Gaza City, six days after Hamas launched its offensive.Photograph by Ahmad Hasaballah / Getty

What Was Hamas Thinking?

 07:24 15/10/2023

One of the group’s senior political leaders explains its strategy.
Destruction from Israeli aerial bombardment in Gaza City. FATIMA SHBAIR/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Israel Aims to Destroy Hamas. What Comes Next for Gaza Is Unclear.

 23:12 14/10/2023

Israel is preparing a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip to destroy Hamas. But it hasn’t offered any indication of what could happen next.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan ©  Sputnik / Pavel Bednyakov

Israel has right to self-defense – Putin

 09:53 13/10/2023

The Jewish state can only have peace if Palestinians have a nation of their own, the Russian president has said
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Justin Bieber swiftly deletes Israel post after angry backlash

 22:30 12/10/2023

Justin Bieber found himself in hot water after he shared a post in support of Israel that featured a photo that left fans in uproar.
A protestor is detained by French Police during an unauthorized demonstration in support of Palestinians at Place de la Republique, in Paris, on October 12, 2023. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

France bans all pro-Palestinian protests

 22:22 12/10/2023

French police used teargas and water cannon to break up a banned rally in support of the Palestinian people in Paris on Thursday night, as President Emmanuel Macron urged the French to remain united amid fears a spillover of the Israel-Hamas conflict in France, home to Europe's largest Jewish and Muslim communities.
Watch: Why the BBC doesn't call Hamas 'terrorists'

Why BBC doesn't call Hamas militants 'terrorists' - John Simpson

 14:43 12/10/2023

Government ministers, newspaper columnists, ordinary people - they're all asking why the BBC doesn't say the Hamas gunmen who carried out appalling atrocities in southern Israel are terrorists.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Wednesday at the 2023 Russian Energy Week international forum in Moscow. After his speech, Putin talked about the what is happening in Israel and Gaza. Kristina Kormilitsyna/via Reuters

Putin's muted response to Hamas attack speaks volumes about Russia's deepening ties with Iran

 14:40 12/10/2023

After decades of friendly relations with Israel, Russia is aligning with its arch enemy
Reasoned discussion about Hamas’s attack and Israel’s response has proved all but impossible.’ Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Killing civilians is indefensible, whether done by Hamas or Israe

 14:16 12/10/2023

Combatants in this war have a duty not to target innocent people regardless of what they believe ‘the other side’ has done
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US and Qatar reach ‘quiet understanding’ not to release $6bn sent to Iran for now, Treasury official tells House Democrats

 14:09 12/10/2023

“We have strict oversight of the funds, and we retain the right to freeze them,” Blinken said.
A group of Arab refugees carrying their belongings walks along a road from Jerusalem to Lebanon on November 9, 1948. © Jim Pringle, AP

From 1947 to 2023: Retracing the complex, tragic Israeli-Palestinian conflict

 10:44 12/10/2023

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict was reignited once again on October 7 after a surprise offensive launched by Hamas against Israel. In retaliation, Israel ordered air strikes and a "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave. This is a new deadly episode in a conflict that has its roots deep in the mid-20th century. FRANCE 24 traces its history.
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By land, sea, air and online: How Hamas used the internet to terrorize Israel

 09:27 12/10/2023

Israel declares war against Hamas after deadly attacks. Here's what to know.
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Brutal urban warfare awaits Israel’s army in Gaza

 18:30 11/10/2023

Toppling Hamas might not be possible without an occupation.
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Netanyahu wages war and fights for his own survival

 18:20 11/10/2023

A new emergency cabinet brings military experience, but not necessarily restraint.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is seen on Capitol Hill as House Republicans have decided to nominate Scalise for Speaker of the House on Oct. 11, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Credits: Craig Hudson, Craig Hudson-USA TODA

Closer to a new speaker of the House? Republicans back Steve Scalise behind closed doors

 16:01 11/10/2023

Unclear if Scalise can get the votes to win gavel
The logo of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is seen alongside the former logo. (Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters)

Graphic war videos go viral, testing social media’s rules

 13:11 11/10/2023

Facebook, YouTube and TikTok ban support for Hamas. Telegram allows it. And X struggles to enforce its own policies.
A column of Israeli Merkava battle tanks is amassed in the upper Galilee in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on Oct. 11, 2023. (JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel responds to Hezbollah attack from Lebanon deploying 'tens of thousands' to northern border

 09:51 11/10/2023

.Hezbollah, whose name means “Party of God" (also spelled Hizballah), is an Iran-backed Shi'a militia group based in Lebanon.
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After its brutal attack, Hamas is calculating its next move

 22:31 10/10/2023

Hamas’s militants are now preparing for the Israeli ground invasion they assume is imminent.
Yair Lapid (Photo: Flash 90)

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid: 'The endgame is no Hamas in Gaza'

 13:28 10/10/2023

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Israeli opposition leader and former prime minister Yair Lapid reacted to Hamas's surprise attack on Israel from Gaza. The incursion, which killed hundreds of Israelis, is being called "Israel's 9/11". Hundreds of Palestinians living in Gaza have been killed in retaliatory Israeli air strikes. Asked how he saw the situation playing out, Lapid said "the endgame is, there will be no Hamas in Gaza".
Palestinians in Gaza City commandeered an Israeli military vehicle on Saturday. MOHAMMED TALATENE/ZUMA PRESS

Israel Was Prepared for a Different War

 09:58 10/10/2023

The Israeli military’s focus on intelligence, air power and technology left it vulnerable to a low-tech ground assault
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