Israel Hamas War Death Toll

Top headlines 18 October: Biden pledges solidarity with Israelis, suggests 'other team' to blame for Gaza hospital blast

Iran calls for Islamic countries to sanction Israel, expel its envoys. Beijing will inject over $100 billion of new funding into its Belt and Road initiative. Israel Defence Forces released a video for proof showing it wasn't behind the blast at Gaza hospital strike.

Amid the Israel-Hamas war, how Benjamin Netanyahu is losing the battle at home

As Israel wages a deadly war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Benjamin Netanyahu is seeing a dip in his approval ratings. Many Israelis blame the prime minister for the intelligence failures that led to the audacious attack by the militant group

Israel-Hamas war: US allows non-essential embassy staff to leave Lebanon citing 'unpredictable security situation' 

The State Department also raised its travel advisory for Lebanon from level three, issued in July, to the highest available level four, as it told Americans to avoid the country.

In Images | Death and doom at Gaza hospital, where 500 were killed in blast

Hospitals were considered a refuge for Gazans trying to survive the Israeli bombardment. However, on Tuesday night, the Ahli Arab Hospital was reduced to rubble when an explosion took place, killing at least 500 people. The attack has prompted anger and shock from around the world

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to Israel on Tuesday

The German government has rallied around Israel since at least 1,300 people were killed and dozens taken hostage in a mass cross-border infiltration by Hamas militants into Israeli towns and villages near Gaza on 7 October

Israeli Military revises number of hostages held in Gaza to 199, higher than previous estimates

More than a million people have fled their homes in the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected Israeli retaliation that seeks to eliminate Hamas’ leadership after its deadly incursion.

Israel-Hamas war: Who will bell the cat?

No doubt very cumbersome and complex negotiations will be needed with lot of clout and honesty but it’s worth a try for the regional security and stability

Slaughtering women, kids for storming of a mosque? Hamas brutes are terrorists using humans as shield

Hamas always uses Gazans as human shield in wars with Israel—this time, it is Israeli civilians

Pogrom on Jews by Islamist terrorists of Hamas has exposed the moral rot at the heart of western societies

What political compulsion allows decapitation of babies to become the subject of a grisly debate?

Hamas attack on Israel: A turning point or wasted opportunity? It’s up to us

There is no moral advantage in continuing to assess the situation solely through the lens of the suffering of the Gazan population, an approach marred by both a moral and existential distortion