engage in military action together with Israel: ‘There is no intention to put US boots on the ground in combat’
The Israeli army has never succeeded in destroying the underground network of communications, shelters, command posts and hostage cells used by the Islamist militia within the Strip
The author of ‘Straw Dogs’ — one of the most influential political thinkers of recent decades — analyzes the Israeli conflict and argues that populism is a reaction to liberal policies
Officials from across the 27-nation group have expressed concerns about a rise in antisemitic attacks, and the need to speed up the deportation of people who might pose a public danger
Netanyahu is the person most responsible for the destruction of the Oslo Accords and for the death — already declared by many — of the two-state project