Today: November 14, 2024
Today: November 14, 2024

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A mission of mercy, then a fatal mistake: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel's target

It was hours after sundown when eight aid trucks and three support vehicles started their journey into Gaza

A mission of mercy, then a fatal mistake: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel's target
MidEast|News|World

Israeli military renews warnings to Palestinians not to return to war-torn northern Gaza

The Israeli military has renewed warnings for Palestinians in Gaza not to return to the embattled territory’s north

Israeli military renews warnings to Palestinians not to return to war-torn northern Gaza
News|World

Heavy fighting in Gaza's Rafah keeps aid crossings closed and sends 110,000 civilians fleeing

The U.N. says heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza city of Rafah has left crucial nearby aid crossings inaccessible and caused over 110,000 people to flee north

Heavy fighting in Gaza's Rafah keeps aid crossings closed and sends 110,000 civilians fleeing
MidEast|News|World

Israel orders new evacuations in Gaza's last refuge of Rafah as it expands military offensive

Israel has ordered new evacuations in Rafah

Israel orders new evacuations in Gaza's last refuge of Rafah as it expands military offensive
News|World

Israel moves deeper into Rafah and fights Hamas militants regrouping in northern Gaza

Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants across Gaza, including in parts of the devastated north that the military said it cleared months ago

Israel moves deeper into Rafah and fights Hamas militants regrouping in northern Gaza
News|World

Misery deepens in Gaza's Rafah as Israeli troops press operation

Aid workers are struggling to distribute dwindling food to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by what Israel says is a limited operation in Rafah

Misery deepens in Gaza's Rafah as Israeli troops press operation
News|Opinion|Political|World

Netanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over his lack of a postwar plan for Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fending off criticism that he is not planning for a postwar reality in the Gaza Strip, saying it's impossible to prepare for any scenario in the embattled Palestinian enclave until Hamas is defeated

Netanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over his lack of a postwar plan for Gaza
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Member of Israel's War Cabinet says he'll quit the government June 8 unless there's a new war plan

A popular centrist member of Israel’s three-man War Cabinet has threatened to resign from the government if it doesn’t adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza in the next three weeks

Member of Israel's War Cabinet says he'll quit the government June 8 unless there's a new war plan
MidEast|News|World

Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel's leaders are increasingly divided

An Israeli airstrike has killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting again rages across the north

Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel's leaders are increasingly divided
Health|News|World

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Gaza's Rafah as displaced people are hit

Palestinian health workers say Israeli attacks have killed at least 35 people and hit tents for displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Gaza's Rafah as displaced people are hit
Crime|MidEast|News|World

Israeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents, near Gaza's Rafah as offensive expands

Renewed Israeli shelling and strikes have killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah

Israeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents, near Gaza's Rafah as offensive expands
News|World

Israel says it's taken control of key area of Gaza's border with Egypt awash in smuggling tunnels

Israel’s military says it's seized control of a strategic corridor that runs along the length of Gaza’s border with Egypt

Israel says it's taken control of key area of Gaza's border with Egypt awash in smuggling tunnels
MidEast|News|Political|World

Israeli leader Netanyahu faces growing pressure at home after Biden's Gaza proposal

Israel’s prime minister faces growing pressure after U.S. President Joe Biden described a proposed agreement to end the fighting in Gaza

Israeli leader Netanyahu faces growing pressure at home after Biden's Gaza proposal
Health|News|World

Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas

Palestinian health officials say an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced families in central Gaza killed at least 33 people including 12 women and children

Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas
MidEast|News|World

Israel rescues 4 hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, and 210 Palestinians are reported killed

Israel has carried out its largest hostage rescue operation since the latest war with Hamas began on Oct. 7

Israel rescues 4 hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, and 210 Palestinians are reported killed
Health|News|World

Gaza's Health Ministry says 274 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raid that rescued 4 hostages

Gaza's Health Ministry says at least 274 Palestinians, including dozens of children, were killed in the Israeli air and ground raid that rescued four hostages held by Hamas

Gaza's Health Ministry says 274 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raid that rescued 4 hostages
MidEast|News|World

Israelis and Palestinians are hopeful but cautious over the latest cease-fire proposal

A proposed cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is raising hopes across the Middle East and beyond that eight months of fighting could soon come to an end and that dozens of captives taken by the militant group could soon be freed

Israelis and Palestinians are hopeful but cautious over the latest cease-fire proposal
News

Israel's army says it will pause daytime fighting along a route in southern Gaza to help flow of aid

The Israeli military says it is pausing fighting during daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries for desperate Palestinians

Israel's army says it will pause daytime fighting along a route in southern Gaza to help flow of aid
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At least 39 people killed in Israeli strikes across northern Gaza, officials say

Palestinian and hospital officials said at least 39 people have been killed by Israeli strikes across northern Gaza

At least 39 people killed in Israeli strikes across northern Gaza, officials say
Environment|Health|MidEast

In the searing heat of the Gaza summer, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage

Children trudge through water contaminated with sewage and scale growing mounds of garbage in Gaza’s tent camps for displaced families

In the searing heat of the Gaza summer, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage
Health|News|World

Israel lets 19 kids leave Gaza who are sick or wounded, first medical evacuation in nearly 2 months

Israeli authorities say 68 people — 19 sick and injured children and their companions — have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the first medical evacuation since May, when the territory’s sole travel crossing was shut down

Israel lets 19 kids leave Gaza who are sick or wounded, first medical evacuation in nearly 2 months
MidEast|News|World

The UN starts to move tons of aid from US-built pier after security fears suspended work there

The United Nations says workers have begun moving tons of humanitarian aid that had been piled up at a United States-built pier off Gaza's coast and distributing it to warehouses in the besieged territory

The UN starts to move tons of aid from US-built pier after security fears suspended work there
News|World

Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank kills a Palestinian militant and wounds 5 other people

Palestinian health officials say Israeli troops have carried out an airstrike in the northern West Bank, killing a Palestinian militant and wounding five other people

Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank kills a Palestinian militant and wounds 5 other people
News|World

Family killed as Israel evacuation order triggers panicked flight from Gaza's second largest city

Palestinian families are streaming out of a southern Gaza city after the Israeli military ordered an evacuation of much of Khan Younis

Family killed as Israel evacuation order triggers panicked flight from Gaza's second largest city
MidEast|News|Political|World

Hamas clears the way for a possible cease-fire after dropping key demand, officials say

Hamas has given initial approval for a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire deal in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel give an up-front commitment for a complete end to the war, a Hamas and an Egyptian official said Saturday

Hamas clears the way for a possible cease-fire after dropping key demand, officials say

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