Gaza

Guardian: "Israel-Hamas war" — The Guardian UK (LINK)

Al Jazeera: "Israel-Hamas war live" — Al Jazeera (LINK)

"Israeli-Palestinian Conflict News" — ground.news (LINK)

Faked news

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IDF indicates war will stretch on throughout 2024; Hamas fires rockets into Israel's south — The Guardian UK ● — 1 January 2024 (LINK)

Netanyahu targets control of Gaza-Egypt border in 'many months' of war on Hamas: Prime minister says Philadelphi corridor buffer zone 'must be shut' and in Israel's hands — The Guardian UK ● — 31 December 2023 (LINK)

Al Jazeera: Israeli attacks kill 64 people across Gaza — aljazeera — 31 December 2023 (LINK)

Israel changes foreign minister in the midst of the war with Hamas — part of pre-arranged reshuffle. — ground.news: 23 media reports — 31 December 2023 (LINK)

Israeli forces bombard Khan Younis as Gaza officials say nearly 200 killed in 24 hours — The Guardian UK ● — 30 December 2023 (LINK)

— Israeli defence minister says troops are reaching Hamas command centres and arms depots, while strikes also reported in central Gaza.

US approves 'emergency' sale of munitions to Israel — ground.news: 13 media reports — 29 December 2023 (LINK)

Lice, scabies, chickenpox, respiratory diseases — WHO chief 'very concerned 'over infectious diseases spreading 'menacingly' in Gaza — ground.news: 44 media reports — 29 December 2023 (LINK)

UNRWA says aid convoy was hit by Israeli gunfire — ground.news: 39 media reports — 28 December 2023 (LINK)

Israel admits airstrike that killed 86 people at Gaza refugee camp on 24 December was 'regrettable mistake' — ground.news: 47 media reports — 28 December 2023 (LINK)

Iran has hanged four people convicted of spying for Israel, AFP reports the judiciary said on Friday, less than two weeks after authorities had executed a man on similar grounds. — The Guardian UK ● — 29 December 2023 (LINK)

— On 28 December Associated Press reported that the number of Israeli forces injured during the war had risen to roughly 3,000. At least 160 IDF troops have been killed during the ground operation in Gaza.

Local authorities say that more than 21,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli military action inside Gaza since 7 October, and in addition 300 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. 85% of the civilian population in Gaza has been displaced.

UN appoints a former Dutch deputy premier and Mideast expert as its Gaza humanitarian coordinator — ground.news: 72 media reports — 26 December 2023 (LINK)

jewishpress: Guterres Appoints the Wife of Arafat's Deputy Minister to Coordinate Humanitarian Aid in Gaza. Kaag's office supported a group that employed the murderers of 17-year-old Rina Shnerb Hy'd. — (LINK)

Israel halts automatic visas for UN employees amid rising tensions — ground.news: 10 media reports — 26 December 2023 (LINK)

Israel rebuked for 'baseless' visas bans — see_link — (LINK)

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu says visited Gaza, vows to 'intensify' fighting — ground.news: 50 media reports — 25 December 2023 (LINK)

Israeli airstrike kills more than 100 people in central Gaza refugee camp — PBS — 25 December 2023 (LINK)

— The war has resulted in the deaths of over 20,000 Palestinians and the displacement of nearly 85% of Gaza's population.

Israeli airstrike kills 76 members of one Gaza family, rescue officials say — AP — 23 December 2023 (LINK)

— Among the dead were Issam al-Mughrabi, a veteran employee of UN Development Program, his wife, and their five children. "The loss of Issam and his family has deeply affected us all. The UN and civilians in Gaza are not a target," said Achim Steiner, the head of the agency. "This war must end."

UN chief says Israeli offensive creating 'obstacles' to aid distribution as strikes reported across Gaza — The Guardian UK ● — 23 December 2023 (LINK)

UN Security Council passes resolution to boost aid to Gaza after U.S. abstains — ground.news: 286 media reports — 22 December 2023 (LINK)

— The Palestinian Authority and Hamas issued different responses towards the UN vote. The Palestinian foreign ministry, which is part of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, called the resolution "a step in the right direction" and said it would help "end the aggression, ensure the arrival of aid and protect the Palestinian people". But Hamas, the militants who run Gaza, called the resolution an "insufficient step" for meeting the impoverished territory's needs.

The International Rescue Committee, the global humanitarian organisation, lamented the lack of a UN security council (UNSC) resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, even as it welcomed the resolution on aid. It also welcomed the call for the unconditional release of remaining hostages held by Hamas after they were snatched from southern Israel during the 7 October attack that triggered the war. "From a humanitarian point of view, the failure of the UNSC to demand an immediate and sustained ceasefire is unjustifiable," the committee said.

UN report says more than 570,000 people in Gaza, a quarter of the population, are now 'starving' due to fallout from war — ground.news: 143 media reports — 22 December 2023 (LINK)

Shipping costs rise by nearly 50% in a week and could go up further amid Red Sea attacks — ground.news: 11 media reports — 22 December 2023 (LINK)

Hamas says no hostage releases unless Israel stops attacks — ground.news: 35 media reports — 21 December 2023 (LINK)

The Committee to Protect Journalists: Israel-Hamas War Takes 'Record Toll' on Journalists, Press Freedom, — ground.news: media reports — 21 December 2023 (LINK)

— More media workers have been killed in the first 10 weeks of Israel's assault on Gaza than have ever been killed in a single country over an entire year: more than 90 journalists killed in the Gaza Strip. CPJ said it was particularly concerned about a pattern of targeting journalists and their families by the Israeli military.

Gaza war is world's 'moral failure', Red Cross chief says — Reuters ● — 19 December 2023 (LINK)

UN security council intensifies ceasefire resolution negotiations to try to avoid another US veto — The Guardian UK ● — 19 December 2023 (LINK)

US announces 10-nation force to counter Houthi attacks in Red Sea — Al Jazeera — 18 December 2023 (LINK)

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of intentionally starving civilians in the Gaza Strip as a war crime: The Israeli government hit back, accusing HRW of being an "anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli organisation" — ground.news: 29 media reports — 18 December 2023 (LINK)

— "Human Rights Watch... did not condemn the attack on Israeli citizens and the massacre of Oct 7, and has no moral basis to talk about what's going on in Gaza if they turn a blind eye to the suffering and the human rights of Israelis," Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat said.

Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says four people killed in Faraa refugee camp and 90 in Jabalia camp as Israel launches attacks up and down territory: 19,453 killed and 52,286 wounded or injured since 7 October, says ministry — The Guardian UK ● — 18 December 2023 (LINK)

EU launches formal probe into Musk's X over illegal content, after identifying disinformation related to Hamas's October 7 attack in Israel. — ground.news: 18 media reports — 18 December 2023 (LINK)

Netanyahu says government 'committed as ever' to war in Gaza as UK and Germany call for ceasefire — The Guardian UK ● — 16 December 2023 (LINK)

Israel to allow first aid shipments via Kerem Shalom crossing to Gaza — ground.news — 15 December 2023 (LINK)

Israeli military says it mistakenly killed 3 Israeli hostages in Gaza — ground.news: 334 media reports — 15 December 2023 (LINK)

Shipping giants Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk pause Red Sea travel amid attacks — ground.news: 71 media reports — 15 December 2023 (LINK)

IDF trial of flooding Hamas tunnels with seawater proves successful, ToI told — timesofisrael — 14 December 2023 (LINK)

Switzerland blocks bid to end funding for UN Palestinian agency after outrage — Reuters ● — 14 December 2023 (LINK)

Gaza without Hamas is a 'delusion', says militant group's leader, as it reports 24 killed in Israeli airstrike in Rafah — see_link — 13 December 2023 (LINK)

Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 68 — Al Jazeera — 13 December 2023 (LINK)

UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly against US opposition to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza — ground.news: 232 media reports — 12 December 2023 (LINK)

— On a vote of 153 nations in favor and 10 against, the assembly approved a resolution demanding "an immediate humanitarian cease-fire," as well as the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and assurances of aid access to Gaza.

Nearly one-fifth of Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza died due to friendly fire and other accidents, IDF says — ground.news: 16 media reports — 12 December 2023 (LINK)

Netanyahu breaks with Biden, rejects Palestinian Authority rule in Gaza — ground.news: 14 media reports — 12 December 2023 (LINK)

Israeli forces raid Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital after days of strikes: Dozens of patients and about 3,000 displaced people are inside, UN says, as Gaza Health Ministry calls for international help. — Al Jazeera — 12 December 2023 (LINK)

UN aid agency chief visits Gaza amid Israel war: Situation 'hell on earth' — ground.news: 13 media reports — 12 December 2023 (LINK)

4 NGOs — Amnesty International, Campaign Against Arms Trade, Human Rights Watch, War on Want — call for UK government to intervene and halt arms sales to Israel — The Guardian UK ● — 12 December 2023 (LINK)

Why is Gen Z so pro-Palestine and anti-Israel? On TikTok, where half the users are under 30, #freepalestine has 31 billion posts compared to 590 million for #standwithisrael — more than 50 times as many — thehill — 11 December 2023 (LINK)

Italy, France and Germany call on EU to impose 'ad hoc sanctions regime' against Hamas — The Guardian UK ● — 11 December 2023 (LINK)

Nearly 300 killed in Gaza in 24 hours as Hamas, Netanyahu trade threats — Al Jazeera — 11 December 2023 (LINK)

Israeli forces continue push into southern Gaza amid 'apocalyptic' humanitarian situation — The Guardian UK ● — 10 December 2023 (LINK)

Israel rejects UN Palestine agency chief's assertion that Israel is trying to force Gazans into Egypt en masse — AFP — 11 December 2023 (LINK)

Israeli hostage reported killed in Gaza as two Palestinians reported killed in the West Bank, all aged 25 — The Guardian UK ● — 9 December 2023 (LINK)

US criticised for veto on UN ceasefire resolution — The Guardian UK ● — 9 December 2023 (LINK)

Europe reaches a deal on the world's first comprehensive AI rules — ground.news: 143 media reports — 8 December 2023 (LINK)

UN Chief Antonio Guterres has invoked what is widely considered the most powerful diplomatic tool at his disposal: Article 99, urging the UN Security Council to act on the war in Gaza — Al Jazeera — 7 December 2023 (LINK)

ground.news: 59 sources — (LINK)

At least 34 killed in strike on homes housing displaced people according to hospital director and AP reporter; US president calls on world to condemn 'appalling' reports of rape on 7 October — The Guardian UK ● — 6 December 2023 (LINK)