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Raid on Al-Shifa: What's next after Israel's operation at Gaza hospital

Israeli forces overnight carried out what it calls "a precise and targeted operation in a specified area" of Al Shifa after claiming Hamas was running operations out of the Gaza Strip’s largest medical facility. As international condemnation grows, we ask our guests how sensitive belligerents are to outside pressure. In the US, there is open divisions within the civil service and here in France, pushback from sitting ambassadors who have written a diplomatic cable calling for a more balanced and clear policy. What if the war lasts for another 40 days?

Israel-Hamas war: How to get to a ceasefire?

All the international community can do is answer the United Nations' call to raise funds and prepare vital necessities. We talk about the humanitarian conference hosted by France this Thursday and whether more can be done to spare civilian lives.

No return to status quo: How do Israelis and Palestinians find common ground?

Before October 7, Israeli hawks cynically characterised periodic flare-ups with Gaza as "cutting the grass". Now, after the bloodiest day since independence for Israel, and fighting escalating on multiple fronts, as well as the killing of more than 10,000 Palestinians, the reality can no longer be ignored. Nor each side's pain.

Impossible balancing act? Blinken's Middle East tour concludes in Turkey

The trip that began with Blinken's fourth trip to Israel in as many weeks included a slow ratcheting up of Washington's calls for humanitarian pauses to spare civilian lives, but as Israeli troops surround Gaza City, protesters – like those outside Turkey's Incirlik NATO military base Sunday – clearly do not see results.

Former CNN correspondent Arwa Damon on how her charity is helping children in Gaza

Read more 'My future is over': The children paying a heavy price for Israel’s strikes on Gaza

Dwindling sympathy? Israel's Gaza bombing strains relations with Americas

Make no mistake, Latin American nations overwhelmingly condemned the Hamas slaughter of civilians. At least 15 Argentinians are listed as hostages. But the slow rollout of the ground offensive and the trickle of aid going into a blockaded Gaza have provoked sharp reactions.

Israel's strategic challenge: Will ground invasion succeed against Hamas?

The Israeli bombardment of Gaza is intensifying and the ground war has begun. The stated aim by Israel is to destroy Hamas, in response to the deadly October 7 attacks on Israeli communities.

Balancing act: Where does Europe stand on Israel-Hamas war?

After all, Europe too has citizens caught up in the conflict, the bloc is the biggest donor to the Palestinian Territories, and back home it has millions of citizens – Muslims, Jews and Christians – who all feel a stake in the unfolding eruption. And while the US has put its military might behind Israel, Europe finds itself in a difficult balancing act.

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Raid on Al-Shifa: What's next after Israel's operation at Gaza hospital

Israel-Hamas war: How to get to a ceasefire?

No return to status quo: How do Israelis and Palestinians find common ground?

Impossible balancing act? Blinken's Middle East tour concludes in Turkey

Former CNN correspondent Arwa Damon on how her charity is helping children in Gaza

Dwindling sympathy? Israel's Gaza bombing strains relations with Americas

Israel's strategic challenge: Will ground invasion succeed against Hamas?

Balancing act: Where does Europe stand on Israel-Hamas war?