• WH: US still doesn't support major ground op in Rafah

    United States National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said on Friday that Washington still believes that Israel should not conduct a "major ground operation

  • ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM and Hamas officials for war crimes

    Karim Khan applies for warrants relating to alleged crimes committed during 7 October attack and ensuing war in GazaExplainer: will ICC approve arrest warrants for Israel and Hamas leaders?The chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has said he is seeking arrest warrants for senior Hamas and Israeli officials for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his defence minister, Yoav Gallant.Karim Khan said his office had...

  • Sinwar not hiding in Rafah, officials tell ToI, as PM publicly prioritizes IDF op there

    Officials say recent intel placed the Hamas leader in underground tunnels around Khan Younis, as the accused October 7 mastermind continues to elude Israeli forces in Gaza

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    Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, Rafah crossing, bombings, Gaza ceasefire deal

    Israel's defense minister said its military operation in Rafah will continue until Hamas is eliminated from the southern city and "the entire Gaza Strip," or until the first hostage returns. Follow for live updates.

  • Israel-Gaza war: IDF orders evacuation of central Rafah as it prepares to expand offensive – as it happened

    Israeli military drops leaflets ordering hundreds of thousands of people to leave the city. This blog is now closed.Israel orders central Rafah residents to evacuateIn case you missed it yesterday, the UN general assembly voted overwhelmingly to back the Palestinian bid for full UN membership.Israeli tanks have reached the Salahuddin Road which crosses Rafah, dividing its centre from the eastern neighbourhoods evacuated before Israel’s seizure of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt last week,...

  • War takes a toll on the environment. Here's how to change that

    As wars grind on in Ukraine and Gaza, another location ravaged by conflict is taking steps to implement a historic peace agreement. From the mid-1960s through 2016, Colombia was torn by conflict between the government, leftist guerrilla movements and right-wing paramilitary groups. Now the government and rebels are working to carry out a sweeping accord that addresses many critical sectors, including environmental damages and restoration. University of Notre Dame researchers Richard...

  • Climate change doesn't have to be a culture war issue

    Protesters who vandalise our heritage make climate change a divisive issue. But when it comes to the environment, we all win or we all lose, says Frances Lasok When we are under pressure, our hands start shaking and our mind goes blank. That’s because when we’re scared our bodies flood with the chemicals necessary to []

  • Rafah Is in Panic as the Israeli Invasion Begins

    Ruwaida Kamal Amer, Mahmoud Mushtaha With Israeli forces entering Gaza’s southernmost city, scenes from the Nakba are being repeated in the strip’s last refuge.

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    Fareed: Israeli military officials are turning on Netanyahu

    As President Joe Biden and some Israeli officials call for a viable post-war plan for Gaza’s governance and reconstruction, Fareed argues Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hasn’t offered one because continuing the war against Hamas will allow him to stay in power and avoid a looming prosecution.

  • Israeli operation leaves Rafah's hospitals overwhelmed

    More than a million people are at risk of being deprived of medical care in Gaza.

  • Why Microsoft is still ahead of Google in the war for AI developers

    Google, despite its technical prowess, will need to double down on its efforts to simplify and streamline its AI offerings for developers if it hopes to catch up.

  • Fears grow of expansion of Israeli military operation in Rafah

    The Israeli army has called on people in Rafah to leave further areas of the city, increasing concerns about an expansion of its military operation in the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip. Families are packing their belongings all over the city, a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) employee wrote on X: "The streets are much emptier." At the beginning of the week, Israel launched a deployment of ground troops in the eastern outskirts of Rafah...