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Only America can save Israel and Gaza from greater catastrophe
Iran, Russia and China are profiting from the mayhem
What evidence reveals about the Gaza hospital blast’s source
The damage points to a malfunctioning rocket, not an air strike
Biden pleads the case for Israel, Ukraine—and American leadership
The president will seek up to $100bn in supplemental funding for national security
The Arab world thinks differently about this war
But Israel’s evidence about a hospital strike still carries little weight
Mapping the destruction in Gaza
At least 4.3% of the enclave’s buildings appear to have been destroyed
Israel’s four unpalatable options for Gaza’s long-term future
The path to Israel’s preferred outcome is littered with obstacles
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Ehud Barak blames Binyamin Netanyahu for “the greatest failure in Israel’s history”
A former prime minister says “destroying Hamas” is unrealistic
Is Israel acting within the laws of war?
Even lawful evacuations and attacks on Hamas will exact a heavy civilian toll in Gaza
Israel faces the danger of fighting on a second front
In Lebanon Hizbullah fighters talk up the odds of war
Will Israel’s agony and retribution end in chaos or stability?
Much depends on its offensive in Gaza—and its politicians and neighbours
Netanyahu wages war and fights for his own survival
A new emergency cabinet brings military experience, but not necessarily restraint
Hamas’s attack was an Israeli intelligence failure on multiple fronts
It was also a textbook military operation
Hamas and Gaza
Hamas tunnels under Gaza will be a key battlefield for Israel
Underground warfare is terrifying, claustrophobic and slow
Southern Gaza could become more densely populated than Delhi
An influx of displaced people will make it one of the most crammed places anywhere
Israel needs to resist irrational retaliation
The lessons from past wars on terror
As war looms Israel calls for 1.1m people to evacuate northern Gaza
America may want Egypt to take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees
A Hamas leader refuses to admit his group planned to kill civilians
Moussa Abu Marzouk shows no remorse
War and diplomacy
Vladimir Putin’s plan to profit from the Israel-Hamas war
Russia and China spy an opportunity to distract and discredit America
Lexington: Joe Biden has shown a steady hand in the Gaza crisis
But more severe tests are still to come
To save Palestinian lives in Gaza, open the crossing into Egypt
Antony Blinken’s shuttle diplomacy urgently needs to succeed. Here is how
Can Egypt be persuaded to accept Gazan refugees?
The country’s economic vulnerability offers leverage
1843 magazine
1843 magazine | How one kibbutz defended itself from Hamas
Hundreds were saved. But a group of Gazan farmers died in the battle
1843 magazine | People in Gaza hate the night. All they can see are explosions
Palestinians hide in the darkness, waiting for a ground offensive
1843 magazine | “It’s an Anne Frank situation”: an Israeli professor hides from Hamas
I barricaded myself in my safe room and struggled to comprehend what was going on
Explaining the war
What is Palestinian Islamic Jihad?
Israel blames the group for a deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza
A short history of Gaza
To understand this war, consider the territory’s past
What is Hizbullah?
The Iran-backed militia has long resented Israel
The Israel-Palestine conflict: a reading list
Six books that shed light on a century of violence
By Invitation
Naftali Bennett argues that Israel’s future depends on striking fear into its enemies’ hearts
Regional foes must be confronted in new ways, says Israel’s former prime minister
Nasser al-Kidwa on why it was inevitable that Gaza would erupt in violence
The Palestinian movement can be reinvigorated, if it is restructured, says the former Palestinian foreign minister
Nimrod Novik on the false premises and failure of vision that led to the Hamas attacks
In the long run, Israelis have no partner for peace other than the Palestinian Authority
The Palestinian cause has been damaged by factionalism, argues a former prime minister
Salam Fayyad believes that even now there is a route to greater unity—and eventual peace
The crisis shows the failure of Israeli policy towards Palestinians, says Shlomo Brom
The former military strategist argues that a divide-and-conquer strategy can never bring peace
The war in video
Explainer
Is Israel breaking the rules of war?
The laws of engagement are complicated—proportionality is crucial
Explainer
Israel and the Palestinians: a century of conflict
How wars and uprisings have changed the map of the region
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Israel and Gaza: the attacks, politics and implications
Barbaric attacks, brutal retaliation