Israel

We talk to Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared he’s determined to press ahead with military operations in Gaza “until its aim is met”, hours after President Joe Biden said he expected a “significant de-escalation” in the conflict.

Despite international calls for a truce between Israel and Palestinian militants, the exchange of airstrikes and rockets over the Gaza border continues tonight.

We spoke to Khaled Elgindy, an author on Palestinian-Israeli Affairs, who has participated in previous attempts at negotiations.

From the Israeli city of Lod, we spoke to Israeli photojournalist Oren Ziv and asked him what he witnessed last night.

We spoke with Maha Hussaini, a human rights campaigner in Gaza City and started by asking her what it was like living under fire. 

We report on the latest from Washington

Israeli jets have continued attacking high-rise buildings and other targets in the Gaza Strip today, as Palestinians marked Eid while under fire.

We explain how Israel and Palestine got to this point.

Major General Giora Eiland served in the Israel Defence Forces for 33 years, and led the Israeli National Security Council until 2006 under Prime Minister Sharon.

We talked to writer Mosab Abu Toha, and began by asking him what has been happening where he lives in Gaza over the past few days.

President Biden is sending an envoy to the Middle East, after dozens of Palestinian civilians and 16 fighters from the militant group Hamas have been killed by continued Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Six Israelis have been killed by Palestinian missiles. So far efforts to broker a truce are failing. The Israeli Defence Force says more…

Last night police used stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannons against Palestinians gathered outside Jerusalem’s Old City during the holiest night of Ramadan.

We spoke to Ohad Zemet, who is a spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in London. We asked him – given that international law prohibits moving people in occupied territory against their will – why Israel is carrying out these removals?

Israel has been demolishing a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, bulldozing tents on land where people have lived for a generation. Israel claims that residents were living there illegally, but human rights groups say it’s an attempt to drive an entire Palestinian community from the area. And the international community is speaking…