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Gaza’s nights are darker now than at any point in the past decade
The enclave is operating on just one-tenth of its normal power supply
All parties are blaming each other for the dire situation in Gaza
Aid deliveries work out at 29ml of water per person a day
The deadly missile race in the Middle East
Governments no longer have a monopoly on long-range projectiles
Will America pull the plug on Israel’s invasion of Gaza?
Israel is racing to destroy Hamas as a global backlash grows
Does America have enough weapons to support its allies?
It could face wars in the Middle East, Ukraine and Taiwan
Who is Herzi Halevi, the chief of staff of the Israel Defence Forces?
The lieutenant general is leading Israel’s war in Gaza—but may resign after it
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The Middle East’s economy is caught in the crossfire
Before the war in Gaza, it had been poised to boom
Israel is more popular than social-media posts suggest
In properly weighted opinion polls, support for the Palestinians is much less marked
Bibi Netanyahu is the wrong man in the wrong place
Israel’s prime minister is ill-equipped for war and peace
Israel faces agonising choices in the battle for Gaza
But with Hamas in charge there can be no peace process
Israel’s new plan to encircle Hamas
The unfolding invasion could take months or even a year
Israel’s war economy is working—for the time being
The longer the conflict lasts, the greater the pressure
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The pace of Israel’s war in Gaza far exceeds previous conflicts
But Israel’s generals think they could be fighting Hamas in Gaza for a year
Israel needs to resist irrational retaliation
The lessons from past wars on terror
Why urban warfare in Gaza will be bloodier than in Iraq
The battle against IS in Mosul offers Israel lessons—and warnings
Can the Palestinian Authority control Gaza if Hamas is ousted?
It may be lucky to keep control of the West Bank by the end of this war
War and diplomacy
Narendra Modi has shifted India from the Palestinians to Israel
The pivot reflects Indian domestic politics and new interests in the Middle East
Could the Israel-Hamas war trigger unrest across the Arab world?
Three countries are now more vulnerable to instability, according to EIU’s risk modelling
American power: indispensable or ineffective?
How Joe Biden manages the war between Israel and Hamas will define America’s global role
The three steps on America’s ladder of military escalation
Could America be dragged back into another Middle East war?
The overstretched superpower
America could face wars in the Middle East, Ukraine and Taiwan
Iran’s ayatollahs play the Middle East’s most dangerous game
They want to escalate without triggering full-blown war
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1843 magazine | The biblical archaeologist finding the victims Hamas burned
Bodies have been reduced to ash. Entire families are wiped out. Dismembered limbs are jumbled together
1843 magazine | Israel’s top hostage negotiator on dealing with Hamas
In 2011 David Meidan managed to get one person out of Gaza. Now he’s trying to free 240
1843 magazine | Ali Jadallah has lost four relatives in Gaza. He’s still taking pictures
Numb with grief, a photographer works to bear witness
1843 magazine | The “war schizophrenia” of Israel’s peaceniks
Many lost friends in Hamas’s attacks. They don’t want to lose more in Gaza
1843 magazine | Life in Gaza is a series of calculations. How much water do you really need?
Palestinians worry that the world will become inured to their suffering
1843 magazine | Their relatives are missing after Hamas’s attack. Now they’re tracking them down themselves
Frustrated by the government’s response, grassroots organisations are springing up
Explaining the war
Why Gaza’s refugee camps are so vulnerable
More than half of the enclave’s population are registered refugees
Can Hamas’s casualty figures be trusted?
America doubts the numbers issued by Gazan officials. But there are good reasons to believe them
The firepower of Iran-backed militias, in maps
Its proxy groups may be delaying Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza
What evidence reveals about the Gaza hospital blast’s source
The damage points to a malfunctioning rocket, not an air strike
A short history of the Arab-Israeli conflict
Explaining the complex crisis in maps
By Invitation
Steven Simon thinks that Israel may be able to avoid a regional escalation
But continued hard-right rule could foster dystopia, argues the academic and author
Marc Weller on what international law has to say about the Israel-Hamas conflict
Military advantage must be balanced against the risk of civilian casualties, even when vital interests are at stake, says the law professor
Mikhail Khodorkovsky says that support for Israel should not come at the expense of Ukraine
Both are fronts in an intensifying fight against global lawlessness, argues the former political prisoner
David Schenker on the risks of a wider war with Iran and its proxies
America needs to go beyond beefing up its naval presence in the region, says the former diplomat
Naftali Bennett argues that Israel’s future depends on striking fear into its enemies’ hearts
Regional foes must be confronted in new ways, says Israel’s former prime minister
Nasser al-Kidwa on why it was inevitable that Gaza would erupt in violence
The Palestinian movement can be reinvigorated, if it is restructured, says the former Palestinian foreign minister
The war in video
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Is Israel breaking the rules of war?
The laws of engagement are complicated—proportionality is crucial
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Israel and the Palestinians: a century of conflict
How wars and uprisings have changed the map of the region
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Israel and Gaza: the attacks, politics and implications
Barbaric attacks, brutal retaliation