Gaza conflict, African coups, and the Morocco earthquake - the year in world news
From the Middle East to central Africa, this year saw growing tensions around the world.
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What's inside Hamas' tunnel network?
Anyone moving in from the light becomes a perfect silhouette deep in the Hamas tunnels.
Israel faces new calls for truce after killing of hostages raises alarm
Israel’s government is facing calls for a ceasefire from its closest European allies.
No more NZ citizens or residents trying to leave Gaza - Mfat
One citizen left overnight via the Rafah crossing into Egypt, says Winston Peters.
Israeli hostages mistakenly killed had been waving a white flag - military official
Anger over the mistaken killings is likely to increase pressure on the Israeli Government.
Letters: Killing innocent civilians is a war crime
OPINION: Killing innocent civilians is a war crime and against the Geneva Conventions.
'Situation catastrophic': Hamas ambush Israel soldiers, kill nine
The Israeli military says Palestinian militants ambushed troops in Gaza City.
Biden warns Israel it is 'losing support' over war
New York Times: Biden's comments expose a widening rift with PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Analysis: NZ's Israel-Palestine joint statement gives US middle option
The three Five Eyes members have offered the US middle ground amid rising ceasefire calls.
NZ backs UN General Assembly vote for ceasefire in Gaza
The vote also shows the growing isolation of the United States and Israel.
'It happened on his watch': Israel PM fighting on two fronts
Israel’s prime minister faces the anger of citizens whose lives will never be the same.
'We will defend ourselves': Israel refuses to back down from fight
Israel has signalled the current phase in Gaza could stretch on for weeks.
Who’s a ‘coloniser’? How an old word became a new weapon
New York Times: As an insult or a line of attack, 'colonial' is enjoying a field day.
Israel presses ahead with renewed US military support
Heavy fighting is raging across Gaza, including in the devastated north.
'Ceasefire, now': Large pro-Palestine rally blocks Auckland's Queen Street
Posters for the protest described it as the 'biggest for Palestine in NZ history'.
Israel-Hamas war: Returned surgeon gives testimony to UK war crimes unit
More than 17,700 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the local health ministry.
'No safe zone': Palestinians treated like 'human pinballs'
Israeli warplanes striking parts of Gaza where Israel told Palestinians to evacuate to.
Opinion: NZ's policy resets on Aukus, Gaza and Ukraine
Opinion: Winston Peters is wasting no time in getting back on the foreign affairs horse.
Gaza situation 'worsens by the hour' as Israel expands ground actions
Israel has renewed calls to evacuate Khan Younis after a widening ground offensive.
Military briefing: How Israel is attacking vast Hamas tunnel network
Financial Times: Subterranean labyrinth thought to be larger than London Underground.
'God help us': Israel turns weapons on Gaza's second-largest city
Israel’s military has ordered more areas in Gaza city Khan Younis to evacuate.
US warship, commercial ships attacked in Red Sea by Houthi rebels
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed attacks on two ships linked to Israel.
US and Israel considering exiling Hamas terrorists
IDF generals are also debating whether ‘Hamas-free zones’ can be established in Gaza.
'People want the war to stop': Truce extended, more hostages released by Hamas
Hamas released two Israeli women from captivity as the truce in Gaza endured another day.
Elon Musk stuns crowd with boycott message: 'Go f*** yourself'
Musk said he is against antisemitism and anything that 'promotes hate and conflict'.
Israel investigates claims youngest Hamas hostage has been killed
Benjamin Netanyahu says ‘the matter is being examined’ by the IDF.
'Threatened with guns, beaten': Hamas hostages reveal disturbing details of captivity
Hostages say they were moved from house to house, underfed and forced to sleep on chairs.
Blinken seeks new extension of Gaza ceasefire
The US Secretary of State is heading back to the Middle East.
Last planned hostage release in Gaza, talks to extend truce begin
Hamas has begun releasing 12 hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip.
Fragile truce in Gaza holds as talks go on
A truce between Israel and Hamas is holding for a fifth day.
Israeli hostage describes ‘suffocating’ conditions in captivity
The woman claimed she slept on plastic chairs with a sheet for nearly 50 days.
Release of infant hostage from Gaza being blocked, Israel says
The IDF say 10-month-old Kfir Bibas and his family have been handed to a separate group.
Go-to Mideast war mediator Qatar saves insecure truce with Tel Aviv trip
The visit by Qatari officials to Israel marked an extraordinary moment for both countries.
Tens of thousands march against antisemitism in London
Former UK PM Boris Johnson was among the marchers.