What's happened
Israeli military's ongoing offensive in Gaza has led to widespread casualties, displacement, and destruction of infrastructure.
Why it matters
The ongoing conflict in Gaza has resulted in significant human suffering, displacement, and destruction, with implications for regional stability and humanitarian concerns.
What the papers say
Al Jazeera reports relentless artillery shelling and air strikes on residential areas, with significant damage to healthcare infrastructure. The Independent highlights the high death toll and widespread displacement of Gaza's residents. Gulf News emphasizes the destruction of buildings and the impact on civilians seeking safety. Politico provides details on the expanding ground offensive and the impact on refugee camps. Al Jazeera also reports on the UN Security Council resolution allowing more aid into Gaza, but rights groups consider it insufficient to address the growing humanitarian crisis.
How we got here
The conflict in Gaza has been ongoing, with the Israeli military intensifying its offensive, leading to widespread casualties, displacement, and destruction of infrastructure. The UN Security Council passed a resolution allowing for more aid into the Gaza Strip, but rights groups consider it insufficient to address the growing humanitarian crisis.
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Israel, formally known as the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia, located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.
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The Gaza Strip, or simply Gaza, is a self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, that borders Egypt on the southwest for 11 kilometers and Israel on the east and north along a 51 km border.
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The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs, are an ethnonational group comprising the modern descendants of the peoples who have lived in Palestine continuously over the centuries and who today are largely culturally and
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Hamas is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist militant organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.