As these lines are being written, Israel has informed the UN that more than one million people in the northern Gaza Strip, including residents of Gaza City, must evacuate their homes. There is nowhere to go in Gaza - not for 10,000 people, not for 100,000 and certainly not for a million. To...

Middle East Eye’s Editor-in-Chief David Hearst has written about Israel’s wider ambitions beyond its current campaign in Gaza. Hearst writes that the Israeli government might be trying to force an exodus of Palestinians from Gaza into neighbouring Egypt. “On Friday, little doubt...

 Syria regime boycotted a hearing at the United Nations' top court on Tuesday where the Netherlands and Canada accused Damascus of a years-long campaign of “institutionalized” torture against its own people. The hearing was focused on a preliminary Dutch and Canadian request for the...

Israel on Saturday said it has begun striking the Hamas targets in Gaza “in response to the barrages of rockets launched.” The Israeli Defense Forces “is currently striking Hamas targets in Gaza,” IDF said on X. Israel has declared a “state of readiness” for war after...