Israel-Hamas conflict

Trump’s preference is for negotiations rather than war but Netanyahu’s objective is to use any means to topple Tehran authorities

Israeli president says there is ‘frightening’ anti-Semitism in Australia

Nation with world’s largest Muslim population becomes first to publicly commit to Trump’s ‘international stabilisation force’

At least ‌580 people have been killed by Israel since truce was struck last October

‘We will continue to kill the idea of ​​a Palestinian state,’ Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich says

Silent walk in Dublin aimed at highlighting Israel’s continuing genocide in Gaza and its plans to prevent entry for 37 aid agencies

Israel pledges to continue attacks on Palestinian enclave in spite of existing ceasefire arrangement

Three children and two women killed in strike on apartment, say hospital officials

A slim, assiduously researched social and political history of the past 100 years in Gaza

Islamist group shows no signs of giving up light weapons but may put heavy weaponry ‘in storage’

Theatre: Sami Abu Wardeh seems caught up in an effort to tell a story of ongoing slaughter in Palestine too raw to confront directly

Rafah ⁠border crossing, ⁠Palestinian enclave’s main gateway, to be reopened once remains returned, says Israel

Gaza lies in ruins, while a US blueprint envisions a futuristic dreamscape of gleaming residential developments along the Mediterranean coast

Israel’s move towards opening Rafah crossing is vital step in starting work of Gaza’s new technocratic government under board’s supervision

Alternative coalition politicians must sink differences and ego in pursuit of power if ‘King Bibi’ is to be unseated

Thousands join demonstrations as leaders demand action over rising crime

Board was mooted as part of plan for Gaza ceasefire but Trump has suggested a broader geopolitical role

Two boys, both 13, dead after separate incidents on same day in different parts of enclave amid ceasefire

Board, originally envisioned as small group overseeing ceasefire plan for Palestinian enclave, has grown into sprawling concept

Harsh treatment and conditions have led to at least 84 deaths, says Jerusalem-based B’Tselem

Unrwa condemns action as violation of international law as staff say facility used to store aid for Gaza and West Bank

UK and Germany say they are willing to participate in international body set up to oversee Gaza ceasefire

Invitation, which has yet to be confirmed by Washington, raises more questions about the intended agenda for the board

Board chaired by US president is to supervise the temporary governance of Gaza

US, working with Egypt, Turkey and Qatar, will ensure disarmament of Hamas, Trump says

The film’s spine is its use of the real audio recordings of the child of the title trapped in a car under Israeli fire in Gaza

New transitional Palestinian administration to be established in war-torn enclave

‘Ireland’s support for Unrwa remains unwavering,’ says Helen McEntee

Israeli military says it fired at ‘terrorist’ who crossed into area under their control in northern ⁠Gaza Strip

Among promising titles are a book about France’s dark side and Jon Ronson’s exploration of multimillionaires searching for meaning in New England

Heba Muraisi is on day 65 of her protest while Kamran Ahmed has reported intermittent hearing loss on day 58

Azerbaijan says it will not send troops to take part in International Stabilisation Force for Palestinian territory

Kaouther Ben Hania, director of The Voice of Hind Rajab, on the moral imperative to tell this tragic story from Gaza

Department of Foreign Affairs says legislation cutting utilities and communications breaches international law

Barry Heneghan pushes back against Taoiseach’s insistence there is no deal for his constituency for support of Coalition

As the new year dawns, there is no shortage of reasons for concern

Foreign ministers of 10 states express ‘serious concerns’ over humanitarian situation in devastated territory

Many German Muslims say they face a new level of hostility in post-October 7th Germany, and a young imam is leading a plan to clean up the city’s mess on New Year’s Day

Rebuilding of Gaza could begin ‘very quickly’, says Trump, but would require disarming of Hamas

Prison conditions were brutal, cells overcrowded, sanitation appalling ... there was deliberate psychological pressure