Laris Karklis

British imperial control, wars, Jewish settlements and Israeli occupation have combined to substantially shrink the Palestinian people’s land area.

• Middle East

This week has brought fear, destruction and uncertainty for millions in the region. Here’s how the events unfolded.

• Visual Forensics

The Washington Post geolocated videos, photos and satellite images to understand where Israeli’s ground assault has reached within Gaza.

• Middle East

Israel’s military says it has carried out more 2,000 strikes across the territory since Saturday. The Washington Post mapped some of the most devastating strikes.

• Middle East

The Gaza Strip, a 140-square-mile stretch of land with more than 2 million people, depends on Israel for most of its electricity and other basic services.

• Middle East

Eastern Libya’s weak infrastructure and low-lying geography made it especially vulnerable to catastrophic flooding.

We’re tracking the path of Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall as a high-end Category 3 storm in Florida’s Big Bend and brought dangerous winds and storm surge.

• Climate

Swiftly moving wildfires across Hawaii have killed at least 36 people, caused mass evacuations and burned at least one community on Maui to the ground.

• Europe

Ukrainian forces on Monday struck the Crimean Bridge, a key link that connects mainland Russia to Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.