A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
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The US put a pause on an arms shipment to Israel as it launched a Rafah offensive. This is not the first time the US and Israel have publicly disagreed, despite their strong diplomatic relationship.
The US is redoubling its efforts to complete construction of an aid pier off the coast of Gaza, but with road crossings closed, this will not be enough.
The US president has ordered a pier to be built so that it can supply aid to Gaza. But it will not be enough.
Around 1.5 million Palestinians are trapped near the border, with nowhere to go. Egypt, however, has long opposed the idea of resettling Palestinians in the Sinai Peninsula.
Egypt would be seriously destabilised by hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Gaza.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has held Egypt in an iron grip for a decade, but his regime’s close relations with Israel might prove a problem with voters.
Egypt performs a balancing act in managing relations with Israel and Palestine.
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