Despite strong stances in support of Israel from the U.S. and many of its allies in the West, such as the U.K., international perspectives on the conflict in Gaza, which escalated after the ...

Israel launched the war in immediate response ... It has not been possible to comprehensively map destruction in Gaza from the ground. International journalists have not been allowed inside ...

Ashkelon is a coastal city in southern Israel between the Negev (Naqab) desert and the lowlands at the western end of the Lachish region. It's also a handful of kilometres from the Gaza Strip.