Today: September 08, 2024
Today: September 08, 2024

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Health|News|World

9 days, 640,000 children, 1.3M doses. The plan to vaccinate Gaza's young against polio

The U.N. is about to launch an ambitious campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children in Gaza against polio, a disease that doctors fear has spread in the territory due to the massive humanitarian catastrophe unleashed by Israel's military offensive there

9 days, 640,000 children, 1.3M doses. The plan to vaccinate Gaza's young against polio
MidEast|News|Political|World

Israel launches a big military operation in the West Bank and kills at least 10 Hamas militants

Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and has sealed off the volatile city of Jenin

Israel launches a big military operation in the West Bank and kills at least 10 Hamas militants
News|World

Negotiations so far more effective than rescues in bringing Israeli hostages home from Gaza

Israel's military has rescued its eighth hostage from Gaza, a 52-year-old man found in an underground room in a tunnel in southern Gaza

Negotiations so far more effective than rescues in bringing Israeli hostages home from Gaza
Economy|MidEast|News|World

Israel's economy is struggling. Economists say ending the war would help

Nearly 11 months into the war with Hamas, Israel’s economy is struggling as the country’s leaders grind ahead with an offensive in Gaza that shows no signs of ending and threatens to escalate into a wider conflict

Israel's economy is struggling. Economists say ending the war would help
Crime|MidEast|News|Political|World

Blinken ends latest Mideast visit without a cease-fire, warning 'time is of the essence'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has ended his latest visit to the Middle East without securing a cease-fire in Gaza

Blinken ends latest Mideast visit without a cease-fire, warning 'time is of the essence'
News|Political|World

Israel court hears bid to close prison where soldiers are accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian

Israel’s Supreme Court has convened again to consider a petition to shut down a military prison where soldiers have been accused of abusing Palestinian detainees

Israel court hears bid to close prison where soldiers are accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian
MidEast|News|World

UN fires additional staffers after probe finds potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel

The U.N. says it has fired additional staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel

UN fires additional staffers after probe finds potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel
MidEast|News|Political

How might Netanyahu's visit to the US affect cease-fire efforts?

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial trip to the United States comes as ceasefire talks to broker an end to the raging war in Gaza and bring about a hostage-for-prisoners exchange hang in the balance

How might Netanyahu's visit to the US affect cease-fire efforts?
News|Political|World

Israel arrests Palestinian-American woman in the West Bank. Her relatives don't know where she is

Israeli forces have arrested a 46-year-old Palestinian-American woman in the West Bank

News|World

Family of Palestinian-American detained by Israel seeks her release. 'I want my mother back'

The family of a Palestinian-American woman arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank say they still haven’t had contact with her, more than a week after she was seized from her home in an overnight raid

News|Opinion|Political|World

Heads of churches say Israeli government is demanding they pay property tax, upsetting status quo

The heads of major Christian denominations in Israel say that local governments across the country are demanding they pay property tax, violating a longstanding arrangement in a manner they say reflects growing intolerance for Christians in the Holy Land

Heads of churches say Israeli government is demanding they pay property tax, upsetting status quo
News|Political|World

Israel's pledge to guard an aid route into Gaza falls flat as lawlessness blocks distribution

Israel has established a corridor for the delivery of aid into southern Gaza but a declared ‘tactical pause’ in its war with Hamas has brought little relief to desperate Palestinians

Israel's pledge to guard an aid route into Gaza falls flat as lawlessness blocks distribution
Health

Israel maintains a shadowy hospital in the desert for Gaza detainees. Critics allege mistreatment

Patients lying shackled and blindfolded on more than a dozen beds inside a white tent in the desert

Israel maintains a shadowy hospital in the desert for Gaza detainees. Critics allege mistreatment
News|Political|World

As Gaza hostage crisis drags on for Israel, here's what we know

Fears are rising that time is running out for hostages in Gaza that are still alive

As Gaza hostage crisis drags on for Israel, here's what we know
News|Political

Israel declares 4 more hostages are dead in Gaza, including 3 older men from Hamas video

The Israeli military has confirmed the deaths of four more hostages held by Hamas, including three older men seen in a Hamas video begging for their release

Israel declares 4 more hostages are dead in Gaza, including 3 older men from Hamas video
News|Political|World

Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city

The Israeli military has confirmed that its forces are operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city

Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city
News|Political|World

Families of Israeli hostages release video of female soldiers being captured by Hamas

A group representing the families of hostages held in Gaza have released new video footage showing Hamas’ capture of five female Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border on Oct. 7

Families of Israeli hostages release video of female soldiers being captured by Hamas
News|Political|World

More aid is supposed to be entering the Gaza Strip. Why isn’t it helping?

Under heavy U.S. pressure, Israel has promised to ramp up aid to Gaza dramatically, saying last week it would open another cargo crossing and surge more trucks than ever before into the besieged enclave

More aid is supposed to be entering the Gaza Strip. Why isn’t it helping?
News|Political|World

Half a year into the war in Gaza, here's a look at the conflict by the numbers

The Israel-Hamas war has stretched on for half a year and has become one of the most destructive, deadly, and intractable conflicts of the 21st century

Half a year into the war in Gaza, here's a look at the conflict by the numbers
News|Political|World

Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza

The Israeli military has dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for their roles in drone strikes in Gaza that killed seven aid workers on a food-delivery mission

Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza
News|Political|World

Rights group says Israeli strike on Gaza building killed 106 in apparent war crime

Human Rights Watch says an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Gaza last October killed at least 106 civilians, including 54 children

Rights group says Israeli strike on Gaza building killed 106 in apparent war crime
News|Political|World

Israel's high court says the government must stop funding seminaries. Could that topple Netanyahu?

A dramatic decision by Israel's Supreme Court on drafting ultra-Orthodox men into the Israeli military could spell political trouble for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel's high court says the government must stop funding seminaries. Could that topple Netanyahu?
News|World

Despair deepens for families of hostages in Gaza as Ramadan cease-fire deadline passes

With each passing day, the relatives of hostages held in Gaza since Oct. 7 face a deepening despair

Despair deepens for families of hostages in Gaza as Ramadan cease-fire deadline passes
News|Political|World

Leading NGOs slam Israel's halt in visa renewals for aid workers in Gaza and West Bank

A coalition of humanitarian and nongovernmental groups has slammed Israel's halt in renewing visas for international aid workers in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank

Leading NGOs slam Israel's halt in visa renewals for aid workers in Gaza and West Bank
News|Political|World

'They wanted to humiliate us.' Palestinian women detained by Israel allege abuse in Israeli custody

Palestinians in Gaza returning from wartime detention in Israeli custody are reporting physical abuse and medical neglect inside Israel's network of prisons

'They wanted to humiliate us.' Palestinian women detained by Israel allege abuse in Israeli custody

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