World May 29 Israel’s military says it’s taken control of a strategic corridor near Rafah, along Gaza’s border with Egypt The corridor, known as Philadelphi, stretches along the border with neighboring Egypt, near the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where Israeli forces have been fighting recently.
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 08 Israel says it’s reopened key Kerem Shalom Gaza crossing but the UN says no aid has entered The Kerem Shalom terminal for the entry of humanitarian aid was closed over the weekend after a Hamas rocket attack killed four Israeli soldiers nearby.
World May 07 What Israel’s assault on Rafah means for the 1.3 million Palestinians sheltering there The operation that began Tuesday followed a dramatic 24 hours in which hopes for a long-awaited cease-fire between Israel and Hamas rose and then fell, though negotiators were still talking.
World May 07 Israeli forces take control of Rafah crossing in Gaza, compromising cease-fire talks U.S. President Joe Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again on Monday against launching an invasion of the city after Israel ordered 100,000 Palestinians to evacuate from parts of Rafah.
World Apr 01 Israelis stage largest protest since war began to increase pressure on Netanyahu Tens of thousands of Israelis have gathered outside the parliament building in Jerusalem in the largest anti-government demonstration since the country went to war in October.
World Mar 27 7 in Lebanon, 1 in Israel killed in exchange of violence along border An Israeli airstrike on a paramedics center linked to a Lebanese Sunni Muslim group in south Lebanon killed seven of its members early Wednesday and triggered a rocket attack from Lebanon that killed one person in northern Israel, officials said.
World Feb 22 Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 48 as fears mount over humanitarian crisis and West Bank violence In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on morning traffic at a highway checkpoint, killing one Israel and wounding five others, police said.
World Feb 15 Israeli forces storm main hospital in southern Gaza, seeking remains of hostages taken by Hamas Thursday's raid came a day after the army sought to evacuate thousands of displaced people who had taken shelter at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
World Feb 14 Displaced Palestinians begin evacuating one of Gaza’s main hospitals after weeks of being isolated by fighting The war between Israel and Hamas, now in its fifth month, has devastated Gaza's health sector, with less than half of its hospitals even partially functioning as scores of people are killed and wounded in daily bombardments.