Israel-Hamas War

Paul Kearns: The brutal Israeli occupation and the savagery of Hamas are both evil

Both parties to this conflict are responsible for unimaginable suffering, and it shouldn’t be necessary to take sides to criticise either of them

An Israeli soldier walks past body bags of dead Hamas militants in a field at Kibbutz Be'eri, where dozens of civilians were killed days earlier. The national mood in Israel is deeply grim, palpably fearful, and largely unforgiving. Picture: Alexi J Rosenfeld/Getty