Gaza Strip

While Cairo felt that the Hamas attacks on Israel were a response to occupation, it does not see eye-to-eye with the group. It also has practical worries, not least of which are economic.

Israel's war aims go beyond the defeat of Hamas to the collective punishment of two million Palestinians. It is losing friends fast, while Gazans lose far more than that.

A new axis dividing Khan Younis into eastern and western sections follows others splitting Khan Younis from Rafah, and north Gaza from central Gaza. The strategy is simple: divide and conquer.

In Gaza, where nearly 60,000 people have been killed since October 2023 due to Israeli military operations, half a million individuals now stand on the edge of famine. According to estimates by the…

For Benjamin Netanyahu, it would be a 'humanitarian zone'. For most countries, it would be a war crime. For Egypt, it could be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

A new team called the Palestine Regeneration Team unveils an installation at the Venice Architecture Biennale that prompts a radical rethink of what 'home' now means for Gazans.

Al Majalla publishes the US president's plan for a phased hostage/prisoner release over 60 days during a temporary end to the bombing that gives both sides time to negotiate a permanent agreement.

Israel's forced starvation campaign and the inexplicable routing of aid lorries through crowded areas compound an already dire humanitarian and security crisis. Critics say it's intentional.

Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff drafted a document outlining the main points for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza. Al Majalla publishes it in full, alongside the response it got from Hamas.

A lot of thought and effort has gone into Israel's media defence and a clear strategy has been hard at work since October 2023, changing the way we see the conflict. Is it now beginning to falter?