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Gaza conflict: Israeli shells hit hospital killing at least four

Gaza conflict: Israeli air strikes claim 20 lives after UN urges immediate ceasefire

Palestinian death toll rises to 501 after 20 people were killed when a home was destroyed in the town of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip

Gaza conflict: Broken by Israeli barrage, the people of Shejaiya flee as homes are laid waste

Dispatch: Gaza City's Shejaiya neighbourhood bombarded leaving at least 60 people dead, with homes and lives in ruins

Gaza conflict: carnage wrought in Shejaiya by Israel’s offensive

The Telegraph's David Blair visits the suburb of Shejaiya to witness first hand the devastation and death caused by the heaviest shelling so far of Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip

Tears and gunshots: a snapshot of a 24-hour shift with one of Gaza's paramedics

Dispatch: Omar Mansour describes how his ambulance is shot at by Israeli soldiers and how he cries when he eventually returns home to his family

Israel prepares to 'widen' ground invasion of Gaza

Israel prepared to "widen" its ground invasion of Gaza last night as troops and tanks seized control over border areas of the Palestinian territory.

Casualties mount in strangled Gaza Strip as Israeli ground invasion begins

Dispatch: Relatives mourn at Gaza City hospital after Israeli tanks and troops arrive with a bombardment of such intensity that thunderous explosions rang out for hours

Israeli soldier killed as Gaza ground invasion begins

An Israeli soldier has died in fighting as Benjamin Netanyahu orders a ground invasion of Gaza to begin

Israel orders ground offensive to begin against Hamas militants in Gaza

Israel army begins ground offensive in Gaza with objective to strike a "significant blow to Hamas's terror infrastructure"

Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine: Analysis

Time after time, the pro-Russian guerrillas in eastern Ukraine have shown their ability to shoot down aircraft.