A view of the damaged Al Azhar University in Gaza city on Saturday. Most US reporting struggles to maintain a 'balance' by allowing official Israeli sources to dissemble or obfuscate. AFP

CommentWhy can't the US media get it right on Gaza?

There is often a disconnect between what we know Israel is doing to Palestinians and what is being done to address it

Opinion

Israeli ban on international aid groups 'a disaster for Gaza’s children'

MENA

Four Palestinians killed in Israeli strike in southern Gaza

MENA

Gaza aid delivered by UAE humanitarian ship enters enclave

UAE

Egypt's military increasing support to Lebanon’s army, sources say

MENA

Mike Pompeo praises Iranian protesters and 'every Mossad agent walking beside them'

MENA

Israeli army fires 115 machinegun rounds near UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon

MENA
The beach in Gaza city on New Year's Eve. AFP

To walk, to study, to heal: Gaza’s young voice their hopes for 2026

Wounded, traumatised, imprisoned – yet three young Gazans still hold on to hope for the future

MENA

Gaza peace plan sponsors demand Israel ensure UN and NGO access

MENA

Iran says Trump threats to attack nuclear facilities undermine IAEA

MENA

Doctors Without Borders urges Israel to let it operate in Gaza

MENA

Israel to ban more than two dozen aid groups from operating in Gaza

MENA

AnalysisView from Tehran: Hard strategic lessons drive Iran towards self-reliant deterrence

MENA

Somalia warns Israel’s Somaliland recognition threatens Horn of Africa stability

US
Displaced Palestinians gather to receive food at a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 20. AFP

Israel to ban more than two dozen aid groups from operating in Gaza

Licences to be suspended from January 1 for not complying with strict new registration rules

MENA

AnalysisView from Tehran: Hard strategic lessons drive Iran towards self-reliant deterrence

MENA

Somalia warns Israel’s Somaliland recognition threatens Horn of Africa stability

US

Lebanon turns to Egyptian gas to ease electricity shortages

Energy

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