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15:50 Dozens of members of UK Jewish body facing disciplinary action over criticism of Israel

Members of Board of Deputies who signed open letter about war in Gaza are now ‘subject to a complaints procedure’

14:49 Sharon Osbourne calls for Kneecap rappers’ US visas to be revoked after Israel criticism

Irish language group uses Coachella gig to denounce Gaza attacks, saying ‘Palestinians have nowhere to go’

20:28 Israel ends mention of humanitarian zones as Gaza war grinds on

International aid workers fear for Palestinians who have fled their homes in search of safety

22/04 Look to his stand on Gaza: Pope Francis gave us moral leadership in amoral times | Owen Jones

With his outspokenness about Israel’s outrages, the late pope showed up the hypocrisy of the media and politicians, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

22/04 ‘He felt our pain’: Catholic church in Gaza grieves Pope Francis’s death

Pope made nightly phone calls to the Holy Family Catholic church from the start of the war in October 2023

22/04 Over 100 US university presidents sign letter decrying Trump administration

Statement signed by Harvard, Princeton and Brown leaders denounces White House’s ‘undue government intrusion’

21/04 Humanitarian agencies reject IDF claim Gaza medic killings caused by ‘professional failures’

UN, Palestinian Red Crescent and civil defence service condemn lack of accountability after Israeli investigation

21/04 Netanyahu demanded loyalty before trying to fire me, Shin Bet chief claims

Ronen Bar, head of Israel’s internal security service, says he was also asked to spy on anti-government protesters

21/04 ‘Trust is gone’: fears grow as police on some Florida campuses trained by Ice

At least 11 state colleges enroll in program that trains officers for ‘limited’ involvement in immigration operations

21/04 ‘My work is a scream for help’: Gaza’s artists document life under fire

Work illustrating the war’s brutality but also the resilience of four Palestinian artists, is being exhibited at the Darat al Funan in Jordan

20/04 Israeli military admits ‘professional failures’ over Gaza paramedic killings

IDF says it is dismissing deputy commander for giving ‘inaccurate report’ on shooting that caused global outcry

19/04 Israel has ‘no choice’ but to continue fighting in Gaza, says Netanyahu

PM vows not to end war before destroying Hamas, as Israeli strikes kill more than 90 people in 48 hours

19/04 Despair in Gaza as Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’

Palestinians pushed into new misery as supplies of food, fuel and medicine run out in seven-week siege

19/04 Sci-fi Musk is brainstorming ways to breed his ‘legion’ more efficiently | Arwa Mahdawi

A Wall Street Journal article offered disturbing details about the billionaire’s behavior. Imagine the backlash if he were a woman

19/04 An Israeli bomb took a teen’s arm in Gaza. She’s healing with a family in Philadelphia

Tasneem Sharif Abbas, 16, flew with her sister to the US, where doctors awaited and volunteers cheered their arrival

18/04 Denied, detained, deported: the people at the heart of Trump’s immigration crackdown

The White House is targeting people seen as opponents of its agenda – here are some of the most high-profile cases

18/04 Hamas rejects Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal over ‘impossible conditions’

Militant group says it will not accept deal without guarantee of end to Gaza war or full withdrawal of Israeli troops

17/04 Wave of Israeli airstrikes kill at least 40 people across Gaza, says Hamas

Missiles hit encampments for displaced Palestinians as talks on response to Israel truce offer ‘almost complete’

16/04 Autopsies of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

Findings likely to increase pressure on Israel to give a full account of incident amid accusations of war crime

16/04 Israeli minister met David Lammy on ‘private’ visit to UK, Foreign Office says

Activist groups make request for arrest warrant to be issued for Gideon Sa’ar after unannounced trip to London

16/04 No plans to allow any aid into Gaza, says Israeli minister

Israel Katz says blocking aid is ‘one of the main pressure levers’ on Hamas, which continues to hold hostages

16/04 Joe Rogan’s guests are revolting | Sam Wolfson

Cracks are appearing as the podcaster’s friends turn against him and Elon Musk. How long before he changes his mind?

15/04 Medics killed and wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza hospital

Airstrike prompts UN warning that humanitarian crisis is at its worst since fighting broke out 18 months ago

15/04 ‘The last thread connecting people to services’: why vets are risking all to care for Gaza’s donkeys

Amid the ruins and with fuel scarce, the animals provide vital transport for the injured as well as goods and belongings

14/04 Israel’s return to war in Gaza criticised by ex-Mossad operatives

Over 250 former intelligence agency figures back letter urging prioritising return of hostages held in Gaza

13/04 Journalist Ahmed Alnaouq: ‘It’s our duty to make Gaza’s stories immortal’

The Gaza-born, UK-based journalist, who lost 21 family members in an Israeli airstrike on his homeland, has taken pieces from an online platform he co-created for young Palestinians and collated them in a new book

13/04 Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this? | Arwa Mahdawi

What is happening is, quite simply, annihilation. Yet our politicians keep funding it and media outlets normalize it

13/04 Gaza City hospital hit, civil defence officials say, as Israel intensifies military operations

Al-Ahli hospital struck, says Gaza’s civil defence agency, amid widening Israeli offensive that has cut off access to southern city of Rafah

12/04 IDF unit involved in killing of Palestinian paramedics led by general with ‘contempt for human life’

Golani troops were under command of reservist armoured 14th Brigade, part of division led by Brig Gen Yehuda Vach

11/04 US judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for his views

White House has claimed that Khalil’s ‘beliefs and associations’ are counter to US foreign policy interests

11/04 Israeli military organises tourist tours of newly occupied Syrian territory

Twice-daily hiking trips for civilians in Golan buffer zone recently seized by Israel sold out almost immediately

11/04 How a phone footage exposed a massacre of Gaza paramedics – podcast

Israeli forces killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and civil defence workers in southern Gaza on 23 March. Bethan McKernan reports on the emerging evidence of what happened

10/04 The Israeli army failed one of the Hamas commanders who executed the October 7 attack

Haitham Razek Abd al-Karim Sheikh Khalil was leader of the Shujaiya Battalion and drove operations in tunnels of the terrorist group. He was in charge of infiltration in Nahal Oz's Kibutz during the 2023 massacre

10/04 I’m a Jewish Israeli in the US standing up for Palestine. By Trump’s logic, I’m a terror supporter | Eran Zelnik

I’ve called the Gaza war a genocide and spoken in favor of sanctions on Israel. I was also in the IDF. I ask the FBI: should you arrest me?

10/04 UNICEF has closed 21 malnutrition treatment centers in the Gaza Strip

UNICEF closed 21 treatment centers in Gaza due to Israeli military operations and evacuation orders. The ongoing blockade has prevented aid from entering Gaza, affecting over one million children.

09/04 Pro-Israel group asks DoJ to investigate Ms Rachel over posts on children in Gaza

StopAntisemitism questions if beloved children’s entertainer acted as foreign agent to spread ‘propaganda’

09/04 Israeli strike on Gaza City residential block killed at least 23, officials say

Israeli military says it struck a senior Hamas militant who it claims was behind attacks emanating from Shijaiyah

09/04 Israel deporting two Labour MPs? The British government is finally outraged | Owen Jones

Eighteen months of slaughter in Gaza has resulted in little more than tepid official letters. It’s taken diplomatic humiliation to cause real anger, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

09/04 On 21 April, Germany will deport me – an EU citizen convicted of no crime – for standing with Palestine | Kasia Wlaszczyk

Four of us have received letters from the state telling us to leave or be removed. This is a terrifying illustration of Germany’s lurch to the right, says Kasia Wlaszczyk

09/04 White House freezes funds for Cornell and Northwestern in latest crackdown

Pauses come after Trump officials sent warning letters to 60 US universities for ‘failure to protect Jewish students’

08/04 To my husband, Mahmoud Khalil: I can’t wait to tell our son of his father’s bravery | Noor Abdalla

Your wrongful detention is testament to the fact that you have struck a nerve. They are trying to silence you, but they will fail

08/04 ‘We will persist’: Mahmoud Khalil’s wife says pro-Palestinian voices won’t be silenced

Exclusive: Noor Abdalla attacks Columbia officials alongside Trump administration in letter to husband

08/04 I knew some of the paramedics killed in Gaza. As humanitarian workers, we are drowning in grief | Amy Neilson

I write to bear witness to the incredible nature of these men – to their kindness, their gentleness and their goodness

07/04 MPs expelled by Israel receive show of support from Commons colleagues

Ministers and more than 70 MPs attended photo call with Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed whose travel ban was called unacceptable

07/04 Gaza paramedics shot in upper body ‘with intent to kill’, Red Crescent says

PRCS calls for international investigation after postmortem results add to evidence contradicting Israel’s account

07/04 When is this Labour government going to break its silence on Gaza? | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to the killing of Palestinian paramedics and aid workers by Israeli forces

07/04 Netanyahu to discuss Gaza and tariffs with Trump at White House meeting

Meeting is first effort by a foreign leader to negotiate a deal after Trump announced sweeping tariffs on many countries

07/04 Israeli strike on hospital camp used by Gaza journalists kills 10 people

Dozens seriously injured as fire engulfs tents used by Palestinian journalists in hospital complex in Khan Younis

07/04 US student journalists go dark fearing Trump crusade against pro-Palestinian speech

Newsrooms forced to adapt as writers resign and request takedown of stories to avoid potential repercussions

07/04 Politicians want to normalise what’s happening in Gaza. Our moral outrage won’t let that happen | Nesrine Malik

The more shocking the carnage becomes, the more people are punished for speaking out. This just makes it clear how much is really at stake, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

07/04 Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say

Combatants’ testimonies describe how areas were destroyed to create ‘a death zone of enormous proportions’

07/04 Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza

Exclusive: Met to be handed dossier of evidence alleging crimes including killings of civilians and aid workers

06/04 Israeli military admits initial account of Palestinian medics’ killing was ‘mistaken’

Phone video appears to contradict IDF claims vehicles were not using emergency lights when troops opened fire

06/04 Horror as Israel admits to mistakes over aid worker killings in Gaza

Israel has admitted to wrongly identifying Palestinian aid workers as a threat after 15 were killed while travelling in an emergency vehicle convoy.

06/04 Mahmoud Khalil says his arrest was part of ‘Columbia’s repression playbook’

Green-card holder and activist led campus pro-Palestinian rallies and is now fighting Trump effort to deport him

05/04 Melania Trump’s secret to getting through hard times? Love (actually)

The first lady spoke about (wait for it) diversity as she presented awards to courageous women from around the world

05/04 Phone footage appears to contradict Israeli account of killing of Gaza paramedics

Israel says soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’ but footage shows clearly marked ambulances using flashing emergency lights

05/04 Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again | Jagan Chapagain

My staff’s red uniforms should have protected them. Instead they became their death shrouds, says IFRC secretary general Jagan Chapagain

05/04 ‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of Gaza paramedics

Relatives who waited agonising week before bodies were found speak of passion that drove Red Crescent workers

04/04 Israel restarts ground operations in northern Gaza Strip in renewed campaign

At least 25 killed in attack on Khan Younis in south as Israel says it is aiming to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages

04/04 As Orbán quits the ICC, other nations have a choice to make: do we back the rule of law or not? | Steve Crawshaw

There is a principle that even the most powerful leaders must be accountable. Increasingly, that is under threat, but it must be defended, says author Steve Crawshaw

04/04 Harvard faculty organize amid anxiety that the college will capitulate to Trump

Elite schools like Harvard weigh the costs of standing up to Trump as some, such as Princeton, signal it won’t concede

04/04 Trump reportedly threatening to freeze $510m in grants from Brown University

University says it has not yet been notified, but school was among dozens warned of academic crackdown

03/04 At least 27 killed in Israeli bombing of shelter in Gaza City, rescuers say

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee from southern city of Rafah in one of war’s biggest mass displacements

03/04 The Guardian view on Israel’s killing of paramedics: a new atrocity in an unending conflict | Editorial

Editorial: Impunity over Palestinian deaths in Gaza will lead to further cases like this massacre of rescue and healthcare workers

03/04 ‘I heard them take their last breath’: survivor recounts Gaza paramedic killings

Munther Abed, 27, was in the first ambulance on the scene of an airstrike near Rafah when Israeli soldiers opened fire

03/04 The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline

A week after contact was lost with a team of Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern Gaza, their bodies were found in a mass grave

02/04 Evidence of ‘execution-style’ killings of 15 Palestinian aid workers by Israeli forces, doctor says

Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from short range in attack that has caused global outrage

02/04 Israel announces intention to seize large areas of Gaza Strip in major escalation

Defence minister Israel Katz says seized land ‘will be added to the state of Israel’s security areas’

02/04 Israel executes unarmed Red Crescent paramedics with the west’s blessing | Ahmed Moor

American and European leaders are the authors of this latest atrocity by their Israeli colleagues in Gaza

02/04 Israel-Gaza war: Israeli defence minister announces expansion of military operations in Gaza – latest updates

Defence minister Israel Katz says large areas of the territory would be seized and added to the security zones of Israel. Follow the latest developments

01/04 Palestinian paramedics shot by Israeli forces had hands tied, eyewitnesses say

Senior doctor who saw bodies says men appeared to have been ‘executed’, adding to evidence of potential war crime

31/03 Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN

Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office

31/03 Palestinians must have the final say in Gaza’s reconstruction | Ahmad Ibsais

Rebuilding is more than reconstruction: it is resistance. It is our refusal to be erased, our determination to remain and exist on our land

31/03 Israel Digs In Beyond Its Northern Border

Israel has built a growing network of outposts and fortifications in Syria and Lebanon, deepening concerns about a protracted occupation in parts of the two countries.

31/03 The US government’s round-up of student protesters is genuinely shocking | Jameel Jaffer

These are the kinds of scenes we expect to see in the world’s most repressive regimes. And they won’t stop at foreign students

31/03 Red Cross federation ‘outraged’ at deaths of Red Crescent medics in Gaza

Secretary general says he is ‘heartbroken’ by the news, after Israeli military says it fired on ‘suspicious vehicles’ that were later found to include ambulances

30/03 Columbia alumni rip up diplomas to protest activist Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

Group of Sipa graduates demonstrate against government’s jailing of graduate student, who spoke up for Palestinians

30/03 Netanyahu says he is ‘willing’ to reach deal to free Israeli hostages

Prime minister said military pressure was working, Israel was ready to talk but ‘Hamas must lay down its arms’

30/03 ‘He insisted we take him to the graves’: the Palestinian hostages coming home to catastrophe

Alaa Abu Zeid only discovered his wife and children had been killed after his release from an Israeli prison. His is a story repeated across Gaza

30/03 ‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killed

A nurse, a civil servant and a teacher, among thousands of Palestinians detained without charges, were not informed their relatives had died in Israeli attacks

29/03 Hamas reportedly agrees to release five living Israeli hostages for ceasefire

Militants release video of Israeli captive Elkana Bohbot pleading for freedom as they seek a 50-day halt to conflict

29/03 ‘Canary in the coalmine of totalitarianism’: how Columbia went from a home for Edward Said to a punching bag for Trump

The university had a history of being a home for cutting-edge discourse on Palestine – until it capitulated to the administration’s demands

29/03 The anti-women ‘fertilization president’ who wants to have it both ways

Trump’s executive order supposedly expanding IVF access offered nothing concrete beyond a weird nickname for himself

29/03 Israel admits firing at ambulances in Gaza after Palestinians say rescuers missing in Rafah

Body of team leader found almost a week after six rescuers went missing, Gaza’s civil defence agency says

29/03 Tufts student detained by Ice may not be deported without court order, judge rules

Rümeysa Öztürk was taken from street by masked, plainclothes officers in a Boston-area suburb on Tuesday

28/03 Academy board to meet as response to No Other Land director’s arrest decried

Meeting follows letter signed by prominent members urging more forceful response on Hamdan Ballal’s arrest

28/03 US issues broad order to consulates to vet student visas over ‘terrorist activity’

State department shares new standard for denials based on social media posts, financial donations and memberships

28/03 The US government is effectively kidnapping people for opposing genocide | Moira Donegan

Rumeysa Ozturk, a visa holder, was snatched off the streets by Ice agents and sent to a detention center 1,000 miles away for opposing war crimes in Gaza

27/03 Gaza’s children: what can the future possibly hold for them?

Tens of thousands of children have been wounded in Gaza, which now has the most child amputees per capita in the world. Even those evacuated for treatment face an impossible path

27/03 ‘A warning for students of color’: Ice agents are targeting certain protesters, say experts

Despite the diversity of pro-Palestine demonstrators, officials go after people of color with visas and scholarships ‘to create a wedge in solidarity’

27/03 Israeli politicians sign letter urging Australian MPs to dump two-state policy

Letter from Knesset members addressed to Queensland LNP backbencher Andrew Wallace was distributed at event he hosted, attended by several Coalition MPs and senators

27/03 Netanyahu repeats threat to seize territory in Gaza as anti-Hamas protests continue

Israeli PM warns of seizure of territories and ‘other measures’ if Hamas refuses to release remaining hostages

25/03 White House security leak: who’s who in the Signal group chat

Defense secretary, US vice-president and senior Trump advisers wrote openly about the strikes on Yemen

25/03 Press freedom groups condemn targeted killing of two journalists in Israeli strikes

Israel Defense Forces has confirmed it killed Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour, claiming they were terrorists

25/03 A Palestinian American medical student objected to working alongside IDF soldiers. The university suspended her

Emory University put Umaymah Mohammad through ‘one of the most dehumanizing’ experiences of her life as a new front opens in the silencing of pro-Palestinian voices

24/03 Israeli airstrikes kill at least 65 people in Gaza in 24 hours, says health authority

Death toll includes women, children and journalists, nearly a week after Israel broke ceasefire

24/03 Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills five including Hamas political leader

Ismail Barhoum said to have died in attack on Khan Younis, which was based on extensive intelligence, Israel says

23/03 ‘There was just wave after wave’: Gaza doctors recount horror of the last week

About a third of all casualties admitted to Nasser hospital were under 14, as Israeli airstrikes broke fragile ceasefire

23/03 The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan

Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection

22/03 On my radar: Raja Shehadeh’s cultural highlights

The Palestinian writer and campaigner on Mahler, Gaza, Edinburgh – and the peace of his West Bank garden

22/03 Gaza’s ceasfire brought hope, but it was the calm before a brutal storm

New strikes are ‘just a beginning’ said Netanyahu, after Trump inspires Israel to seize territory with massive military onslaught

22/03 Arrested at gunpoint, charged as a felon: a midwife’s lot in anti-abortion Texas

The state with the most radical abortion law is seeking to make an example of Maria Margarita Rojas

21/03 I spoke to children in Gaza this week and here’s what they told me: they just want to live | Shaima Al-Obaidi

As war resumes, so does the death sentence for Gaza’s children. The UK must not be an ally to further atrocities, says Shaima Al-Obaidi, a senior media manager at Save the Children UK

21/03 Israel to ‘seize more ground’ and warns Hamas it will annex parts of Gaza

Defence minister issues threat as IDF intensifies offensive with ‘non-stop’ overnight attacks across territory

21/03 Who is Ronen Bar, the recently sacked chief of Israel’s Shin Bet security service?

Former special forces soldier made enemies after disagreements with far-right factions in Netanyahu’s government

21/03 The US is poised to use terror laws against students. This could be worse than McCarthyism | Thomas Anthony Durkin and Bernard Harcourt

A new 7 October 2023 taskforce says it’ll investigate support for Hamas, paving the way for a legal strategy targeting free speech

21/03 Israeli government approves firing of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar despite huge protests

Bar had strained relations with PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption and whose close aides are being investigated by the intelligence agency

20/03 Thousands protest in Israel over ‘attack on democracy’ by Netanyahu

Protesters accuse PM of continuing Gaza war for political reasons and ignoring plight of hostages still held by Hamas

20/03 I am a Palestinian political prisoner in Louisiana. I am being targeted for my activism | Mahmoud Khalil

The Columbia graduate and green-card holder, held in Louisiana by immigration agents, dictated this letter to family and friends

20/03 Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli military says it is conducting ground activity in northern Gaza as dozens reported dead after Israeli strike

Israeli military says it is conducting ground activities in northern Gaza strip after 58 people killed by Israeli attacks overnight

20/03 ‘Our hopes are gone’: Gaza faces fresh devastation as ceasefire collapses

As Israeli airstrikes resume and new evacuation orders are issued, Palestinians are once again fleeing their homes

19/03 Israel launches ‘limited ground operation’ to retake Netzarim corridor in Gaza

UN calls for investigation after staff member among 20 people reportedly killed in renewed airstrikes

19/03 Imagine if all those who are silent about the terrible evil being committed in Gaza spoke up | Owen Jones

No crime in history has been so well documented by its victims. And yet inaction and censorship reign, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

19/03 Israeli strikes latest bloody chapter in war of extraordinary civilian casualties

International rules of combat to deter impact on noncombatants have been loosened or ignored – and other regimes may follow

19/03 Gal Gadot’s Walk of Fame ceremony disrupted by political protesters

Police and protesters clashed at Hollywood ceremony for Israeli Wonder Woman star who has been vocal in support

18/03 Netanyahu banks on political dividends as he restarts Gaza war

Israeli prime minister bows to pressure from far right over majority who prioritise deals to bring back hostages

18/03 For Palestinians, this was never a ceasefire | Dalia Hartuqa

Even before this brutal attack, Israel has acted with impunity – safe in the knowledge that its allies will do nothing, says journalist Dahlia Hatuqa

18/03 Netanyahu will never accept peace. Where will his perpetual war lead next? | Simon Tisdall

Israel never intended to honour the ceasefire. These airstrikes mark a dire new phase in the conflict says Observer foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

18/03 ‘A nightmare come true’: Palestinians flee again after Israel’s attacks on Gaza

Thousands displaced once more as wave of airstrikes ends ceasefire, killing hundreds and raising new fears about aid

18/03 Downing Street rejects Lammy’s claim Israel broke international law in Gaza

Foreign secretary receives rare public rebuke as No 10 rows back by saying Israel ‘at risk’ of breaching rules

18/03 Why has Israel resumed large-scale airstrikes on Gaza?

Officials claim attacks will bring release of more hostages, but some suggest political factors at play for Netanyahu

18/03 Israel-Gaza war: IDF strikes have killed at least 200, health ministry says, in biggest attack since start of January ceasefire – live

Palestinian health ministry officials say at least 200 killed; Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will act against Hamas ‘with increasing military strength’

18/03 Hundreds reported dead in Gaza as Israel launches widespread strikes

Benjamin Netanyahu’s office threatens more attacks on Hamas, blaming its refusal to release hostages for IDF strikes that Gaza health ministry says have killed at least 200

17/03 Israelis moving to live in Europe ‘rejuvenating’ Jewish communities

Research shows dramatic reversal of decades of net outflow to Israel, as new arrivals bring cultural influences

17/03 ‘I will spend my life rebuilding’: Gaza’s heritage sites destroyed by war

Palestinian experts and British archaeologists say more than two-thirds of heritage, cultural and archaeological sites in Gaza have been damaged

15/03 Hamas’s tougher stance in talks puts fragile Gaza truce under greater threat

Militant group hardening its negotiating position in ceasefire talks amid new Israeli airstrikes in territory

15/03 ‘They lock us in like sheep’: new Israeli checkpoints and barriers raise fears in the West Bank

Israel’s iron gates and roadblocks are cutting off communities from major transport routes, disrupting work, education and aid supplies

14/03 There can be no ‘Israel exception’ for free speech | Kenneth Roth

Trump should reverse his misguided effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil

14/03 Why was Mahmoud Khalil arrested and why is it such a big deal?

The Palestinian activist’s arrest has sent shockwaves through US civil society. Here’s what you need to know

14/03 Hamas says it will free Israeli-US hostage in potential breakthrough in ceasefire talks

Soldier Edan Alexander could be released along with remains of four other Israeli-US nationals, but unclear what Hamas will ask for in return

13/03 We need a public inquiry on Britain’s role in war on Gaza | Letter

Letter: An independent inquiry must establish the truth about officials’ involvement in Israel’s military assault, write a group of MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn, Brian Leishman, Carla Denyer and Richard Burgon

13/03 Israeli attacks on women’s healthcare in Gaza amount to ‘genocidal acts’, UN says

Report details attacks and abuses that ‘destroyed in part the reproductive capacity of Palestinians in Gaza as a group’

12/03 US relies on rare foreign policy provision to try to deport Mahmoud Khalil

Court document claims ‘potentially serious foreign policy consequences’ amid outcry over Palestinian activist’s arrest

12/03 ‘Absolute fear’: Israeli hostage describes abuse during 505-day Hamas captivity

Omer Wenkert says he was held mostly in darkness – and his mistreatment was often sparked by events in war

12/03 Mahmoud Khalil’s treatment should not happen in a democracy | Moustafa Bayoumi

The Columbia University graduate’s arrest is an attempt to destroy free thinking while murdering due process

11/03 US judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist detained by Ice

Critics condemn arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, Columbia University graduate student who led protests over Gaza war

11/03 Threaten campuses, shut down debate: that’s what free speech looks like under Trump | Owen Jones

The president has slashed $400m in funding from Columbia University. He wants to stifle criticism of Israel – but the real target is dissent, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

11/03 US envoy’s secret talks with Hamas anger Netanyahu administration

Adam Boehler says Hamas proposed a ceasefire and prisoner exchange in negotiations that did not involve Israel

10/03 ‘Ceasefire’ is a hollow word for Palestinians – the killings, displacements and denial of aid continue | Nesrine Malik

A winding down of operations in Gaza has allowed Israel to turn its attention to the West Bank, with devastating effects, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

09/03 Ice arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says

Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest comes as Trump vows to deport foreign students involved in protests against Israel’s war

09/03 Israel to cut off electricity in Gaza in apparent effort to force hand of Hamas

Humanitarian officials say move could hit already meagre water supply, as ceasefire talks grow increasingly chaotic

08/03 The pink protest at Trump’s speech shows the Democrats aren’t coming to save us

The general reaction is that this was yet another stunning example of how spineless and performative the Democrats are

08/03 Trump administration cancels $400m in funds to Columbia University

Government alleges university failed to protect Jewish students amid pro-Palestinian protests on campus

07/03 Egypt on edge: finding a delicate balance between Gaza and Trump

Since 1979, Egypt has been a central pillar of US policies in the Middle East.

07/03 When the horror stops, the key to peace in Gaza and Ukraine will be how power is shared | Simon Jenkins

Constitution-building offers no headlines – but what it can do, history tells us, is stop countless people dying, writes Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

07/03 US DoJ to investigate University of California over alleged antisemitism

Justice department to determine whether UC violated Civil Rights Act of 1964 amid pro-Palestinian campus protests

06/03 Trump is suspending aid to Ukraine – but he’s rolling over for Israel | Mohamad Bazzi

The president’s hardball negotiating tactics are nowhere to be seen as he sends billions in new weapons to Netanyahu

06/03 Revealed: Israeli military creating ChatGPT-like tool using vast collection of Palestinian surveillance data

The powerful new AI model is designed to analyze intercepted communications – but experts say such systems can exacerbate biases and are prone to making mistakes

06/03 Hamas says Trump’s threats encourage Israel to back out of Gaza ceasefire

Militant group accuses the US president of seeking to undermine deal with his ultimatum for release of hostages

06/03 ‘Trump Gaza’ AI video intended as political satire, says creator

Film-maker reacts after US president shares video on his Truth Social account last week

06/03 Trump posts fresh ultimatum to Hamas as US enters direct talks with group

US president tells group to ‘release all of the Hostages now ... or it is OVER for you’ as White House enters negotiations

05/03 UK, France and Germany say Gaza aid freeze could breach international law

Ministers issue joint statement after Israel cuts off supplies in effort to push Hamas to accept change in ceasefire deal

05/03 Israel’s Shin Bet says Netanyahu policies helped pave way for 7 October

Report by security agency says ‘policy of quiet’ towards Hamas allowed it to build up resources for 2023 attack

04/03 US designates Yemen’s Houthi group as foreign terrorist organization once again

Designation comes after Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since the start of Israel-Hamas war

04/03 ‘We wish we could have taken more’: 29 children evacuated from Gaza to Jordan for treatment

Wounded and sick children in need of urgent treatment crossed through Israel to reach King Hussein hospital in Amman

04/03 From a bombsite in Gaza to a Texas hospital: Mazyouna’s journey to safety

The thirteen-year-old lost part of her face in a missile strike last June. Now, she and three other war-wounded girls have finally been permitted to travel for specialist treatment in the US

04/03 Failings in pulled Gaza documentary a ‘dagger to the heart’ of BBC’s credibility, says chair

Samir Shah tells MPs ‘people weren’t doing their job’ in relation to the film Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone

04/03 BBC's Gaza film has issues, but we should be allowed to see it | Letters

Letters: Peter Grimsdale says the documentary must be put back on iPlayer so we can judge it for ourselves, while David Skinner says the controversy distracts from children’s plight in Gaza

03/03 Father of hostage still in Gaza accuses Netanyahu of ‘stalling’ Hamas deal

Yehuda Cohen says Israeli prime minister is refusing permanent ceasefire because ‘he wants to stay in power’

03/03 Israel prepares Gaza ‘hell plan’ to pile pressure on Hamas – reports

Israel may cut off electricity to try to secure more hostage releases, as both sides prepare for war to restart

03/03 The Oscars were silent on Trump, diverging from protests of past years

No one uttered the US president’s name, and speeches bore few references to Gaza or Ukraine, focusing on the LA fires

02/03 Israeli block on aid raises health fears for Gaza’s undernourished population

Agencies say health situation is a ‘catastrophe’ and recent aid deliveries were a fraction of what is needed

02/03 Hopeful or ‘hate-fuelled’? Film of controversial play about Israel gets London premiere

Director says Seven Jewish Children by Caryl Churchill, which provoked fury at its first production in 2009, is a ‘family story’ at heart

02/03 Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal

Netanyahu’s office says it is imposing blockade as Hamas will not accept plan that Israel says US envoy put forward

01/03 ‘The grapes won’t wait’: Lebanese winemakers fight to survive as war rages

Owners of vineyards in the Bekaa valley are focused more on Israeli air strikes than this year’s vintage. How are these family-run businesses coping?

01/03 Gaza ceasefire talks have made no progress on second phase, Hamas says

Negotiations on next part of truce have begun in Egypt, but militant group has accused Israel of procrastination

28/02 Israel proposes Gaza plan that gives it tighter military control than before war

Plan for IDF-protected ‘humanitarian hubs’ to selectively issue aid casts doubt on Israeli intent to withdraw

27/02 Netanyahu sends delegation to Egypt to continue Gaza ceasefire talks with Hamas

Israeli team heads to Cairo as end of deal’s first phase approaches, but big differences remain between two sides

27/02 Dining across the divide: ‘I’m not saying Israel is without its flaws, but if we’re talking about the current conflict, you need to talk about Hamas’

They have different views on Israel, Zionism and antisemitism – could they find common ground?

27/02 Hamas returns bodies of four hostages as ceasefire appears to get back on track

Israel releases more Palestinian prisoners in exchange and says identities of deceased Israelis not yet confirmed

26/02 The playbook for bombing hospitals in war: deny, deflect, justify. The law must close these loopholes | Maarten van der Heijden

Cynical actors exploit the legal ambiguities around targeting healthcare facilities, as seen in Gaza. Unequivocal protections are needed

26/02 Family mourns grandfather’s death as Israel brings Gaza tactics to West Bank

Major military operation causes largest displacement of Palestinians in West Bank since Israel seized it in 1967

26/02 ‘They forced me to stand for hours in the cold, arms raised and shackled’: eight Gaza doctors on their Israeli prison ordeal

Senior doctors and surgeons describe the torture, starvation, humiliation and denial of medical care they endured while being held without charge

26/02 Trump faces Truth Social backlash over AI video of Gaza with topless Netanyahu and bearded bellydancers

Users of president’s own social media site criticise video showing reimagined Gaza featuring Trump and Israeli PM sipping cocktails

25/02 Israel ‘wants to extend first phase of Gaza ceasefire deal’ as talks stall

Israel ready to resume fighting if there is no progress in crucial talks this week, reports say

25/02 ‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention

Healthcare workers are protected under international law yet hundreds were detained during the war. Now, some of Gaza’s most senior doctors have spoken of the violence and abuse they say they faced

25/02 More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture

Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained

25/02 ICC urged to investigate Biden for ‘aiding and abetting’ Gaza war crimes

US-based nonprofit Dawn also accuses ex-secretary of state Antony Blinken and ex-Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin

25/02 Israel and the Palestinians: The Road to 7th October review – deserves nothing but praise

Sobering but compelling, the latest powerhouse documentary from Norma Percy spans decades, speaks to everyone that matters – and proves to be vital viewing

23/02 Israel says West Bank operation will last for a year as it sends tanks to Jenin

Continued operation in Palestinian territory will leave 40,000 displaced people unable to return home

23/02 Middle East crisis live: thousands gather for funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah; Israel delays release of Palestinian prisoners

Hezbollah’s former leader was killed in Israeli strike last September; Israel suspends release of 600 Palestinians

23/02 Rabbi Abraham Cooper: "The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has no veto power over peace in the Middle East"

In an exclusive interview with Infobae, the director of the Simon Wiecenthal center analyzes the impact and perspectives of Abraham's agreements, the rise of anti -Semitism and the opening of the Nazis archives in Argentina

22/02 Israeli hostage only discovered fiancee had survived 7 October after his release

Eliya Cohen spent more than 500 days in captivity fearing Ziv Abud had died in Hamas attacks in 2023

22/02 Hamas releases six hostages in latest exchange with Israel

Militants in Gaza hand over last living hostages due to be freed in first phase of ceasefire deal

22/02 Trump's support for Netanyahu to resume war in Gaza

TEHRAN - IRNA - US President Donald Trump in an interview with FoxNews about the ceasefire said: "Netanyahu has nothing to do with the war in Gaza and wants to be a re -war, I agree with any decision he makes."

22/02 NHS doctor who ‘glorified terrorist violence’ wins deportation challenge

Home Office moved to cancel Menatalla Elwan’s leave to remain over posts on Hamas’s 7 October attack

22/02 Long-term effects of Gaza war could quadruple Palestinian death toll, warn UK doctors

Surgeons who worked in Gaza fear disease, malnutrition and eradication of healthcare will reverberate for decades

22/02 Middle East crisis live: Gaza hostage-prisoner exchange set to go ahead

Hamas says six captives expected to be freed from Gaza on Saturday in swap for about 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, after return of wrong body risked derailing ceasefire

22/02 Lobbying led UK universities to adopt US-style security during Gaza protests, emails reveal

UK students faced excessive disciplinary measures as a result of heavy-handed strategy, reports claim

21/02 Israel-Hamas swap to go ahead despite claim child hostages were killed with ‘bare hands’

Ceasefire deal still on track amid uproar over fate of two Israeli boys and false return of their mother’s body

21/02 Another ceasefire is under threat from Trump – the precarious deal between Lebanon and Israel | Mohamad Bazzi

Israel, seemingly with the US president’s blessing, has kept troops inside Lebanon. Renewed conflict with Hezbollah is looming. Renewed conflict with Hezbollah is looming, says Mohamad Bazzi, director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies

21/02 We asked the people of Gaza how they saw their future – this is what we found | Nils Mallock

Support for Hamas is declining – no obvious alternative has emerged, but our poll shows there are reasons to be hopeful, says Nils Mallock, a research fellow at King’s College London

21/02 BBC pulls Gaza documentary from iPlayer

Corporation to carry out ‘further due diligence’ following admission that boy featured is son of Hamas minister

21/02 Mohammed bin Salman wants an alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan – but one that most benefits Saudi Arabia | Madawi al-Rasheed

The crown prince sees Hamas as a regional threat, and may propose a deal that risks sidelining Palestinians, says academic Madawi al-Rasheed

21/02 Shiri Bibas not among returned hostages, Israeli military says, accusing Hamas of ‘serious violation’

Statement from IDF comes hours after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders further crackdown on occupied West Bank over bus explosions

20/02 The Guardian view on Gaza’s future: the ceasefire and hostage deal must not fizzle out | Editorial

Editorial: As Donald Trump persists with a monstrous proposal to remove Palestinians, the immediate need is to prevent fresh conflict

20/02 ‘One of the hardest days’ in Israel as Hamas hands over hostages’ bodies

Remains of two young children, their mother and an elderly man arrived in Tel Aviv after a ceremony in Gaza

20/02 Middle East crisis live: Hamas releases bodies of four Israeli hostages, including mother and two children

Bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, who Hamas says were killed in an Israeli airstrike, as well as Oded Lifshitz, 83, handed over

20/02 BBC asked to remove Gaza documentary over narrator’s father’s ties to Hamas

Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone’s 13-year-old narrator, Abdullah, has been revealed to be the son of Ayman Alyazouri, a deputy agriculture minister in the Hamas-run government

19/02 Israeli hostage vowed to return to his family - only to find they had been killed

Eli Sharabi learned his wife and daughters had been killed after his release from captivity in Gaza but is ‘mentally strong’, says British brother-in-law

19/02 Hamas offers handover of all hostages to Israel if next phase of ceasefire agreed

Benjamin Netanyahu signals readiness for talks on second phase by appointing adviser Ron Dermer to lead delegation

19/02 Even Trump can be cajoled into advancing human rights – you just have to know which buttons to press | Kenneth Roth

The signs aren’t good so far, but playing on Trump’s desperation to be seen as a great dealmaker would pay dividends, says Kenneth Roth, a former executive director of Human Rights Watch

19/02 Trump’s Gaza takeover won’t happen. But it has already changed the face of Israeli politics | Yair Wallach

The US president’s support for forcibly relocating Palestinians has laid the ground for Netanyahu’s ultimate fantasy, says senior lecturer in Israeli studies Yair Wallach

18/02 Hamas says it will hand over bodies of Bibas family and free six hostages

Remains of Shiri Bibas and young sons Kfir and Ariel, whose deaths had not been confirmed, to be returned on Thursday

18/02 Campaigners urge F-35 fighter jet producing nations to stop supplying Israel

Exclusive: More than 200 civil society groups say governments have failed to prevent planes from being used to violate international law

17/02 Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone review – these incredible children offer a sliver of hope

This often-distressing BBC documentary follows astonishing kids working as TikTok chefs and hospital porters – and shows their determination to smile in the face of unimaginable horror

17/02 Netanyahu ‘committed’ to Trump’s plan to take over Gaza

Comments suggest Israeli PM will reject Hamas pledge to hand over control of territory to the PA

17/02 Middle East crisis live: Israel sends negotiators to Cairo as Marco Rubio arrives in Saudi Arabia

Peace talks continue in Egypt as the US secretary of state is expected to meet with Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh

17/02 Human rights are not a ‘loophole’ – why can’t families from Gaza like mine seek safety in the UK? | Ghassan Ghaben

When another Palestinian family was allowed to stay here, I saw a glimmer of hope. Now the prime minister wants to put it out, says Ghassan Ghaben of Gaza Families Reunited

17/02 Trump’s plan for Gaza leaves Arab nations facing an impossible choice | Nesrine Malik

This mortifying dilemma goes to the very soul of the region - and its leaders have brought it on themselves, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

17/02 ‘No safe place’: the BBC documentary showing Gaza through a child’s eyes

BBC Two’s Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone gathers intimate footage of three children surviving in the besieged strip

16/02 Egypt draws up Gaza reconstruction plan that would exclude Hamas

Alternative to Trump plan would involve committee of technocrats but future military status of Hamas unresolved

16/02 Netanyahu says Israel working closely with US on Trump’s plan for Gaza

Israeli PM and US secretary of state express joint support for ‘bold vision’ that would force 2 million people to leave

16/02 Rubio expected to push Trump plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza on trip to Israel

US secretary of state is making his first trip to region and is expected to advocate Trump’s plan to create ‘Riviera of the Middle East’

15/02 Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners to be released after week of uncertainty over Gaza ceasefire

Three Israelis and 369 Palestinian prisoners are due to be freed after both sides recommitted to the shaky truce

15/02 Middle East live: Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners to be released as Trump calls for ‘hard stance’ on Gaza – live

Three Israeli hostages and 369 Palestinian prisoners to be freed as US president says he prefers tough approach on Palestinians but ‘I can’t tell you what Israel is going to do’

14/02 In Israel, dread and rage haunt the streets. Netanyahu is exploiting that | Jonathan Freedland

When I visited Israel this week, it seemed time had stood still since 7 October. I saw pain and grief, but little sign of hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

14/02 No Other Land film-makers denounce Trump’s Gaza plan: ‘A crazy thing’

Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra, whose documentary is up for an Oscar, have called out the US president’s plan of ethnically cleansing the region

14/02 ‘Time is running out’: frailty of freed hostages raises pressure on Netanyahu

Relatives and supporters anxious for return of remaining hostages urge Israeli PM to maintain ceasefire deal

14/02 Modi and Trump's plan of $ 600 billion, became happy, Israel, Saudi's bat-blow, China will get China?

IMEC Corridor News: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump have had talks about India Midil East Europe Economic Corridor. This corridor is trapped due to the Gaza war. BRI of China will get collapsed by this corridor. Because of this, America is pushing it forward.

14/02 Middle East crisis live: Hamas expected to name Israeli hostages it will free this weekend

Israel warned Thursday that Hamas must release three living hostages this weekend or face a resumption of the war in Gaza

14/02 Palestinian booksellers decry detention by Israeli police over ‘public disorder’

Mahmoud and Ahmed Muna remain under house arrest until Sunday, despite lack of evidence against them

13/02 Israel signals it will stick to hostage release plan if Hamas honours schedule

Government issues statement after Trump declaration created confusion, as it warns it could still go back to war

13/02 How arms dealing has compromised Britain’s foreign policy | Letters

Letters: Dr Sam Perlo-Freeman, Paul Bennett, Helen Jones and Laura Harling respond to an article by a former diplomat on the UK’s complicity in war crimes

13/02 ‘No to ethnic cleansing’: over 350 rabbis sign US ad assailing Trump’s Gaza plan

Jewish creatives and activists also sign New York Times ad after US president’s proposal to ‘take over Gaza’

12/02 Arab mediators scramble to save Gaza ceasefire as Israel bolsters troop numbers

Both sides accuse the other of violating terms of the truce, but Hamas says there are ‘positive signals’ hostage exchange will go ahead as planned

12/02 White House: Hamas must release all "hostages"

 New York- IRNA- The White House said: US President Donald Trump has insisted that Hamas should release all "hostages" during a meeting with King Abdullah II.

12/02 Hamas faces hard choice over next hostage release as ceasefire falters

Delay will probably mean return to fighting, but releasing more hostages could force talks on next stage of ceasefire

12/02 Middle East crisis live: fears grow for Israel-Gaza ceasefire after Netanyahu threat

Israel’s prime minister said he would end the ceasefire if Hamas failed to free Israeli hostages by midday on Saturday

12/02 King Abdullah rebuffs Trump’s push for Jordan to take in displaced Palestinians

Egypt also rejects idea, saying it planned to present vision of reconstruction in Gaza for Palestinians to remain on land

11/02 Israel will resume war in Gaza unless all hostages freed this week, says Netanyahu

Ultimatum expiring at noon on Saturday appears to endorse earlier threat by Donald Trump

11/02 Amid the ceasefire wrangling, how popular is Hamas in Gaza now?

The group still projects a powerful presence but, after all the damage, it will need to divert blame if the truce collapses

11/02 What do Hamas delay and Trump threat mean for Gaza ceasefire deal?

Refusal to release next batch of Israeli hostages as planned could derail fragile agreement

11/02 Donald Trump has declared war on international justice. Australia must speak up | Geoffrey Robertson

The ICC sanction is designed to intimidate and stop it from working against war criminals, Geoffrey Robertson writes

11/02 Trump says Gaza ceasefire should be cancelled if Israeli hostages not freed

President proposes letting ‘all hell break loose’ if hostages held by Hamas are not returned to Israel at noon on Saturday

10/02 Hamas suspends release of Israeli hostages over ‘violations’ of ceasefire

Israeli military on alert as mediators fear a breakdown in three-week-old truce

10/02 Trump says Palestinians will have no right of return to Gaza under his plan

People will have ‘no alternative’ but to leave territory after destruction left by Israel, US president said in Fox interview

10/02 For many Palestinian Americans, Trump’s Gaza plan evokes legacy of displacement

In Dearborn, a largely Arab American town where Trump made gains, his plan to take over Gaza is met with ‘disgust’

10/02 Middle East crisis live: returning Palestinians ‘shocked’ by ‘complete scale of destruction’ of northern Gaza

Unicef says many displaced people had hoped their homes had been spared, but have returned to total devastation

10/02 Freed Israeli hostage did not know of wife and daughters’ deaths, British family confirms

An Israeli soldier broke the news to Eli Sharabi on Saturday, after almost 500 days in captivity

09/02 I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office | Mark Smith

Ministers and senior officials protected arms deals facilitating death and horror in Gaza and Yemen. I urge my former colleagues to resist them, says one-time Foreign Office policy adviser Mark Smith

09/02 Middle East crisis live: Israel sends negotiators back to Qatar for next stage of ceasefire talks

Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his vow to eliminate Hamas and free remaining hostages; five Thai hostages released a week ago finally arrive home

09/02 ‘We never gave up’: tears and elation as freed Thai hostages return home from Gaza

The group of five workers were greeted at Bangkok airport by overjoyed family members and officials after being held for over a year in Gaza

09/02 Fifth ceasefire exchange sees gaunt hostages and prisoners emerge from Gaza and Israel

Weakened state of three freed Israelis heightens debate over extending ceasefire, while several released Palestinians also need hospitalisation

08/02 Meet the young Musketeers, our unelected overlords employed by ‘Doge’

Elon Musk’s crew, most of whom can’t rent a car without paying the ‘under 25’ fee, have access to our sensitive personal data

08/02 British family of Israeli hostage speak of ‘bittersweet’ emotions at his release

The family of Eli Sharabi, 52, who has been freed by Hamas, expressed joy at seeing him alive and distress at his apparent condition

08/02 The World After Gaza by Pankaj Mishra review – legacies of violence

The shadow of colonialism looms large in this erudite yet flawed analysis of the Gaza war and Israel’s place in the world

08/02 Trump wants to wipe out Gaza’s history. Saving its mosques and churches would defy him | Raja Shehadeh

The US president’s real-estate fantasies rely on the erasure of Gaza’s people and culture. Now we must act to preserve them, says Palestinian lawyer and writer Raja Shehadeh

08/02 Gaza ceasefire live: Hamas expected to release three Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

Names of three Israeli civilians to be released by Hamas unveiled ahead of expected release of 183 Palestinian prisoners