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 ...

A significant portion of Israel’s southern population resides in the Ashkelon-Ashdod area. Control over the northern Gaza ...

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

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.

A Gaza ceasefire deal has been reached, but 15 months of fighting have had a devastating impact on the coastal Palestinian territory. Israel's bombing campaign and ground invasion came in response to ...