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Health and societal ramifications of extreme hunger will reverberate long after the war is over

An intense argument is raging over whether what has been happening in Gaza since October 2023 is an act of genocide. It is the subject of a case being heard in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in which South Africa has accused Israel of committing acts of genocide. The…

In the weeks since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 and the Israeli bombardment and ground assault on Gaza, both sides have traded accusations of genocide. Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis and took more than 200 hostage, while Israel’s subsequent aerial and ground attacks on Gaza have killed more…

Is genocide taking place in the Middle East?

Palestinians and Israelis are bound together in suffering. Seeking to untangle this, as the UN has, should not be seen as making excuses for Hamas, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

President Joe Biden says Russia’s attack on Ukraine and Ukrainians amounts to “genocide."

Ukraine’s leaders accuse Russian military of carrying out atrocities as brutal invasion continues

Ukraine’s leaders accuse Russian military of carrying out atrocities a month into brutal invasion

Ideas abound about why Russian President Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. But Putin himself offered one unexpected – and unfounded – justification on Feb. 23 during a televised speech.