The Latest Breaking News from Israel

A full-scale operation hangs over Gazan heads like the dust rising from homes turned to rubble, Kim Sengupta reports from Sderot

Judith Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie were excited to celebrate a family member's birthday and the Jewish holiday season in Israel

A week after the massacres, a pause is needed to think things through – a perpetuation of violence will bring neither peace nor safety to a traumatised nation

Israel has ordered 1.1 million people to leave northern Gaza ahead of expected invasion

With no aid in sight, medics sound alarm over public health disaster as hospitals are crammed and bodies pile up on.

Hamas has maintained ties with several regional powers and organisations in the Middle East since its creation in 1987. Whether it comes to financing, military aid or ideological support, the Palestinian Islamist movement can count on several allies in its deadly fight with Israel.

ALREADY the bombardment and power blackouts are taking a terrible toll.

The last thing that matters in any propaganda operation is whether there is any truth in it.

Twelve aid agencies have called on Rishi Sunak to push for an end to fighting in and around Gaza and an end to the Israeli siege.