Israel & Occupied Palestine
The best of dispatches, features and analysis.
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FEATURE
Despite Gaza ceasefire, war still deadly along Israel’s ‘Yellow Line’
The Washington Post
8 January 2026
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INVESTIGATION
How Israeli strikes that killed 5 journalists at a Gaza hospital unfolded
The Washington Post
21 October 2025
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NEWS FEATURE
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FEATURE
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INVESTIGATION
Photos point to Israeli tank fire in deadly strike on U.N. guest house
The Washington Post
13 April 2025
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INVESTIGATION
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INVESTIGATION
Despite truce, Israel has damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings in Lebanon
The Washington Post
19 January 2025
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DISPATCH
Israel’s war on Hezbollah takes terrible toll on Lebanon’s children
The Washington Post
19 November 2024
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INVESTIGATION
Israel has damaged or destroyed nearly a quarter of buildings in Lebanon’s south
The Washington Post
31 October 2024
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DISPATCH
‘People in Gaza shouldn’t leave their homes. Dying is better than the situation we’re in’
The Times
20 November 2023
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FEATURE
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DISPATCH
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FEATURE
We survived the Hamas terror attack – 24 hours later, we reported for duty
The Telegraph
19 October 2023
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FEATURE
People in Gaza hate the night. All they can see are explosions
1843 Magazine/The Economist
10 October 2023
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FEATURE
The world’s fastest Covid inoculation drive: Israel vaccinates half a million in nine days
The Telegraph
29 December 2020
The best of the rest
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Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen attack Israel for first time in war (The Washington Post)
Israel steps up assassinations as Iran war widens to energy facilities (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Pentagon identifies 5th U.S. soldier killed in drone attack (The Washington Post)
As Israel takes steps to claim land in West Bank, U.S. stands by (The Washington Post)
Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt reopens after nearly two years (The Washington Post)
Israel confirms remains of last hostage, Rani Gvili, returned from Gaza (The Washington Post)
Trump’s ‘master plan’ for Gaza contrasts with reality on the ground (The Washington Post)
Israel kills 3 journalists in Gaza, including CBS News contributor (The Washington Post)
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Israel and Hezbollah agree to cease-fire, halting year-long conflict (The Washington Post)
Israel drops massive bomb in Beirut strike, as Lebanon mulls cease-fire (The Washington Post)
Israel orders Baalbek evacuation as Hezbollah chief vows to fight (The Washington Post)
20 children killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza and Lebanon, officials say (The Washington Post)
Qatar halts role as cease-fire broker while panel warns of famine in Gaza (The Washington Post)
Peacekeepers wounded by Israeli fire in Lebanon, U.N. says, as tensions rise (The Washington Post)
Israel has momentum in its battle with Hezbollah. But what comes next? (The Washington Post)
Israel begins ‘targeted’ operations in Lebanon, urges civilians to leave (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Israel expands weekend strikes to Houthis in Yemen (The Washington Post)
Nasrallah’s death stuns Lebanon, as Israel pummels Beirut (The Washington Post)
US pressures Israel to accept ceasefire deal (Telegraph)
Israel cuts off Hamas ‘lifeline’ by seizing Gaza side of Rafah crossing (Telegraph)
UN urges Israel to reopen Rafah crossing (Telegraph)
Northern Gaza now in ‘full-blown famine,’ top UN official warns
British troops could be sent to Gaza to help US deliver aid (Telegraph)
Hamas refuse to ‘back down’ in fresh peace deal talks (Telegraph)
US quietly transfers hundreds of 2,000lb bombs to Israel despite Rafah invasion concerns (Telegraph)
First food aid shipment by sea to Gaza is unloaded on beach (Telegraph)
Rocket attacks as Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire over border (Telegraph)
Three killed in Houthi missile attack (Telegraph)
IDF targets Hezbollah in eastern Lebanon for first time (Telegraph)
Israel rejects allies’ two-state solution and sets date for Rafah ground offensive (Telegraph)
Netanyahu: We will take Rafah and achieve victory (Telegraph)
UK and US fuelling Middle East chaos and disorder, Iran claims (Telegraph)
Israel faces Hamas resurgence in northern Gaza (Telegraph)
Netanyahu rules out freeing 'thousands of terrorists' in a Gaza truce (Telegraph)
Joe Biden blames Iran for deaths of US troops in drone strike (Telegraph)
Gaza tunnel system still ‘80 per cent intact’ (Telegraph)
Biden draws up plan for ‘sustained’ military action against Houthis (Telegraph)
America’s relaxed attitude in the Middle East has come back to bite it (The Times)
US does not want war in Yemen (The Times)
Britain and US launch airstrikes on Houthi targets (The Times)
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President Erdogan describes Netanyahu as ‘no different from Hitler’ (The Times)
Drone that hit tanker off India was launched from Iran, says US (Telegraph)
Merchant ship linked to Israel struck by drone off coast of India (Telegraph)
Keep fighting to destroy Hamas, bereaved mother urges IDF (The Times)
Almost half of Israel’s Gaza strikes ‘use unguided missiles’ (The Times)
Israel 'fired US-supplied white phosphorous' into Lebanon in possible war crime (Telegraph)
Agencies warn of ‘apocalyptic’ situation in Gaza as half of population go hungry (Telegraph)
Israel urges Gazans in Khan Younis to evacuate ‘urgently’ (Telegraph)
Palestinians mourn Gazan poet Refaat Alareer killed in airstrike (The Times)
US pressures Israel to end war against Hamas ‘in a month’ (The Times)
Reuters journalist ‘killed by shell from Israeli tank’ (The Times)
US warship among vessels attacked in Red Sea (Telegraph)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad armed wing hands over Israeli hostages (Telegraph)
Three year old twins released by Hamas in latest hostage exchange (Telegraph)
IDF kill seven Palestinians in West Bank despite Gaza ceasefire (Telegraph)
Irish-Israeli girl Emily Hand, 9, among hostages released by Hamas (Telegraph)
Israeli cargo ship hit in attack by Iranian kamikaze drone (Telegraph)
First Hamas hostages released under ceasefire deal — as it happened (The Times)
13 Israeli hostages set to be freed as Gaza ceasefire begins (The Times)
Israel releases list of Palestinians it will exchange for hostages (The Times)
Hamas hostage release hope as US talks of ceasefire deal (The Times)
Hostage deal is 'near,' Biden says (Telegraph)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize Israel-linked cargo ship in Red Sea (The Telegraph)
Shani Louk: Hamas terrorist who paraded body is dead, says mother (The Times)
Biden says hospitals ‘must be protected’ (The Telegraph)
Netanyahu urges Middle East to stand against Hamas (The Telegraph)
Video of two hostages released by allies of Hamas (The Times)
US and Israel bomb Iran-linked targets in Syria (The Times)
Qatar in talks with CIA and Mossad over Hamas hostages deal (The Times)
Blinken meets with Palestinian president as US pushes for ‘significant pause’ in war (The Telegraph)
Hamas claims Israeli strike on refugee camp killed seven hostages (The Times)
Israeli airstrike kills 50 in refugee camp, Hamas claims (The Times)
Israel defends Gaza internet blackout (The Telegraph)
IDF ground forces ‘expanding activity’ in Gaza (The Times)
Al Jazeera reporter told on air that strike killed family (The Times)
Queen Rania of Jordan accuses West of hypocrisy on Palestinians (The Times)
Israel to intensify strikes on Hamas ahead of Gaza invasion (The Telegraph)
Hamas releases two American hostages (The Times)
We survived the Hamas terror attack – 24 hours later, we reported for duty (The Telegraph)
US intercepts missiles fired from Yemen (The Times)
Palestinians protest in Ramallah in Hamas-inspired ‘day of rage’ (The Times)
Biden backs IDF account of hospital blast (The Times)
British teenager missing since Hamas attack was murdered, says family (The Telegraph)
Hamas hostage negotiation chief ‘killed in Gaza airstrike’ (The Telegraph)
Israel kills Hamas kibbutz attack mastermind (The Telegraph)
Reuters journalist killed in Israeli strike at Lebanon border (The Telegraph)
Inside Gaza where entire neighbourhoods are being flattened (The Telegraph)
We failed to protect Israel from Hamas attack, army chief admits (The Times)
Netanyahu vows revenge if 'even a single hair' is harmed on Israeli hostages (The Telegraph)
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Israel and militants agree to fragile Gaza ceasefire (The Telegraph)
Gaza farmer unearths Byzantine mosaics (The Times)
Khashoggi murder mightn’t get a mention when Joe Biden meets Saudis (The Telegraph)
Benjamin Netanyahu eyes comeback as Israel’s government collapses (The Telegraph)
Three killed in suspected terror attack on Israel’s Independence Day (The Telegraph)
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Israel may have to pause lightning vaccination programme as Pfizer stocks dwindle (The Telegraph)
Israel announces full diplomatic relations with Bhutan (The Telegraph)
Israeli PM reportedly holds secret talks in Saudi Arabia amid normalisation rumours (The Telegraph)
Three dead as hundreds of wildfires ravage the Middle East (The Telegraph)
Coronavirus infections reach 60,000 in Israel as protests continue (The Telegraph)
Benjamin Netanyahu pledges to annex West Bank if he wins Israeli election on Monday (The Telegraph)
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Israeli female soldiers banned from prison work after ‘Palestinian terrorist affair’ (The Telegraph)
Saudi Arabia seeks Palestinians’ support for Israel deal (The Times)
Israel will not allow Saudi Arabia to open Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem (The Telegraph)
Benjamin Netanyahu undergoes surgery to have pacemaker fitted (The Telegraph)
Israel deploys facial recognition cameras to ‘supercharge segregation’ (The Telegraph)
Funeral held for British-Israeli sisters killed in West Bank (The Telegraph)
Israel bombs Syria after rockets hit occupied Golan Heights (The Telegraph)
Two British sisters shot dead in West Bank terrorist attack (The Telegraph)
Benjamin Netanyahu faces revolt from his own party against judicial reforms (The Telegraph)
Israel carries out airstrike in Damascus suburbs (The Telegraph)
Benjamin Netanyahu calls for looser gun laws after synagogue attack (The Telegraph)
Damascus airport hit and four killed in Israeli strikes on Syria (The Telegraph)
Israel ‘cannot be an occupier’ in its own land, Netanyahu counters after UN ruling (The Telegraph)
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Israel unveils $300m plan to double settlers in occupied Golan (The Telegraph)
Five Palestinian 'terrorists' killed in Israeli raids across West Bank (The Telegraph)
Israel accuses spoon-tunnel fugitives of plotting terror attack (The Telegraph)
Israel threatens fresh lockdown as vaccine front-runner faces delta surge (The Telegraph)
Netanyahu on cusp of being replaced by far-Right leader Naftali Bennett (The Telegraph)
Benjamin Netanyahu struggles on two fronts as corruption trial begins (The Telegraph)
Israeli experts discover new Dead Sea scrolls for first time in 60 years (The Telegraph)
Israel 'funded Covid vaccine' for Syria to secure prisoner swap deal (The Telegraph)
Israel expands vaccination drive to include 16 to 18-year-olds in bid to save exams (The Telegraph)
Israel forced to tighten lockdown measures despite world-beating vaccine drive (The Telegraph)
Sudan normalises relations with Israel in return for help accessing World Bank funds (The Telegraph)
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Israel reopens Jordan crossing as pressure builds to advance Gaza truce (The Washington Post)
Israeli strike on Beirut kills top Hezbollah military official (The Washington Post)
Israeli strikes kill at least 32 people in Gaza despite ceasefire (The Washington Post)
Israeli strikes kill more than 100 people in Gaza, including 46 children (The Washington Post)
U.N. court says Israel not meeting obligations as occupying power in Gaza (The Washington Post)
Vance seeks to bolster fragile Gaza ceasefire on trip to Israel (The Washington Post)
U.S. ramps up diplomacy around Gaza ceasefire; Vance travels to Israel (The Washington Post)
Dispute over hostages’ bodies tests ceasefire as Israel buries its dead (The Washington Post)
PODCAST: Will peace in Gaza hold? (Post Reports)
Israeli ministers approve Gaza ceasefire, but tougher talks loom (The Washington Post)
Trump, Hamas officials say Gaza ceasefire deal ‘very close’ (The Washington Post)
Gaza ceasefire talks begin in Egypt, as Israel strikes enclave (The Washington Post)
Israel steps up Gaza City assault as Hamas weighs Trump peace deal (The Washington Post)
Gaza City hospitals close, patients flee as Israeli forces advance (The Washington Post)
Gaza City’s communications cut amid widening Israeli ground invasion (The Washington Post)
Israeli military begins ground invasion of Gaza City (The Washington Post)
Rubio downplays U.S. tensions with Israel, plans to visit Qatar after strike (The Washington Post)
Gunmen kill 6 in shooting attack at Jerusalem bus stop, police say (The Washington Post)
Israeli attack on Gaza hospital kills 20, including journalists and medics (The Washington Post)
Famine confirmed in Gaza City region, global hunger monitor says (The Washington Post)
Mass protests erupt in Israel as IDF readies plans to occupy Gaza City (The Washington Post)
Israel must give U.N. full access to Gaza to halt starvation, allies say (The Washington Post)
Palestinians mourn Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, crew in Gaza (The Washington Post)
Israeli military presents Netanyahu with options for expanding Gaza operation (The Washington Post)
Famine unfolding across Gaza, says global hunger monitor (The Washington Post)
Rights groups are first in Israel to accuse government of genocide (The Washington Post)
Israel lets more aid trucks into Gaza, under pressure over hunger crisis (The Washington Post)
79 Gazans killed waiting for food after Israeli troops open fire, medics say (The Washington Post)
Israel bombs Damascus, stoking conflict with Syria’s new government (The Washington Post)
Israeli airstrikes target Syrian government troops amid sectarian unrest (The Washington Post)
Israeli jets hit Syrian forces seeking to quell sectarian clashes in the south (The Washington Post)
Gaza humanitarian work at risk of shutdown, U.N. warns amid fuel blockade (The Washington Post)
Red Sea cargo ship strike kills two sailors as Yemen’s Houthis resume attacks (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Israel-Iran ceasefire appears to hold as Trump heads to NATO summit (The Washington Post)
Israel-Iran ceasefire holds as region urges new round of diplomacy (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Trump says he’ll decide on Iran strike within two weeks (The Washington Post)
Iranian missile strikes hospital, prompting Israeli threat of retaliation (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Iranian strike hits key hospital in southern Israel, IDF says (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Trump demands Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as strikes continue (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Israel and Iran exchange more attacks (The Washington Post)
Israel’s allies impose sanctions on ministers over West Bank violence (The Washington Post)
Bodies of Israeli American couple recovered from Gaza, Israel says (The Washington Post)
More than 30 killed by gunfire near U.S. aid site in Gaza (The Washington Post)
U.N. condemns U.S. aid system in Gaza after Israel opens fire on crowd (The Washington Post)
Deadly strikes hit Gaza as new aid group says it has begun distributing food (The Washington Post)
Trucks carrying aid enter Gaza for the first time in 80 days (The Washington Post)
Israel’s plans for Gaza draw rebuke, review of trade ties from allies (The Washington Post)
Netanyahu says ‘minimal’ aid will go to Gaza to preserve U.S. support (The Washington Post)
Israeli ground operations underway in Gaza; some food to be allowed in (The Washington Post)
Israel ramps up strikes in Gaza as Trump tours Middle East (The Washington Post)
Gaza faces ‘critical’ famine risk, experts say, as Israel blocks aid (The Washington Post)
Israel’s European allies urge lifting of ‘intolerable’ Gaza aid blockade (The Washington Post)
Thousands of Israeli reservists condemn leadership for return to war (The Washington Post)
Israeli strike damages last fully functional hospital in Gaza City (The Washington Post)
U.N. says Israel’s aid blockade has opened ‘floodgates of horror’ in Gaza (The Washington Post)
Palestinian American teen fatally shot by Israeli troops in West Bank village (The Washington Post)
Netanyahu and Trump to meet amid concerns over Gaza, Iran and tariffs (The Washington Post)
Israel expands military operations to ‘seize large areas’ of Gaza (The Washington Post)
Amid rubble of Gaza, protesters decry Hamas (The Washington Post)
Gaza death toll tops 50,000 as Israel strikes hospital, targeting Hamas (The Washington Post)
Israeli troops enter northern Gaza; Hamas responds with rocket fire (The Washington Post)
Israeli troops move into Gaza; United Nations staffer killed in blast (The Washington Post)
Israel breaks Gaza ceasefire, killing more than 400 in wave of strikes (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Rights groups call on Israel to restore Gaza electricity (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Trump envoy Witkoff to travel to Doha for Gaza ceasefire talks (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Israel halts all aid to Gaza as ceasefire falters (The Washington Post)
Syrians emerging from dictatorship bristle at new threat from Israel (The Washington Post)
Six babies die of hypothermia in Gaza cold snap, health officials say (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Israel says troops will stay in Lebanon past ceasefire deadline (The Washington Post)
Gazans fear return to war amid standoff between Israel and Hamas (The Washington Post)
Palestinians return to northern Gaza after months of displacement (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Displaced Palestinians begin returning to devastated northern Gaza (The Washington Post)
Lebanon says Israeli troops killed 24 ahead of ceasefire extension (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: IDF opens fire in Lebanon and Gaza as ceasefires falter (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Gaza ceasefire holds, Israel launches raid on Jenin in West Bank (The Washington Post)
Violence erupts in West Bank as settlers attack, Israel raids Jenin (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Three Israeli hostages and 90 Palestinians freed as Gaza ceasefire takes hold (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: 90 Palestinians released by Israel after first day of Gaza ceasefire (The Washington Post)
Here’s what we know about the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Israel-Gaza ceasefire deal and hostage release in ‘final stages,’ Qatar says (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Biden says ceasefire and hostage release deal ‘on the brink’ of completion (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Strikes, raids in West Bank follow Hamas killing of three Israeli settlers (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Israel signs deals to produce its own heavy bombs (The Washington Post)
Manhunt underway after three Israelis are killed in West Bank shooting (The Washington Post)
LIVE FILE: Israel and Hezbollah trade threats over future of ceasefire as deadline looms (The Washington Post)