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    • Saturday, 25 November, 2023
      EU foreign policy
      Israel in diplomatic dispute with Spain and Belgium over Gaza bombardment

      Comments from leaders Pedro Sánchez and Alexander De Croo at Rafah condemned by foreign minister Eli Cohen

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      Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, left, and Belgian premier Alexander de Croo speak at the Rafah crossing into Egypt from the Gaza Strip, Egypt
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      ExplainerIsrael-Hamas war
      The Israel-Hamas war in maps: latest updates

      A visual guide to the war

      Montage of Gaza map and photograph of Israeli tanks on the border
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Hamas releases 24 hostages as Israel truce takes hold

      Group including 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino freed, says Qatar

      A Red Cross vehicle, part of a convoy, at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      ExplainerIsrael-Hamas war
      Who are the Palestinians being freed under the hostage deal?

      A grandmother and a 14-year-old boy are among those eligible for release as part of Israel-Hamas agreement

      The mother of Shorouq Dwayyat holds a picture of her daughter
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Person in the News
      Sheikh Mohammed: Qatar’s hostage negotiator is no stranger to crisis

      After weeks of torturous negotiations, the prime minister has mediated a deal to release some of Israel’s captured civilians

      Illustration of Sheikh Mohammed holding telephone handles with both hands. One with the Israeli flag, the other with the Palestinian flag on it.
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel-Hamas truce takes hold ahead of planned hostage release

      Four-day ceasefire brokered by Qatar will allow return of 50 captives held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners

      Israeli soldiers on the border with Gaza on Monday
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israeli intelligence ‘dismissed’ detailed warning of Hamas raid

      Report sent to senior officer weeks before October 7 attack was ignored, say people familiar with matter

      An armed man runs aiming his gun during the October 7 attack by Hamas
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      A much-needed truce between Israel and Hamas

      Pause in hostilities to release hostages should lead to a humanitarian ceasefire

      People walk past a mural calling for the return of the hostages kidnapped during the October 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel,
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel-Hamas truce and hostage deal to start Friday, says Qatar

      Some captives held in Gaza to be freed in exchange for a four-day truce and release of Palestinian prisoners

      Photographs of hostages held in Gaza displayed in Tel Aviv’s Museum of Modern Art, Israel
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
      Military briefing: has Israel achieved its war aims in Gaza?

      Benjamin Netanyahu remains a long way from his objectives despite the deal to free some of the hostages taken by Hamas

      An Israeli soldier operates in the Gaza Strip
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Rachman Review podcast20 min listen
      How united are Arab and Muslim leaders on Gaza?

      Pressure grows for concerted action to end the violence

    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel approves hostage deal with Hamas

      The release of captives held by the Palestinian militant group is not expected to start before Friday

      The parents and relatives of children kidnapped on October 7, along with families of hostages and their supporters, demonstrate outside the Unicef headquarters in Tel Aviv
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Aerospace & Defence
      ‘Deep corruption’ at centre of SFO Saudi bribery trial

      Prosecution case turns on a UK government deal to provide military communication networks

      Ministry of Defence exterior
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Italy presses Israel to consider aftermath of Gaza offensive

      Foreign minister Antonio Tajani urges Israelis to talk to allies about who will rule strip after military operation ends

      Antonio Tajani
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Mark Mazower
      There is a crisis of confidence in Israel and Zionism

      The murderous attacks by Hamas threw into question the idea that a Jewish state would be the safest home for Jews

      Illustration of Israel’s flag partially covered by dark clouds
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Inside Biden’s ‘excruciating’ effort to secure Israeli hostage release

      Diplomatic breakthrough came after weeks of talks brokered by Qatar, US and Egypt

      US President Joe Biden
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      ExplainerIsrael-Hamas war
      ‘A first step’: what the Israel-Hamas hostage agreement means

      Deal is a breakthrough after weeks of war but leaves more to be done and many captives behind

      People light candles in the shape of the Star of David, with a black garment with the logo ‘Bring them home’ placed in the centre, in Tel Aviv, Israel on November 21 2023
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israel’s government meets as Biden says Hamas hostage deal is close

      Agreement would free some held in Gaza in return for Palestinian women and children in Israel prisons

      Plumes of smoke seen from southern Israel towards the border with Gaza
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      LexIsrael
      Israeli markets: securities take widening deficit in their stride

      Unless the conflict escalates, Israeli securities should track world markets upward in 2024

      Israeli tanks operate amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Energy Source
      How we think the Opec+ meeting will play out Premium content

      A falling oil price and the Israel-Gaza conflict create a potent backdrop for Sunday’s meeting of the oil cartel

      A montage of the Opec logo along with an oil pump jack
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      ExplainerIsrael-Hamas war
      How public opinion on the Israel-Hamas war has shifted

      Surveys have picked up significant changes in the US and Europe that are rippling through national politics

      Pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protesters in New York and Washington
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      Israeli venture capital deals slow sharply since start of Hamas war

      Drop-off in dealmaking hits country’s growing tech sector and threatens early-stage start-ups

      Israeli soldiers tanks at the Gaza border
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      News in-depthIran
      ‘No hope for the future’: Iran faces brain drain as emigration surges

      Economic and political pressures at home and fears over potential for war prompt rise in numbers leaving country

      Tehran’s international airport
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Daily Telegraph
      Zucker’s RedBird IMI offers to take over Telegraph in debt for equity deal

      Abu Dhabi-backed group run by former CNN boss agrees to help Barclay family pay off its loans

      A copy of The Daily Telegraph
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Sport
      Saudi-backed martial arts league challenges UFC with Bellator deal

      Acquisition by Professional Fighters League comes as kingdom seeks to bolster its global presence in sports

      Two boxers fighting at the Madison Square Garden in New York City
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