Fears Israel could replicate its ‘Gaza model’ in Lebanon as satellite imagery captures widespread destruction

Bridges blown up. Homes destroyed. More than 1 million people displaced. And plans for Israeli control over a vast swath of territory for an indefinite period. Fears over Israel’s vow to model its invasion of southern Lebanon after its yearslong, deadly military offensive in Gaza are being increasingly voiced as satellite imagery shows the intensifying … Read more

U.N. experts demand Israel release prominent Gaza doctor after reports of ‘severe torture’

The Israeli government, military and prison service did not immediately respond to requests for comment, including on whether any charges have yet been made against Abu Safiya, whom the Israel Defense Forces have alleged without evidence held “a rank” within Hamas. The U.N. experts said his detention continued to “appear to be flagrantly arbitrary.” They … Read more

Sandstorm hit camps housing displaced families in Gaza

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Gaza suffers food shortages as Iran war escalates

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Gaza suffers food shortages as Iran war escalates

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In Gaza, Palestinians feel forgotten as Iran war captures attention and ceasefire progress slows

Burning scraps of plastic and cardboard in a large tin can outside his family’s tent in a southern Gaza graveyard, Raed Abu Ouda prepares a meal for his children, remembering a time when they didn’t have to live this way. “We used to live in palaces, but now we live in graves,” Abu Ouda, 42, … Read more

For a surgeon treating Lebanon’s wounded children, their horrific injuries bring back memories from Gaza

BEIRUT — For British Palestinian surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah and his colleagues at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, the wounds he is treating on children are an all-too-familiar sight. The number of pediatric casualties is mounting from Israeli strikes across Lebanon, targeting the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah, after military operations resumed when … Read more

Inside the Gaza tunnels that Israel says must be destroyed before reconstruction can begin

Crossing into the enclave, the perfectly paved streets and green farmland in Israel’s border region disappear, replaced by destruction and dirt roads as you enter northern Gaza and the largely destroyed Shujaiya neighborhood where the tunnel was located. Fairly close by, what sounded like gunshots could be heard at one point. Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, … Read more