Technology is changing how wars are fought, but not the reasons for them.
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Advances in technology are deployed in war, changing the ways that wars are both fought and communicated.
Many Israelis blame their government for intelligence failures before October 7.
EPA-EFE/Abir Sultan
Israelis are still reeling after October 7 and many feel that the international community has turned against them.
As Israel’s assault moves further south, refugees are running out of safe spaces.
EPA-EFE/Haitham Imad
Gaza is being systematically razed to the ground as the IDF continues its assault.
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The Houthis are not mere Iranian proxies in the war. Their support for the Palestinians is also aimed at garnering domestic and international support for the group’s position in Yemen.
Sarah Jama at the opening of her Hamilton Centre constituency office, Nov. 14, 2023. Jama opened the office as an Independent MPP after the Ontario NDP kicked her out of caucus for posting a statement in support of Palestinians.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Censure might occasionally be necessary to preserve the integrity of a parliament, but using it to punish members for their personal views threatens the foundations of democracy.
Free: a minibus carrying Israeli hostages arrives at a hospital in Ramat Gan in Israel, November 26.
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Most of the hostages and prisoners being exchanged have been women or children.
Two people use a Palestinian keffiyeh to show their support during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Washington on Nov. 4, 2023.
AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades
The keffiyeh’s prominence soared in the 1970s when Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, adopted and popularized the garment.
The scene in the Bureij refugee camp following an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Nov. 14, 2023.
AP Photo/Adel Hana
Proportionality requires that lives of civilians on both sides of a conflict must be treated with the same degree of respect.
AP Photo/Hatem Ali
A selection of analysis from our coverage of the war in Gaza over the past fortnight.
Militant: Hamas is believed to have teamed up with five different groups to launch its attacks on October 7.
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Israel is fighting a broad coalition of armed Palestinian militias in Gaza − and then there’s Hezbollah, just across the border in Lebanon.
People cheer as a vehicle carrying hostages released by Hamas drives toward an army base in Ofakim, southern Israel, on Nov. 26, 2023.
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The diversity of Israel’s Jewish population has been a source of tensions, but also strength, over the decades.
People take advantage of the ceasefire to make their way from northern Gaza Strip to the south.
EPA-EFE/Mohammed Saber
A philosopher weighs up the legal and moral arguments on both sides of the conflict.
People unload boxes of medicine from a truck at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 23, 2023.
(AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)
Aid workers consistently face a host of moral challenges and often have to make difficult choices. Organizations need to be aware of the mental impact on their staff and provide support.
Alaa Badarneh/EPA
More than 450 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the start of the year, the most since 2005.
Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, addresses the UN, September 2023.
EPA-EFE/Justin Lane
Qatar has built goodwill – and business connections – around the world in recent decades.
Palestinians flee to southern Gaza as Israeli tanks block the Salah al-Din road in the central Gaza Strip on Nov. 24, 2023.
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Urban warfare and the extensive tunnel network in Gaza benefit Hamas and pose a major challenge to the Israeli military.
Haaretz: supportive of the war effort, critical of the government running it.
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The Netanyahu government is pressuring Israel’s most prominent left-leaning newspaper over its coverage of the war in Gaza.
This month, an image of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier raising the rainbow flag in Gaza went viral. But the photo obscures nuance, context and history.
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This month, an image of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier raising the rainbow flag in Gaza went viral. But the photo obscures nuance, context and history.
Devastation: much of Gaza has been reduced to rubble, including residential areas and critical infrastructure.
AP Photo/Hatem Ali
Four days is not nearly long enough to meet the needs of Gaza’s 2.2 million desperate inhabitants.
Hams leader Yahya SInwar at a Hamas rally marking Al-Quds Day.
EPA-EFE/Mohammed Saber
Hamas rules Gaza with repression and violence and polls show that it does not have the support of ordinary Palestinians.