Gaza

Gantz and Rubio criticise UK, Western moves they say hurt hostage talks

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have accused the UK, France and other allies of undermining the prospects for a ceasefire

Progressive and Masorti rabbis to hold Havdalah vigil, calling for ceasefire

Organisers say they are standing in solidarity with the hostages and demanding more aid into Gaza

The New Yorker sees Israeli indifference to Gaza – and misses the story

What David Remnick calls a “zone of denial” says far more about his and other Western newsrooms than it does about the Jewish state. It’s a denial of history, of trauma, of the deeply rational fear driving Israeli behaviour

Israel is the only nation in history accused of starving those it feeds

A lie amplified by Western media and feckless politicians – who have abandoned the hostages and increasingly abandon Israel itself – is fueling a new wave of unashamed antisemitism

Israeli Security Cabinet approves plan to occupy Gaza City

The move fell short of the full occupation of the Strip, reportedly favoured by Prime Minister Netanyahu, after opposition from IDF leadership

Hamas using secret £500m war chest boosted by aid theft to pay civil servants’ salaries

Sources told the BBC that the terror group has been restricting the supply of aid, despite both it and the UN denying that widespread looting takes place

Hostage families launch Gaza flotilla calling for ceasefire and return deal

The tactic mirrors those used by pro-Palestine activists trying to break Israe’s naval blockade of the Strip

Starmer says Hamas must have nothing to do with any future Palestinian state

The prime minister didn’t say whether recognition would take place if Hamas continue to hold hostages

Netanyahu to hold Security Cabinet meeting to approve Gaza ‘occupation’ plan