The numbers show the staggering toll of the Israel-Hamas war
The Israel-Hamas war has quickly become the deadliest and most destructive.
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'The most tragic of days': Gaza aid shipments fall short
Aid warehouses have been looted after new shipments fall desperately short.
'Frustrated and desperate': Warehouses looted for aid in Gaza
A UN agency says thousands of people have broken into aid warehouses in Gaza to take food.
Rob Rattenbury on Israel-Hamas war: I'm worried about where this will end this time
'The history of both sides is tragic, to say the least.'
Israel sends ground forces into Gaza as PM says war now in 'second stage'
Israel's military have sent ground forces into Gaza while increasing air and sea attacks.
'Nothing is right': Gaza people 'robbed' of funeral rites amid devastation
The constant bombardment of Gaza has taken the dignity of grief from the people.
Blackout keeping aid outside Gaza
Israel has sent in tanks and infantry backed by massive strikes from the air and sea.
Palestinians plead ‘stop the bombs’ at UN meeting
'Stop the bombs and save lives!' Palestinian ambassador pleaded at UN meeting.
UN General Assembly calls for ‘humanitarian truce’ in Gaza
Meanwhile aerial attacks continue to bombard Hamas tunnels and other targets.
Editorial: Why Hamas started a war it couldn’t win with Israel
The sickening attack only makes sense as a Palestinian power play.
Who is in Israel’s war cabinet?
New York Times: Small group will play key role in deciding ground invasion of Gaza.
Israeli troops raid northern Gaza to ‘prepare’ for full-scale incursion
Israelis “prepare the battlefield” before an expected ground invasion.
‘I hope New Zealand will recalculate its path’ - Israeli Ambassador
Ran Yaakoby says Israel's response to the Hamas attacks was proportionate.
Even in their anguish, these Israeli survivors say invading Gaza won’t help
New York Times: Some Israelis fear their pain is being used to justify attacks on Gaza.
Israel and the United Nations: A toxic 76-year relationship
How the relationship between the UN and Israel became a marriage of abuse and rancour.
Helen Clark: 'Punishment of Gaza civilians violation of international humanitarian law'
'There is a terrible scale of human suffering there'.
'They failed the test': Israel accuses UN chief of justifying terrorism
Israeli officials outraged over UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres’ latest comments.
The ‘devil’s playground’ of urban combat that Israel is preparing to enter
NYT: Invasion could produce some of the fiercest street-to-street fighting since WWII.
'It has to stop': Biden slams 'extremist' Israeli settlers
Biden says settler attacks on Palestinians are adding fuel to the fire.
UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief missions
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that it is running out of fuel.
Israel says it will destroy Hamas. But who will govern Gaza?
New York Times: Israel has set itself a stiff challenge in aiming to vanquish Hamas.
'My friends are at war': Breakers coach on Israel conflict
Mody Moar grew up in Israel and spent five years serving in the army there.
Devastating reason Gazan parents are writing names on children's bodies
The bodies of innocent children, both dead and injured, are piling up in hospital.
‘I went through hell,’ freed Israeli says of subterranean captivity in Gaza
New York Times: The grandmother was kidnapped, beaten and held in tunnels for 17 days.
US shares hard lessons in urban combat with Israel
Israel's inevitable ground invasion of Gaza has brought back memories for the US.
Israel launches 400 strikes across Gaza, killing hundreds
Gaza's health ministry says hundreds of people died in the past day after airstrikes.
'We don't even live here': Foreign nationals trapped in Gaza desperate to go home
The devastating Israel-Hamas war has trapped hundreds of foreign nationals in Gaza.
'They don't care': Freed hostage recounts 'hell' of Hamas capture
Yochev Lifshitz was among the 200 Israelis and foreigners taken hostage on October 7.
‘I love you. I am sorry’: One Jew, one Muslim and a friendship tested by war
New York Times: War has strained relationships. For some it has strengthened their bond.
US sending defences and advisers to Middle East as Gaza ground assault looms
A ground assault into Gaza is expected in the coming days.
'Relief she is safe': Hamas releases two hostages, US urges for more talks
The pair being held captive were from the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz.
Opinion: We must not kill Palestinian children to try to protect Israel’s children
NYT: Acceptance of bombing in Gaza suggests Palestinian kids are lesser victims.
'We are in a nightmare now': Gaza residents live in hell as war rages
Yousra Abu Sharekh is one of millions whose lives have been completely upended by the war.
This Israeli-Hamas war has smashed comforting assumptions
New York Times: Host of assumptions have defined Israeli-Palestinian conflict for years.