The State Department explained its decision to impose sanctions, saying the Palestinian groups were 'taking actions to internationalize [their] conflict with Israel, such as through the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice'

Activist Yoseph Haddad says the bullet was accidentally discharged from his gun while he was seated in his car and was attacked by a man over his political opinions, in what he calls a 'nationalistic assault'

Alex de Waal has seen and studied some of the world's most severe cases of famine. What is happening in Gaza today terrifies him