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Trump loves Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE – they're rich, under U.S. influence, and led by regimes he finds easy to handle. But if it's deals we're talking, maybe it's the Saudi crown prince we should speak to about trading a Gaza cease-fire for a multi-billion-dollar pact with Trump

Israel's expanded assault on Gaza is setting it up for a prolonged and costly occupation that the economy cannot afford

Humanitarian organizations in Gaza reject the army's plan, saying it will harm the population's security. The Washington Post reported that Israel will allow 60 aid trucks to enter Gaza daily and that residents may collect food and household products at six hubs

A Gaza resident tells Haaretz about how his family is coping with the lack of food in the Strip: 'We agreed: one meal a day, no bread. We rely on water trucks for drinking water'

For Netanyahu's government, the Gaza war is still 'existential' and protesting its surging cost is a matter of disloyalty to the cause. Perhaps it's fitting that it's teachers, with their duty to Israel's next generation but their salaries slashed, are now on strike

Van de Israëlische gijzelaars die door Hamas in Gaza worden vastgehouden, zijn er nog maar 21 in leven, heeft de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump gezegd. Dat zijn er drie minder dan het meest recente cijfer dat het Israëlische leger communiceerde.

Kilo’s per week vallen de ouders van Abed al Attar (34) af in Gaza. Voedsel is er een luxeproduct geworden. Een zak meel kost meer dan 200 euro. Al Attar vreest voor het lot van zijn ouders nu Israël plannen heeft het hele gebied over te nemen. „Er moet nú hulp komen.”

Ahead of his death in April, Pope Francis directed the Catholic relief organization Caritas to turn the vehicle into a medical clinic used to treat Palestinian children.

The Israeli Air Force is aware of at least 3,000 unexploded bombs in Gaza. After tens of thousands of airstrikes, the IDF ran low on reliable fuses and turned to outdated ones – some decades old. 'Tens of tons of explosives are lying in Gaza, waiting for Hamas,' said one officer

ISRAEL: Smotrich says 'Gaza will be destroyed,' civilians to emigrate after Israeli victory declared in coming months ■ GAZA: 37 people killed in Israeli strikes since Tuesday morning, Gazan medical sources say ■ YEMEN: IDF struck Sanaa Int'l Airport, causing shutdown; U.S. and Houthis announce cease-fire ■ EGYPT: Source says Egypt has received new U.S. proposal for Gaza cease-fire ahead of Trump visit

Israël bereidt een nieuw offensief voor in Gaza. Dat wordt een ‘grootschalige aanval’, met als doel grote stukken of misschien wel het hele Palestijnse gebied in te nemen. Het leger waarschuwt dat ‘het verplaatsen van de meerderheid van de bevolking’ onderdeel is van het plan.

The expanded Gaza offensive approved by the cabinet is likely to fail, leading to prolonged entanglement and heavy deaths of soldiers, hostages, and Palestinians – without defeating Hamas. Netanyahu follows the far right, while IDF leadership hopes for Trump's intervention

While MAGA politicians are busy bashing other Republicans as 'neocons,' Israel is dragging the U.S. into an Iraq-style neoconservative ploy in Gaza

Premier Netanyahu van Israël zgt dat het nieuwe offensief in Gaza ‘intensief’ wordt. De inwoners van de Palestijnse kuststrook moeten vertrekken ‘om hen te beschermen’, zegt hij in een video. Een legerwoordvoerder gaf later aan dat het om de meerderheid van de bevolking gaat. Het opgeschaalde offensief van Israël in Gaza zou zo ver kunnen gaan dat de hele enclave wordt ingenomen, meldde een Israëlische functionaris eerder op maandag. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

The "forceful operation," which includes population evacuation as Netanyahu described it, will begin only if a hostage deal is not reached, an Israeli security official said. Humanitarian aid to Gaza will be restored once the operation starts, he added

'Ulterior motives are at play, and the government is playing Russian roulette with our children's lives,' one hostage mother said after Israel's security cabinet unanimously decided to expand operations in Gaza

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) dispatched a 16th humanitarian aid shipment for Palestine, reaffirming Pakistan’s steadfast solidarity with Gaza.

St Andrews rector Stella Maris wins appeal after facing dismissal for calling Israel's actions in Gaza “genocidal” in a 2023 university-wide email.

Since the war began, Israel has reviewed over 80 public officials' remarks on the October 7 response, partly due to international legal pressure. In December, it closed a case against a rabbi who said all Gaza residents should be killed, including babies and the elderly

After nearly 50 days of fighting with no hostages freed, the IDF is calling up tens of thousands of reservists for a broader ground offensive in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel is intensifying strikes in Syria as Druze communities face attacks from regime-aligned jihadi groups