Israel-Hamas conflict

Israeli attack in Rafah near aid distribution point kills at least 31 people

Palestinian group offered to release 10 hostages and 18 bodies in exchange for prisoners

Delegation included representatives from Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia

Gaza, long viewed as a gigantic open air prison, is now a kind of vast black site, where everyone is deemed guilty, where anything can be done to them without recourse to any justice

Worldview: ‘Barbarian’ is a term occurring in most civilisations to describe less well organised neighbours and colonial adversaries

Latest warning on starving population comes as Hamas considers ceasefire proposal

Bacteria ‘like monsters’ on overcrowded wards as doctors run out of basic supplies including antibiotics

Military chief says €5-a-shot technological breakthrough heralds new era in warfare, ‘the laser era’

Hamas says Israeli response to Gaza ceasefire offer presented by US fails to meet group’s demands

The RTÉ Radio 1 host eventually asks if the U2 frontman was wrong to accept a medal from Joe Biden given US support for Israel’s invasion of Gaza

At least 45 killed as Israeli jets continue to pound areas of the Strip

Tánaiste rejects claims Government not doing enough for Palestinian people

Former taoiseach calls it depressing that so many Palestinians had to die before other European governments came around to Ireland’s position

Israeli forces kill at least 30 people including eight members of the family of a local journalist, Palestinian health officials say

Dr Ali Alnajjar, an uncle to nine children who died in Gaza last week, calls for an end to Israel’s ‘impunity’

Catholic bishops pray ‘all those in positions of power globally will stand up and demand an end to this cruelty’

About 40 people held up Palestinian flags at the Dáil and unfurled a large banner stating 'sanction Israel'

Just as Trump folded his tent in the Doha discussions on Afghanistan and gave up threats to forcibly end North Korea’s missile programme, his boasts about doing deals look empty

Deliberate starvation of an entire people is a monstrous strategy, openly endorsed by cabinet members - horrifying, illegal and counter to Jewish morality and collective memory

Even without some of the provisions contained in Senator Frances Black’s original Bill, it could face opposition

Nearly three months into Israel’s humanitarian blockade on Gaza, a shifting mood is palpable

Tánaiste Simon Harris secures Cabinet approval to begin drafting legislation

Mary Lou McDonald describes speech by Paschal Donohue dismisses as ‘utter, utter disgrace’

UN insists humanitarian aid should be distributed independently of the parties to the conflict

‘What once provided food, income and stability for hundreds of thousands is now in ruins,’ says senior UN official

Government plans fall short of ban first proposed by Independent senator Frances Black in 2018

With world stage looking distinctly complex, Trump turned to domestic matters for comfort

Departing head of US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says group not neutral in conflict

Diplomatic deadlock dashes hopes of an end to fighting

When protesting is policed, but the legitimate reasons for protest are not, then people lose trust

The French film festival’s 78th edition was strong if rarely spectacular – but still threw up a few surprises

Israel now controls 77% of Gaza Strip, says Hamas media office, as journalist and senior rescue official among latest casualties

About a third of the Bedouin community in the Negev live in villages not legally recognised by Israel. They are denied basic services, while facing eviction and demolition orders

US Senator says actions in Gaza are ‘horrific’ events unfolding and does not want discussion of Israel ‘bogged down’ by word

If there is a triumph in the razing of Gaza, in the targeted starvation, the mass killing, the fervent cruelty of it all, it is a triumph over language

Israel’s military says it had evacuated civilians from the area and ‘the claim regarding harm to uninvolved civilians is under review’

U2 singer faced criticism for taking honour from administration giving military backing to Israel

Israeli soldiers say practice has become ubiquitous over 19 months of war

Widowed mother of nine Mervat Hijazi (38), living in a Gaza City tent, says she feels ‘ashamed’ for not being able to feed her children

The intention could hardly be more transparent; the motivation could hardly be more abject