World Feb 08 Israel kills 13 in Rafah, southern Gaza town where many Palestinians have fled More than half of Gaza's population has fled to Rafah, on the mostly sealed border with Egypt. It is also the main entry point for humanitarian aid.
World Feb 07 Netanyahu rejects Hamas terms for cease-fire, vows to fight until ‘absolute victory’ Blinken said an agreement between the sides was still possible. But Netanyahu's remarks also underscored how wide the chasm between Israel and Hamas remains as the war enters its fifth month.
World Feb 06 Blinken meets with Egyptian mediators to push for cease-fire in Gaza Egypt fears an expansion of combat to the Rafah area could push terrified Palestinian civilians across the border, a scenario Egypt has said it is determined to prevent.
World Feb 05 Obstacles loom as Blinken returns to Middle East to negotiate plans for Gaza Blinken hopes to press ahead with a potential cease-fire deal and postwar planning while tamping down regional tensions. But on on all three fronts he faces major challenges.
World Jan 30 Israeli undercover forces disguised as women and medics kill three Palestinians in West Bank hospital Israel has come under heavy criticism for its raids on hospitals in Gaza, which have treated the tens of thousands of Palestinians wounded in the war as well as providing critical shelter for displaced people.
World Jan 28 UN aid agency in Gaza warns its operations are ‘collapsing’ from wave of funding cuts The head of the main U.N. aid agency in the war-battered Gaza Strip warned late Saturday that its work is collapsing after nine countries decided to suspend funding over allegations that several agency employees participated in the deadly Hamas attack…
World Jan 27 Defiant Netanyahu declares Israel’s goal is ‘complete victory’ in Gaza after UN court ruling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday pushed back after an International Court of Justice ruling to limit death and destruction in the military's Gaza offensive, declaring that “we decide and act according to what is required for our security” and vowing to…
World Jan 26 U.S. hits pause on funding UN agency for Palestinians after claims staffers were involved in Hamas Oct. 7 attack The U.S. is the biggest donor to the agency, which has been providing aid to Gaza's population amid Israel's offensive.
World Jan 26 As fighting intensifies, overnight airstrikes in central Gaza kill 15 Health authorities in the territory said on Friday that the Palestinian death toll since the start of the war surpassed 26,000. In the south of the besieged territory, Israeli forces pushed further into the city of Khan Younis, where the…
World Jan 22 Families of hostages held in Gaza storm Israel’s parliament demanding deal for release Dozens of family members of hostages held by Hamas stormed a committee meeting in Israel's parliament, demanding a deal to win their loved ones' release.