Two weeks of heavy fighting in and around Gaza's largest hospital ends with much of the hospital compound destroyed, patients traumatized, and thousands of others forced to leave or detained.

A sign of tough battles against Hamas ahead. w/Dov Lieber

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This crazy awesome lot are swimming for Evan Gershkovich. My colleague wrongly locked in Russian jail for the past year. Brighton Beach is one of his favourites. There are 10 swims at Brighton Beaches going on in his name. Until he can go himself #ISwimForEvan #IStandWithEvan

In Rafah, families brace for Israel’s final showdown with Hamas.

“People here keep saying, where can we go? This is the last place.”

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When a blast ripped off Ibrahim Al-Raei’s right leg below the knee, the 16-year-old had to be pushed on a bike to a nearby hospital. It was the beginning of an odyssey that would take him from hospital to hospital in search of care. on.wsj.com/3wRqaxZ

Warfare imposes starvation on children. The conflict in Gaza is no different.

But the scale of blast injuries in this war, resulting in thousands of children amputees, is unprecedented. An entire generation will be struggling for the rest of their lives.

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We spoke to more than a dozen Palestinians from Gaza who described various physical and psychological abuse in Israeli detention. As we prepared to publish, IDF admitted 27 detainees had died in custody. My investigation w Fatima AbdulKarim Anat Peled wsj.com/world/palestin…

Illegal settler construction in the West Bank surging. The Wall Street Journal found 15 roads built after Oct. 7, sometimes with money from the Israeli government.

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Team of Rivals: How Israel's war cabinet is at war with itself. by Dov Lieber Rory Jones Carrie Keller-Lynn wsj.com/world/middle-e…

It’s been nearly 11 months since our brilliant colleague, ⁦Evan Gershkovich, was wrongfully detained by Russia for doing his job as a journalist. It’s an absolute outrage. We will continue to shout from the rooftops until he is released. #JournalismIsNotACrime #IStandWithEvan

1/2 In an interview, Mohammed Dahlan, a close adviser to the UAE president and an exiled Palestinian politician, provided public insight into the types of postwar plans that Arab leaders are privately discussing

w/Patrick Kingsley

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I received many emails from readers after we published this story. The emails broadly fell into two categories: 1. I feel so sorry for these women (virtually all from female readers) 2. I don't feel sorry for them at all (virtually all from male readers) wsj.com/world/middle-e…

70 journalists and media workers were killed in Gaza last year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

The toll has surged past that of 2006, the deadliest year of the Iraq war for journalists.

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On a prisoner exchange deal for WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, Putin said there have been swaps before so 'probably this is going to be crowned w/ success as well.'

U.S. State Department: Evan shouldn't have been detained in the first place. #FreeEvan

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Sharing stories, food and medication, Tamar Metzger and other Hamas captives leaned on one another to make it through weeks underground in Gaza on.wsj.com/3SGRV3Q on.wsj.com/3SGRV3Q

53 days & counting.

Tamar Metzger, who is still recovering from Hamas captivity, wonders if her husband will ever be released.

Read The Wall Street Journal about how Metzger endured the tunnels of Gaza -- a story she insists is 'not interesting, just reality.'

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South Africa’s accusation at the CIJ_ICJ that Israel ישראל 🇮🇱 is committing genocide drew outrage from a nation formed in the aftermath of the Holocaust wsj.com/world/middle-e… w/Chao Deng Anat Peled

Israel is pushing Palestinians to concentrate into just one-third of the Gaza strip. In effect, the ground available to its 2.2 million people has shrunk to an area slightly larger than the Bronx. by Jared Malsin Abeer Ayyoub wsj.com/world/middle-e…

How Israeli hostage families turn up the heat on Israel's leadership: what began as a support group has transformed into a collective campaign to bring Hamas’s captives back from Gaza.

My latest for The Wall Street Journal:

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Nearly three months of Israeli bombing in #Gaza has left ~800,000 people without homes to go back to.

Rebuilding will total $3.5 bln + the cost of providing temporary accommodation.

Sobering datapoints in this story ⁦Jared Malsin⁩ ⁦Saeed Shah⁩ wsj.com/world/middle-e…

My message about Evan Gershkovich in today's The Wall Street Journal. This weekend, our friend and colleague will spend New Year's in a Moscow jail. #freeEvan