Politics Dec 21 ‘It doesn’t get any worse:’ UN says more than 1 in 4 people in Gaza are starving because of war World Food Program chief economist Arif Husain said "it is a situation where pretty much everybody in Gaza is hungry."…
World Dec 19 Israel strikes southern Gaza, raids hospital in the north as war continues with renewed U.S. support Israeli forces raided one of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza's north and bombarded the south with airstrikes that killed at least 28 Palestinians despite rising international alarm.
World Dec 16 3 hostages killed in Gaza by Israeli troops were shirtless and waving a white flag, official says Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip had been waving a white flag and were shirtless when they were killed, a military official said Saturday, in Israel's first such acknowledgement of harming any…
World Dec 15 Israeli military says it mistakenly killed 3 Israeli hostages in Gaza The army's chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, says Israeli troops found the hostages Friday and erroneously identified them as a threat. He said it was not clear if they had escaped their captors or been abandoned.
Politics Dec 15 U.S. and Israel agree combat in Gaza will take months amid growing American unease with death toll U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke Friday with Israeli officials amid growing American unease about the mounting death toll in Gaza. He met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas later in the day about the besieged enclave's postwar future.
World Dec 14 Israel vows to continue fighting in Gaza despite deadly ambush and mounting International calls for cease-fire The ambush was in Gaza City, one of the hardest hit areas of the war. It showed Hamas' resilience and called into question whether Israel can defeat it without wiping out the entire territory.
World Dec 13 Israeli military says 9 soldiers killed amid heavy fighting with Hamas in Gaza City The fighting comes as Hamas puts up stiff resistance in areas that Israel has isolated and pounded with airstrikes for over two months.
World Dec 12 Support dwindling as Israel ramps up offensive in Gaza Israel and the U.S. argue that any cease-fire that leaves Hamas in power, even over a small part of the devastated territory, would mean victory for the militant group, which has governed Gaza since 2007 and has pledged to destroy…
World Dec 11 War rages on in Gaza’s 2 largest cities with civilians trapped amid the violence The war has killed thousands of Palestinian civilians and driven nearly 85% of the territory’s 2.3 million people from their homes.
World Dec 10 Intense fighting engulfs Gaza as Israeli forces press ahead with renewed U.S. support Heavy fighting raged Sunday across Gaza, including in the devastated north, as Israel pressed ahead with its offensive after the U.S. blocked the latest international push for a cease-fire and rushed more munitions to its close ally.