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• NYT photographer: I’ve never faced pressure from Hamas on photos

  August 6, 2014 5:14pm

  The New York Times asks one of its photographers in Gaza if he ever faced pressure not to take certain photos. Never, he says. (And he hasn’t seen any militants, either.)

• WATCH: Indian TV records Gaza rocket launch

  August 5, 2014 3:37pm

  India’s NDTV gets what The New York Times said it could not: footage of Hamas fighters in Gaza assembling and then launching a rocket.

• Report card: The Gaza war

  August 5, 2014 2:57pm

  In all, 3,356 rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza, two-thirds of Hamas’ rocket arsenal was destroyed or depleted, 32 tunnels were destroyed, and 4,762 targets in Gaza were struck by Israel, according to the IDF.

• NYT photographer explains absence of Hamas fighters

  August 5, 2014 1:02pm

  New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks explains why the Times hasn’t run any photos of Hamas fighters or missiles in Gaza.

• Who won and who lost in the Gaza war?

  August 5, 2014 12:52pm

  This time, the outcome of the war is clearer than the last two times Israel and Hamas did battle, in 2009 and 2012. But is the next war just around the corner?

• The dilemma of Israel’s captured soldier

  August 1, 2014 2:14pm

  How will the Gilad Shalit experience influence how Israel deals with Hamas’ capture of Lt. Hadar Goldin?

• NYT on why it hasn’t shown photos of Hamas fighters: We don’t have any

  July 31, 2014 4:50pm

  The New York Times says it eagerly pursues photos from both sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict, but so far their photographer in Gaza hasn’t even seen anyone carrying a gun.

• The images missing from the Gaza war

  July 31, 2014 12:36pm

  Why are Western media outlets omitting images of Hamas fighters in Gaza from their coverage of the war?

• 4 videos on the Gaza war that have pro-Israel viewers cheering

  July 29, 2014 4:52pm

  Amid the fighting in Gaza and Israel, video clips of Joan Rivers, Howard Stern, Ron Dermer and Hillel Neuer are cheering the pro-Israel crowd.

• In U.S., Gaza conflict reverberates on air and in the streets

  July 29, 2014 4:15pm

  American supporters and critics of Israel are battling it out over the Gaza conflict — with commentary, slogans, demonstrations and some notable rants by Joan Rivers and Howard Stern.