Israel says it is preparing to move Palestinians from combat zones to southern Gaza as plans move ahead for a military offensive in some of the territory’s most populated areas.

IDF Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir announced the next phase of its war against Hamas while addressing soldiers on Sunday.

Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. each provided their own take on the conflict, as well as issuing a joint communique on Sunday (Aug. 10).

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday it will intensify its 22-month war with Hamas by taking over Gaza City, drawing a dismissal from the militant group and renewed international calls to end the conflict, while stirring fears for Palestinian civilians and Israeli hostages still held in Gaza.

Israel should accept the reality that it can’t eliminate Hamas before global support for its actions collapse and shift its strategy accordingly.

As Israel expands operations in the enclave, Gazans increasingly voice defiance against Hamas, with dissenters risking their lives to demand freedom from the group’s grip.

We will agree to a deal on the condition that all the hostages are released in a single phase and in accordance with our terms for ending the war,” read a statement from Netanyahu’s

Whenever I write about the war in Gaza, I hear from pained readers who agree with me on most topics, but believe I judge Israel far too harshly. So let me try to meet them on their own terms and explain why I believe American support for this war is a moral and practical catastrophe,