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In a series of maps, Al Jazeera shows what it would look like if the Gaza Strip were to be placed in some of the world’s most well-known cities and where entirely destroyed areas would be. You can access the interactive story by AJ Labs here.

From Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Khan Younis, southern Gaza: The situation in al-Shifa Hospital is very complicated and very difficult. But what seems to be the most tragic now is the situation inside. There is no proper medical intervention for them. The Israeli military is calling on patients to leave. Some cannot walk: some need

Most Israelis believe the violence unleashed on civilians is necessary – and justified – to achieve victory in Gaza. Across Israel, huge billboards tower over central highways, while large placards have been placed in front of schools, supermarkets, and government buildings. They all feature a new slogan: “Together we will win.” The slogan is short

Diarrhoea and respiratory infections are some of the leading infectious diseases affecting the besieged enclave. s thousands of Palestinians try to find space in Gaza’s shelters or move south for safety from Israeli bombardment, infectious diseases are sweeping across the besieged enclave, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report. Infectious maladies such as diarrhoea

More than one journalist a day has been killed since the start of the war last month. At least 39 journalists have been killed in just over one month of Israel’s war on Gaza – that’s more than double the number of fatalities in one and a half years of Russia-Ukraine war – in what

At least 10 Palestinians have been killed and 20 wounded, including a paramedic, as Israeli army steps up raids. At least 10 Palestinians have been killed and 20 others injured during a raid by Israeli forces in Jenin city and refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has said. Intense

White House says Israel commits to announcing each window at least three hours in advance. Israel has agreed to begin daily four-hour pauses in fighting in northern Gaza to allow people to flee hostilities, the White House has announced, in what it called a step in the right direction. US National Security Council spokesperson John

To enter Hamas tunnels, Israel will have to resort to military practices decades old and long forgotten. A week after Israeli troops encircled Gaza City and cut it off from the southern part of the Gaza Strip, there seems to be no evidence of a serious attack towards the centre. On Wednesday, a select group

Many more children have been killed in Gaza every day compared with Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq and other conflict zones. By far. In late October, the international nonprofit Save the Children reported that the number of children killed in the Gaza Strip over three weeks of Israel’s bombardment had surpassed the annual number of children killed

Palestinian dual nationals among those leaving through the Rafah crossing, the only one from Gaza not on the border with Israel. Hundreds of foreign passport holders, including Palestinian dual nationals, have left Gaza via the Rafah border crossing to Egypt. At least 320 foreign nationals entered Egypt from Gaza on Tuesday after the Rafah crossing