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

Gaza

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Live updates | Day 8 of the latest Israel-Hamas war
MidEast|News|World

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

Palestinians in Gaza face impossible choice: Stay home under airstrikes, or flee under airstrikes?
News|Opinion|Political|World

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

Experts say Hamas and Israel are committing war crimes in their fight
MidEast|News|World

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

Israeli family mourns grandfather killed by Hamas and worries about grandmother, a captive in Gaza
MidEast|News|World

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

Muslims gather at mosques for first Friday prayers since Israel-Hamas war started
News|World

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

Blinken and Austin bolster US support for Israel as potential ground offensive in Gaza looms
MidEast|News|World

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

Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms
MidEast|News|World

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

Live updates | Day 7 of the latest Israel-Hamas war
MidEast|News|Political|World

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

In its quest to crush Hamas, Israel will confront the bitter, familiar dilemmas of Mideast wars
MidEast|News|World

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

A possible Israeli ground war looms in Gaza. What weapons are wielded by those involved?
MidEast|News|World

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

The morgue at Gaza's biggest hospital is overflowing as Israeli attacks intensify
Asia|MidEast|News|World

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

Thai and Filipino workers filling labor gap in Israel get caught up in war between Israel and Hamas
MidEast|News|World

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

An Italian couple is unaccounted for in Southern Israel. The husband needs regular medical care
News|World

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

Israel orders the evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern part of Gaza, the UN says
MidEast|News|World

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

Live updates | Day 6 of the latest Israel-Hamas war
MidEast|News|World

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

As Israeli military retaliates, Palestinians say civilians are paying the price in strikes on Gaza
MidEast|News|World

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

After a hard fight to clear militants, Israeli soldiers find a scene of destruction, slain children
Crime|MidEast|News|World

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

His parents shielded him from gunfire as Hamas attacked. He survived. They did not
News|Political|World

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

Live updates | Day 5 of the latest Israel-Palestinian war
MidEast|News|World

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

FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts
MidEast|News|World

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

As Israel pummels Gaza, families of those held hostage by militants agonize over loved ones' safety
MidEast|News|World

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

Aid groups scramble to help as Israel-Hamas war intensifies and Gaza blockade complicates efforts
MidEast|News|World

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

Hamas official says Iran and Hezbollah had no role in Israel incursion but they'll help if needed
MidEast|News|World

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

UN airs concerns for civilians as Israel steps up military response in Gaza to deadly Hamas attacks
MidEast|News|Opinion|World

For years, Israelis trusted the army to defend and inform them. Now many feel abandoned

Most Israelis thought it was an ironclad social contract

For years, Israelis trusted the army to defend and inform them. Now many feel abandoned
News|World

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

What went wrong? Questions emerge over Israel's intelligence prowess after Hamas attack
Crime|News

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

Israeli survivors recount terror at music festival, where Hamas militants killed at least 260
News|World

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

What to know in the latest Israel-Hamas war
MidEast|News|World

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

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza for the 3rd day in a row as West Bank violence intensifies
MidEast|News|World

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

Israel strikes Gaza for the second time in two days after Palestinian violence

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