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Israeli air strikes and tanks continue to hammer all areas of Gaza, offering Palestinians no haven from the violence.

Israeli forces were battling Palestinian militants in Gaza’s two largest cities on Monday with civilians still sheltering along the front lines even after massive waves of displacement across the besieged territory

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Israel says it is prepared to fight for months or longer to defeat Gaza’s Hamas rulers, as its ground offense intensifies with more airstrikes and artillery fire

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urged people on December 11 to participate in a global strike demanding a ceasefire in Gaza to stop the “massacre” of the Palestinian people and called for raising voices against the “horrific injustice” being perpetrated against them.

Queensland deputy premier, Steven Miles and health minister, Shannon Fentiman, are vying for the top job

Several Israeli soldiers were wounded when Hezbollah launched a drone attack from Lebanon on Sunday, both the Israeli army and the militant group said.

Holocaust survivors from around the globe will mark the start of the fifth day of Hanukkah together with a virtual ceremony as worries grow among Jews worldwide about the Israel-Hamas war and a spike of antisemitism in Europe, the United States and elsewhere

WHO chief says Gaza’s health system is ‘on its knees and collapsing’ amid intensifying ground offensive

Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he hopes resolution will be starting point for further UN action on crisis.