World Feb 29 More than 100 killed in Gaza while trying to get food from aid convoy The health ministry in Gaza says 30,000 people there have died in 146 days of war. That grim threshold was crossed after more than 100 died while trying to pull aid from trucks. The U.N. says more than half a…
World Jan 24 Video shows apparently unarmed Palestinian with hands up shot dead in Gaza The war in Gaza has killed more than 25,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry. Our colleagues at Independent Television News sent evidence of one more death, an apparently unarmed man walking with a group of men under a…
World Jan 23 Deaths of IDF soldiers in Gaza mark Israel’s deadliest day since Oct. 7 Hamas attacks Israel’s military announced that nearly two dozen soldiers were killed Monday in Gaza, the deadliest day for Israel since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. Israel’s government vowed to continue the war amid fierce fighting with tens of thousands of Palestinian…
World Jan 23 UN’s top humanitarian official discusses crisis in Gaza The U.N. says 1.7 million of Gaza’s 2.2 million residents are currently displaced. To discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza and other humanitarian crises across the world, Nick Schifrin spoke with Martin Griffiths, the U.N.'s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and…
World Jan 22 Israeli leaders increasingly divided over Hamas war and prospect of two-state solution As the war in Gaza nears the four-month mark since the Hamas attacks in Israel, the shape of the debate inside that nation has become ever starker. Around 130 hostages are still held, the world is increasingly outraged at the…
World Jan 18 American doctor who worked in Gaza describes dire humanitarian crisis civilians there face More than 60,000 Palestinians have been wounded during the Israeli air and ground campaigns. Nick Schifrin reports on the state of medical care in the warzone and speaks with Dr. Seema Jilani, an American doctor who just returned from Gaza.
World Jan 17 State Department official overseeing Yemen discusses U.S. response to Houthi attacks The Biden administration relisted Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a specially designated global terrorist group. The move follows more than 30 attacks by the Houthis on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Nick Schifrin discussed the tensions…
World Jan 16 World leaders concerned about Mideast war escalating after attacks in Lebanon and Iraq The Biden administration will soon designate Houthi militants in Yemen as a specially designated global terrorist group, a White House official tells the NewsHour. It follows more than 30 Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and it's…
World Jan 12 United Nations relief agency describes the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza Friday marks 97 days of the war in Gaza and the humanitarian toll on its population has been devastating. According to the U.N., 90 percent of Gazans are displaced, more than one in four are starving and there’s not a…
World Jan 11 Experts give 2 perspectives on accusations Israel is committing genocide in Gaza Before an international court, South Africa is accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. So how strong is the case and what will be Israel's defense when it presents its side on Friday? Nick Schifrin has two views from…