Gaza

How Israel kept Biden backing a Gaza war his administration wanted to end - report

Former Biden admin. officials believe that their unconditional support of Israel emboldened Prime Minister Netanyahu to expand the war in Gaza to Lebanon and Iran, sources told The New Yorker.

US Vice President Joe Biden (L) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they deliver joint statements during their meeting in Jerusalem March 9, 2016
Civil Defense personnel respond following an Israeli strike on a residential apartment in Gaza City, July 21, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Israeli strike kills a top Hamas security official in Gaza, medics and police say

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Gaza Board of Peace Director Nickolay Mladenov, May 13, 2026.

Cabinet approves ISF to enter Gaza, Board of Peace to begin reconstruction work

The opening of Keith Siegel pancake house, a former Israeli hostage, at Sarona market in Tel Aviv, March 26, 2025.

Mazal tov! Former Gaza hostages Keith, Aviva Siegel celebrate daughter's pregnancy


UN human rights chief Volker Turk faces pushback in bid for second term

Turk, a lawyer who has worked for the United Nations for decades in major offices such as Geneva and field locations including Kosovo, ends his first four-year term in October.

FILE PHOTO: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, in Mexico City, Mexico April 22, 2026.

Israel 'fallen short' of UK military standards in Gaza, new British defense chief says

When asked to address his previous comments that “Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes,” Streeting told journalists, “I’m not going to pretend I didn’t make those comments.”

Britain's Defence Secretary Wes Streeting speaks at Farnborough International Airshow on July 22, 2026 in Farnborough, United Kingdom.

Metropolitan police reopen war crimes probe against four British IDF veterans - report

The Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) submitted a 240-page referral in August 2025.

WESTMINSTER MAGISTRATES’ COURT where judge Paul Goldspring ruled on April 8 that the ICJP’s application was ‘fundamentally misconceived in law,’ as the Foreign Enlistment Act does not apply to dual nationals, and therefore does not apply to Soldier A.

Europe must not abandon Palestinians who speak for peace - opinion

Supporting Palestinians should never mean ignoring Palestinians who oppose Hamas.

Israeli left-wing activists and Palestinians demonstrate against violence by extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank, near the unrecognized Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem, June 12, 2026.

When 'genocide' is no longer enough: Why the Palestinians are pushing 'wholocide' - analysis

Ambassador Al-Aklouk said the neologism 'Wholocide' was inspired by the "genocide victims themselves who described what they endured as being like 'the horrors of the Day of Judgment."

 PRO-PALESTINIAN students hold a walkout from classes to protest ‘one year of genocide’ on the people of Gaza, at the University of California, Irvine earlier this month.

Israeli strike in Gaza kills three Hamas terrorists, including October 7 attacker

Abdallah Jahja was a terrorist in the naval force of Hamas's military wing and, in addition to his activity on October 7, contributed to the planning of several terror attacks.

IDF infographic which includes the names and faces of the three Hamas operatives killed in IDF strikes in Gaza on June 21, 2026.

Criticism cannot become erasure: A letter to Mamdani on his condemnation of Netanyahu - opinion

On Tisha B’Av, I am asking you not to erase Israeli humanity or Jewish pain.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers his 100 Days Address, a speech dedicated to outline the progress made on his core campaign promises since taking office, in Queens, New York City, US, April 12, 2026.

IDF says Palestinian soccer players and FIFA referee were Hamas, PIJ terrorists

The military described efforts to portray the terrorists as innocent civilians as "part of a broader effort promoted by various actors against the State of Israel."

IDF exposes Gaza soccer players, referees, and coaches as terrorists, July 22, 2026.

Hamas strengthens grip on Gaza through clan leaders, local committees - report

Hamas has intensified efforts to install loyalists within Gaza’s clans and neighborhood committees as it prepares for a transfer of formal authority.

Gazan clan leaders give a press conference discussing Hamas's decision to transfer administrative control of the Gaza Strip to the National Committee for the Management of Gaza, al-Aqsa Martyrs' Hospital, Deir al-Balah, July 6, 2026.

UN reports nearly 9,300 chickenpox cases amid overcrowding in Gaza

Data provided to news agencies indicated that the number of reported infections had reached nearly 9,300, with more than half of the cases identified in Khan Yunis.

Displaced Palestinian children play in water as they shelter at a school on a hot day, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 1, 2026.