Gaza conflict

Fighting, ceasefire negotiations, aid and the future of Gaza.

• Gaza families fear food shortages as Israel halts commercial shipments

  Al Jazeera

  Residents report rising prices as the latest restrictions bite, leaving families unable to afford extra supplies.

• Gaza Family Reunion: Finding each other after the ‘ceasefire’

  Al Jazeera

  Separated by war for more than a year, a captain in Gaza’s Civil Defence unit attempts to reunite with his family.

• Israeli drone attacks kill six Palestinians across Gaza despite ‘ceasefire’

  Al Jazeera

  Attacks hit several areas as UNICEF reports more than 340 children killed since 'ceasefire' began a year ago.

• ‘I cannot carry all of this alone’: the couples kept apart by the war in Gaza

  The Guardian

  Families have been scattered, fathers separated from their children, and couples unable to reunite and marry Wijdan Abu Matar, 43, was forced to leave Gaza in November 2023 with her eight children for medical treatment, while her injured husband, Hatem, remained behind. Wijdan and her family were living in the Nuseirat refugee camp when the Gaza war began with the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. Ten days later, on 17 October that year, an Israeli strike hit the al-Muhandseen tower, near t

• Israel strikes Gaza on October 7 anniversary, three dead: officials

  The Hindu

  Loud bangs across the border in Gaza were audible from the site of the Nova music festival just as family members gathered at dawn to mourn the more than 300 revellers killed three years earlier

• Food affordability fears plague Gaza as Israel halts commercial goods

  Al Jazeera

  Commercial goods, such as fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and winter clothing, have not entered Gaza for two days.

• Israelis mark three years since Hamas attack that set off Gaza assault

  The Hindu

  The anniversary is the first for Israelis without any hostages still held in Gaza, ⁠with those dead and alive exchanged in swaps with Hamas for Palestinians held in Israeli jails. The remains of the last Israeli hostage were recovered in January

• UN chief calls for Gaza ceasefire ahead of October 7 anniversary

  The Hindu

  Antonio Guterres also said Palestinians in Gaza have faced a “massive loss of life, displacement and destruction,” without specifying their death toll

• China urges Israel to end West Bank settlement expansion and ease Gaza crisis

  South China Morning Post

  In talks with Israel’s president on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for an immediate easing of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and for Israel to reverse its West Bank settlement expansion. “The imperative priority is to fully open access routes into Gaza. Two million civilians must not be left to struggle on the brink of survival, nor can this humanitarian catastrophe be allowed to spread,” Wang said, according to a Chinese foreign ministry statement on Friday. The meeting with