World Apr 01 Israeli strike kills 4 foreign aid workers, Palestinian driver after delivering food, Gaza medical officials say Footage showed the bodies of the five dead at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah. Several of them wore protective gear with the charity's logo.
World Apr 01 After 2 weeks of raids at Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest, Israeli troops withdraw The Israeli military said it killed some 200 militants and detained hundreds more. Palestinian residents said the troops left behind several bodies and a vast swath of destruction Monday.
World Mar 26 No end to war in Gaza in sight despite growing calls for a cease-fire Israel says it can achieve its aims of dismantling Hamas and returning scores of hostages if it expands its ground offensive to the crowded city of Rafah. Hamas has said it will hold on to the hostages until Israel agrees…
World Mar 18 'Famine is imminent' in northern Gaza with 70 percent of people experiencing catastrophic hunger, UN says The European Union’s top diplomat said the impending famine was “entirely man-made” as “starvation is used as a weapon of war.”…
World Mar 17 Netanyahu lashes back at U.S. criticism after Schumer said he 'lost his way' with Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from top ally the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, describing calls for a new election as “wholly inappropriate.”…
World Mar 06 Pressure grows on Israel to open more aid routes into Gaza by land and sea as hunger spreads Efforts to get desperately needed humanitarian aid to war-wracked northern Gaza are gaining momentum. Many there have been reduced to eating animal fodder and acute malnutrition is rampant among young children.
World Mar 05 With Ramadan days away, talks in Gaza have ended with no breakthrough The United States, Qatar and Egypt have spent weeks trying to broker an agreement in which Hamas would release up to 40 hostages in return for a six-week cease-fire, the release of some Palestinian prisoners and an influx of aid…
World Mar 03 U.S. visit by Netanyahu's rival Gantz signals wider cracks in Israel's wartime leadership The trip by Benny Gantz, a centrist political rival who joined Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wartime Cabinet following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, comes as friction between the U.S. and Netanyahu is rising over how what the postwar plan for Gaza…
World Feb 27 Biden signals there could be a Gaza cease-fire during Ramadan, but Israel and Hamas indicate no deal is imminent Talks to pause the fighting have gained momentum recently and were underway Tuesday.
Politics Feb 26 Biden hopes Israel-Hamas war cease-fire, hostage deal can take effect by next Monday President Joe Biden said Monday that he hopes a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that would pause hostilities and allow for remaining hostages to be released can take effect by early next week.