World Oct 24 Stranded at a closed border as airstrikes continue, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation For more than a week, their governments have advised them to wait at Gaza's Rafah crossing in preparation for evacuation through Egypt. But nothing has happened.
World Oct 24 Israel’s increased strikes across Gaza kill more than 700 people in the past day, Palestinians say An overnight strike hit a four-story residential building in the southern city of Khan Younis, killing at least 32 people and wounding scores of others, according to survivors.
World Oct 23 Hamas frees two Israeli women, U.S. works to delay ground war to allow more negotiations A U.S. official said Monday that Washington has advised Israel to delay a possible ground invasion to allow more time to try and secure the release of more hostages.
World Oct 21 Desperately needed aid trickles into besieged Gaza as Egypt’s border crossing opens The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off following Hamas' bloody rampage two weeks ago.
World Oct 21 In southern Gaza, a tent camp for displaced Palestinians reawakens old traumas The impromptu construction of the tent city in Khan Younis to shelter scores of Palestinians who lost or fled their homes during the past days of intense Israeli bombardment has elicited anger, disbelief and sorrow across the Arab world.
World Oct 20 Israel says two Americans held hostage by Hamas, a mother and daughter, have been released The release comes amid growing expectations of an expected ground offensive that Israel says is aimed at rooting out Hamas militants who rule the Gaza Strip.
World Oct 20 A Palestinian engineer who returned to Gaza City after fleeing south is killed in an airstrike Hours after Omar Khodari returned with his family to Gaza City, there was an airstrike. No one was warned, survivors said.
World Oct 20 Amid continued airstrikes, Israel says it has no plan for Gaza after destroying Hamas Over a million people have been displaced in Gaza, with many heeding Israel's orders to evacuate the northern part of the sealed-off enclave on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
World Oct 19 Israel tells troops to ‘be ready’ for ground invasion while Gaza holds out for humanitarian aid Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Thursday, including in the south where Palestinians were told to take refuge, and the country's defense minister told ground troops to “be ready” to invade, though he didn’t say when.
World Oct 19 As Israel’s bombing hits declared ‘safe zones’, Palestinians trapped in Gaza find danger everywhere Israeli airstrikes have pounded locations across the Gaza Strip, including parts of the south that Israel had declared as safe zones.