Today: October 31, 2024
Today: October 31, 2024

Gaza

Crime|News

Fights in bread lines, despair in shelters: War threatens to unravel Gaza's close-knit society

Fistfights break out in bread lines

November 09, 2023
Fights in bread lines, despair in shelters: War threatens to unravel Gaza's close-knit society
MidEast|News|Opinion

What is the rule of proportionality, and is it being observed in the Israeli siege of Gaza?

An expert on the laws of war argues that the burden is now on Israel to show that the heavy death toll in Gaza is proportionate to the military advantage gained.

November 09, 2023
What is the rule of proportionality, and is it being observed in the Israeli siege of Gaza?
MidEast|News|Political|World

Israel says it will maintain 'overall security responsibility' for Gaza. What might that look like?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not elaborate when he said that Israel would maintain indefinite “overall security responsibility” in Gaza once it removes Hamas from power in response to the Islamic militant group's cross-border raid

November 08, 2023
Israel says it will maintain 'overall security responsibility' for Gaza. What might that look like?
MidEast|News|World

Blinken urges united future Palestinian government for Gaza and West Bank, widening gulf with Israel

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is calling for a united and Palestinian-led government for Gaza and the West Bank after the war ends, as a step toward Palestinian statehood

November 08, 2023
Blinken urges united future Palestinian government for Gaza and West Bank, widening gulf with Israel
MidEast|News|World

Arabs see US as complicit in Israel's Gaza war - former Jordan envoy Muasher

Arabs see the United States as complicit in Israel's war on Gaza for refusing to enforce a ceasefire until Hamas is crushed, an outcome that is far off and may not be

November 08, 2023
Arabs see US as complicit in Israel's Gaza war - former Jordan envoy Muasher
Political|World

Protesters calling for Gaza cease-fire block road at Tacoma port while military cargo ship docks

Hundreds of protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza are blocking traffic at the Port of Tacoma, where a military supply ship had recently arrived

November 06, 2023
Protesters calling for Gaza cease-fire block road at Tacoma port while military cargo ship docks
MidEast|News|World

Families of Israel hostages fear the world will forget. So they're traveling to be living reminders

Families of hostages seized during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack fear the world’s focus on them is fading, as is the impetus to free some 240 people held

November 05, 2023
Families of Israel hostages fear the world will forget. So they're traveling to be living reminders
Europe|News|World

Protest marches from US to Berlin call for immediate halt to Israeli bombing of Gaza

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators calling for a halt to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza have marched in Washington, Paris, Berlin and other European cities

November 04, 2023
Protest marches from US to Berlin call for immediate halt to Israeli bombing of Gaza
MidEast|News|Political|World

Arab leaders push for an Israel-Hamas cease-fire now. Blinken says that could be counterproductive

Arab leaders who met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jordan are pushing for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war

November 04, 2023
Arab leaders push for an Israel-Hamas cease-fire now. Blinken says that could be counterproductive
MidEast|News|World

Live updates | Palestinians report deadly Israeli airstrikes as US urges humanitarian pause

The U.S. is trying to persuade Israel to take a humanitarian pause from airstrikes on Gaza, where Palestinians reported multiple fatalities across the besieged enclave

November 04, 2023
Live updates | Palestinians report deadly Israeli airstrikes as US urges humanitarian pause
MidEast|News|World

The average Palestinian in Gaza is living on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says

The Gaza director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says the average Palestinian in Gaza is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour that the U.N. had stockpiled in the region

November 03, 2023
The average Palestinian in Gaza is living on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says
MidEast|News|World

Emotional outburst on live TV from Gaza over death of reporter encapsulates collective grief

The on-air outburst of grief by Salman al-Bashir seemed to channel the mood of all Gaza

November 03, 2023
Emotional outburst on live TV from Gaza over death of reporter encapsulates collective grief
MidEast|News|Opinion|Technology

Israel-Hamas war misinformation is everywhere. Here are the facts

Misinformation about the latest Israel-Hamas war is thriving on social media platforms, where misrepresented video footage, mistranslations and outright falsehoods often crowd out real reporting from the conflict

November 02, 2023
Israel-Hamas war misinformation is everywhere. Here are the facts
MidEast|News|World

Live updates | Hundreds evacuate Gaza Strip as more pressure placed on Israel to pause fighting

Israel ground troops are advancing toward Gaza City as diplomatic efforts intensify for at least a brief pause in the fighting in Gaza’s deadliest war

November 02, 2023
Live updates | Hundreds evacuate Gaza Strip as more pressure placed on Israel to pause fighting
News|Political|World

Confusion, frustration and hope at Gaza's border with Egypt as first foreign passport-holders depart

Hundreds of Palestinians with foreign passports and dozens of seriously wounded patients desperate to escape the war in Gaza have crowded at the black metal gate on the Egyptian border, hoping to pass through the enclave’s only portal to the outside world for the first time since the war began

November 01, 2023
Confusion, frustration and hope at Gaza's border with Egypt as first foreign passport-holders depart
MidEast|News|World

Cyprus plans to send humanitarian aid directly to Gaza by ship, where UN personnel would receive it

Cyprus has offered more detail about its initiative to create a sea corridor for the steady flow of humanitarian assistance from Cyprus to Gaza, saying that aid-laden ships would sail directly to the enclave, where United Nations personnel would receive it for eventual distribution

November 01, 2023
Cyprus plans to send humanitarian aid directly to Gaza by ship, where UN personnel would receive it
Crime|Health|News|World

What exactly caused the explosion at a hospital in Gaza? Without an independent, credible investigation, it will be hard for everyone to agree

The hospital blast site has largely been cleared, Hamas says. But a forensic scientist explains what other evidence independent experts could look to while conducting an investigation.

November 01, 2023
What exactly caused the explosion at a hospital in Gaza? Without an independent, credible investigation, it will be hard for everyone to agree
MidEast|News|World

Live updates | Hundreds of foreign citizens and dozens of injured allowed to flee Gaza

Hundreds of foreign nationals and several seriously injured Palestinians are being allowed to leave Gaza for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began more than three weeks ago

November 01, 2023
Live updates | Hundreds of foreign citizens and dozens of injured allowed to flee Gaza
MidEast|News|World

Has Israel invaded Gaza? The military has been vague, even if its objectives are clear

Over the past five days, Israeli ground troops have pushed deeper and deeper into Gaza in their war against Hamas, launched in response to a bloody Oct. 7 cross-border raid by the Islamic militant group

October 31, 2023
Has Israel invaded Gaza? The military has been vague, even if its objectives are clear
MidEast|News|World

War plunged Israel’s agricultural heartlands into crisis, raising fears for its farming future

The Israel-Hamas war has plunged Israel’s agricultural heartlands into crisis

October 31, 2023
War plunged Israel’s agricultural heartlands into crisis, raising fears for its farming future
Europe|MidEast|News|World

Cyprus proposes to establish a sea corridor to deliver a stream of vital humanitarian aid to Gaza

Cyprus is working out with partners in the European Union and the Middle East the logistics to establish a sea corridor to deliver a stream of vital humanitarian aid to Gaza from the island’s main port of Limassol once the situation on the ground permits it

October 31, 2023
Cyprus proposes to establish a sea corridor to deliver a stream of vital humanitarian aid to Gaza
News|World

Live updates | Deluge of Israeli airstrikes destroy apartments in Gaza refugee camp

A deluge of Israeli airstrikes Tuesday on a refugee camp near Gaza City has demolished apartment buildings, leaving craters where they once stood, while ground troops battle Hamas militants across northern Gaza

October 31, 2023
Live updates | Deluge of Israeli airstrikes destroy apartments in Gaza refugee camp
News|Political|World

UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is a matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians

The head of the U_N_ agency for Palestinian refugees is telling a U_N_ emergency meeting “an immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions.”

October 30, 2023
UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is a matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians
News|World

Live updates | Israel deepens military assault in the northern Gaza Strip

Israel has expanded its military assault deeper into northern Gaza as the U.N. and medical staff expressed fears over airstrikes hitting closer to hospitals

October 30, 2023
Live updates | Israel deepens military assault in the northern Gaza Strip
News|World

Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive; Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire

Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza, advancing in tanks and other armored vehicles on the territory’s main city and freeing a soldier held captive by Hamas militants

October 30, 2023
Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive; Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire
News|World

Thousands rally in Pakistan against Israel's bombing in Gaza, chanting anti-American slogans

Thousands of supporters from Pakistan’s main religious political party have rallied in the capital, Islamabad, against Israel’s bombing of Palestinians in Gaza

October 29, 2023
Thousands rally in Pakistan against Israel's bombing in Gaza, chanting anti-American slogans
MidEast|News|World

Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens military offensive

Nearly three dozen trucks entered Gaza in the largest aid convoy since the war between Israel and Hamas began, but humanitarian workers say the assistance still falls desperately short of needs after thousands of people broke into warehouses seeking food

October 29, 2023
Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens military offensive
MidEast|News|World

Live updates | Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, hospital damaged by nearby bombs

The Israeli military has intensified airstrikes in Gaza including near its largest hospital

October 29, 2023
Live updates | Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, hospital damaged by nearby bombs
MidEast|News|World

Israel says its war can both destroy Hamas and rescue hostages. Their families are less certain

Israel says it has two main objectives in Gaza: destroy Hamas and rescue some 230 hostages being held by the militant group

October 28, 2023
Israel says its war can both destroy Hamas and rescue hostages. Their families are less certain
MidEast|News|World

Live updates | Israel pounds Gaza Strip, dismissing calls for cease-fire

Israel has entered a new phase of its war on Hamas, expanding its ground attacks with tanks rolling into the Palestinian enclave and stepped-up bombardment from the air, land and sea

October 28, 2023
Live updates | Israel pounds Gaza Strip, dismissing calls for cease-fire
News|World

Netanyahu says the Gaza war has entered a new stage and will be 'long and difficult'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the nation that the military has opened a “second stage” in the war against Hamas by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea

October 28, 2023
Netanyahu says the Gaza war has entered a new stage and will be 'long and difficult'
MidEast|News|Political|World

UN General Assembly calls for 'humanitarian truce' in Gaza leading to halt in Israel-Hamas fighting

The U.N. General Assembly has approved a nonbinding resolution calling for a “humanitarian truce” in Gaza leading to a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers

October 27, 2023
UN General Assembly calls for 'humanitarian truce' in Gaza leading to halt in Israel-Hamas fighting
MidEast|News|Political|World

Israel-Hamas war upends years of conventional wisdom. Leaders give few details on what comes next

Just three weeks into the deadliest war between Israel and Hamas, it is already clear that the bloodshed has shaken the region for years to come and flipped long-standing Israeli assumptions upside down

October 27, 2023
Israel-Hamas war upends years of conventional wisdom. Leaders give few details on what comes next
News|Opinion|World

Palestinians plead 'stop the bombs' at UN meeting but Israel insists Hamas must be 'obliterated'

“Stop the bombs and save lives!”

October 26, 2023
Palestinians plead 'stop the bombs' at UN meeting but Israel insists Hamas must be 'obliterated'
MidEast|News|World

EXPLAINER: What is Gaza's Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war's death toll?

As the Israel-Hamas war rages, international and local monitoring groups in Gaza have been unable to keep up

October 26, 2023
EXPLAINER: What is Gaza's Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war's death toll?
World

The Hamas tunnel city beneath Gaza - a hidden frontline for Israel

What

October 26, 2023
The Hamas tunnel city beneath Gaza - a hidden frontline for Israel
MidEast|News|World

DeSantis says Florida helped send weapons to Israel — a move that could boost him in the GOP primary

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's office says the state has arranged to send drones, weapons and ammunition to Israel as it prepares for an incursion of Gaza in response to Hamas’ attack

October 26, 2023
DeSantis says Florida helped send weapons to Israel — a move that could boost him in the GOP primary
Europe|MidEast|News|World

European Union leaders seek aid access to Gaza and weigh the plight of EU citizens there

European Union leaders are grappling with ways to use their combined leverage to ensure that more aid reaches Palestinians in need in Gaza

October 26, 2023
European Union leaders seek aid access to Gaza and weigh the plight of EU citizens there
MidEast|News|World

Israeli troops briefly raid northern Gaza to 'prepare' for an expected full-scale incursion

Israeli troops and tanks launched an hourslong ground raid into northern Gaza overnight

October 26, 2023
Israeli troops briefly raid northern Gaza to 'prepare' for an expected full-scale incursion
News|World

Al Jazeera Gaza correspondent loses 4 family members in an Israeli airstrike

Al Jazeera says its chief correspondent in Gaza has lost four members of his family in an Israeli airstrike

October 25, 2023
Al Jazeera Gaza correspondent loses 4 family members in an Israeli airstrike
News|World

Israel accuses UN chief of justifying terrorism for saying Hamas attack 'didn't happen in a vacuum'

Israeli officials are outraged over U_N_ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ comment that the deadly Hamas attack on southern Israel “did not happen in a vacuum.”

October 25, 2023
Israel accuses UN chief of justifying terrorism for saying Hamas attack 'didn't happen in a vacuum'
MidEast|News|World

Leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah holds talks with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has met with top Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials

October 25, 2023
Leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah holds talks with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures
News|World

US has 'high confidence' Palestinian rocket caused Gaza hospital blast- official

U.S. intelligence officials have "high confidence" that an explosion at a Gaza hospital last week was caused by a Palestinian rocket that broke up mid-flight, and not by Israel,

October 25, 2023
US has 'high confidence' Palestinian rocket caused Gaza hospital blast- official
MidEast|News|World

The US is sharing hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria as Israel prepares to invade Gaza

The prospect of Israeli forces launching an assault into Gaza’s dense urban neighborhoods is bringing back searing memories of the deadly battles the U.S.-led coalition fought against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria

October 24, 2023
The US is sharing hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria as Israel prepares to invade Gaza
MidEast|World

Israeli airstrikes surge in Gaza, destroying homes and killing dozens at a time

The Health Ministry in Gaza says hundreds of people were killed in the past day as a result of Israeli airstrikes

October 24, 2023
Israeli airstrikes surge in Gaza, destroying homes and killing dozens at a time
News|World

It's Israeli boy's 9th birthday as he is held in Hamas captivity — and his family waits

It's Ohad Munder-Zichri's 9th birthday

October 23, 2023
It's Israeli boy's 9th birthday as he is held in Hamas captivity — and his family waits
MidEast|News|World

Pentagon rushes defenses and advisers to Middle East as Israel's ground assault in Gaza looms

The Pentagon has sent advisers, including a Marine Corps general versed in urban warfare, to Israel to assist in its plans to conduct a ground assault in Gaza

October 23, 2023
Pentagon rushes defenses and advisers to Middle East as Israel's ground assault in Gaza looms
News|World

Live updates | Israeli warplanes strike targets as US seeks more time to free hostages

Israeli warplanes are striking targets across Gaza as the U.S. says a delay in Israel's expected ground offensive in the besieged Hamas-ruled territory would allow more time to negotiate the release of hostages

October 23, 2023
Live updates | Israeli warplanes strike targets as US seeks more time to free hostages
Health|MidEast|News|World

Dwindling fuel supplies for Gaza's hospital generators put premature babies in incubators at risk

Doctors in the Gaza Strip say dwindling fuel supplies are putting dozens of premature babies hooked up to incubators at risk of imminent death

October 22, 2023
Dwindling fuel supplies for Gaza's hospital generators put premature babies in incubators at risk
Europe|News|World

European cities see vigils to oppose antisemitism and rallies seeking relief for Gaza

Thousands of people have gathered in Berlin and London to oppose antisemitism and support Israel, while in Paris and other European cities, thousands demanded relief for Palestinians in besieged Gaza

October 22, 2023
European cities see vigils to oppose antisemitism and rallies seeking relief for Gaza
MidEast|News|Political|US

Biden walks a tightrope with his support for Israel as his party's left urges restraint

President Joe Biden is facing anew the balancing act of demonstrating full-throated support for America’s closest ally in the Middle East while trying to press the Israelis to act with enough restraint to keep their war with Hamas from metastasizing

October 22, 2023
Biden walks a tightrope with his support for Israel as his party's left urges restraint
News|World

Second aid convoy reaches Gaza as Israel attacks targets in Syria and occupied West Bank

The second aid convoy destined for desperate Palestinian civilians reached Gaza as Israel widened its attacks to include targets in Syria and the occupied West Bank

October 22, 2023
Second aid convoy reaches Gaza as Israel attacks targets in Syria and occupied West Bank
News|World

Hezbollah official says his group already 'is in the heart' of Israel-Hamas war

A top official with Hezbollah has vowed that Israel will pay a high price whenever it starts a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip

October 21, 2023
Hezbollah official says his group already 'is in the heart' of Israel-Hamas war
MidEast|World

At Cairo summit, even Arab leaders at peace with Israel expressed growing anger over the Gaza war

Egypt and Jordan have harshly criticized Israel over its actions in Gaza at a summit in Cairo

October 21, 2023
At Cairo summit, even Arab leaders at peace with Israel expressed growing anger over the Gaza war
News|World

5 dead and 5 injured -- names on a scrap of paper show impact of Gaza war on a US family

Jehad Adwan scribbles the names and ages of his wife’s relatives in blue ink on a scrap of white paper

October 21, 2023
5 dead and 5 injured -- names on a scrap of paper show impact of Gaza war on a US family
Crime|MidEast|News|Political|World

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march in London as Israel-Hamas war roils the world

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators are marching in London and other cities to demand Israel stop its bombardment of Gaza

October 21, 2023
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march in London as Israel-Hamas war roils the world
MidEast|News|World

Egypt's border crossing opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Gaza

The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza has opened to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory

October 21, 2023
Egypt's border crossing opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Gaza
Europe|MidEast|News|World

French intelligence points to Palestinian rocket, not Israeli airstrike, for Gaza hospital blast

An assessment by French military intelligence indicates the most likely cause of the explosion at Gaza City’s al-Ahli hospital was a Palestinian rocket, according to a senior French military official

October 20, 2023
French intelligence points to Palestinian rocket, not Israeli airstrike, for Gaza hospital blast
MidEast|News|World

Gaza has long been a powder keg. Here's a look at the history of the embattled region

Gaza has long been a powder keg, and it exploded after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7 and began killing and abducting people

October 20, 2023
Gaza has long been a powder keg. Here's a look at the history of the embattled region
Americas|Crime|News|World

The father of American teenage hostage freed by Hamas says she is 'doing very good'

The father of freed American teenage hostage Natalie Raanan says she's doing well after her release Friday by Hamas

October 20, 2023
The father of American teenage hostage freed by Hamas says she is 'doing very good'
MidEast|News|World

Thousands in Muslim countries and beyond demonstrate over Israeli airstrikes

Thousands of people in Muslim countries and beyond have held demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, calling for an end to Israel’s blockade and Israeli airstrikes

October 20, 2023
Thousands in Muslim countries and beyond demonstrate over Israeli airstrikes
MidEast|News

Israel says two Americans held hostage by Hamas, a mother and daughter, have been released

The Israeli government said Hamas militants on Friday freed two Americans

October 20, 2023
Israel says two Americans held hostage by Hamas, a mother and daughter, have been released
News|World

'Drop in the ocean': UN-backed aid could soon enter Gaza from Egypt, but only at a trickle for now

U.N. officials and their partners are ramping up efforts to take advantage of a possible window for Israel and Egypt to allow humanitarian aid shipments into Gaza, whose people have been stripped of deliveries of fuel, food, water and medical supplies from the outside as Israeli forces strike at Hamas militants who led a deadly incursion in Israel on Oct. 7

October 19, 2023
'Drop in the ocean': UN-backed aid could soon enter Gaza from Egypt, but only at a trickle for now
MidEast|News|Political

More than 300 are arrested in a Capitol Hill protest urging a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war

More than 300 people were arrested for illegally demonstrating and three people were charged with assaulting police after protesters descended on Capitol Hill to call for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

October 19, 2023
More than 300 are arrested in a Capitol Hill protest urging a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war
MidEast|News|Political

Journalists in Gaza wrestle with issues of survival in addition to getting stories out

Journalists reporting in Gaza need to worry about basic survival for themselves and their families in addition to getting out the story of a besieged population

October 19, 2023
Journalists in Gaza wrestle with issues of survival in addition to getting stories out
MidEast|News|Political|World

Live updates | Israel bombards Gaza with airstrikes and readies troops for a ground assault

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza continue and Israel’s defense minister has told troops to be ready for a ground assault on the Palestinian territory, although he has not said when that will begin

October 19, 2023
Live updates | Israel bombards Gaza with airstrikes and readies troops for a ground assault
MidEast|News

Hundreds mourn as Israeli family of 5 that was slain together is laid to rest

An Israeli family of five whose bodies were discovered in each other’s arms after being killed by Hamas militants were buried side by side in a funeral attended by hundreds of mourners

October 18, 2023
Hundreds mourn as Israeli family of 5 that was slain together is laid to rest
News|Political|World

Protesters in Lebanon decrying Gaza hospital blast clash with security forces near U.S. Embassy

Hundreds of protesters have clashed with Lebanese security forces in the Beirut suburb of Aukar near the United States Embassy

October 18, 2023
Protesters in Lebanon decrying Gaza hospital blast clash with security forces near U.S. Embassy
Crime|MidEast|News|World

Gaza carnage spreads anger across Mideast, alarming US allies and threatening to widen conflict

Within hours of a blast said to have killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital, protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces in the occupied West Bank and at riot police in neighboring Jordan

October 18, 2023
Gaza carnage spreads anger across Mideast, alarming US allies and threatening to widen conflict
News|World

Live updates | Israel OKs limited aid for Gaza as regional tensions rise following hospital blast

President Joe Biden visited Israel on an urgent mission to keep the Israel-Hamas war from spiraling into a broader regional conflict

October 18, 2023
Live updates | Israel OKs limited aid for Gaza as regional tensions rise following hospital blast
News|Political|US|World

US vetoes UN resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war

The United States has vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have condemned all violence against civilians in the Israel-Hamas war and urged humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza

October 18, 2023
US vetoes UN resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war
News|World

President Biden wraps up his visit to wartime Israel with a warning against being 'consumed' by rage

President Joe Biden swept into wartime Israel for a 7 1/2-hour visit Wednesday that offered support for the Israeli people and produced a deal to get limited humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt, potentially by the end of the week

October 18, 2023
President Biden wraps up his visit to wartime Israel with a warning against being 'consumed' by rage
MidEast|News|World

What we know about the deadly blast at a Gaza City hospital

A massive blast Tuesday rocked a Gaza City hospital that was packed with wounded and displaced Palestinians amid an Israeli offensive on Gaza

October 18, 2023
What we know about the deadly blast at a Gaza City hospital
MidEast|News|World

Biden will stress humanitarian aid, avoiding deeper conflict in Israel but is scrapping Jordan stop

President Joe Biden’s efforts to tamp down tensions in the escalating war between Israel and Hamas faced major setbacks even before he departed for the Middle East on Tuesday

October 17, 2023
Biden will stress humanitarian aid, avoiding deeper conflict in Israel but is scrapping Jordan stop
MidEast|News|World

'Not knowing' plunges the families of Israel's missing into a limbo of pain and numbness

The families of Israel's missing after Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre say they're stuck in a limbo of pain and numbness, and without much information

October 17, 2023
'Not knowing' plunges the families of Israel's missing into a limbo of pain and numbness
Crime|MidEast|News|World

How international law applies to war, and why Hamas and Israel are both alleged to have broken it

The United Nations says it is collecting evidence of war crimes by both sides in the Israel-Hamas war, which began with the militant group’s brutal Oct. 7 cross-border attack and was followed by Israel’s relentless bombardment and a siege of Gaza

October 17, 2023
How international law applies to war, and why Hamas and Israel are both alleged to have broken it
MidEast|News

The mother of an Israeli woman in a Hamas hostage video appeals for her release

The mother of a young Israeli woman held by Hamas has appealed for her release

October 17, 2023
The mother of an Israeli woman in a Hamas hostage video appeals for her release
Health|News|World

Palestinian medics in Gaza struggle to save lives under Israeli siege and bombardment

Gaza's health ministry says that an estimated 1,200 people are still trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings awaiting rescue, or recovery

October 17, 2023
Palestinian medics in Gaza struggle to save lives under Israeli siege and bombardment
MidEast|News

Trucks carrying aid for Gaza Strip arrive at Rafah crossing - witness

Trucks carrying aid for the Gaza Strip arrived on Tuesday at the only border crossing into the territory not controlled by Israel, a witness and Egyptian security sources said, after

October 17, 2023
Trucks carrying aid for Gaza Strip arrive at Rafah crossing - witness
Health|News|World

After blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital, Hamas and Israel trade blame as rage spreads in region

The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says a massive blast hit a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter, killing hundreds of people

October 17, 2023
After blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital, Hamas and Israel trade blame as rage spreads in region
MidEast|News|World

Live updates | Intense Israeli bombardments strike Gaza as the war rages on

Hamas says hundreds have been killed in an airstrike on Gaza City hospital, after intensifying bombardments near towns in southern Gaza rattled civilians where Israel ordered them to take refuge

October 17, 2023
Live updates | Intense Israeli bombardments strike Gaza as the war rages on
Health|News|World

Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza's health system − the siege has pushed it into abject crisis

Hospitals have been destroyed, and doctors and health care staff killed. Gaza’s health services may take years to recover, warns a Palestinian health specialist.

October 17, 2023
Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza's health system − the siege has pushed it into abject crisis
MidEast|News|Political|World

UN Security Council rejects Russia's resolution on Gaza that fails to mention Hamas

The U.N. Security Council has rejected a Russian resolution on Gaza that condemned violence and terrorism against civilians but made no mention of Hamas, whose surprise attack killed 1,300 Israelis

October 16, 2023
UN Security Council rejects Russia's resolution on Gaza that fails to mention Hamas
Health

Gaza's limited water supply raises concerns for human health

Limited water supplies are posing a growing threat to human health in the Gaza Strip

October 16, 2023
Gaza's limited water supply raises concerns for human health
Crime|News|World

The Israeli public finds itself in grief and shock, but many pledge allegiance to war effort

The Israeli public is in a state of shock and grief a week after Hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, killing scores of people in border communities and kidnapping roughly 150 civilians

October 16, 2023
The Israeli public finds itself in grief and shock, but many pledge allegiance to war effort
Health|MidEast|News|World

With humanitarian aid blocked at Egyptian border, Gaza draws closer to total collapse

Hospitals in Gaza faced collapse Monday as water, power and medicine neared depletion, and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians searched for dwindling food supplies while Israel maintained punishing airstrikes in retaliation for last week’s deadly rampage by Hamas

October 16, 2023
With humanitarian aid blocked at Egyptian border, Gaza draws closer to total collapse
MidEast|News|World

Palestinian mother fears for her children as she wonders about the future after evacuating Gaza City

Najla Shawa and her family are safe for now after fleeing their home in Gaza City

October 15, 2023
Palestinian mother fears for her children as she wonders about the future after evacuating Gaza City
MidEast|News|World

Biden considering trip to Israel in the coming days, but travel isn't final, according to AP source

President Joe Biden is considering a trip to Israel in the coming days, but nothing has been finalized

October 15, 2023
Biden considering trip to Israel in the coming days, but travel isn't final, according to AP source
MidEast|News|World

Water runs out at UN shelters in Gaza. Medics fear for patients as Israeli ground offensive looms

Water has run out at U.N. shelters across Gaza

October 15, 2023
Water runs out at UN shelters in Gaza. Medics fear for patients as Israeli ground offensive looms
News|World

Live updates | Day 9 of the latest Israel-Hamas war

Hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents are seeking to heed Israel’s order to evacuate roughly the northern half of the territory, while others are huddled at hospitals in the north

October 15, 2023
Live updates | Day 9 of the latest Israel-Hamas war
Health|News|World

Gaza hospitals are overwhelmed with patients and desperately low on supplies as invasion looms

Medics in Gaza are warning that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people run desperately low on fuel and basic supplies

October 15, 2023
Gaza hospitals are overwhelmed with patients and desperately low on supplies as invasion looms
MidEast|News|Political|World

In Hamas' horrific killings, Israeli trauma over the Holocaust resurfaces

For many Israelis and Jews around the world, the horrors committed by Hamas militants during their stunning onslaught on southern Israeli communities is triggering painful memories of a calamity of a far greater scale: the Holocaust

October 15, 2023
In Hamas' horrific killings, Israeli trauma over the Holocaust resurfaces
MidEast|News|World

In first call with Palestinian president Abbas, Biden discusses support for humanitarian aid to Gaza

President Joe Biden has spoken with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging the leaders to allow humanitarian aid to the region and affirmed his support for efforts to protect civilians

October 14, 2023
In first call with Palestinian president Abbas, Biden discusses support for humanitarian aid to Gaza
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Live updates | Day 8 of the latest Israel-Hamas war

Israel’s military ordered hundreds of thousands of civilians living in Gaza City to evacuate ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive

October 14, 2023
Live updates | Day 8 of the latest Israel-Hamas war
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Palestinians in Gaza face impossible choice: Stay home under airstrikes, or flee under airstrikes?

Palestinians are struggling to figure out what to do in the face of Israel's demand that they leave northern Gaza ahead of an expected Israeli invasion

October 13, 2023
Palestinians in Gaza face impossible choice: Stay home under airstrikes, or flee under airstrikes?
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Experts say Hamas and Israel are committing war crimes in their fight

The deadly attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians and the devastating Israeli airstrikes and blockade of Gaza have raised accusations among international legal experts that both sides were violating international law

October 13, 2023
Experts say Hamas and Israel are committing war crimes in their fight
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Israeli family mourns grandfather killed by Hamas and worries about grandmother, a captive in Gaza

Adina Moshe's Israeli family is hoping to get her heart medication to her in Gaza, despite her captivity by Hamas

October 13, 2023
Israeli family mourns grandfather killed by Hamas and worries about grandmother, a captive in Gaza
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Muslims gather at mosques for first Friday prayers since Israel-Hamas war started

In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the ongoing Israel-Hamas war

October 13, 2023
Muslims gather at mosques for first Friday prayers since Israel-Hamas war started
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Blinken and Austin bolster US support for Israel as potential ground offensive in Gaza looms

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is assuring Israel that “we have your back” as he and America’s top diplomat met with Israeli and Arab leaders

October 13, 2023
Blinken and Austin bolster US support for Israel as potential ground offensive in Gaza looms
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Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms

Palestinians began a mass exodus Friday from northern Gaza after Israel’s military told some 1 million people to evacuate toward the southern part of the besieged territory

October 13, 2023
Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms
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Live updates | Day 7 of the latest Israel-Hamas war

Israel’s military has ordered hundreds of thousands of civilians living in Gaza City to evacuate ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive

October 13, 2023
Live updates | Day 7 of the latest Israel-Hamas war
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In its quest to crush Hamas, Israel will confront the bitter, familiar dilemmas of Mideast wars

As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians

October 12, 2023
In its quest to crush Hamas, Israel will confront the bitter, familiar dilemmas of Mideast wars
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A possible Israeli ground war looms in Gaza. What weapons are wielded by those involved?

An Israeli ground offensive in Gaza would further escalate the war raging since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack days ago

October 12, 2023
A possible Israeli ground war looms in Gaza. What weapons are wielded by those involved?
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The morgue at Gaza's biggest hospital is overflowing as Israeli attacks intensify

The morgue at Gaza’s biggest hospital, Shifa in Gaza City, is overflowing on the sixth day of heavy aerial bombardment on the territory of 2.3 million people

October 12, 2023
The morgue at Gaza's biggest hospital is overflowing as Israeli attacks intensify
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Thai and Filipino workers filling labor gap in Israel get caught up in war between Israel and Hamas

The first group of Thai workers evacuated from Israel after the past few days’ bloody events in southern Israel and Gaza have arrived in Bangkok, greeted by anxious relatives and senior officials

October 12, 2023
Thai and Filipino workers filling labor gap in Israel get caught up in war between Israel and Hamas
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An Italian couple is unaccounted for in Southern Israel. The husband needs regular medical care

Eviatar Moshe Kipnis and Lilach Lea Havron are among the estimated 150 people believed held by Hamas in Gaza

October 12, 2023
An Italian couple is unaccounted for in Southern Israel. The husband needs regular medical care
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Israel orders the evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern part of Gaza, the UN says

Israel’s military has directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 million people, within 24 hours

October 12, 2023
Israel orders the evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern part of Gaza, the UN says
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Live updates | Day 6 of the latest Israel-Hamas war

The Israeli military is preparing for a possible ground invasion in Gaza as it pounds the tiny coastal strip in retaliation for the unprecedented weekend attack on Israel by the militant group Hamas

October 12, 2023
Live updates | Day 6 of the latest Israel-Hamas war
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As Israeli military retaliates, Palestinians say civilians are paying the price in strikes on Gaza

Over the last five days, Israeli warplanes have pummeled Gaza with an intensity that its war-weary residents had never experienced

October 11, 2023
As Israeli military retaliates, Palestinians say civilians are paying the price in strikes on Gaza
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After a hard fight to clear militants, Israeli soldiers find a scene of destruction, slain children

The Israeli military led a group of journalists, including an Associated Press reporter, on a tour of Kibbutz Be'eri, a village a few miles from Israel’s fortified border with Gaza

October 11, 2023
After a hard fight to clear militants, Israeli soldiers find a scene of destruction, slain children
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His parents shielded him from gunfire as Hamas attacked. He survived. They did not

An Israeli-American teenager survived a siege by Hamas attackers over the weekend after his parents shielded him from the gunfire but were killed themselves

October 11, 2023
His parents shielded him from gunfire as Hamas attacked. He survived. They did not
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Live updates | Day 5 of the latest Israel-Palestinian war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “crush and destroy” Hamas after its unprecedented attack on Israel

October 11, 2023
Live updates | Day 5 of the latest Israel-Palestinian war
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FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts

False claims about the latest Israel-Hamas war are flooding social media, making it difficult for onlookers to sort fact from fiction

October 10, 2023
FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts
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As Israel pummels Gaza, families of those held hostage by militants agonize over loved ones' safety

The families of some 130 Israelis kidnapped by Hamas are anxiously waiting to find out if their loved ones are safe

October 10, 2023
As Israel pummels Gaza, families of those held hostage by militants agonize over loved ones' safety
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Aid groups scramble to help as Israel-Hamas war intensifies and Gaza blockade complicates efforts

Humanitarian groups are scrambling to assist civilians caught in the war between Israel and Hamas and determine what aid operations are still safe to continue, efforts that are being complicated by an intensified blockade of Gaza and the ongoing fighting

October 10, 2023
Aid groups scramble to help as Israel-Hamas war intensifies and Gaza blockade complicates efforts
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Hamas official says Iran and Hezbollah had no role in Israel incursion but they'll help if needed

A senior official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas says only a small number of top commanders in Gaza knew about the surprise attack against Israel in advance

October 09, 2023
Hamas official says Iran and Hezbollah had no role in Israel incursion but they'll help if needed
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UN airs concerns for civilians as Israel steps up military response in Gaza to deadly Hamas attacks

The United Nations is expressing growing concerns about humanitarian needs in Palestinian areas as Israel ratchets up a muscular military riposte and lockdown of Gaza after the weekend attack by Hamas militants who killed and kidnapped hundreds of civilians in Israel

October 09, 2023
UN airs concerns for civilians as Israel steps up military response in Gaza to deadly Hamas attacks
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For years, Israelis trusted the army to defend and inform them. Now many feel abandoned

Most Israelis thought it was an ironclad social contract

October 09, 2023
For years, Israelis trusted the army to defend and inform them. Now many feel abandoned
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What went wrong? Questions emerge over Israel's intelligence prowess after Hamas attack

Israel’s intelligence agencies have gained an aura of invincibility over the decades because of a string of intelligence achievements against its enemies both near and far

October 09, 2023
What went wrong? Questions emerge over Israel's intelligence prowess after Hamas attack
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Israeli survivors recount terror at music festival, where Hamas militants killed at least 260

The open-air Tribe of Nova music festival will go down in Israeli history as the country’s worst civilian massacre

October 09, 2023
Israeli survivors recount terror at music festival, where Hamas militants killed at least 260
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What to know in the latest Israel-Hamas war

More than a million people in northern Gaza have been ordered to evacuate to the south as Israel appeared to be preparing a ground offensive in the latest Israel-Hamas war

October 07, 2023
What to know in the latest Israel-Hamas war
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Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza for the 3rd day in a row as West Bank violence intensifies

The Israeli military said it struck militant sites in Gaza for the third day in a row, after Palestinian militants near the border fence launched incendiary balloons into Israel and threw an explosive at soldiers

September 24, 2023
Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza for the 3rd day in a row as West Bank violence intensifies
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Israel strikes Gaza for the second time in two days after Palestinian violence

Israel says it has unleashed airstrikes targeting a militant site in Gaza for the second time in as many days

September 23, 2023
Israel strikes Gaza for the second time in two days after Palestinian violence

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