Conflict
Frank Gardner on Israel's lack of preparedness
BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner on Israel's failure of intelligence, "and imagination", not to anticipate the Hamas attacks. Audio
Reporting from Israel: Lyse Doucet
The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet is reporting in Southern Isreal, close to the Gaza-Israeli border in Ashkelon, which is coming under fire from Hamas. Doucet says the Israel… Audio
Israeli military says troops make first ground raids into Gaza
Israel said its infantry and tanks had carried out raids inside the Gaza Strip on Friday, its first announcement of a shift from an air war to ground operations to root out Hamas fighters.
Robin Wright: Israel Gaza war explained
Civilians are fleeing northern Gaza in anticipation of an Israeli ground offensive, following retaliatory air strikes. Palestinian militant group Hamas launched surprise attacks an Israel on Saturday… Audio
Israel calls for civilians to leave Gaza City as 'significant operation' looms
Israel's military on Friday called for all civilians of Gaza City, more than 1 million people, to relocate south within 24 hours, as it amassed tanks ahead of an expected ground invasion.
Israel-Gaza crisis: NZ must condemn atrocities but keep pushing for a two-state solution
Analysis - It was perhaps inevitable that the shock Hamas attack on Israel would become a minor election sideshow in New Zealand. Less than a week from the polls, a crisis in the Middle East offered…
'Repay before boarding': NZ repatriation flight from Israel comes at a cost
Tongan church group attempting to flee Israel is "disappointed" the New Zealand govt is charging people for the repatriation flight which doesn't bring them back home.
Israel-Palestine conflict: NZ born man killed in action
The New Zealand Jewish Council has confirmed the death of a New Zealand born man in Israel.
New Zealand govt organising special flight to get people out of Israel
The government is putting on a special flight to get New Zealanders and other eligible Pacific people out of Tel Aviv.
'The situation is deteriorating' - 90 seats secured for NZers on flight out of Israel
The government is partnering with Etihad Airways to secure places on special flights out of the conflict zone.
Israel says no humanitarian break to Gaza siege unless hostages are freed
The Red Cross has pleaded for fuel to be allowed in to prevent overwhelmed hospitals from "turning into morgues".
NZ govt organising special flight to get people out of Israel
The government is putting on a special flight to get New Zealanders and other eligible Pacific people out of Tel Aviv. Audio
Antony Blinken heads to Israel to show US solidarity, seek deterrence
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to Israel on a Middle East mission to prevent a wider war from erupting.
Growing concerns for NZ Tongan church group trying to flee Israel amidst war
A New Zealand-based church group is attempting to flee Israel by bus with the help of the Tongan Consulate hours before a lockdown.
Governments scramble to evacuate citizens from Israel
New Zealanders wanting to leave Israel are being supported to use commercial flights, as other countries scramble to lay on repatriation flights to evacuate thousands of tourists stranded there.
After Hamas attack, Israeli retaliation tactics raise Gaza invasion fears
Israel's military has rallied after an initial chaotic scramble to halt an assault by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and is retaliating with airstrikes on roads, buildings and other sites in Gaza…
The Gaza Strip: Understanding the history to understand the conflict
Analysis - The focus on conflict in the Middle East has again returned to the Gaza Strip, with Israel's defense minister ordering a "complete siege" of the Palestinian enclave.
WHO calls for humanitarian corridor in Gaza
There are growing international concerns about the fate of civilians in Gaza as Israel has continued to pound the Strip with air strikes raising whole districts and killing Palestinians as it takes… Audio
Report from on the ground in Gaza
Hamas has fired hundreds of rockets at the southern Israeli port city of Ashkelon four days after its unprecedented assault on Israel.
More than nine hundred people and taking about one hundred and… Audio
Recap: Pro-Palestine protests criticised; fears for hostages
The death toll continues to rise on both sides of the conflict, while pro-Palestinian protests in America and Canada are being denounced. Follow RNZ's live blog for the latest.
