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While the world is watching Gaza, violence fuels growing tensions in the occupied West Bank

With the world’s attention focused on the war in Gaza, tensions have risen in the occupied West Bank, where 54 Palestinians were killed over the past week in clashes with Israeli troops, arrest raids and attacks by Jewish settlers

The Independent UK

Some Gaza residents with Israeli work permits unable to return home

Hundreds of Gaza residents who were working in Israel when Hamas launched its deadly attack find themselves stranded in the West Bank, after Israel cut off access to the enclave. They are among some 18,000 Gaza residents who have work permits for Israel. Some workers say they chose to leave…

France 24

A war that ends the Saudi-Israel ‘normalisation’ process

The Gaza war has once again placed the Palestinian issue at the centre of West Asian politics

The Hindu

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Shock and retribution: Israel pounds Gaza after Hamas attack

First came the shock, then the horror and now the escalation. Israel's government had been putting the squeeze on the West Bank when the unprecedented attack came from Gaza, stunning the world and targeting the innocent. Seven days later, Israel dropping leaflets on the Gaza Strip, the prelude to a…

France 24

Forced from Israel for being Palestinian, they fear what comes next for them – and their families in Gaza

Amir and his companions were beneficiaries of a scheme allowing 18,000 people from Gaza to work in Israel. Now, they have fled to the West Bank having faced retribution for last weekend’s attack by the militants of Hamas, writes Kim Sengupta in Ramallah

The Independent UK

What are the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict?

Recent events are the culmination of a decades-long clash in the disputed region of the Middle East

The Guardian - US

From Gaza to Lebanon, Israel faces threats on multiple fronts

While Israel has amassed tanks and troops around the Gaza border to the south, rocket fire and shelling incidents on its northern borders with Lebanon and Syria have multiplied since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Amid fears of a renewed uprising in the West Bank, security experts are…

France 24

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Analysis: Israel’s Gaza invasion could test its occupation of the West Bank

Israel will struggle to man its ever-increasing checkpoints in the West Bank and flood the Gaza Strip with soldiers.

Al Jazeera

Violence hits East Jerusalem and West Bank as Israel orders Gaza evacuation

Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces clash in several areas before expected ground offensive

The Guardian - UK

What did Hamas aim to gain by its brazen attack on Israel? Here's what to know

The surprise attack on Israel has brought the militant group back into the spotlight. A Hamas official tells NPR the attack was meant in part to lead to the release of Palestinians in Israeli jails.

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Palestinians fear ‘new wave of killing’ in the West Bank as Israel puts it on lockdown

Israeli forces have killed dozens of Palestinians in West Bank following Hamas terror attacks which left hundreds of Israelis dead

The Independent UK

Hamas: what you need to know about the group that attacked Israel

The group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, crossing into the country from Gaza killing hundreds of civilians and taking dozens of hostages.

The Conversation

‘This is different’: At a West Bank cafe, Israel’s assault edges closer

Al Jazeera

A crisis of legitimacy: what's at stake for Israel and the Palestinians?

Hamas’ attack on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War was the deadliest single day in Israeli history. Showers of rockets, kidnappings and indiscriminate killings have led to a death toll already over 1,200 Israelis, leading many to describe the event as “Israel’s 9/11”.

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France 24

Shock Hamas terror attack: The beginning of the end for Israel’s Netanyahu?

Benjamin Netanyahu has dominated the political landscape in Israel for more than two decades but, almost one year after regaining the role of prime minister, an unprecedented attack by Hamas on Saturday looks set to shake his grip on power. In a speech late Wednesday, Netanyahu vowed to destroy the…

The Conversation

How Hamas weaponised Palestinians' despair

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…

Al Jazeera

What is the Palestinian Authority and what is its relationship with Israel?

Set up in the mid-90s as an interim body on the path to Palestinian statehood, the PA faces a crisis of legitimacy

France 24

From 1947 to 2023: Retracing the complex, tragic Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict was reignited once again on October 7 after a surprise offensive launched by Hamas against Israel. In retaliation, Israel ordered air strikes and a "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave. This is a new deadly episode in a conflict that has its roots…

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Evening Standard

Israel-Palestine: A timeline of the decades-long conflict as ceasefire reportedly reached with Hamas

The causes of this conflict are deep-rooted and complex, spanning at least two centuries

Zenger

Israel-Hamas Conflict Escalates: 900 Israelis Killed, Gaza Under Siege

Hamas attack compared to Yom Kippur War; Israel's largest reserve mobilization

Al Jazeera

What’s the Israel-Palestine conflict about? A simple guide

It’s killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions. And its future lies in its past. We break it down.

The Conversation

Why did Hamas attack, and why now? What does it hope to gain?

In hindsight, the drivers of Hamas’s startlingly well-planned, land-sea-air attack on Israel on Saturday were in plain sight.

The Guardian - UK

Hamas has taken a risk with its largest ever military blow to Israel

There’s no knowing if the guerrilla movement that rules Gaza will achieve its goals, says Yair Wallach, a senior lecturer in Israeli studies

The Guardian - UK

Israel-Hamas war: what has happened and what has caused the conflict?

Offensive launched from Gaza represents a major failure of Israeli intelligence and is likely to have long-lasting repercussions

Radio France Internationale

Israel vows 'mighty vengeance' after Hamas surprise attack

Gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas rampaged through Israeli towns on Saturday, killing at least 250 Israelis and escaping with dozens of hostages in by far the deadliest day of violence in Israel since the Yom Kippur war 50 years ago. More than 230 Gazans were also killed when Israel…

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