Israel - Gaza 2023-24
The 2023 Israel-Hamas war upended the status quo in the Middle East overnight.
These ongoing reports from the West Bank, Israel and Gaza aim to humanize a conflict full of dehumanization, explore how individual choices and tragedies shape the war and hit home the devastating humanitarian toll in Gaza.
With fresh perspectives from people across Gaza and the West Bank, Palestinian political actors, Arab and Western diplomats, these reports also forecast the war’s potential future course and its implications for regional peace, security and stability.
Fearing fallout, Gulf rulers urge US to help stop war in Gaza
The spirit of regional cooperation and optimism that radiated from the Arab Gulf only two months ago has been replaced by frustration with the United States. Gulf leaders and officials express exasperation with Washington’s inability or unwillingness to end a war in Gaza they fear will destabilize the entire region.
‘The ground is shaking’ in southern Gaza. Is anywhere safe?
As Israel’s military campaign pushes further south in Gaza, and Israel and Hamas engage in urban warfare, Palestinian residents say they are left with nowhere to go.
Reeling from the dashed hopes for an extended cease-fire, Gaza Palestinians say they are now under siege like never before – isolated from family members they can no longer contact and trapped in a rotation of neighborhoods as the Israeli army cuts off one residential block from another and issues confusing orders on safe zones. Gazans say nowhere is safe.