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Israel and the crisis in the Middle East

After the terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023, Israel declared war on Hamas and fighting was focused in Gaza. The conflict has since escalated to include the pro-Iranian Hezbollah in Lebanon as well as Iran.

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Reports & Analysis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (L) (File photo)

Netanyahu fires Defense Minister Yoav Gallant

Netanyahu fires Defense Minister Yoav Gallant

What excatly led to the dismissal? DW's Emily Gordine reports from Jerusalem.
ConflictsNovember 5, 202403:44 min
A woman lies on a hospital bed as another women looks at an ultra-sound screen.

How war in Lebanon has put pregnant women and babies at risk

How war in Lebanon has put pregnant women and babies at risk

Miscarriages and early births have risen as people flee the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in Lebanon.
ConflictsNovember 4, 202403:06 min
Palestinian children are vaccinated against polio during the second round of a vaccination campaign, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City.

UN aid teams resume polio vaccinations in Gaza

UN aid teams resume polio vaccinations in Gaza

The polio vaccination campaign had begun in September, after the first polio case in 25 years in Gaza was detected.
ConflictsNovember 2, 202401:38 min
Palestinians and Israelis harvest olives in Jaba'a, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Israelis help Palestinians with dangerous olive harvest

Israelis help Palestinians with dangerous olive harvest

DW reports from the occupied West Bank, where Israelis and Palestinians are picking olives amid settler violence.
ConflictsNovember 2, 202403:24 min
A Palestinian man walks in between rubble and destroyed buildings

Dozens of civilians killed in overnight strikes on Gaza

Dozens of civilians killed in overnight strikes on Gaza

The Palestinian news agency WAFA reports that residential areas and facilities housing displaced people were hit hard.
ConflictsNovember 1, 202401:40 min
Palestinians, mostly children, hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers

Palestinians in Gaza tell of life amid bombings and famine

Palestinians in Gaza tell of life amid bombings and famine

Two sisters living in Gaza shared with DW their accounts of daily life under threat of bombardment and lack of food.
ConflictsNovember 1, 202403:02 min
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In the spotlight

A photograph of Syrian President Bashar Assad hangs in the broken window of a building damagaed by an Israeli strike

Syria's dictator caught between Iran and Israel

Israel's direct attacks within Iran over the weekend could force Bashar Assad to open a new front in the conflict.
ConflictsOctober 29, 2024
A billboard by the United Arab Emirates Embassy runs along a freeway. Behind it, high-rise buildings are under construction.

Arab-Israeli trade ties are still strong but for how long?

Jordan, Egypt and the UAE have criticized Israel's actions. But they have also been doing business as usual with Israel.
BusinessOctober 26, 2024
A man rides his moped past the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike that targetted a branch of the Al-Qard Al-Hassan finance group

How Israel tries to destroy Hezbollah's financial network

This week, Israel began a series of bombing raids on sites associated with Hezbollah's financial system.
BusinessOctober 24, 2024
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates stand in front of a building project miniature

Egypt's human rights ignored amid Israel-Hamas war

As Egypt works to mediate the Israel-Hamas war, other governments are looking away from its dismal human rights record.
ConflictsOctober 19, 2024
Hamas Anführer Yahya Sinwar

Yahya Sinwar: Hard-liner who pushed Hamas to more violence

Yayha Sinwar spent decades building up the Palestinian militant group Hamas, with the goal of eradicating Israel.
ConflictsOctober 17, 202403:13 min
Syrian refugee Fawsia, who fled Lebanon, uses a zimmerframe to walks towards a shelter at a refugee camp in Syria. The ground is hard earth and the makeshift shelters have canvas roofs tied down with ropes.

Fleeing yet another war: Syrian refugees escape from Lebanon

Tens of thousands of Syrians are fleeing Israeli bombs in Lebanon to return to their home country.
ConflictsOctober 16, 202402:26 min
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