The Latest Breaking News from Mahmoud Abbas

In Israel’s call for the evacuation of half of Gaza many Palestinians fear a repeat of their mass exodus from what is now Israel

Top US diplomat tours Arab states in effort to avoid wider war over expected Israeli invasion of Gaza Strip

Palestinian leader tells top US diplomat following Israeli order to evacuate Gaza civilians will lead to ‘second Nakba’.

As the conflict between Israel and Palestine enters its seventh day, these are the main developments.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has arrived in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv to meet with senior government leaders and see firsthand some of the U.S. weapons and security assistance that Washington rapidly delivered to Israel in the first week of its war with Gaza's militant Hamas rulers

Israel’s military has told 1.1 million people to move further south, UN says, warning of ‘devastating humanitarian consequences’; Gaza death toll passes 1,500, a third of them children

Ground forces are gathering near the border, as UN says that Gaza is dangerously close to running out of food and water

Israel's military told the United Nations that all of northern Gaza's population needs to be evacuated in 24 hours, the U.N. said. The order affects a region that is home to about 1.1 million people.

UN spokesperson says such a movement would have ‘devastating humanitarian consequences’ as Israel prepares for a ground offensive; Palestinian death toll rises to 1,537, according to Gaza’s health ministry

Emergency meeting of Arab League calls for ‘serious negotiations between the PLO and Israel’

The scale of Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 and 8 October is unprecedented and the failure of the Israeli army and secret services, astonishing. Yet for observers such as former Israeli ambassador to France, Elie Barnavi, the events that have unfolded in the region over the past days were…