"I am among those Americans — now a majority — who are appalled by Israel’s war with Hamas," writes one reader. Another writes, "Hamas is using civilians as human shields so that any Israeli response inevitably results in unintended civilian deaths.
Israeli settlers killed two Palestinians on Monday in the occupied West Bank province of Nablus, Salah Bani Jaber, the mayor of Aqraba, told Reuters. "About 50 settlers, a large number of them armed,
Israeli tanks pushed back into some areas of the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday which they had left weeks ago, while warplanes conducted air strikes on Rafah, the Palestinians' last refuge in the south of the territory,
Israel released 150 Palestinians detained during its military operations in Gaza back into the enclave on Monday and many have alleged they were abused during their time in captivity, Palestinian border officials said.