World Oct 17 Hunger experts say risk of famine in Gaza remains high The findings come after the United States warned Israel that it might cut off military aid if its ally does not do more to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
World Oct 07 After a year of Israeli bombardment, Gaza is in ruins. It may take years to rebuild Even after the fighting stops, hundreds of thousands of people could be stuck living in squalid tent camps for years, and experts say reconstruction could take decades.
World Sep 26 The obstacles standing in the way of an Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire Israel and Hezbollah each have strong incentives to heed international calls for a cease-fire that could avert all-out war — but that doesn’t mean they will.
World Sep 03 How control of Gaza’s border with Egypt became an obstacle to a cease-fire deal A narrow strip of scrubland and sand dunes on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt has emerged as a major obstacle in talks aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and freeing scores of hostages.
World Jun 12 These are key issues holding up a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas The latest proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza has the support of most of the international community, but Hamas has not fully embraced it, and neither, it seems, has Israel.
World May 22 Spain, Norway and Ireland will recognize a Palestinian state Those nations said Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic but largely symbolic move that further deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza.
World May 19 Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza as Israel’s leaders air wartime divisions An Israeli airstrike killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting with Hamas raged across the north on Sunday.
World May 18 Member of Israel’s war cabinet threatens to quit over Gaza strategy Benny Gantz, a popular centrist member of Israel’s three-member War Cabinet, threatened Saturday to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan in three weeks' time for the war in Gaza.
World May 15 Palestinians mark the Nakba, the original ‘catastrophe’ of mass expulsion The Nakba, Arabic for catastrophe, refers to the 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were driven out of what is today Israel before and during the war surrounding its creation in 1948.
World May 14 Palestinians mark 76 years of dispossession as yet another catastrophe unfolds in Gaza Palestinians on Wednesday will mark the 76th year of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel. It's an event that is at the core of their national struggle, but in many ways pales in comparison to the calamity now…