Israel, Palestine, the US: Into the fire.

Also: China, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Turkey and Guinea-Bissau.

Fire in a Hospital, Francisco Goya, c1808-12, oil on canvas, National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires.

ISRAEL. PALESTINE. UNITED STATES. Into the fire.

Calls for diplomacy are rejected as the crisis deepens.

A blast killed at least 500 at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday, with Israel and Hamas blaming each other. The US embassy in Beirut was stormed. Amman can…